Root A: Supportive Area

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SPROUT

Area team meeting at the new campus w/point person (esp in case of faculty, student, or volunteer)
Ministry hours from other campuses deployed for ministry on CC or on projects
- Students from other campuses help proxe, prayer walk, surveys, spiritual conversations - especially have seen this happen at pre-NSO training for established campuses; AD models joining in on this
- Area staff helping with training on new campus or with new campuses’ students
Area/regional structures (conferences, trainings, etc) are welcoming and inclusive of community colleges and center community colleges at times
- Inclusion up-front (testimonies, worship team, CC staff and students have some up-front leadership)
- May need to adjust content for diversity of students
  - Contextualizing lordship calls for CC students by nuancing how we talk about academics - not just don’t idolize academics, but also be faithful to academics!
  - Family and community relationships - many living at home
- Adjusting start/end times and shorter distance to travel to help accommodate work, family, or church responsibilities
- Expect to scholarship a significant percentage of conference fees for CC students; transportation and finding cars
- Fun activities adjustments
  - One West Coast area had to create an alternative to the traditional Fall Con costume/dance party b/c many CC students were from more conservative church backgrounds

Area structures and long-term resource plan that integrates the needs of both CC and 4-year chapters - even centering CC ministry at times

Personnel: always having a backup point person b/c of higher turnover of student leaders; CC faculty/staff are key and raising up volunteers
Finances: funding for CC staff and scholarships for conferences (local churches, area scholarship money)
- Sample budget presented to a church
  - West Valley College Key Facts:
    - 11,000 students from Saratoga, CA and surrounding areas
    - Very little on-campus Christian ministry (if any)
    - Connected to Mission College (10,200 students) as part of West Valley- Mission Community College Districts (Mission also has little campus ministry)
  - Staff support, training, and expenses $25,000/yr
  - Student Leader Development (Conferences) $3,000/yr
  - On-Campus Evangelism $2,000/yr
  - Already Raised $12,000/yr
  - Remaining Need $14,000/yr
Training: Some of the typical conference/camp structures may not work for CC student leader development because students may only be available to lead for a semester. So agile, on-the-job type trainings will need to be implemented.