a break...
So, the benefit of campus ministry is that the school schedule is your schedule. After four days with the boss-man in Houston at a campus ministry conference, I have about two and a half weeks to be/think/pray (a.k.a. think and pray while I build a house!). These are my two big thoughts for the next couple of weeks...
how do you help a senior college leader who's passionate for Jesus be ready to face life in the church?
how can we change the church to accommodate a college post-grad who's passionate for Jesus?
I'd love to have your thoughts (in comment form!) if you have any contributions...
2 comments:
I have been trying to figure those out for myself! How do you move from Wesley community into the real world? It is really hard!
I am trying to remember that Wesley was the beginning, and we are moving from glory to glory, so things should get better from there!
GRACE!
Hey David, it's Kristina Boothe. I stumbled on your blog from Alyssa's blog.
I was skimming through the sweet pictures of your house and girls and this question caught my attention.
Wesley can be a hard place to leave....you get used to a close commmunity that is easy to plug into...and people doing things for you...discipling you, feeding you, befriending you, praying for you, remembering your name, giving you a place to serve, all these things are easy to take for granted. Not to mention all the other amazing things...like the lifestyle of prayer and worship.
I would say the main thing I learned post-grad/post-Wesley...is just the importance of being proactive.
I'm an adult now and I can't expect the church or church community to fill all my needs spiritually. I can no longer be so consumer-minded.
If I want deep friendships, I have to make that leap and be vulnerable.
If I want to serve, I have to jump right in and initiate it.
If I am wanting accountability I go out and find someone to be accountable to.
If I am wanting a lifestyle of prayer and worship, what do I do if there are no prayer groups around me or worship services I "click" with? I pray anyways, I find people who want to pray with me, I choose to worship in my daily life and choose to "engage" in worship services despite the "click."
That would be my main advice to post-grads. Be proactive. Take ownership of your own relationship with Christ.
Sow and encourage this ownership into the lives of college students, so when they leave the safe "bosom" of Wesley/college life, they have roots that will remain when it's not quite as "easy."
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