Sending your Seniors

Hello,

Soon the semester will soon be ending and your seniors will be graduating! April is over half gone and for many, within a month's time you will be scattering for your "summer" destinations. You are being sent from your ministry to show Jesus love to others in the various locations to which you will travel.

John 20:21 "Again Jesus said, ' Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you."
Matthew 28:18-20 "Then Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always to the very end of the age.'"

During each spring semester, you also have a special opportunity to send the seniors involved in your ministry. We want to encourage you to help your seniors end well on campus and prepare for after graduation (this may include yourself - if you are a senior!). Here are a couple of ways to do that:

At your last weekly meeting/bible study, consider doing something to celebrate your graduating seniors.

• Take time to thank them for their service to the Lord and to your ministry.
• If you have the budget, you could give a small gift. (memento from the college, an inspirational book or CD)
• Circulate a card and have students write a brief note.
• Have them stand and share their post college plans, have a time of prayer for them.

You will also want to help seniors to think about their spiritual life and how they can serve as a Christ-centered laborer post college. For many - their campus fellowship provides encouragement, fellowship, ministry and accountability that is hard to replicate once they move back home.
Here are a few questions to think about as you and others prepare for serving Christ after graduation:

1. What are some ways you would like to share your faith in your future work environment or in ministry after graduation?
2. How can you have an influence to help soften or improve the soil of our culture and increase the openness of others to the gospel?
3. What are some specific things you would like to do to proclaim the gospel or help positively influence others to increase openness to the gospel?
   

We pray for wisdom and guidance for you and the seniors you are sending as you both serve Christ and demonstrate his love to the others around you.