new thoughts on service: multiple facets & mega months (a fridea)
I’ve recently been detailing some new thoughts on how we engage in service, local missions, social justice, etc., borne from my amazing job where I get to think about these things and how to help our...
View Articlewhere are your long-term partners?
I have a few things on my mind after an awesome week in Ethiopia, so I’d imagine they’ll seep out (college ministry-tinged, of course) on the blog this week. As the jet lag continues, here’s a thought...
View Articlefruit from a sister campus partnership
This week I’ve been examining the value of partnerships, after seeing fruit from a long-term partnership firsthand in Ethiopia. Yesterday I reposted some thoughts on a unique partnership situation – a...
View Articlefive potential partnerships
This week I’ve been discussing the value of long-term partnerships within our collegiate ministries. So I wanted to post a few options for who we might consider partnering with for our various...
View Articleone step forward: strategy
Continuing with the series, another way you could take one step forward this year: Today’s challenge: Take one step forward this year in making your activities and planning strategic. The idea:...
View Articlethe campus-wide draw of Christmas service
I realize we’re barely into the semester, but I wanted to throw out something that may require a little planning. Like so many Americans, unbelievers and believers alike on your campus will be in a...
View Articleask the (local) expert: a fridea
Throughout your town (or in cities nearby), there are people who spend every day working on many of the issues that you deal with regularly as a college minister. When’s the last time you did a little...
View Articleattendance bombs (a fridea)
I first shared this Fridea a few years ago – but I really, really like this one. And now’s a good time to think about it for this semester. When I visited Cornell a while back, Chi Alpha Campus Pastor...
View Article’tis the season for service as a front door
If you haven’t already prepared some Thanksgiving and Christmas serving opportunities for your ministry, now is probably the time! And as you do, consider seeing this not as simply a chance for your...
View Articlelast-minute thanksgiving ministry
College ministry rarely gets to jump into Christmas in the same way that churches do; even church-based college ministries don’t necessarily expect big crowds or much opportunity on-or-near December...
View Articlesnow day plans (a fridea)
I’ve used this Fridea before (3 years ago), but it’s a favorite. And since it looks like today’s going to be an ice day around here, I felt it was high time to repeat. Has your campus ministry...
View Articlecalls beyond the ministry’s walls
We’re looking at the possibility of distributing a “Call for Art” among our church’s membership, tied to an outreach focus we’ll hold in a few months. Targeted to the artists in our body, we’ll be...
View Articleafter spring break, choose one of eleven
I first wrote these ideas for the “deadish” weeks before Christmas, but as we look at vintage ideas for post-Spring Break, a few edits make this one a good multiple-choice brainstorm. Serve your heart...
View Articlesend them out strongly (two frideas, at least)
To end the week of vintage ideas that work well between now and graduation, two things to plan for the very, very end of the semester. But these two are just meant to get you thinking: Consider...
View Articleministry through the tournament (even if you haven’t planned anything yet)
If the students at your school are interested in the NCAA Tournament, hopefully you’ve already got some plans for fellowship around the games! But whether you’ve got some gatherings planned already or...
View Articlesix opportunities for easter week, even now
If you haven’t taken advantage of the approaching Easter (or even if you have), some opportunities still exist… Round up your students to participate in something a local church (or other college...
View Articlego further outward (a fridea)
Yesterday, I got to attend a City of Dallas brainstorming session around the topic of Housing here in the city. It’s a fun part of what we try to do here at my church: connect, when our goals dovetail,...
View Articlewhat host? (a fridea on tuesday)
I’m filling up the week before a Friday holiday with a handful of Frideas to chew on this summer! Yesterday I asked what we might cut; today we look at what we might host. Each semester, there’s a...
View Articleone day to serve your campus
This idea has a “Fridea” sort of ring to it, but I couldn’t wait: What if your college ministry spent one day serving the campus next semester? It might mean everyone doing something together; in large...
View Articlemid-summer mobilization #7: staying power
Mobilizing college students – helping them go deeper in their involvement – doesn’t always mean urging them to do new things. Sometimes the best mobilizing we can do is teaching our students to stick....
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