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The Faculty Gatherings Toolkit

All of the resources in one place

Overview

This toolkit provides everything needed to gather faculty/administrators/staff to launch a community of faculty following Jesus together on campus including a guide and template for hosting a first faculty gathering, and resources for further gatherings. 

Who: Faculty/Administrators/Staff who love Jesus and are open to what God might do on campus.

What: Gather, discern and pray how God’s renewing this campus. Cast vision for following Jesus together through the Faculty 4 Loves:

  • Love God/one another
  • Love your campus
  • Love your academic discipline
  • Love our world

When: Find a time that a quorum can meet. Early morning or lunch can be good times. Ask for a 45-minute meeting and keep to that time.

Where: Somewhere that feels safe and hospitable—someone’s office, a conference room, someone’s home, a church.

Why: Because where two to three are gathered in Christ’s name, He is present, promises to answer prayer, and the “magic” of Christian community and shared vision happens.

If you have any questions regarding the resources on this page, please contact us.

Faculty Ministry Video

An Introduction to Faculty Ministry

A video to cast vision for what God can do when faculty gather together and great way to introduce the Faculty 4 Loves to a new group.


Go to the Faculty Ministry Video

Resources for Gatherings

First Faculty Gathering Action Guide and Timeline

What to do as you prepare to host your first faculty gathering.


Download Action List and Timeline Guide

 

First Faculty Gathering Sample Email Invitation and Follow Up Email

Two suggested emails that you could use—feel free to draft your own!


Download Sample Emails

 

First Faculty Gathering Template

A minute by minute guide for running your first faculty gathering.


Download First Meeting Template

Download The Gathering Sign-up Sheet

 

"Teach Us To Pray" Prayer Group Guide

The “Teach Us to Pray” template can be used for prayer groups that meet for either 15 minutes or 30 minutes. The guide for leaders includes tips on how to lead a good prayer meeting.


Download Teach Us To Pray - Prayer Template 

Download Prayer Guide for Leaders

 

Square Inch Seminar Meeting Guide

Square inch Seminars include short “TED” like talks that share about following Jesus on your "square inch. The template shows you how to hold a 45 minute Square Inch Seminar (that includes one Square Inch Testimony). The Square Inch testimony guide provides reflection questions and tips on how to write a 5-10 minute Square Inch Testimony.


View the Square Inch Seminar Meeting Guide

 

Faculty 4 Loves Bible Study Guides

Four short Bible studies on the Faculty Four Loves. Some groups choose to do a study one week, apply it the next and pray over it the third—giving enough material for a whole semester.


View the Faculty 4 Loves Bible Study Page

 

Faculty 4 Loves Reading List

Suggested books for a faculty book group.


View the Faculty 4 Loves Reading List

 

The Harvard Inklings

A Faculty Small Group Experiment


View The Harvard Inklings

 

Additional Faculty Meeting Content from Emerging Scholars Network

Our ministry partner, Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) has compiled a full semester of short devotional readings for new faculty groups to use as discussion topics in their on-going meetings. This collection of great articles comes from their Scholar's Compass article series.


View the ESN Devotional Reading List for Faculty

 

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