College Bound

by Reba Collins

It’s over. Summer, that is. Time to stop playing around, breathing deeply, and languishing the time away. Time to get serious, knuckle down, and get back on schedule.

For many of us, school is back in session. It’s transition time once again to a familiar routine of homework, extra-curricular activities, attending church, and for us at The Church Guide, blogging. (Yep, we took the summer off this year, too.)

But for others of us, back-to-school time is elevated to a whole higher level with new transition challenges. It’s called college, and there is nothing familiar about it.

So, in support of all of you students (and parents) who are facing the new-to-college experience, we kick off our fall blogging with a slightly different twist on church searching.

Tips for Starting College Right is an insightful blog by Belmont University Campus Pastor Guy Chmieleski and offers helpful advice to the college-bound student on how to keep your faith growing. You may or may not find a church community during the next four to six years, but you can always find God’s love, grace, forgiveness, and guidance.

To the families and churches these young people leave behind, we pray you will do your part to support their journeys, so they may graduate stronger in their faith and bolder in their pursuits to sustain the work of Christ in this world through a local church.

Blessings for the learning ahead!