On Campus For Good

A comprehensive guide for congregations seeking to develop a ministry with a neighboring academic community. The modules in On Campus For Good offer faith communities located near academic settings some practical help in planning and implementing a campus ministry. Whether you are just beginning to consider reaching out to a campus or want some help in revitalizing an existing ministry, this course can assist you in planning, administering, funding, and staffing a campus ministry program which is most appropriate for your setting.

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Course curriculum

1. Pastor Don Romsa
2. Welcome
1. 🖨️ PDF of Module 01
2. Getting Started
3. Establish a Planning Team
4. 👉 Convener
5. 👉 Academic community student, faculty member and administrator
6. 👉 Community representative
7. 👉 Wider church representative
8. 👉 Resource advocate
9. 👉 Congregational governing body member
10. 👉 Congregational staff member
11. Initial Sessions
12. Final Notes to Consider
1. 🖨️ PDF of Module 02
2. Overview
3. Grace
4. Vocation
5. Incarnation
6. Unbounded Hospitality
7. Recap
1. 🖨️ PDF of Module 03
2. Overview
3. Regional Church Offices
4. Neighboring Congregations
5. Existing Campus Ministries
6. Supportive Members of the Academic Community
1. 🖨️ PDF of Module 04
2. Overview
3. Challenges
4. COVID-19
5. Types of Academic Communities
6. Get to Know Your Community
7. 👉 Walk around the campus
8. 👉 Find the person who coordinates the college’s interactions with the community
9. 👉 Meet with students one-on-one
10. 👉 Process what you have learned
11. 🎥 Knowing and Understanding the Campus
12. 🎥 Finding Partners Among Faculty and Staff
13. 🗞️ Gen Z and the church (Living Lutheran)
14. 🗞️ Gen Z: The Culture, Beliefs and Motivations Shaping the Next Generation (Barna)
1. 🖨️ PDF of Module 05
2. Reflection Questions
3. Understanding the campus setting
4. Residential campus
5. Commuter campus
6. 🎥 Residential vs. Commuter Campuses
1. 🖨️ PDF of Module 06
2. 🖨️ PDF of Module 06
3. 🎥 Welcoming Students
4. What you have to offer
5. An authentic space
6. What do you already have?
7. Welcoming notes
8. One more thing...
1. 🖨️ PDF of Module 07
2. Overview
3. Let's imagine...
1. 🖨️ PDF of Module 08
2. Introduction
3. 🎥 A Conversation on Campus Ministry
4. 🎥 Adopt-A-Mom
5. 🎥 Campus Ministry in a College Community
6. 🎥 Doing Campus Ministry as a Congregation
7. 🎥 Midnight Pancakes
8. 🎥 Opportunities for Service
9. 🎥 Taking Social Action
10. 🎥 The Student Food Pantry
1. 🖨️ PDF of Module 09
2. Introduction
3. Where do we even begin?
4. What platform should we use?
5. What’s next?
6. Let’s get connected
7. How do we create a content strategy that works?
8. Some resources to help you succeed

About this course

Free
76 lessons
2.5 hours of video content

A big thank you. 💛

We extend our sincere thanks to The Philip N. Knutson Endowment for Lutheran Campus Ministry for their generous grant that served as the primary source of funding for this project.