What To Do With Freshmen At A Cru Fall Retreat

It's been said that freshmen are the lifeblood of a campus movement.  I wholeheartedly believe that! Freshmen bring new life and excitement to your movement.  Freshmen are also very strategic in terms of building a movement that will reach the whole campus.  So, as a campus leader I did everything I could to do a better job year-after-year of reaching and involving freshmen.

One of the ways we did that was to pull together the freshmen for a meeting at our Fall Retreat each year.  We actually did what we called "class seminars" which were special meetings for students in each class. This helped to bond them as a class and it helped them see thier unique role in the movement.

Below is an article explaining what I did for that freshman time.  Feel free to copy it and send it along to anyone you think might find it helpful.

Fall Retreat Freshman Meeting Leader's Notes -

Comments

[Timcasteel]

Thanks for sharing Bob! Do you have notes from the other class meetings? We might try this idea at our fall retreat this year. If we do, this will save me hours.

[Bob Fuhs]

Tim,

Sorry it took so long, but I just posted the notes for the sophomore meeting.