School Bells are Looming
The start of the school year is a time filled with excitement, preparation and probably more than a little dread. Many of you know of someone who is starting college for the first time. They are headed into an extremely invigorating time filled with exciting experiences.
While college is generally a fun time, it can also be a tenuous time for people’s faiths. It’s often the first time one needs to take charge of their faith. No one forces you to read your Bible, or pray or go to Church. Those things become your choices.
That’s why ministries like InterVarsity are so necessary. They provide ways for students to immediately start taking responsibility for their faith and ways to connect to other students who are doing the same.
Recently, they published an article titled A New Year on Campus that details their expectations this coming year. I really enjoy hearing Alec Hill’s take on InterVarsity’s passion:
Simply put, we love students, faculty and the campus. For nearly 70 years, InterVarsity has been sending missionaries to universities, colleges, community colleges and institutes. We seek to discern what the Lord is already doing on a particular campus and then align our activities with His. We believe that the best way to reach a university community – after prayer and “scouting out the land” – is identify as many “missional” Christians as possible and then equip them to impact others for the Kingdom.
Do you have any stories about how ministries like InterVarsity impacted your time at college? Any college students headed off looking to get involved in InterVarsity?
