A College Sized Faith: Why so many Students lose their Faith in College

“And we pray that these young people don't lose their faith when they go out into the world and to college.” this line was used during the closing prayer of Senior Sunday (AKA graduate Sunday) the year I graduated from  high school. Growing up in church you hear about the kids who used to go to church but they lost their faith in college. As a senior, you hear the advice to find a church and bible study, so you don't lose your faith, again and again. There are statistics you can look up showing the drastic rate of college students who stop going to church and lose their faith, But I don't believe that's true.

A College Sized Faith: Lent

Hi friends, I’m here writing my lent post and I wanted to give you guy more of an understanding on what it is. Lent is apart of the Catholic faith. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, which is 40 days before Easter and lines up with the Passover Feast of the Jewish Faith. Lent entails giving up meat every Friday and also you have to give up one thing for the entire 40 days, which is not nom, nom.

A College Sized Faith: Quiet Time

Every year, the week after Mother’s Day, my church back home has Graduate Sunday. This is the week all the High School graduates go up on stage to be acknowledged before going to college. Then, the sermon is focused on them and becoming a Christian adult. And every year a few things are said, ‘So many lose their faith in college, strive to be among the few who don’t’ ‘Make sure you find a good church to get involved with’ ‘Make good Christian friends’ AND, ‘Don’t forget about your quiet time, because if you aren’t talking to God *insert something bad here.*’ The problem with all of this is no one ever tells you HOW, they only say it needs to be done. Then when you move to college and become overwhelmed by all the changes these things become the first to fall to the wayside. Today I am going to give you 5 tips to help you have and keep your quiet time in college.

A College Sized Faith - Awana

            As a Christian, it is really important to me to continually seek after and strengthen my relationship with Christ. This can be difficult in college, where you are always busy with other things, but college is also the most important time to rely on Jesus since you encounter all kinds of crazy situations. Personally, it is really difficult for me to read my Bible daily and actually finish Bible studies, but I had help by becoming involved at the AWANA program at a nearby church. AWANA (All Workmen Are Not Ashamed, after 2 Timothy 2:15) is a Bible program for preschoolers-highschool seniors and focuses on Scripture Memorization. There are handbooks with Bible verses, Bible studies and Bible book summaries to memorize and complete each year. Awana meets once a week at churches all around the world and teaches kids about God and how to form a relationship with Him.