"We must do things we think we cannot do."
--Eleanor Roosevelt

Table of Contents

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Introduction/Acknowledgements 
Getting Started (for those new to the job) 
Sources of Support and Help 
Student Fellowship/Ministry of Christian Hospitality
Worship/Devotional Life 
Web/E-mail 
Ministry with/by/for Faculty and Staff 
Space 
Cult Awareness 
Mission and Immersion Trips 
Local Mission/Service Learning 
Re-Creation (Creativity, Fun, and the Arts)
Community Building
Religion and Intellectual Life
Vocation
Alumni Ministry 
Peace and Justice
Fund Raising 
Appendix A: Two Spirituality Workshops
Appendix B: Personal Views on Covenant Discipleship
Appendix C: Bridging the University Gap (A Creative Approach)
Appendix D: Star Gifts
Appendix E: Appalachian Outreach
Appendix F: Virtual Chapel
Appendix G: Things You Can Do for Free

Introduction/Acknowledgements


When I volunteered to revise and update a wonderful list of campus ministry programming ideas that Randy Nichols compiled from the "Campmin" List-serve (if you don't know what that is, see the "Sources of Support and Help" section), I had no idea that the project would consume much of my energy for about six weeks. I kept returning to the "Campmin" list to ask for ideas, and the wonderful Campus Ministers and Chaplains happily obliged. Usually these wonderful ideas were accompanied by a modest note saying something like, "You probably already have a suggestion just like this, but just in case, I'll send in mine." 

In the fifteen years I've been involved in campus ministry (first as a student, then as a seminary intern, a Board member, a full-time Campus Minister and now an employee of the Association for Religion and Intellectual Life), I've found the Campus Ministry community to be amazingly supportive and helpful. I'd like to thank the many, many people who contributed to this resource: Darrell Woomer, David Riffe, Linda Morgan-Clement, Janice Rivero, John Butler, David Hindman, Randy Nichols, Rick Hill, Steve Cain, Jack Bremer, Steve Monhollon, Betsy Alden, Steve Musick, Bruce Larson, Lillian Smith, Bruce Epperly, Jim Wilson, Torin Alexander, Matt Carter, Quincy Brown, Hugh Muldoon, Owen Philip, Lee Morris, Lesley Adams, Karl Brown, Phil Hart, Susan Frisbee, Eric Alan Stone, Sloane Simon-Adler, Coleen Smith-Slosberg, Linda Danby Freeman, Bob Turner, Sara Isbell, Jan Griesinger, and Denise May. I'd also like to thank the NCMA Coordinating Committee and the HEMA partners for their unfailing support and encouragement. And if I've forgotten anyone else who has helped me out with this project, please let me know and I will send thanks, prayers and good wishes your way. 

Denise Clapsaddle, June 1999