College Union http://collegeunion.org Caring for and resourcing Campus Ministers Wed, 16 May 2012 13:57:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Copyright © College Union 2011 bbowser@foundationforevangelism.org (College Union) bbowser@foundationforevangelism.org (College Union) http://collegeunion.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg College Union http://collegeunion.org 144 144 Caring for and resourcing Campus Ministers College Union College Union bbowser@foundationforevangelism.org no no Refresh 2012 at First UMC Winter Park http://collegeunion.org/2012/05/refresh-2011-at-southern-methodist-university/ http://collegeunion.org/2012/05/refresh-2011-at-southern-methodist-university/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:03 +0000 admin http://collegeunion.org/?p=1029 Refresh will be at First United Methodist Church in Winter Park, near Orlando, Fla. Discounted lodging has been arranged with Best Western Mt. Vernon Inn. Registration starts at $99 through Nov. 1.

]]> http://collegeunion.org/2012/05/refresh-2011-at-southern-methodist-university/feed/ 0 Pray 40 Begins Sept. 7 http://collegeunion.org/2011/08/pray-40-begins-sept-7/ http://collegeunion.org/2011/08/pray-40-begins-sept-7/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:47:48 +0000 admin http://collegeunion.org/?p=1036 http://collegeunion.org/2011/08/pray-40-begins-sept-7/feed/ 0 When Christians Get It Wrong by Adam Hamilton http://collegeunion.org/2010/09/when-christians-get-it-wrong-by-adam-hamilton/ http://collegeunion.org/2010/09/when-christians-get-it-wrong-by-adam-hamilton/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:07:08 +0000 Creighton Alexander http://collegeunion.org/?p=757 Continue reading]]> Adam Hamilton, Senior Pastor of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, has just released a new book called When Christians Get It Wrong.  The book and videos are a ready made resource that you and your campus ministry could use in reaching students who are turned off by Christianity.  In an interview with Creighton Alexander and College Union, Adam talks about how you could use the book in your ministry.

Small Group Resource – Adam Hamilton

You can see all the videos from the interview at The Campus Coach.

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What is a ‘blog-a-thon’ you ask???

Well, it’s basically an online conference… that takes on the form of numerous blog posts, and online discussions, that take place over the course of a few day period of time.

Each blog-a-thon has a specific theme, features a number of different contributors, and has the purpose of encouraging some specific and intentional conversations among colleagues who all care about the spiritual formation of college students.

Thanks to our good friend Guy Chmielesk – the university minister at Belmont University.

Enjoy!

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Student Prayer Gathering
Kansas City – The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection
Dec 17th – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For the second year in a row, we are organizing a Pray 40 initiative among and for United Methodist campus ministries.  As we gathered in Nashville this past April to seek God’s face for this upcoming fall, we were moved to dream bigger.  The leadership at the Upper Room challenged us to consider inviting the Pan-Methodist family into this initiative in light of 2011 being the next gathering of the World Methodist Council in South Africa.  Add to this our interaction with Pete and his Campus America team, we believe God is calling us (all the children of Wesley) to strive for a year of unbroken prayer in 2011.
Our dream is to gather 200 students from across the country who will help shepherd this movement back on their campuses and in their regions.  In our time together, we are trusting that God will move to empower and embolden these students to be agents of resurrection back on our campuses.
The Team
To make this all it should be – we are gathering a design team represented by at least one person from the various Wesleyan denominations:  United Methodist, Free Methodists, Wesleyan, Nazarene, Assembly of God, AME, AME-Zion, CME, Salvation Army and as many of the other Wesley Cousins as possible.  At the moment, the team is shaping up to include:
Pete Greig has agreed to stay over with us to teach about prayer on the morning of Dec 17th.
Dr. Tom Albin – Dean of The Upper Room Chapel and Ecumenical Relations
Dr. Randy Beckum – Chaplain and Vice President of Student Affairs at Mid Nazarene is on board and helping to find lodging for the event.  Randy has also agreed to take the lead in connecting the other 8 Nazarene schools to this movement.
Rev. Ashlee Alley is my colleague from College Union and Refresh, but her day job is as the Campus Minister at Southwestern College in Winfield, KS.
Rev. Greg Haseloff is a United Methodist Elder who is serving as Chaplain of Asbury University in Wilmore, KY.
Rev. Creighton Alexander is the Director of Campus Ministry in the Missouri Annual Conference and Director for Refresh ‘ 10

Please email Creighton Alexander if you are interested in bringing a group of students or for any other questions.

]]> http://collegeunion.org/2010/07/student-prayer-gathering/feed/ 1 2010 Prayer Authors http://collegeunion.org/2010/07/2010-prayer-authors/ http://collegeunion.org/2010/07/2010-prayer-authors/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:03:11 +0000 admin http://collegeunion.org/?p=749 Continue reading]]> Ashlee and I are excited about the response we’ve had for  Pray 40 everyone who has agreed to write a prayer.  We are encouraged by our creative partnerships with The Upper Room, The Foundation for Evangelism, The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, and United Methodist Communications – but we couldn’t do this without the help and support of leaders who are investing in the next generation of Christian leaders.

Introducing the 2010 Authors for Pray 40:

Rev. Karen Greenwaldt
Sarah Wilke
Dr. Tom Albin
Carolyn Slaughter
Pastor Suzzette Caldwell
Rev. John Ed Mathison
Michael McCord
Bishop Al Gwinn
Bishop Hope Morgan Ward
Bishop Richard Wilke
Dr. Lovett Weems
Rev. Rudy Rasmus
Rev. Jim Leggett
Dr. Jack Ewing
Rev. John David Walt
Dr. William Lawrence
Margaret Therkelson
Dana Hernandez
Dr. Steve Rankin
Dr. Steve Garber
Mary Brooke Casad
Rev. Jimmy Cooper
Rev. Charles Anderson
Rev. Ron Watts
Rev. Bryan Collier
Rev. Jim Standiford
Rev. Allan Bevere
Joy Roberson
Rev.Creighton Alexander
Rev. Justin Coleman
Al Martin
Ashlee Alley
Bill Hughes
Bob Beckwith
Brett Cheek
Betsy Eaves
D Merricks
Daniel Dennison
David Goolsby
David Moreno
Timothy Wright
Greg Haseloff
Hugh Griffith
Jennie Edward Betrand
Jennifer Long
Leigh Martin
Lucas Endicott
Max Mertz
Beth Bostrom
Mike Toluba
Narcie Jeter
Omar Al-Rikabi
Philip Hernandez
Quincy Brown
Rob Rynders
Scott Wright
Tarah Trueblood
Joseph Nader
Don Brewington
Dan Wunderlich
Justin Halsberma
Andy Roberts
Eddie Willis
]]> http://collegeunion.org/2010/07/2010-prayer-authors/feed/ 0 Interview with Rob Rynders – Valley Wesley at ASU http://collegeunion.org/2010/02/interview-with-rob-rynders-valley-wesley-at-asu/ http://collegeunion.org/2010/02/interview-with-rob-rynders-valley-wesley-at-asu/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:42:27 +0000 Creighton Alexander http://collegeunion.org/?p=702 Located in the heart of Arizona State University’s campus, Valley Wesley is lead by Rev. Robert Rynders. You can learn more about this visionary college ministry at http://www.valleywesley.com/

]]> http://collegeunion.org/2010/02/interview-with-rob-rynders-valley-wesley-at-asu/feed/ 0 An Interview with Steve Moore http://collegeunion.org/2010/02/steve-moore/ http://collegeunion.org/2010/02/steve-moore/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:56:18 +0000 Creighton Alexander http://collegeunion.org/?p=646 Continue reading]]> Steve Moore works at the M.J. Murdock charitable trust in Vancouver, Washington and serves the Foundation for Theological Education. He can be reached at stevem@murdock-trust.org.  Steve served as the Director of the Texas Tech Wesley Foundation from 1980 – 1989 which will celebrate is 75th Anniversary in April 23-24th.

]]> http://collegeunion.org/2010/02/steve-moore/feed/ 0 Tarah Trueblood – Berkeley Wesley http://collegeunion.org/2009/12/tarah-trueblood-berkeley-wesley/ http://collegeunion.org/2009/12/tarah-trueblood-berkeley-wesley/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:08:40 +0000 Creighton Alexander http://collegeunion.org/?p=639 You are going to love this interview!  God is using Tarah and her team to do something new on their campus. www.wesleyberkeley.com


]]> http://collegeunion.org/2009/12/tarah-trueblood-berkeley-wesley/feed/ 0 40 Conversations – Mike Gaffney, Young Life College http://collegeunion.org/2009/09/40-conversations-mike-gaffney-young-life-college/ http://collegeunion.org/2009/09/40-conversations-mike-gaffney-young-life-college/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:46:32 +0000 Creighton Alexander http://collegeunion.org/?p=622 Mike will be our closing speaker at Refresh 2009 in The Woodlands UMC in Houston, TX.  You can learn more about him and our other amazing speakers and presenters at Refresh.

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