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Believe it or not, 2016 is almost here. It’s been a good year here on the blog for college ministry. Our team wants to thank you for taking the time to read this blog and invest in the lives of college students. Our hope is that in some way we have helped take your ministry to the next level.
Before we close out 2015 here’s a look back at the top 10 posts from this past year determined by how many times they were viewed.
- A Cheap, Easy Way To Advertise Your College Ministry This idea combines cheap materials like water bottles, lollipops, mailing labels and some decorative packing tape as a great tool for advertising your group.
- Which Is Better: Flashy Large Group Meetings Or Deep Discipleship? Long debated in Christian ministry circles, here’s my take on the answer to this classic question.
- Idea For Using Technology: Using Periscope For Ministry Read about the app that launched earlier this year and how you can best utilize it for college ministry.
- Is Praying for the Lost to Be Saved Biblical? We should long to see the lost come to know Him and praying for their salvation is Biblical. Read more about why it makes sense.
- Idea: Use Video Chats to Connect Over the Summer Many times, our college ministries increasingly pick up steam throughout each semester, and we feel like we’re just getting into the groove, when summer or winter break happens. Keep the momentum going over the summer and into the next semester by connecting with your students via video chat.
- Resource For Seniors: Start by Jon Acuff Over the summer I read the New York Times bestseller Start. by Jon Acuff. As I worked my way through it (it actually wasn’t work at all due to Acuff’s offbeat humor), I couldn’t stop thinking about how every senior should read this before they graduate.
- Ideas For Using Technology: Meeting & Event Group Text Reminders How many times have students missed your meeting because they simply forgot about it? Find out how to set up easy and simple text reminders so they never have a bad excuse for missing it again.
- How To Address Hot Button Issues With college students facing hot button issues every day on their campus and in our culture, how can we address these things without offending people and driving them away from God?
- Opening Weekend Activity: Explore Your Town Scavenger Hunt A fun idea that will help form relationships between the current and new students in your ministry, something that can be challenging at times.
- 5 Things I Learned My First Year in Ministry Sam DiStefano reflects on the most important things she learned in her first year of working with BASIC.
So, that’s it. There’s the top 10 posts of 2015 neatly organized so you can easily catch up and get prepared for 2016. Thanks for reading and have a happy New Year!
photo credit: Nailed it! My picture is a perfect 10! via photopin (license)
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