By the time you receive this Newsletter, we will probably be in the middle of Collegiate Week at Glorieta! This years' event is a sell out! It is always an exciting week of renewal, fellowship, information and seeing God Work in the lives of College Students! As a local Campus Minister, it was always the first event to help kick off a busy fall. One of the things that I always watched was to see the impact Glorieta had on my leaders as they returned to our ministry in the fall. They always came back fired up and ready to go! If you can get some of your key leaders to go with you each August to Collegiate Week, it is almost a sure thing that they will be better leaders in your ministry in the fall. Put it on your calendar for next year. The Dates are August 5-10.

The first of the fall semester are key for you ministry to reach students! Students are being recruited by almost every group on campus. From Greeks to ROTC, from service groups to clubs, everyone is reaching out to capture new students. Collegiate Ministry must work hard to reach out to these same new students to reach them but not just to grow our numbers but to help them hear Christ's message for them. They are very spiritually interested and we have an opportunity to connect with them, but after the first 3 weeks, they have set their patterns. So work hard with lots of outreach at the very beginning of your semester!

LifeWay did a research project several years ago and asked young adults what there are looking for in terms of a small Bible Study group. We found they are looking for 4 basic things. 1.) They want someone to know there name and to be their friend on Campus. 2.) They want to study God's Word and see how it applies to their lives as they leave each day. They don't want to come to a Bible study just to hear someone's testimony and have a cookie. They want depth! 3.) They don't want to just study God's Word, they want to put it into action by making a personal difference. 4.) They want their campus group and their church to be working in a larger arena bringing about a change in the world. This sounds like what BCM and Collegiate Churches are doing through their missions' projects! These four pillars is what Threads resources have been built around. If you are looking for outstanding small group materials that will help on these emphasis, visit the threads web site at www.threadmedia.com .

10-10-10 This is an emphasis that Doug Hunt has started at Clemson University. It is asking folks to pray for Collegiate Ministers and College Students on August 10, at 10 am for 10 minutes. I love this emphasis!! I would love to see every campus in America commit to this emphasis. It may be too late for some of you to do this year, but it can be something we can all put on out calendars for 2012. Go to this face book LINK and like this page!

God bless you as you start a new semester and know that I am praying for you!

National Collegiate Ministry Leader

Church and Network Partnerships, LifeWay