Lead a Weblog for Young Adult Leaders

My favorite air to breathe is fall air on a college campus. Believe it or not, fall and the arrival of students, new and returning, is here! Football players, resident assistants, sorority recruitment leaders, and band members are likely on your campus right now. Others will quickly follow! Wooo Hooo!

It’s summer and you may be planning what’s going to happen in the young adult ministry in your church this fall and into next year. You may be totally focused on all matters of high spiritual value. Let me give you one word of advice: Build in some fun.

Nearly 19 million college students are preparing to begin class next month. How will you and your church seek to be involved in their lives? Consider the following: make the first three weeks of the semester count, develop a specialized ministry to at least one people group on campus, and have a plan for your collegiate ministry.

Any ministry is stressful, but ministering to young adults can be especially draining. It often requires you to stay up late at an event just to get up early to head into the office the next morning. You have intense physical demands on your body, especially when you top that ministry off with a family. How are you supposed to have the energy to exercise?