We believe students can thrive in their faith, not just survive, while in college.
Get trained to prep your seniors for college. Send them ready to deepen their walk with Jesus and join in his mission on campus.
Free Prep for College Course
Walk through reflections and make plans to prepare your high school seniors for college.
Prep for College
A workbook for every high school graduate to prepare them in faith and life for starting college well. This is one for groups or individuals to work through, scribble in and dream with God about.
Module 1: Before you begin
First, let’s start by remembering it is not our job to fix, solve, or minimize what high schoolers or young people need to walk through; the good, the bad and the ugly.
Module 2: The Start
Your high school seniors are about to start something monumental in their life, and it has the potential to be good news not only for their careers and futures, but also (and most importantly) for their faith.
Module 3: The Culture
From the culture of their new cities, the start of college and freshman orientation week, drinking & drugs, sex, friendships, money, and even how to pick a new local church; it is easy for us as leaders to feel overwhelmed with it all.
Module 4: The Opportunities
While there are certainly many things for us to be concerned about when we send our students into this next phase of their life, we’d like to argue that there are equally as many incredible opportunities for them to get involved with.
Module 5: The Legacy
While it may seem funny to talk about the end of college before your students have even begun, the fact of the matter is that there days in college are limited. What if we encourage our students to think about the end before they even started?
Module 6: Close Well
We want to challenge you with this: your job is not done when they graduate. You still have a part to play.
How can the church respond to college students?
Having the right conversations at the right time can dramatically transform how a senior approaches a move to college. We are here to support and resource the local church in that converstaion.
“Only 50% of the young people surveyed who identified as Christians said they have a relationship with God.”
– Relate Research on Gen Z & Gen Alpha
Questions to consider
As a church leader
As you come to prepare the high school seniors and students in your church for college, you may want to consider some specific questions.
How is your church preparing your high school seniors to transition into college?
What could your church do to connect high school seniors with a church in their new city?
As a parent
There are lots of complex emotions in sending your child to college, we’d encourage you to keep open communication with your child.
What intentional conversations are you having at home to enable your student to confidently transition into college and thrive in their faith?
Who else’s experience could you draw on to help your high schooler reflect?
As a highschool senior
While your church, parents, and friends can help prepare you, the best thing you can do to prepare for college is to reflect on your own faith.
As a high school senior, how are you preparing to thrive in your faith while at college?
Who in your current community do you need to be intentional about connecting with regularly before and after you move?