First is, Be YOU on the Campus Where you ARE.
SECOND: Good falls are made in the summer.
Now is the time to develop your plan and schedule for the summer. That does not mean don't relax or slow down some, but it means do the things now that will make a difference for the fall.
5 Things to do this summer:
1. Develop your contacts plan for incoming freshmen.
Are there Summer Orientations? Can you be a part of them in some way? If so, prioritize those dates and give thought to the best way to present your ministry. Can you have a display or handouts? Pictures tell stories.
Remember, you will often meet and encounter parents at these events. Look and act like someone their parents will want their son or daughter to be around.
Do a Give-A-Way of some sort, if they sign up, fill out a card or act interested. It can be one for each Orientation or one for the whole summer. Or, each person gets one that day. If you cannot afford something to give, develop a "Smart Tips for Freshmen" sheet or a list of restaurants and stores that give student discounts.
Write follow-up notes or send texts to those students who you talk to and you have an address for following the Orientation.
2. Contact area churches to get a list of their students coming to your campus.
You can prioritize those with larger youth ministries that will likely have students coming to your campus. Pass on names and info you get on students going to other campuses. If you do a Summer Alumni Newsletter, ask them to send you any names of their children, grandchildren or from their church.
3. Lay out your speaking plan for the fall or schedule all the speakers for your large group event.
If you speak for your main event, develop the scripture and topic for each one and lay out a quick outline to develop each week. You can always change during the semester, if something develops or changes. It saves a whole lot of stress during the fall AND makes you a better speaker.
4. Develop a poster, flyer, or handout for the fall.
I am a big proponent of posters that can be hung on bulletin boards, etc especially, if you get no names or few names of incoming students you can contact prior to the start of school. Remember, Pictures, Pictures, Pictures. It can be general info about your weekly schedule or it can be the events for your first couple of weeks. A quality poster or flyer says it is a quality ministry.
5. In mid-July to August 1, send out invitations to some students to be on your Freshmen Leadership Team or in a Freshmen Bible Study Group you or one of your upperclassmen is going to lead.
Enclose a card to return indicating they want to do it.....get some sort of commitment. Or, have them text you a response, if they want to be part of it. Especially highlight any who have been highly recommended to you or that you were impressed with at Orientations, etc.
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