Christian Challenge at MSC

As I sat trying to quell the playful bickering between a couple of my students yesterday, I had the opportunity to talk with one young man who wanted to know exactly what we do.  "Why is college ministry different than my high school youth group?" He asked.  I tried to explain it to him, but I really felt like I’d failed a bit.  

This morning, while checking out Twitter, a tweet by @CampusMinGuy caught my eye – "Characteristics of College Ministry,"  based on an article written by @bensonhines.  I clicked the link, and just finished reading through the article.  WOW, I wish I’d had a copy of this with me yesterday.  It does one heck of a job of explaining what I couldn’t get into words.  Here is an exerpt -

The practice of college ministry is far more like Missions than like Christian Education.

So ministering to a college campus is in many ways more like Missions in Mozambique than it is even like Youth Ministry.

The more I work with college students, the more I think this is true.  Go to http://bit.ly/JfPEY for the full article.  Or just track me down on campus, I’ll have a copy with me today, just in case….

 -Kevin

Fall 2009 semester is about to kick off!  I hope everyone had a great summer!  Christian Challenge has some great
opportunities this semester to get to know each other and to seek the
Lord.  My name is Garrett and I will try
to keep this site up to date as much as I can. 
To keep up on what’s going on this semester, check the calendar for
times and locations of Bible Studies, Foundations, and other shenanigans.

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your
own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your
paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV