Interesting time at Kean today....
....Especially consider I had just told
my directors that
"nothing is happening at Kean". Literally. I said that. (Now if you're a Kean student, please remember I'm fallen!) I mean with
all things considered I guess I shouldn't say "nothing" because
God is
always doing something whether we we see it or not. However, in my
defense,
this Fall started off very slow because despite the best efforts from the Kean Cru
leaders to plan for "freshmen week" (where freshmen get all of our attention & love), nothing happened. We
couldn't book rooms for our events, freshmen were already so busy with moving in and
attending seminars, and none of the upperclassmen were on
campus yet to help promote things.
Needless to say, I was growing
discouraged.
Problem? Pray!
When I'm feeling low, I remember our verse of the year:
1 Thessalonians
5:17 which says
"Pray without ceasing". So I began to pray... A lot.
Every day that an event was cancelled, I prayed. I prayed at home. I
prayed in the car. I prayed on campus. I prayed with the students. I
prayed with faculty. I prayed with my staff team. I just prayed. Today, September 12th, is the 3rd
Wednesday residents are on campus and the second week of classes.
Wednesday nights are the new times for our weekly meeting/Bible
study where all the students get together for a little worship,
opportunity to hear from each other and from a speaker who speaks from
scripture. Even though we are two weeks into the semester, we have not
been able to book a regular room for our events or meetings and so students have a
difficult time finding us on campus.
Lost? Seek Vision!
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| Leaders pray at Kean |
This week, I decided to have a leadership meeting with all the Kean Cru
leaders to help cast vision for them, encourage them, and give them a
bit of training that will help them better plan outreaches in the
future. :)
I sincerely enjoy this part of my job so much! I want
to see students
"get it"! I want to see students grow deeper in love with Jesus and
understand the honor and opportunity they have to respond and then
execute well the plans God has for their lives! Out of
13 leaders, 8 were able to make it to the leadership meeting today
while others were in class or work.
Towards the end, I was confident that some may have been convicted while
others
were motivated to see change. We started the meeting with 35 minutes of
prayer and then talked about the need and their roles on campus (
this was mainly in
preparation for Friday's statewide planning meeting at Rutgers University). At the end of this
meeting, I asked how and when was this evening's activity/outreach
happening. The September flyer they created earlier said there would be man-hunt
tonight. One student responded with a mellow tone that he doubted
anyone would come, so we should just cancel and no one else said anything,
so that's just what was decided. -
Nothing Happening.
One of our goals as a
ministry nationwide is that 100% of our students would know that they are
“sent” by God to help fulfill the great commission in Matthew 28:18-20. Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for
Christ, had a desire to see our generation bring the Good News to everyone,
everywhere. To do this, we need to be faithful 2 Timothy 2:2, where Paul
entreats Timothy to teach what he’s learned to faithful men who will pass it
on. We call that multiplication!
