Possibilities for Campus Ministry

Phase I

• Know each student who comes through our doors; meet with them either in cluster groups or individually
• Be available for whatever need arises, appropriate to the chaplain, by providing office hours or on campus location hours or appointments
• Be hospitable through special events in my home
• Discover and document the resources on campus for crisis intervention and care
• Begin establishing relationships with other campus chaplains, including those serving the Jewish and Muslim communities
• Provide leadership development opportunities for student ministers and their posterity
• Be aware of ministry opportunities within the parish for students and seek to connect them
• Meet with the chancellor to determine his hope for campus ministry
• Continue working with student leadership on their programmatic goals.

Phase II

• Make site visits to campus ministries around the country to see what folks are doing well and innovatively
• Make contact in some form with every student who registers as an Episcopalian at UNC
• Make contact with priests all over the state who are sending students here
• Make contact with every faculty member at UNC who is an Episcopalian and evaluate resources
• Determine diocesan initiatives in this area and what is being done at other campus ministries in the state.

Phase III

• Begin establishing a graduate student base
• Re-evaluate our current post-graduate programs of ministry and consider possibilities
• Set up structure for graduate student programming
• Explore mission trip possibilities with medical professionals in parish and students in training, also with public health and dental schools as well as education, urban planning, and social work
• Evaluate how we are doing in all areas from outreach to pastoral care.

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