TRACKS
These 4 tracks are designed to help you take the next step in following Jesus.
**A note about track selection: Encountering Jesus In Mark is for all students. Small Group Leader Training, Dependent Leader and Exec are for students serving in leadership. Ask your staff if you need help picking a track.
encountering jesus in mark
Do you want a fresh, up close, and personal encounter with Jesus? Join us in Encountering Jesus in Mark track for a week-long walkthrough of the Gospel of Mark. Perhaps Christianity is new to you and you have wondered what your friends mean when they talk about Jesus or the “Gospel.” Maybe you have been following Jesus for a while but would like to spend a week focused on studying His life. The Encountering Jesus in Mark track is built for you to learn about Jesus no matter where you are in your faith journey. We will learn about the nature and values of God’s kingdom. We’ll discover what it looks like to follow Jesus and be a witness for him on campus. In each session we will interact with a passage from Mark in either a large group manuscript Bible study or through teaching from our staff team.
SMALL GROUP LEADER training
How do I lead a small group? How do we build a thriving witnessing community on campus? Small Groups are where students connect with each other, explore God’s Word, ask questions about faith, and grow in their relationship with God. Join us to learn how to lead a small group community in the pattern of Jesus’ own ministry. This begins with your own relationship with God, and includes skills in studying Scripture, responding to others’ questions about faith and life, deepening community and witness, and the administration it takes to lead a great small group on campus.
*This track is required for InterVarsity Small Group Leaders and is open to anyone leading a small group this coming year. Before registering, please connect with your campus staff to ensure that Small Group Leaders Training Track is the best option for you at this time.
The Dependent Leader: Practices and Postures for Lifelong Leadership
Do you want more for those you lead than you seem to know how to offer? When your leadership is leading to exhaustion and burnout, you don’t have to be told, something is wrong. When your leadership is leading to competition and pride, you may have to be told, something is wrong. If you measure the success of your leadership by attendance, something is wrong. Having led for a year, you know the joys and frustrations of leadership. It’s now time to explore the practices and postures that will mature you into a leader whose dependence on Jesus can make you a reliable leader for His Kingdom. Not reliable for just another year at school, but for life.
*This track is only open to students who have served in an IV leadership position in their chapter for at least one school year.
EXEC
What is God's vision for our lives AND for our campuses? This track will focus on the personal growth of the leader as well as seek God's vision and plans for your campus. It will help develop your Coordinating Team into a biblical community.
*This track is invitation only for members of Exec or Coordinating Teams. Please check with your staff if you would like to be invited.