Transcript The Model for Campus Ministry

Campus Ministry
and Student
Housing
Healthy and financially
Sustainable Campus Ministry
for the 21st Century
The New Model for
Campus Ministry
Two Traditional Forms
Local Church
Or Parish-based
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Student Center
Other Factors To Consider…
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The College Experience has Changed
 Loss of Strong Community and Mentoring
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Loss of Connection to Denominations
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Decline of Campus Ministry Funding
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Untapped Resources, Land, Relationship to
University
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Financial Stability
Declining Funding
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Source: PCUSA Office of Campus Ministry,
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One Idea: Sell the Property
The Center for University Ministry building, a fixture of religious education
and service for Indiana University students for several decades, will be sold
at auction this fall. . . VanderZee said the Presbyterian Synod of Lincoln
Trails, which owns the building and 1.36-acre property, decided recently to
sell it.
Bloomington Herald Times
Sept. 24, 2006
Wesley Foundation, N.I.U.
NIU looks at purchase of Wesley
Foundation building
by Joe King
NIU’s Academic and Advising Center might soon have a
new home if and when the university negotiates the
purchase of a key piece of real estate.
The NIU Board of Trustees last Thursday authorized
university staff to enter into negotiations for the purchase of
the former Wesley Foundation, located at 633 W. Locust
Street, just north of the campus parking deck and south of
the Founders Memorial Library.
If the university acquires the property, it will be remodeled
and become home to the Academic and Advising Center,
which assists students who have yet to select a major, as
well as those who are in the process of changing majors.
Northern Today, Dec. 11, 2006
A Better Idea
Create a long term
financially sustainable future
for mainline campus
ministry
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Building Community
Communal Living Is…
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Living in an Intentional Community that
shares Common Space, Goals, and Values,
Some Examples
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Monastic Orders
College Dorms
Fraternities and Sororities
Model of Residence Life at Oxford and
Harvard
Provides a Supporting Community and
Strengthens ties and relationship
Residential Student Center
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Larger Student Base
Sheltered Environment
Repair and Renew Facilities
Revitalize Ministry
New Ministry Opportunities
Build Stronger ties
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With Students
Alumni
Supporting Churches
Increase Revenue for
Center
Universities Are Supportive
Universities are welcoming Campus Ministries
to partner with them to build new student
housing:
"Students seek out places where they feel
comfortable and safe. Places that allow them to be
themselves and to be able to ask important
questions. I think the Pres House housing project
will provide a new unique place for students looking
for such a place to live. It will give them a place to
live while they are attending a large public
university where they will be able to find a spiritual
community. I think it is an important addition to the
choices students have at UW-Madison."
- Paul Evans, Director, Division of
University Housing, UW-Madison
Headline: San Francisco Chronicle:
BERKELEY: Dorm with a spiritual dimension
Church starts national trend by
building housing for Cal students
- Tanya Schevitz, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, August 24, 2006
As college students across the country return to campuses over the next few weeks, more
and more will be moving into church-sponsored dorms -- a trend that can trace its roots to
the corner of College Avenue and Bancroft Way in Berkeley. There, just across the street
from the UC Berkeley campus, the Presbyterian Church renovated its Westminster House
campus ministry building a few years ago and added a dorm for 125 students. Besides a
room, students there are offered Bible study, theology classes and social justice projects.
It was a success at Cal, where student housing is always an issue, and soon religious
denominations around the country took note. Mark Elsdon, the pastor of Pres House at
the University of Wisconsin in Madison, which is building a 280-bed student residence
hall, said many campuses looked to Berkeley and said that if it could be done there, it
could be done anywhere. "Berkeley isn't the friendliest to organized religion," Elsdon
observed. Now, a growing number of campus ministries -- from UC Davis and Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo to universities in Wisconsin and West Virginia -- have added student
housing or are exploring the idea.
What are the
Development Steps?
Steps to Forming a Residential
Communal Ministry
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Identify the Needs of the Ministry:
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Target Niche:
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Undergrads, Graduate Students, Faculty, Seminars,
Mission House, Seekers, Denomination
Be Creative…
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Membership, Worship Space, Programming, Staff
Art Gallery, Restaurant, Bookstore, Coffee Shop,
Parking, Movie Studio, Apartment Hunting Service,
Gymnasium
Market and Demographic Survey
Partnerships with University and Community
How it works…
Westminster
House
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Rev. Randy Bare,
Campus Pastor
Create a Design…
Hard Work
Combine Old…
With New…
New Use of Space
New Fixtures
Mixed Use
Multi Use…
Typical Room
Some other locations considering or
employing this model for sustainability
include:
Cal-Aggie Christian Association, U.C. Davis
Multifaith Living Community for 38 students
opened September 2008
Pres House,
Madison, Wisconson
McKinley Foundation, U. of Illinois
Wesley Foundation, U.C. Berkeley
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
UNC Chapel Hill
Wesley
Foundation
ampus Christian Center At Marshall University, Huntington WV
For More Information
Randy Bare, Westminster House, University of
California, Berkeley:
[email protected]
Jan Rivero, Wesley Foundation, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill: [email protected]
Hugh Muldoon, Interfaith Center, University of Southern
Illinois: [email protected]
Kristin Stoneking, Cal Aggie Christian Association,
University of California, Davis: [email protected]
Created by
Randy Bare
Student Center Associates
Berkeley, California