About Me
I’m more messed up than you know and I want to admit; but I’m more loved than I can imagine.
Follower of Jesus;
Husband of Jess;
Father of Samuel, Micah, & Abigail;
Pastor and Campus Minister with CCO at Penn State University
I’m About: Loving God, Loving my family, Loving my neighbors, and doing my part for the Kingdom.
I’m into: being missional; ministry to and with college students; planting & growing churches; Philly & PSU sports; making music; reading and writing; innovation and strategy.
Benson recommended your blog and great to see you are at PSU. I worked there with Buzz about 4 years ago. Give him a shout for me.
Peace
Hey brother,
I am an aspiring college minister from West Texas and came across your blog while looking for some resources to prepare me mentally for college ministry. Your stuff has been very helpful (even if it’s only been like 30 mins). Keep writing and may God continue to bless your ministry at Happy Valley!
Could you email me with some thought on Gospel Centered Life and how you have “done it” at Penn State. I am starting a Sunday School Class in March using GCL and was looking for a short video as an into to get Church people interested. Please reply ASAP. Thanks. You also may know my son Ben from liberti
Claude–
glad you’re thinking about using GCL. How did you come across it?
Don’t know if you saw this post:
http://stevelutz.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/thoughts-on-using-gospel-centered-life/
Beyond that, it’s hard for me to know how to advise you, as I don’t know your exposure to this kind of Gospel teaching.
My encouragement would be to “preach the Gospel to yourself, every day.” If you’re not living & breathing this stuff, the content will fall flat. I would soak yourself in other resources from World Harvest Mission, and Tim Keller’s books (especially Prodigal God), articles related to Gospel-centered ministry, and sermons.
A great resource can be found here:
http://www.stevekmccoy.com/reformissionary/2005/07/tim_keller_arti.html
Hope that helps!
great site man! keep up the good work
Helpful site, especially in regards to needs and goals for college ministries.
Question (and one I have posed to other college ministry leaders): Other than financial needs, what (if any) support/encouragement do such ministries need from older generations (including laity)?
Thanks Rick!
GREAT question, and one I wish more people were asking.
Reaching this people-group is a job for the whole body of Christ.
We need people who will champion ministry to college students in their churches. Make sure its on your pastor & elders’ radar. Make sure it shows up in the budget. Make sure students are cared for when they’re away and when they come back in the summer.
We need people who affirm that college ministry is not the “JV” and that this matters, greatly, for the future of the Church in North American and around the world.
But most of all, we need older generations–ESPECIALLY empty-nesters–who will make it part of their life mission to reach out to college students. Become a mentor or coach in a college ministry. Volunteer part-time. Heck, even raise support and go on campus! From what I can see, students are hungry for this. You have much wisdom to offer–and students will help keep you young as well.
Spread the word!
Steve-
Thanks for your valuable insights. Champion, affirm, reach out. Great thoughts.
Hi, I read your blog and found it really helpful for college ministry. We have a college ministry much like yours, and there are a group of students with us who are foreign students. These students return to their home country every summer break for 3-4 months at a stretch, and the challenge is for them to stay connected with God during that time when they are away.
The problem is, many of these students are from China and other Asian countries such as Vietnam or Myanmmar, and they do not have access to a local church and support group which is able to provide continual support in their walk with God. Furthermore, many of these students are still spiritual babies. What sort of resources can you recommend for these students, that they will be able to continue feeding on in the summer holiday break? Sorry if its a troublesome question, but if you could help, it’d be great!
You state that God does not approve of Murder, rape or theft.
Sorry,Steve but you are completely wrong. The bible records quite the opposite.
David
David,
Perhaps you can tell me where the Bible endorses those things? As an honest record of human history in a sinful world, it certainly features plenty of instances of those things, but does so without condoning them.
Hey Steve,
Just connected with you on facebook after seeing a post Byron put about your new book. Congrats! Anxious to take a look at it. I write toward college-age ministry (www.xp3college.org and recently did The Slow Fade with Reggie Joiner and Chuck Bomar), so look forward to learning from your thoughts and experience.
Peace to you today,
Abbie
Please know we are praying for you all out there at PSU. How are you handling things? I bet this is a pretty busy time!