Communicating the Whys
In Benson Hines’ guest post last week he touched on a point that I wanted to expand on. He shared about the importance of discussing the whys, not just the whats. Very often we talk about the significance of doing something or making a big change, but we don’t always communicate why it’s so important. […]
Five Areas Worth (Re)Thinking About
This week’s post is a guest blog from Benson Hines. He is the writer of the Exploring College Ministry blog and has taken nine road trips to visit over 300 campuses in all. Before he began devoting his time to helping leaders in college ministry he served locally for 8 years in college ministry. He […]
Getting More Out of the Conference
With the spring BASIC Conference in just a couple weeks I wanted to share with you some ways to get the best out of this weekend for your group. Over the years I’ve seen groups do a number of different things around conference time that I thought could benefit your group. Prep your students for […]
Fasting with Your Group
I briefly mentioned the idea of fasting on the blog before the conference this past fall. I think that fasting is one the disciplines from the Scriptures that we discuss very rarely or only at the beginning of a new year, but it can transform our walk with God. All throughout the Bible there are […]
Living With a Missions Mindset
Last May at the Propel Leadership Summit Benson Hines discussed how we must view our campuses as a mission field. I’ve said before that I think the most important thing we can do while we’re at college is to lead people to Christ. Don’t hear me wrong. I’m not advocating that students abandon their schoolwork […]
Senior Share & Prayer Night
If you don’t already do something at the end of the year to acknowledge seniors in your group now is a good time to start thinking about a way to encourage them before they graduate. One of the things I enjoyed during my time as a student at SUNY Oswego was an annual Senior Share […]
Campus Ministry Partnerships
This week’s post is a guest blog from Justin Christopher. He is the director of Campus Renewal Ministries and author of Campus Renewal: A Practical Plan for Uniting Campus Ministries in Prayer and Mission. Justin also writes regularly for the Reaching Campus blog. Until recently, most college pastor’s experiences with attempts at “unity” has looked […]
10 Service Project Ideas
After students came back from the New York City missions trip I was reminded of the impact that comes through serving others. Jesus intentionally took time to serve others when He saw people in need and we should do the same. Sometimes we can get so caught up in planning our large group meetings and […]
Getting the Most Out of the Blog
I just wanted to quickly cover some tips for getting the most out of this blog. While the main part of this blog is the weekly posts, I’ve tried to include a few other features that you might find helpful. Along the left hand side you’ll see things like Subscribe by RSS, Most Popular Tags, […]
Ideas for Using Technology: Private Facebook Groups
Last week in the Ideas for Using Technology series I talked about using Google+ for video conferencing with leaders during breaks. In the last post of this series I wanted to give you another idea for using technology to communicate with your leaders. Facebook has had the option of creating groups for quite awhile now. […]