Discipleship Coordinators
One of my favorite times each month is when my home in Chattanooga is filled with Covenant students who serve on their halls as discipleship coordinators. One of my job responsibilities is to oversee these students as they lead in creating atmospheres of spiritual vitality on their halls. I meet with each DC individually throughout the year, usually over a meal in the Great Hall, to talk about how things are going for them and for their halls, and then we all (or as many as are able) meet together once a month at my home on a Sunday afternoon to share with each other.
I supply the place and the food, and they bring the noise, fun, and conversation. Yesterday over bowls of beef stew and chili, we shared with the three new DCs some of what the DCs learned over last semester. The DC role is primarily a relational role. Although they work to organize prayer and praise gatherings, and coordinate residence wide events, their primary work is behind the scenes as they seek to build up and encourage the men or women on their halls. That can look different on each hall: sending notes of encouragement, meeting regularly with each hall member, seeking to spend time on the hall, providing opportunities for sharing and accountability, challenging the hall to commit to a service project, etc. When we meet together, the students often share ideas about what they’ve tried, what they are planning next, as well as sharing what they would do differently.
It has been a great joy for me to get to know this group of young men and women, and to see them grow in grace as they lead, often in very quiet, unnoticed ways.
Published on 21 Jan 2008 by Christiana Fitzpatrick at 3:03 pm.
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