Mark Your Calendar for May 2-4 for the National Collegiate Ministries Summit in Nashville,TN

If you work in the area of Collegiate Ministry on the church or campus side, I hope you have May 2-4 circled on your calendar for The National Collegiate Ministries Summit in Nashville, Tennessee at Lifeway. A significant change in the conference is our hosting it at Lifeway instead of a Convention Hotel. This allows you to tailor the cost to suit your budget or non-budget. You can choose the hotel and cost of your choice or stay with a friend. The Registration/Program cost covers the evening meal on Wednesday and Lunch on Thursday.

The Summit opens on Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 with our Early Bird Mega Seminars which will be repeated again at 3:15 with six different ones to choose from. The Mega Seminars include topics like Mentoring, Hot Topics, Dialogical Apologetics, Disaster Relief and Collegiate Church Planting. Dr. Tim Clydesdale, author of First Year Out will be leading one at each of those times.

A new addition to our program will be our Idea Labs where you can hear topics like, "How to Reach More Men", "Going Big: Taking Your Ministry to the Next Level", "Creating a Culture that Engages Lost Students" and more. We will also have some groupings by similar situations to allow you to connect with and learn from others who share your issues.

Speakers for our plenary sessions include Jon Acuff, Gabe Lyons (who will also lead a Mega Seminar on Thursday morning), Pete Wilson and Eric Geiger.

Hotels close to Lifeway are already beginning to be booked. Registration/Program fee (including 2 meals) is $120 through JANUARY 31. On February 1 the cost is $150. So, make your plans. We want you to be part of the gathering of the Collegiate Ministry Family. Also, College Metro, the church collegiate ministers organization will be holding their annual conference in conjunction with The Summit.

One Other Item: I do a blog with Collegiate Ministry ideas and articles at www.arlissdickerson.blogspot.com with a new article posted about once a week. Comments, idea and questions are welcome.

Arliss Dickerson

Contract Worker, Leadership

arlissdickerson@gmail.com