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Following UpGood follow-up can turn a ‘moment’ into a ‘movement of God’ in someone's life. Follow-up is essential for sustaining and growing relationships while giving others invitations to take the next steps in faith.So What's Next?Explain what follow-up is and how to do it.Describe the impact of follow-up.Identify and address the obstacles and roadblocks to following up.Understand how follow-up is both a short-term and long-term process.Take the CourseCourse QuicksheetThis is a quick summary of the material that you can use as a preview of the course or as a refresher once you've taken it!View Quicksheet (pdf)Note: This course is hosted by The Ministry Playbook, which is an online learning space for students, interns, new staff, volunteers, and faculty, meant to offer the basics of campus ministry to anyone who feels called to it. This course is just one of many courses included in the Playbook. In order to take the course, you will need to create an account with The Ministry Playbook.

Reaching OutAs students come to campus in-person—many for the first time—we have a significant opportunity to welcome them and invite them to follow Jesus in this new season. Will you join us in loving our campuses and new students well?This course will help give you everything you need to welcome new students onto campus, inviting them into a community where they can meet Jesus for themselves, where they can be healed and thrive, and where they can be equipped to share God’s good news with others.Encounter Jesus.Learn what New Student Outreach is and why it is important.Identify clear next steps to plan New Student Outreach based on your ministry’s size and context.Know where to get more resources and training for New Student Outreach.Take the Course Note: This course is hosted by The Ministry Playbook, which is an online learning space for students, interns, new staff, volunteers, and faculty, meant to offer the basics of campus ministry to anyone who feels called to it. The Reaching Out to New Students course is just one of many courses included in the Playbook. In order to take the course, you will need to create an account with The Ministry Playbook.

Questions Outreach ProxeThese three interactive visual displays are designed to spark spiritual conversations and invite healing. Panel 1: We invite someone to ask one of four common questions about God.Panel 2: We hear Jesus ask a blind man, "What do you want me to do for you?" and offer prayer for where the person wants healing.Panel 3: We share the gospel in a way that highlights God's response to the 4 questions.Download Printable PanelsProxe ScriptThis script will prepare you to lead people through the proxe station. The script includes transitions for each panel, sample answers to the question panel, a gospel summary that incorporates the questions, and a link to a video on how to pray for others.Download Proxe Script (pdf)Bucketball InstructionsBreak the ice and start conversations with this fun game. It also makes your proxe fun and visible.Download Bucketball Instructions (pdf)   Order StickersPocket ProxeThis two-sided card allows you and your students to bring the Questions Proxe conversation to anyone on campus. Order Pocket ProxePocket Proxe ScriptPrepare to lead people in a conversation anywhere with this pocket proxe script. It includes a gospel summary that incorporates the questions and a link to a training on how to pray for others. Download Pocket Proxe Script (pdf)Proxe TrainingQuestions Proxe has so much potential for meeting students in their questions and their longings. It also has so much growth potential for the students who lead it. This sample training helps equip students to:Engage with tough questionsPray with non-ChristiansShare the GospelDownload Proxe Training (pdf)Small Group GuideOver five weeks, these 60-minute Bible studies address the significant questions in the proxe and include practices and prayers that encourage us to move from engaging questions with our minds to engaging Jesus himself. This is a great follow up for those you meet at the proxe that want to engage deeper with the questions and Jesus.Small Group GuideFirst Time Running a Proxe Station?If you have never run a proxe station, take this 30-minute Running A Proxe Station course to learn the purpose of these stations, how to set the panels up and how to coach students.Take the CourseNote: This course is hosted by The Ministry Playbook, which is a free online learning space for students, interns, new staff, volunteers, and faculty, meant to offer the basics of campus ministry to anyone who feels called to it. This course is part of the New Student Outreach bundle in the Playbook. In order to take the course, you will need to create an account with The Ministry Playbook.

NSO Prayer Meeting GuidePrayer Paves the Way - NSOIntroduction: God's HeartGod has a huge heart for us and our campus. Jesus tells a story in Luke 15 of a shepherd who loves his sheep so much he is willing to go to any length to connect with even one lost sheep. Let’s prepare our hearts and ask Jesus to fill us with that kind of love. We will watch a few videos and respond in prayer for us and our campuses. Part 1: Grow our hearts for God's lost sheepSet Up the VideoWe are about to see a video of Chloe, who experiences God’s love for the very first time in her life at her first InterVarsity event.  As you watch the video, think about your friends. Do you know anyone like Chloe? Process & PrayPeople like her are one invitation away from experiencing the love of God.Discuss: What do you like about Chloe’s story?Reflect: Are our hearts big enough to reach people like Chloe? Do we see them? Or are we intimidated by them? Pray: Jesus, open my eyes to people like Chloe. Give me your heart for non-Christians on my campus. Help us see, invite and welcome students like her.Part 2: We are transformed as we do outreachSet Up the VideoKennedy used to hide Jesus from Chloe, even though they were housemates. She didn’t want to offend Chloe. Until one day, as Kennedy took steps to be a courageous witness, and she was changed. As you watch this video think about yourself and other InterVarsity members. How might you be transformed like Kennedy through outreach this fall?  Process & PrayThis was as transformational for Kennedy as it was for Chloe. We need outreach just as much as our non-Christian friends do. Discuss: What do you like about Kennedy’s story? Where was Kennedy brave? Describe how she stepped into the God moment.Pray: Jesus, help me to see how you are at work in my non-Christian friends’ lives. Take my fears and my blinders. I confess that I’m afraid of offending people. I like it when people like me. I want to be as transformed and brave as Kennedy. Today and during NSO, help us invite “unlikely” people to check out Jesus with us. We want increased faith to expect more from God.Part 3: Open our hearts for future world changersSet Up the VideoHear from the President of InterVarsity, Tom Lin. Just like Chloe was transformed when Kennedy invited her to InterVarsity, Tom’s life was also transformed by good invitations during his first few weeks of school. We can see from Tom’s story that this was just the beginning. Process & PrayAs we prepare for new students, keep in mind how God used NSO to transform our president and eventually mold him into a world changer.  Discuss: What do you like about Tom’s story? What did the InterVarsity students do well in reaching out to Tom? What does Tom mean by people like him “bonding” during the first few weeks of school? Pray: Jesus, help us welcome students like Tom. Give us wisdom as we intentionally plan our NSO. Bless our faithful follow up. Help us bond with new students.  Download the Guide (pdf)