"God on Campus" encouraged adults and students to think about ways we can support our college students. Here are some ideas we discussed:
1) To parents: Consider reviewing options for campus ministry with your teenager when they arrive on campus. Make this a family activity rather than leaving it to chance that your new college student will seek out all options.
2) To church members: Freshmen proudly refer to their home churches as "my church." Four years later, these students talk about the same church as "the church I used to go to." A home church can find many ways to support college students such as sending care packages, noticing them when they come home for a visit, and letting them know they can still offer prayer concerns or contact the home church minister.
3) To students: Recognize the difference between "safe" and "dangerous" campus ministry programs. A church should not require you to do certain tasks or think certain things to be a part of a group. God's grace is free. Christ's love is free. God's Spirit moves freely throughout the world. A campus ministry should model the freedom we feel as a member of Christ's holy kingdom.
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