Many campus ministries and college groups are open to people of all persuasions. It's probably too late for this year, but the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is probably a good thing for campus ministries to recognize and celebrate.
How welcoming is your campus ministry or college group to people of all faiths?
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Lenten Devotional for College Students
This devotion is a guide to help “create space for grace” through the season of Lent. Grace is a shorthand way of speaking of the incredible love of God. John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, understood grace as God’s mercy that comes to us, even though we do not deserve it. It is a free gift.
Like receiving an unexpected present from our grandparents on Christmas morning, we are often surprised by grace. When we are given such a gift, our natural response is to feel guilty since we do not have a gift to give in return. But like the Christmas gift, grace is given out of love and we are invited to receive it with no strings attached.
Lent offers us an opportunity to create space for grace. It is a season of the Church that spans forty days beginning on Ash Wednesday and goes through Easter Sunday. For early Christians, Lent was a time to prepare for baptism which only happened on Easter Sunday morning. It was marked by a time of prayer, self-reflection, and preparation for Easter.
The devotions in Creating Space for Grace are written by students at LaGrange College to help you in your turning toward God’s grace.
As you make your way through this guide over the next forty seven days (we have included Ash Wednesday and Sundays) we trust that you will be led to reflect on ways that you can create space for grace in your lives.
The guides are $2.00 each which includes shipping and handling and may be ordered from Gary Williams at the Episcopal Church Center, 815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017 or gwilliams@episcopalchurch.org or call (212) 716-6257. Checks should be made payable to NCC with a memo line notation: ELMC/Higher Educ. Lenten. Guides will be shipped upon receipt of your check. Orders will be accepted until January 23 while supplies last.
Like receiving an unexpected present from our grandparents on Christmas morning, we are often surprised by grace. When we are given such a gift, our natural response is to feel guilty since we do not have a gift to give in return. But like the Christmas gift, grace is given out of love and we are invited to receive it with no strings attached.
Lent offers us an opportunity to create space for grace. It is a season of the Church that spans forty days beginning on Ash Wednesday and goes through Easter Sunday. For early Christians, Lent was a time to prepare for baptism which only happened on Easter Sunday morning. It was marked by a time of prayer, self-reflection, and preparation for Easter.
The devotions in Creating Space for Grace are written by students at LaGrange College to help you in your turning toward God’s grace.
As you make your way through this guide over the next forty seven days (we have included Ash Wednesday and Sundays) we trust that you will be led to reflect on ways that you can create space for grace in your lives.
The guides are $2.00 each which includes shipping and handling and may be ordered from Gary Williams at the Episcopal Church Center, 815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017 or gwilliams@episcopalchurch.org or call (212) 716-6257. Checks should be made payable to NCC with a memo line notation: ELMC/Higher Educ. Lenten. Guides will be shipped upon receipt of your check. Orders will be accepted until January 23 while supplies last.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Global Justice Volunteers Program
There is still time for young adults between the age of 20 and 30 to apply for short term, volunteer mission service in the 2008 Global Justice Volunteers program of The United Methodist Church. The 2008 areas of service are Asia and Africa.
The Global Justice Volunteers program offers young people the opportunity to live internationally for two months and explore the issues of justice and its advocacy as a component of mission. The internships relate to grassroots and ecumenical partners of the General Board of Global Ministries, the international mission agency of The United Methodist Church. Emphasis is on cultural exchange. Young adults from the US and Europe live and work in community with young people from the host region.
The program is sponsored by the Mission Volunteers Office of Global Ministries in collaboration with the Women's Division of the mission agency.
Each intern is expected to contribute $2,200 to the program. Participants usually finance this cost through fundraising in their community/church. Limited scholarships are available.
Spring Term dates to Asia:
(issue focus: Migrant Farmers and Workers)
March 3rd -April 24th, 2008
Still accepting applications
Summer Term dates to Africa:
(issue focus: HIV & AIDS, substance abuse as it relates to conflict situations...)
June 30th-August 17th, 2008
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2008
For additional information go online to www.gjv.info, or contact Beth Buchanan at bbuchanan@gbgm-umc.org
The Global Justice Volunteers program offers young people the opportunity to live internationally for two months and explore the issues of justice and its advocacy as a component of mission. The internships relate to grassroots and ecumenical partners of the General Board of Global Ministries, the international mission agency of The United Methodist Church. Emphasis is on cultural exchange. Young adults from the US and Europe live and work in community with young people from the host region.
The program is sponsored by the Mission Volunteers Office of Global Ministries in collaboration with the Women's Division of the mission agency.
Each intern is expected to contribute $2,200 to the program. Participants usually finance this cost through fundraising in their community/church. Limited scholarships are available.
Spring Term dates to Asia:
(issue focus: Migrant Farmers and Workers)
March 3rd -April 24th, 2008
Still accepting applications
Summer Term dates to Africa:
(issue focus: HIV & AIDS, substance abuse as it relates to conflict situations...)
June 30th-August 17th, 2008
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2008
For additional information go online to www.gjv.info, or contact Beth Buchanan at bbuchanan@gbgm-umc.org
Thursday, January 10, 2008
About $1,000,000 raised by about 20,000 college students
About 20,000 college students gave one million dollars to change the world. Incredible.
Find out more about the Passion movement.
Find out more about the Passion movement.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
"On Faith" website
On Faith is a website sponsored by the Washington Post and Newsweek. It is designed to foster religious understanding in the 21st century.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Links
Upcoming Events
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more to come...
Tampere 2008 (Global Conference) - June 30 - July 4, 2008
Campus Ministry Networks and Organizations
National Campus Ministry Association
United Methodist Campus Ministers Association
College Union
Ivy Jungle
Higher Education Ministries Arena
Campus Ministry Resources from Denominational Groups
United Methodist
Presbyterian (PCUSA)
Presbyterian (PCA)
Episcopal
Christian Church (Disciples)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Catholic
Assemblies of God
Campus Ministry Resources from Parachurch and Other Groups
Intervarsity
Campus Crusade
Navigators
268 Generation
Organizations and Movements Making a Difference
ONE
Save Darfur (college info)
International Justice Mission
Sojourners
Blood:Water Mission
more to come...
National Study on Spirituality of University Students
Students may be less likely to attend religious services while in college than they were as high school students, but that doesn't mean they're not wrestling with spiritual and ethical issues, a study suggests.
USA Today article
Templeton article
Spirituality in Higher Education
USA Today article
Templeton article
Spirituality in Higher Education
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