I Make this Suggestion Every Year at this Time!

Here is a suggestion I make to College Ministers EVERY year at this time.  Depending on your university or college schedule, you are anywhere from 3 weeks to a month from the end of the semester (unless you are on the quarter system).

SO, basically your year is made.  This is the time to try something you have always wanted to do, but never could quite muster the courage to do it.  This is the time to try it.

I always give the example of our Lunch Program which had outgrown the area where we were having it.  The growth of it had stopped to fit the room.  We were having it in the Rec area next to the kitchen...a natural place to have a lunch event...next to the kitchen.  Our chapel area was much larger....BUT....it was up two different sets of steps from the kitchen where food most naturally would be served.  Someone had the crazy suggestion that we continue to serve in the Rec area, but set up for tables and chairs for the program in the Chapel area and students carry their plates up there.

I knew it would not work.  So, for the last Lunch Program of the year, we tried it....so I could PROVE it would not work.  It worked GREAT!  The next fall we were permanently upstairs and the Lunch Program grew and doubled in size.  One experiment did it.

What should you try?

-Is there a different meeting time you should try?
-Should you try a different day for one of your events?
-Is there a different meeting place you should try?
(On-campus, Off-campus, rented space, etc)
-Is there a different format for your large group event that should be tried?

What is that CRAZY idea that someone has mentioned and you want to PROVE it will NOT work!!  Or, what is it that YOU have always wanted to try?  Remember, the definition of insanity is "continuing to do the same thing and expect a different result".

It is the last month of school, so I have to write my annual end of school Blog.  Let me know how your experiment works out...failure, disaster (you ALMOST got fired), Big Hit, or OK, there are some possibilities there to work on and tweak.