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1-Scoop Plan: Love your Neighbor
This template will help you invite new students and create a welcoming community. Check out our sample plan (“One-Scoop Staff Plan”), or use our template to make your own plan. We think that a good plan may include many of the topics below.
Helpful Resources for 1-Scoop NSO
Prayer Walk
Prayer walks are a great way to encounter God on a new campus and explore what God's doing there. Prayer walks help us step out of what's familiar and embrace a posture of curiosity, humility, and expectancy. This resource will help you lead a prayer walk.
Pre-Fall Retreat
One of the key first moves for New Student Outreach is creating space to help returning students re-center on our purpose on campus, re-establish our community, spiritually prepare to welcome new people and do some practical training. This template is ready for you to use, or feel free to customize and edit it as you find helpful!
Inviting Well
God wants to use our compelling invitations to offer far more people on campus a great reason to check out Jesus and transform them forever. Let’s imitate Jesus with his life-changing invitation in John 1 with his epic “come and see.”
Life-Changing Debriefs
Debriefing your ministry activity, especially in a busy season like New Student Outreach, is critical. Turbo-charge your debriefs with these question ideas and pro-tips.
Invitations to Faith
Inviting your friends to follow Jesus is the one of the most significant things you can do to see decisions of faith on your campus. Use this resource to help you explain the gospel and invite a response.
Follow-Up
A practical guide to the four components of excellent follow up: 1) Jesus-centered hospitality; 2) Face-to-Face connection; 3) Two more times of connection; 4) Web a community.
Fun Events
It is an act of servant leadership to make our ministries more fun and welcoming for visitors. When you laugh and have fun together, new people (Christians, skeptics, and seekers) all feel connected. Below are our Top 10 Tips and Tricks from ministry leaders across the country to make your Large Events and Small Groups more fun. Enjoy!
Refresh Small Group
Gen Z is intrigued by Jesus as he enters the “deserts” of our lives and offers us beauty and harmony. When we bring Good News with stunning art, their curiosity grows, and students want to have conversations with us. The Refresh series offers beautiful artwork that brings to life the story of Jesus in ways never before seen or heard.
Prayer Wall
God is at work all around us in the lives of our friends, acquaintances, and strangers. This resource will walk you through the steps to create a communal prayer wall and help you grow in love for the people on your campus.