Serving
Frequently Asked Questions
1. So what is a "servant team?"
It's pretty simply how they came about. A few years ago, Les sat down and made a really long list of things that he always dreamed about wanting to be able to do on campus at Ole Miss, but just didn't have the time to do all by himself. After making the list, he grouped them in a vaguely logical order and formed eight "servant teams" that needed leadership and helpl
2. What's the purpose of "servant teams?"
Well, they have two fundamental reasons for being. First, there's stuff that needs to get done. RUF has its hands in all kinds of thing going on on campus and with every passing year, more things crop up. Servant teams help the ministry by seeing our influence get into more and more areas on campus. Second, servant teams are a great way to "give something back." Les gets all kinds of requests from well meaning folks who, for better or for worse, have settled on RUF as their main source of spiritual feeding while they are in college. Servant teams give those folks a great sense of ownership and service so that they can feel like they have an active role in RUF's ministry to the Ole Miss campus.
3. Who can sign up for the "servant teams?"
This is a good question, even though on one level, the answer is simple...anyone can. However, at RUF we realize that there are LOTS of opportunities to be involved in religious organizations on campus, and the temptation always exists (with good intentions, of course) to want to be involved in anything and everything that is going on around campus. Therefore, we would suggest that if you are already involved in some kind of official way in another campus ministry on campus, perhaps you need to focus your efforts in that area and wait to be involved with RUF. These teams are primarily for those (again...for better or worse) who have settled on RUF as their primary source of spiritual feeding at Ole Miss.
4. How much time will it take me?
Not much at all. As you can see when you look through them, the servant teams are divided in such a way that no one person is going to be burdened with anything anywhere close to an oppressive time committment. RUF understands that your primary purpose in being at Ole Miss is to get an education, and we are not allowed to interfere with that all-important goal. And remember, there's a reason why we call it "teams," the idea being that the responsibilities would be delegated among a group to see that no one person is carrying the entire load.
5. What kinds of things do the servant teams do?
Well, that's a great question. The best way to find out is to simply take a look around the following pages and find the kinds of things that interest you. At the bottom of each page, you'll find a form that you can easily fill out that will sign you up that team.
Prayer Team
Local Youth Ministry Team
Evangelism and Discipleship Team
Outreach Team
Large Group Team
Mercy Ministry Team
Publicity Team
Activities Team
6. What if I have too much going on next semester to be involved? Should I not sign up this semester?
Not if you don't feel like you have the time. RUF only asks that you give us a one semester committment to help out with these teams. If you run into an unusually busy semester, drop off and pick it back up a while later. OR switch to another team. The choice is yours.