chris and i moved to norman for the purpose of helping plant a church. we serve in several different ways (as everyone does at this early stage of the church plant), but at the end of the day, we want to focus on college ministry here. we really want to meet and love college students well.
so, for the 5 months that we've lived here, we've been brainstorming different ways to meet the 30,000 students at OU. wow. that can be super overwhelming at times... and by "at times," i mean, MOST of the time. but... good news, friends. we're taking baby steps. i feel like in the last few weeks especially, we've found fun, easy ways to be around college students.
we go for lots of walks on campus (which usually include the stadium, of course)...
we've gone to the free student night at the art museum (featuring their new disney exhibit!)...
we've gone to the real library...
and the more fun library...
we've gone to the men's gymnastics meet (they're #1 in the nation and one of them is going to the olympics!)...
we've run into trouble with the campus parking people (why are they terrible at every college? auburn, baylor, now ou)...
and last but certainly not least, we went to free pancake night at ihop for national pancake day -- where we were surrounded by poor college students.
okay, i know that was a lot, but aren't college towns just the best? we love it. thankfully, we've been more encouraged than overwhelmed recently, but those overwhelming feelings are frequent companions! pray for us as we keep trying to meet students here -- pray that god will provide opportunities and conversations for us. and for those of you who have done the college ministry gig before, we are certainly open to ideas!!
No comments:
Post a Comment