Programme
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International Food Evening outreach event (put on by CGS), participants welcome to come Fri evening to observe and participate. (Contact us about accommodation if you need this) |
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| 10:00 coffee & registration |
| 10:30 Short talk: Bartow Wylie:
Envisioning on Post-grad & I-student
ministry |
| 11:00 Short Talk: Ard Louis: Some models of post-grad & I-student ministry followed by an interactive discussion of models of ministry by participants We hope for plenty of input from participants from around the UK here! |
| 13:15 lunch + walk around Cambridge including a visit to Kings College Chapel |
| 15:00 Workshops & Brainstorming Sessions
[a choice of]:
A) Ways to start a group at University
B) Prioritizing and Balancing our Aims A Christian post-grad group might hope to achieve various things:
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| 16:15 Feedback from Workshops |
| 16:45 Issues Faced by Postgrads
A discussion of the key issues faced by Christian post-grads, like time-management, Church and CU relations, promoting Christians in Science and Christians in Art etc.... |
| 17:30 Recap and outline of position
paper
After a brief re-cap of the day, we hope to come up with a rough outline of an orientation paper on "Ministry to Post-Grads in the UK". We can define different areas we want to cover, and then delegate individuals or working groups the task of writing these up over the next few months. |
| 18:15 Prayer time |
| 19:00 dinner + further discussion & brainstorming |
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The primary need of non-Christian post-grads is to find
Christ. They form a community which is most easily reached by
their fellow post-grads.
The post-grad community has a large percentage of international
students. Ideally, ministry to the post-grad community should
reflect this.
While many Christian post-grads from the UK find it easy to
integrate into local churches, many Christian international
post-grads do not.
Post-grads are enrolled in a much wider variety of degree
programs -- from 1 year MPhils to 3 year PhD courses -- than is typical
of undergraduates.
Whereas undergraduates are only around during term time,
post-grads are often around outside of term time.
Christian post-grads have a need to learn how to integrate
their faith with their learning. To do this, they need to
interact with other Christians in their discipline, who most
likely will be in other parts of the country.
Visiting scholars and postdoctoral students can be naturally
reached by post-grads.
Faculty involvement in post-grad ministry can be very helpful.
A wide variety of models, with initiatives coming from undergrad
CU's and/or local churches, acting together will be needed to reach
the post-grad population in the UK
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