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The Best Thing Our Staff Did This Year

August 18, 2014 By Tim Casteel 2 Comments

The absolute best thing our Staff did this past year was implement a once a month checkpoint with our Community Group leaders (we got the idea from University of Florida Cru). Here's why it was so helpful - our monthly CG coaching meeting kept our most important leaders motivated and missional all year long. As I said in a previous post, Community Groups are the backbone of … [Read more...] about The Best Thing Our Staff Did This Year

Leveraging Technology to Further the Mission

July 31, 2014 By Tim Casteel 3 Comments

One of the biggest adjustments we have made in recent years is leveraging technology to make our staff and students more effective in ministry. All of the technology adjustments follow this principle - Build Webs not Wheels. "We must foster environments of interdependence where folks are not just allowed, but encouraged to seek help from any and every source. A mentor of mine … [Read more...] about Leveraging Technology to Further the Mission

Top Takeaways from Large Cru Movements – Part 1

August 8, 2012 By Tim Casteel 10 Comments

Largest Cru Movements

I want to wrap up the series on Large Cru Movements with 2 posts on my Top Takeaways. Click for Part 2 (click here for the Intro of the series) If you want to go back and read about each campus here are the 8 Cru Movements I profiled: University of Florida Montana State Michigan State Cal Poly- San Luis Obispo Miami of Ohio NC State Ole Miss Penn … [Read more...] about Top Takeaways from Large Cru Movements – Part 1

Large Cru Movements- Montana State

July 26, 2012 By Tim Casteel 7 Comments

Montana State

This is part of a series: Learning from Large Cru Movements- a look at 8 of the largest Cru movements in the U.S. Read the Series intro here. Overview of the Cru Movement at Montana State Movement stats as of 2011 13,000 students enrolled at Montana State (3,500 in dorms) Typically 6-10 staff (that includes 0-3 interns) 335 students in Bible studies 425 at the … [Read more...] about Large Cru Movements- Montana State

Texting Encouragement to Students

February 8, 2012 By Tim Casteel 3 Comments

Just sharing a small idea that's been a big Win for us recently: Every week we start our staff meeting with sharing: “How have you seen God at work on campus this week?”. Always my favorite part of the meeting! But we recently realized that most of that good news of God at work is staying within the four walls of our staff meeting. As we celebrated how God is working, we … [Read more...] about Texting Encouragement to Students

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Top 10 Books of the 2010s

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My Top Books of 2019

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About Tim Casteel

The goal of this blog is to share resources, best practices and strategy. Inspired by others who have taken the time to share their thoughts/learnings/resources, I decided to stop merely consuming and start contributing to the conversation.

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