Ideas for Using Technology: Long Distance Leaders Meetings
Last week in the Ideas for Using Technology series I talked about utilizing pictures to spread the word about your group’s events on Facebook and Twitter and encourage fellowship after the event is over. This week I wanted to give you an idea for doing leader’s meetings over breaks using the new social networking site […]
Ideas for Using Technology: Social Pictures
This is the second post discussing some creative ways to utilize technology in college ministry as part of a series called Ideas for Using Technology. Last week I talked about using check-ins for spreading the word about your meetings and events on Facebook. This week I want to give you an idea for posting pictures […]
Ideas for Using Technology: Check-Ins
Over the next few weeks I’m going to run a series for utilizing technology in our meetings. I recently heard an idea for using technology to spread the word about your weekly meetings and events by having students “check-in” when they show up. You can do this using either Facebook or Foursquare. All of us […]
Cultivating Relationships
When Cheryl and I started working with BASIC College Ministries we were a part of helping a church start a BASIC group at SUNY Geneseo. We very quickly realized that the students who got involved and stayed committed to the group were the ones we spent the most time pouring into. From what I’ve seen […]
One Thing to Do Over Break
For most the end of the fall semester will come either this week or next. At this point we breathe a deep sigh of relief, wrap up the few things we have left to do, and slip into campus ministry hibernation for the next month or so. Campus ministry can be strenuous work, especially if […]
Being Content in All Things
As we approach Christmas it’s easy to get caught up in all the commercialism. We all know that’s not what Christmas is really about, but it doesn’t take much to lose sight of that as we plan what gifts to buy and our family members ask us what we’d like to receive. Now could be […]
Finals Week and Winter Break
At Propel, we had the privilege of hearing from Benson Hines. Benson blogs about campus ministry daily and works full time to support the field of college ministry in any way possible. Each year he posts helpful ideas for breaks that I think we could benefit from. I wanted to link you over to two […]
Getting in the Church Budget
One of the things that can be hard to come by in college ministry is money. We all know college students are usually hurting for cash and unless your group has a significant budget with the college Student Association the funds you need can be hard to come by. As the end of the year […]
Easy Button Change
I’ve talked a little bit before about how fast our culture has become. There’s no question that we have become a society that expects everything to come easy and quick and when it doesn’t we can find ourselves very frustrated. Too often we look for the same thing in our spiritual lives – a quick […]
Preparing Students for Graduation
As the end of the fall semester quickly approaches I wanted to quickly touch on making sure seniors are fully prepared for life after graduation. Many of us probably don’t have too many students graduating in December, but for those who do I think there are several important life skills every student should graduate with. […]