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Bingo is fun! It doesn’t matter where you start. Each square has something helpful for you during NSO. Pick a few of the squares that are most interesting to you. Eventually, you will try to get a “black out” of your entire card by using each square as you prepare for New Student Outreach.
When your ministry has fun, new people (Christians, skeptics, and seekers) feel connected and welcome. Here are 10 Tips and Tricks from across the country to level up your fun.
Tabling is a great way to connect with new students in a casual yet personal way. We will help you learn how to make your tabling experience great!
A sample calendar to show how tabling, events, and follow up flow together during NSO, with examples for residential, commuter and community colleges, and a blank calendar to plan your own.
Confession can be a hard practice to engage in. This resource will help simplify how to start the practice of confession.
This will help you host conversations on campus about the Refresh Outreach and Short Film.
This 1-hour watch party will help your campus to hear and learn a native perspective of who Jesus is.
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A good small group leader needs to keep the conversation going. Use these 10 tips to give you ideas on how to keep the discussions moving.
A list of icebreaker ideas and activities to help groups get to know one another and grow in communication and hospitality. Curated by InterVarsity staff.
There are Muslim international students on your campus but, while they may be curious, most will not show up at a typical InterVarsity or ministry event. We need to go to them. But it’s very easy to get started. Walking up and introducing yourself is one of the best ways to make a new friend. This resource will teach you how!
Our best insights, recommendations, and advice on how to connect well with graduate students during new Student Outreach.
Some tips, best practices, and examples for leading effective discussions that were developed with artists and art students in mind, but can be applicable for a broad range of audiences.
Lunch break is an open space for community building, deeper conversations, and storytelling through food. It is a fun way to casually get to know people through a meal and intentional conversation. Build trust and relationship by inviting someone new and exploring the conversation topics below. Part of the "Have You Eaten Yet?" Campaign.
As your ministry prepares to return to campus (whether online or hybrid), help your community process the grief from the past season and long for God's hope and renewal with these two Bible studies (Psalm 42, Isaiah 55), complete with leaders guide and printable manuscript.
A back-to-school retreat allows returning InterVarsity students to reconnect with one another, re-center in our purpose on campus, re-ignite our hearts for building witnessing communities. This resource will help you lead a retreat to prepare students to welcome new students.
Is your university moving online? Are you wondering how you are going to do campus ministry this year? If so, then the ONSO Bootcamp collection is just for you! (Fall 2020)