Brainstorming College Ministry

Chuck on October 14th, 2008

It’s always nice to think through things with someone else – or a team of people.  But there’s something different about doing it with the RIGHT person or people!  So, I invited a life long friend of mine, and a board member of CollegeLeader up here to Portland to help me think through some things.  Jonathan is a great guy, has a ton of business and ministry experience, but he also loves the local church and understands our need to minister to college-age people in that context!  We sat outside my favorite coffee shop for about 3 hrs. talking, brainstorming, dreaming, coming up with logistics, etc.  

Now, I’m sitting on my couch, with both of our macs on our laps nd taking a break 

Specifically we are thinking through how we can more effectively help college-age ministry leaders around the country.  We are coming up with a number of avenues that we are very excited about because we think we’re hitting the core needs of people working in this ministry.  I will fill you in at a later date, but – and I’ve never asked for this up to this point – but please pray that we can truly develop something that will help!

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Eric at 6:05pm October 14

Chuck,

We have been brainstorming in my church (in Anchorage, Alaska) about our ministry on the local college campus and have all kinds of ideas floating around. I find it frustrating though that there isn’t really much of a support network here for college ministry and it is hard for us to share our ideas with others doing the same kind of work. It is encouraging to hear you are working to address that need. Do you know of any existing online communities or forums for discussing college ministry that I might look into for tossing ideas around? Thanks, Chuck. I will be sure to be in prayer for you guys!

Benson Hines at 9:36pm October 21

Hey Chuck -
I too am intrigued to see what you guys settle on. After the big trip last year, I’ve been thinking a lot about how it may take some focused, committed group – much like Youth Specialties did with Youth Ministry – to develop the field. There is such a crazy diversity nationwide, but we need something. Thanks for working on it.