Developing Leaders

One of the great things about a summer project is the opportunity students have to grow in their leadership ability.  We have all sorts of small and large groups - committees, action groups, groups that plan certain activities.... there is plenty of opportunity for many different students to step up and help to lead.

This past week our Outreach Committee, which I help as a staff to coach, put together a Saturday night outreach for our whole project.  Many things were delegated out, and though many of these things were done well, I think there were lots of things that students could learn from.  Responsibility, Teamwork, Communication, and Initiative are all great things that they get out of this.

Ultimately, we want students to be able to go back to their campuses and mobilize people to come with them in exercising spiritual leadership.

Also, quick outreach update:  the outreach they planned which we executed last night was great.  We used a tool called Soularium - a collection of 50 pictures that people can use to have conversations about their spiritual life - set up in 6 different downtown locations.  We also sent student musicians to these locations to attract people, which was a lot of fun.  Some of us also went to the beach area, as there was a fireworks show.  I ended up having a great conversation with a group of 10 high school students.  One in particular, Louis, was very interested in talking to me.  Although he doesn't buy the authority of the Bible or believe in the gospel, I believe our conversation made him realize that some of his most deeply held beliefs are very inconsistent and that, from a God perspective, he may not be as good of a person as he thinks he is.  Overall I just really enjoyed the opportunity to share the gospel and have good spiritual conversation.

Thanks for continuing to pray for our project.