Freshmen Ministry Starts Now...
Fish. Thirteenth –graders. Newbies. Freshmen have many names. Our campus sometimes calls them baby ducks (don’t ask, you don’t want to know). Freshmen ministry is one of the most time consuming and rewarding things in college ministry. For many, it’s the first time they begin to own their faith. For some, it’s the first time they are exposed to discipleship and evangelism. For those of us in collegiate ministry we see the pros of freshmen getting plugged into a ministry and growing in their faith, but we also see the dark side of freshman year as vast numbers of church attending freshmen disappear from the faith after they hit campus. Within the first 4-8 weeks incoming freshmen have set their pattern and their peer group, and many times Jesus and discipleship aren’t in the picture. We have a saying here, “Catch them in four or chase them for four.” It’s the rally cry the first month of school. We have four weeks to help them discover a relationship with Jesus and plug into