Saturday, August 30, 2008

High School Football Season kicks off to a great start...

These are new days in the world of high school ministry and I'm excited to be working on the front lines. With the start of football season it is hugely important to be on campus interacting with with students as much as possible. I have had the pleasure of connecting with several area football teams already this preseason. Brian Mills, Brett Davis, and I have been at many football practices already this fall.

3 things to think about with on-campus ministry:
1. You will never be given access if you don't ask: Let's be honest, there are a lot of rules surrounding access to local high schools and that can be intimidating to youth pastors across the board. You will never get opportunities if you don't ask to be involved. You will see incredible growth in your ministry if you can get involved.

2. You can't be too available: I've found that a phone message with a request for a return call often times falls right through the cracks. Community leaders and administrators simply cannot manage the call volume they receive day in and day out. Henceforth, I've learned that a quick 'drop-in' visit is extremely effective in most cases. If you want something, you will probably have to go and ask for it in person.

3. Follow through with what you say you will do: Don't tell students and community leaders that you are going to be around and then go 6 weeks without visiting. If you say you are going to be there, you better be there. Good intentions don't get it done in the world of student ministry. If you do a poor job of following through you will make a bad name for all of those who come after you and attempt to reach students for Christ in that program.

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