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The WELS runs a Campus Ministry. It is under the auspices of the Board of Home Missions. What is Campus Ministry?
The 2017 Synod Convention BORAM tells us “The primary purpose of campus ministry is to be a student’s “church home” while away at college. In addition to supporting our WELS members attending college, many of the campus ministries strive to take the gospel to non-WELS students.”
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The mission of WELS Campus Ministry Committee is to help WELS college students grow in their faith so that they can reach out to other college students with the gospel. Campus Ministry also supports full- and part-time campus pastors, and provides helps for WELS congregations as they reach out to college students in their area.”
WELS.net explaines “WELS conducts more than 550 campus ministries across the United States and Canada. Pastors in these ministries serve students either through Bible studies and activities or by mailing materials.
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Apparently the concept of Campus Ministry is not new. Many denominations are pursuing it. The Platteville campus of the University of Wisconsin lists 7 campus ministries. InterVarsity is a good illustration of how others are doing Campus Ministry.
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InterVarsity is kind of like a youth group on a college campus. We’re all about Jesus and think that ministry should happen through relationships. With over 175 students involved through Small Groups (we call them “Witcoms”) that meet in almost all of the residence halls, InterVarsity is one of the largest students organizations on campus, but also one of the easiest to get connected with. We meet every week as a large group at “Quest”, where we worship God, hang out together, and are impacted by Jesus through the Bible. For more information check out the rest of our website and don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions
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Advice on choosing a college is one service offered by InterVarsity. You may not agree with all their advice, but that isn’t the point. My point is to take a look at what they are doing.
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1) Choosing a College
With more than 4,000 colleges and universities available in the United States, choosing a college is a daunting task for the graduating high school student. And considering that choices made in college shape the trajectory of the rest of your life, its significance can’t be underestimated.
Of course every one of those 4,000 institutions successfully educates hundreds to thousands of people every year. And there are a number of places that will rate schools for you. Truth be told, the effort that you put into college matters more than the institution that you choose to attend. But still, you’re looking for a good fit for you. So where do you start?
Websites that offer advice on how to pick a college recommend considering your anticipated major, as well as climate and proximity to your home. Financial issues weigh heavily; Consumer Reports has “Ten Questions Every Family Should Discuss.”
A College Reality Check is offered by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
College Navigator is a service of the National Center for Education Statistics. A campus visit can help with your decision. The Best Colleges website offers a variety of perspectives to help narrow the choice.
Then, of course, there’s the campus tour. It’s good to evaluate and compare in person. Or is it? This New York Times article suggests skipping the tour and relying on an “experience surrogate.”
For many students the decision comes down to a choice between a larger (and less expensive) state college and a smaller (more expensive) private school. In some cases the financial aids from the private school might shrink the cost difference and the student is left with the question, “Which will be better for my career, and for my faith?” You may ask, as an InterVarsity staff member asked, “Does God Care What College You Attend?”
It appears counter-intuitive, but some research shows that Christian colleges and universities may not necessarily be the most faith-friendly choice. This is not to denigrate the quality of education provided by the members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, or other Christian schools. It may well be that in your case, one of these schools can provide the best opportunity for you to pursue God’s will for on your life.
However, an article in the The Chronicle Review, published by the Chronicle of Higher Education, states that attending college as a member of an evangelical minority group tends to strengthen the faith of a student. Whereas attending a Bible college or religious school, where almost everyone believes the same religious teachings, is not always the healthiest faith environment.
Homogeneity contributes to a more lenient attitude among Christian students,” author Edward Dutton stated, summarizing his study of Christian students in the Netherlands. Dutton contrasted his research with the work of Phillip E. Hammond and James Davison Hunter. “Their survey found that Christian students who attend Ivy League and other respected institutions tend to leave more fervently evangelical than when they began college,” he wrote. “Such universities tend to challenge students’ faith, prompting them to [activities which] preserve their sense of who they are.”
After choosing a college, of course, there’s also the whole issue of choosing a major. Nathan Gebharad offered some tips on that in an article in the New York Times.
God does care which college you attend but not necessarily in the way that you think. And, or course, which major and career you choose. That’s why prayer is a critical part of the process. Inform yourself as well as you can but also pray for God’s guidance.
2) Keeping Your Faith on Campus
You may be aware of surveys which appear to show that large percentages of Christians who profess faith in high school leave the practice of their faith by the time they graduate from college. Or you may have seen a movie or read an article that suggests Christians face a hostile environment on many college campuses. Most campuses aren’t quite as depicted in one movie or one article but there are a whole range of challenges a Christian will face on campus, as InterVarsity vice president Greg Jao explained in interviews with Mission Network News and CBN News.
How you respond to the challenges on campus will determine whether your faith will grow along with your knowledge in the other areas that you study. New students are often overwhelmed by the choices and options on campus as well as a desire to get the most out of their college experience. At the same time, no one else has the responsibility of nurturing your faith but you. Greg suggests three priorities that help a Christian thrive on campus:
Learn to study Scripture – Find a group like InterVarsity, where you can learn together with others.
Develop community – Get to know fellow believers who will support you but also challenge you, and may become lifelong friends.
Engage your studies from a Christian viewpoint – Every major, every class, is in some way focused on the world that God created.
Christians shouldn’t fear the big state university, if that’s where you enroll. In his book Faith At State (InterVarsity Press), Rick Kennedy describes the big state university as more like a small town than a big city. His advice to Christian students is to seek out a campus fellowship group and a local church.
Become a citizen, not just a consumer. Get involved with the life of the campus. Look for ways that God is at work on campus because He is there. Ask God daily, “How can I partner with you today?” This is good advice no matter which school you attend.
In another campus guidebook for Christians, The First 4 Years Are The Hardest (InterVarsity Press), Michael Pountney advises students, “The basic props of any Christian life are fellowship and the Daily Quiet Time.” The Quiet Time is prayer and Bible study, the tools that Christians have always used to stay connected to God and his mission.
InterVarsity’s new president, Tom Lin, makes many of the same points in his article, “Building a Firm Foundation” on InterVarsity’s website. If you do well in these areas in college, you will be equipped to live out your faith in college and beyond.
3) Preparing for College
Your first 72 hours on campus are the most important hours of your college career. The choices you make in terms of friends, peer groups, and using your free time will heavily determine how well you will navigate your college course.
You and your parents may want to consider ahead of time how to prepare for those 72 hours by focusing on the social, spiritual, financial, academic, and time-management issues that you will face in college. Today, with the internet and social media, it’s easy to find other Christians when you’re new on campus or even before your arrival. Here are some additional resources.
Campus Renewal is a partner with InterVarsity and other campus ministries, with the goal of helping connect inbound students with Christian fellowship at the colleges they have chosen.
College Church Connection offers a way to find out about campus Christian communities before you arrive on campus. There’s a small fee for the personal survey and research involved, but the information provided can be very helpful.
The College Transition Initiative of the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding has a college prep seminar and a lot of additional resources. In an interview with InterVarsity’s Mike Hickerson on the Emerging Scholars blog, Initiative director Derek Melleby offered four questions that every college bound student should ask. One of the four is, “With whom will you surround yourself?” (Derek has a book, Make College Count.) InterVarsity is on Many Campuses.
Part of the answer to the question of who you surround yourself with relates to the kind of Christian community available to college students. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship has more than 1,000 chapters on more than 600 campuses. Those numbers include more than 100 chapters at the schools on the U.S. News and World Report list of the top 25 colleges but there are also chapters on community college campuses.
Click on the map to access contact information for InterVarsity staff on campuses you may be considering. For another perspective on InterVarsity’s ministry on campus, check out this story by CBN News.
InterVarsity chapters provide much more than fellowship. They give you opportunities to grow your faith and challenge you with ways to respond to God’s call to serve him no matter what your chosen field. They will also often help connect you with Christian faculty. No matter where you are studying, you can take advantage of such InterVarsity resources as InterVarsity Press and the triennial Urbana Student Missions Conference.
These posts on the InterVarsity blog by Steven Grahmann (Your Faith Can’t Survive College) and Mike Hickerson (Is There Hope for the College-Bound Student?) offer helpful insight. For some additional reading to help you prepare for the transition, here are three books about college and one book about discerning God’s guidance:
- Welcome to College by Jonathan Morrow (Kregel, 2008)
- How to Stay Christian in College by J. Budziszewski (NavPress, 2004)
- The Outrageous Idea of Academic Faithfulness by Donald Opitz and Derek Melleby (Brazos Press, 2007)
- Listening to God in Times of Choice: The Art of Discerning God’s Will by Gordon T. Smith (InterVarsity Press, 1997)
In the end, you decide. But you don’t have to decide by yourself. The advice of these counselors and others may help you, and God invites you to ask him to guide you. Whatever choice you make, God is there ahead of you. Plan to meet him there.
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Organizations Directory
Catholic Newman Community (CNC)
The Catholic Newman Community is a group of Catholic students and their friends who gather together for social, service, educational and spiritual growth opportunities. Newman meets at St. Augustine University Parish (across the street from Ullsvik Hall)
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
Promotes fellowship and the positive role athletes have as leaders and Christians in the community.
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (UWPIV)
InterVarsity is kind of like a youth group on a college campus, We’re all about Jesus and think that ministry should happen through relationships. For more information check out our website @ www.uwpiv.org
Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM)
Lutheran Campus Ministry is a Christian organization, open to all students, that fosters the spiritual, intellectual, and social welfare of the students at UW-P.
Lutheran Student Fellowship (LSF)
Lutheran Student Fellowship (LSF) is a ministry of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) and is connected with Apostles Lutheran Church.
Pioneer Wesley Campus Ministry (Pioneer Wesley)
The United Methodist presence on Campus.
WELS Campus Ministry (WCM)
Welcome to the WELS Campus Ministry Website! Our mission is to promote spiritual growth through the study of God’s Word and through fellowship with each other, strengthening each other along the way.
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University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Plattsville isn’t the only Campus Ministry. It is also on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. https://orgsync.com/8108/chapter
This particular campus ministry is run by St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, a local WELS congregation. There campus website links to the Campus Ministry section of their church website here.
East Lansing WELS Campus Ministry
The East Lansing WELS Campus Ministry serves students, faculty, staff, family, and friends of Lansing Community College and Michigan State University. Pastor Mark Eckert of Calvary Lutheran Church in Eaton Rapids, is serving as the part-time pastor for the Campus Ministry.
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ATHLETES IN ACTION
2373 N. Kings Cross.: East Lansing, MI 48823
282-3321
Philip Gillespie
aia@msu.edu
BAPTIST STUDENT CENTER/AMERICAN BAPTIST STUDENT FOUNDATION
4608 Hagadorn Road; East Lansing, MI 48823
351-6494
Lisa Haston
hastonli@msu.edu
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST
2511 Kerry Street, Apt. #12; Lansing, MI 48912
351-2572
Gary McMahan
crusade@msu.edu
CHI ALPHA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP/ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
464 Wayland Avenue; East Lansing, MI 48823
332-8784
Cheryl McKeel
chialpha@msu.edu
CHRISTIAN CHALLENGE
212 Loree Drive; East Lansing, MI 48823
351-6503
Larry Woods
woodslj@msu.edu
CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP MINISTRIES
1317 Burcham Dr.; East Lansing, MI 48823
337-1642
Charlie Mack
cmack@msu.edu
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION at MSU
613 E. Grand River; East Lansing, MI 48823
351-7507
Tom Carroll
tcarroll@msu.edu
EAST LANSING BAHA’I COMMUNITY
P.O. Box 703; East Lansing, MI 48823
351-6810
Melanie Smith
smith40@msu.edu
EAST LANSING COMMUNITY CHURCH/FREE METHODIST
504 Ann St.; East Lansing, MI 48823
333-3522
Randy Bennett
elcc@juno.com
EPISCOPAL MINISTRY AT MSU
800 Abbott Road; East Lansing, MI 48823
351-7160
Rev. Allen Kannapell
emmsu@msu.edu
HILLEL JEWISH STUDENT CENTER
402 Linden St.; East Lansing, MI 48823
332-1916
Cindy Hughey
hugheyhillel@aol.com
HIS HOUSE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
917 Sever Dr.; East Lansing, MI 48823
351-8910
Brad Hawes
hishouse@msu.edu
HOLMES ROAD CHURCH OF CHRIST
321 E. Holmes Rd.; Lansing, MI 48910
882-8105
Don Yuvan
yuvand@hotmail.com
INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH UNITED
3975 Willow Ridge; Holt, MI 48842
694-8356
Donald Wolf
iou@msu.edu
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MINISTRY
929 Sever Dr.; East Lansing, MI 48823
332-8050
Marcia Mittwede
intlstum@msu.edu
INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
1509 River Terrace; East Lansing, MI 48823
337-5677
Brian Hossink
ivcf@msu.edu
JUST FOR CHRIST CAMPUS MINISTRY
1020 W. Hillsdale: Lansing, MI 48915
485-7705
Edward Fubara
fubaraed@msu.edu
LIBERTY COLLEGE GROUP
2215 E. Michigan; Lansing, MI 48912
485-5483
Malcom Magee
mageemal@msu.edu
LITTLE FLOCK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
206 Cowley Ave.; East Lansing, MI 48823
337-3949
Dr. Rao P. Gollapalli
raogollapalli@msu.edu
MARTIN LUTHER CHAPEL STUDENT CENTER
444 Abbott Rd.; East Lansing, MI 48823
332-0778
Rev. David Dressel
dresseld@msu.edu
MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP
5327 Harris Rd.; Williamston, MI 48895
655-2571
Dr. Donald Penner
pennerd@msu.edu
PEOPLES CHURCH
200 W. Grand River; East Lansing, MI 48823
332-5073
Kelly Sprinkle
sprinkl3@msu.edu
RED CEDAR FRIENDS (QUAKERS/RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS)
517-371-1047
REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
1518 River terrace, East Lansing, MI 48823
347-0664
Richard Hawks
hawks@msu.edu
RIVER TERRACE CHURCH
1509 River Terrace; East Lansing, MI 48823
351-9059
Gregory Kett
rtc greg@hotmail.com
RIVERVIEW CAMPUS FELLOWSHIP/GREAT COMMISSION MINISTRIES
2584 Varsity Lane; Holt, MI 48842
694-9874
Robert Schiller
schillsrob@aol.com
SOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH/CUTTING EDGE MINISTRY
1500 S. Washington; Lansing, MI 48910
322-2000
Neil Odgers
odgers@msu.edu
SPARTAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP/URC
4930 S. Hagadorn Rd.; East Lansing, MI 48823
351-6810
Ben Falconer
falconer@msu.edu
THE NAVIGATORS
1229 S. Chester Road; Lansing, MI 48912
485-7887
Jim Getzq
navigate@msu.edu
UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN OUTREACH
607 Oak St.; East Lansing, MI 48823
337-7818
Stanley Mathay
stanmathay@muno.com
UNIVERSITY REFORMED CHURCH
4930 S. Hagadorn Road; East Lansing, MI 48823
351-6810
Tom Stark
urc@urc-msu.org
UNIVERSITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
1120 S. Harrison; East Lansing, MI 48823
351-7030
Carole Lyman
carolelyma@aol.com
VICTORY CAMPUS MINISTRIES
214 N. Franklin St.
668-9803
Craig Lantz
vcm@msu.edu
WELS LUTHERAN CAMPUS MINISTRY
704 Abbott; East Lansing, MI 48823
336-9293
Joseph Dietrich
Dietri21@msu.edu
WESLEY FOUNDATION
1118 S. Harrison; East Lansing, MI 48823
332-0861
Rev. Rick Erickson
Ericks51@msu.edu
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A search at MSU returns about 759 results . MSU has a whole section of their website dedicated to religion. As you can see, there is a lot of competition for Campus Ministry.
University of WI-River Falls
Faith Lutheran Church is involved in the Campus Ministry at the University of WI-River Falls. https://orgsync.com/19288/chapter . I think Faith has an awesome website. http://www.justifiedbyfaith.net
Lutheran Collegians
Peace Ev. Lutheran Church (http://www.peacehoughton.org/) sponsors a Lutheran Collegians group and serves students at Michigan Tech University. They have a flyer .
A Lutheran Collegians Facebook group is also active at the University of WI-Stevens Point campus.
I couldn’t find a reference to Lutheran Collegians on WELS.net.
Campus Ministry in the WELS
The WELS provides a variety of resources to support this ministry. Students can sign up for free copies of Meditations and Forward in Christ on the Campus Ministry section of wels.net.
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Campus Ministry is under the Home Missions budget. The Campus Ministry Committee (CMC), chaired by Pastor Charlie Vannievenhueven, ably serves the campuses that offer campus ministry. The primary purpose of campus ministry is to be a student’s “church home” while away at college. In addition to supporting our WELS members attending college, many of the campus ministries strive to take the gospel to non-WELS students.
The WELS National Campus Ministry Staff Conference will take place May 15 and 16, 2017, in Pewaukee, Wis. The conference is designed to help campus pastors and laypeople in their training of students for ministry by studying God’s Word and sharing ideas for campus work—whether a big, small, or new campus ministry. The Campus Ministry Committee contact person is Pastor Jonathan Klein, pastorklein@lightofthevalley-wels.org. This conference is held every two years around the same time of the year.
In late summer 2016, the Campus Ministry Committee initiated a pilot program. The pilot program is intended to connect more WELS college students with a university and its campus ministry. Every year, the CMC sends letters to every WELS congregation asking for contact information for their high school seniors. Once this information is gathered and entered into our database it is used in two ways.
First, the CMC sends out letters to every student. This letter encourages students to be involved in campus ministry and gives them the contact information for the local congregation or campus ministry where they are attending school. The CMC then sends the students’ contact information to the local contact or campus pastors so they can make contact with these students while at school. This has been an effective way over the years to connect students to local ministries.
But we can’t connect students to these local ministries if we don’t know who they are. One of the challenges the Campus Ministry Committee has faced is the low participation of congregations in this contact information gathering effort. Historically, only about 400 of our 1,270 WELS congregations have participated.
In summer 2016, the Campus Ministry Committee engaged the help of Senior Vicar Phil Janisch from the Point of Grace Campus Ministry in Milwaukee to call congregations and ask for contact information for all their high school seniors. Janisch spends his time calling every WELS congregation who hasn’t responded to the CMC mailings to encourage WELS congregations to provide that information. Sometimes it is secretaries who gather this information. Sometimes it is the pastor. Sometimes it is an interested parent or member who does the work. To date we have been able to gather information from an additional 400 congregations. The more students the CMC has in its database, the more students who can be connected to local campus ministries and the more students we can help stay connected to God’s Word.
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Campus Ministry helps OTHER congregations take care of the spiritual needs to YOUR members. Do as the BORAM asks and help make sure your congregation submits the names of students. Learn more at WELS Campus Ministry database
The Lay Person
Not all congregations are involved in Campus Ministry, and that’s OK. Every congregation is unique and has its own priorities. What if your congregation doesn’t have any interest in starting a Campus Ministry at your local college?
You don’t have to be a congregation or a pastor to start a Campus Ministry. This is something anybody can do. This is where we come back to you, the Lay Person. I say lay person because anybody can start a lay ministry.
We know we are all uniquely gifted by the Holy Spirit to carry out God’s Ministry and grow the Church. Perhaps your gift(s) have equipped you to serve in a Campus Ministry.
I have found the best resources for starting a Lay Ministry are other lay persons. A person involved in a particular lay ministry is usually passionate about it. They are thrilled to have somebody else interest in it and usually more than willing to share experience and resources.
Pastors are often very willing to help too. It is possible your pastor isn’t, and that’s OK. Pastors have unique spiritual gifts too. I encourage you to reach out to other pastors.
It is hard to start a ministry when you don’t know about it. That is why I encourage you to keep track of the different ministries and help others know about them too.
There are too many times when information is not shared in a congregation. When information is share it lacks enthusiasm. I will cite WELS Connection as an example. The “obligatory” bulletin insert is distributed, but there may not be any enthusiastic followup or endorsement. This is also true of things like LWMS or OWLS.
Enthusiasm breeds enthusiasm. Share the possibilities for a ministry. You may not have a personal interest. Getting the news out to others will likely connect with somebody who is enthused.
Yes, Corporate Synod needs your dollars to support Campus Ministry. You are needed even more.
Below is a constitution used by the University of Wisconsin-River Falls campus ministry. Don’t let it scare you. Your Campus Ministry doesn’t have to be this formal. This constitution may give you some ideas.
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Preamble
We, a group of Lutheran Christians at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, Wisconsin, for our spiritual edification, for common service of Christ, and for Christian fellowship, do herewith by our signature subscribe to the following constitution and bylaws, by which all spiritual and material affairs shall be governed.
Article I
The name of this chapter shall be “WELS Campus Ministry.”
Article II
Principles
I. This chapter subscribes to the Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and to the doctrinal principles of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
II. This chapter submits to the spiritual direction of its appointed pastoral advisor.
III. This chapter also adopts the constitution, bylaws, and regulations of Lutheran Collegians-Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, a national student organization.
Article III
Objectives
A. Locally: This chapter endeavors to strengthen, reclaim, gain, and train students for Christ by:
1. Doing all things for the glory and honor of the Triune God;
2. Strengthening and preserving ourselves in the one true Christian faith;
3. Encouraging regular worship services at a local congregation;
4. Providing opportunity for Bible study and Christian fellowship;
5. Being stewards, disciples, and witnesses for sharing the Law and Gospel with all who are interested;
6. Keeping the Lord Jesus in the center of all we do.
B. Nationally: This chapter endeavors to join with similar chapters throughout the nation in the promotion of the above spiritual efforts.
Article IV
Membership
1. Any person may be a member that wants to hear and learn the Word of God.
2. Membership requirements will be non-discriminatory and all persons will be treated in a fair and equitable manner.
Article V
Officers
A. The elected officers shall be: president, secretary, and treasurer.
B. The above officers, together with the pastoral advisor, and a faculty advisor (if available) constitute the executive board.
Article VI
Inactivation
In the event of inactivation all property shall revert to the sponsoring local congregation and/or the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. In the event of dissolution of WELS Campus Ministry, funds will be returned to the sponsoring congregation and/or the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod for keeping.
Article VII
Amendments
This constitution may be amended by a 2/3 vote of all the active members, providing that the proposed amendment shall have been presented in writing at the previous meeting.
Bylaws to the Foregoing Constitution of WELS Campus Ministry
Bylaw I
Election of Officers
C. The elected officers of this chapter shall be chosen by ballot at a meeting at least two month before the end of the spring term and be communicant members of a Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod congregation.
D. The term of office shall be one year, beginning with the installation of officers one week after election.
E. No elected officer shall hold the same office for more than two consecutive terms.
F. All officers will be elected by self-nomination or by member nominations.
G. Leadership nomination requirements will be non-discriminatory, and elections will be fair and equitable. Proper proceedings will mirror Robert’s Rules of Order.
Bylaw II
Duties of Officers
H. The President shall preside at all meetings of the chapter and the executive board and shall be responsible for carrying out the resolution of the chapter. He/ She shall supervise the work of the chapter in general and have the power to call a meeting at any time with the approval of the pastoral advisor. He/she shall be custodian of the chapter handbook. He/ She shall meet with other officers to plan meeting, topics for Bible study, and other activities. He/ She shall remain in contact with the pastor and advisor.
I. The Secretary shall keep an accurate record of the meeting of the local chapter and the executive board and conduct all necessary correspondence, contact members with updates on next meetings, and meet with other officers to plan meetings, topics for Bible study, and other activities.
J. The Treasurer shall handle all funds of the local chapter, keep a record of all receipts and disbursements, and submit a full report at each business meeting. He/ She shall disburse money only on the approval of the president. The Treasurer shall be the Chief Financial Officer. Funds shall be held at the same financial institution as the affiliated congregation. He/ She shall balance the budget and meet with other officers to plan meetings, topics for Bible study, and other activities.
K. Chapter Officers shall be held responsible for the safekeeping of all official correspondence and documents.
Bylaw III
Chapter Publications
A schedule of the program shall be distributed to all members of the chapter.
Bylaw IV
Meetings
L. WELS Campus Ministry will meet regularly, fall and spring semester.
M. The time, date, and place of the meeting shall be determined by the local executive board together with the pastoral advisor.
N. All members present at any business meeting shall constitute a quorum.
Bylaw V
Amendments
The bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of all the active members present at any regular business meeting, provided that the proposed amendment shall have been presented at the previous meeting in writing.
Bylaw VI
Committees
WELS Campus Ministry may designate any needed committees in event of needed assistance of events and activities.
Bylaw VII
Advisor
The faculty advisor shall maintain contact with chapter leadership. He/ She shall, in conjunction with the responsible party from the chapter, track the chapter budget. He/ She shall also maintain current contact information with the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Student Senate.
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