Welcome!
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For the past decade, InterVarsity has hosted a Partnership Banquet in Houston, TX to honor our current partners while providing a chance for potentially new ones to learn about InterVarsity and meet the staff in person. Due to COVID-19, we have been unable to do so for the past 2 years. However, with a desire to continue on with the spirit of the banquet, we decided to host the "Banquet in a Box"!
We pray that these gifts bless you and show just a fraction of the appreciation that we have for you either partnering with us in ministry, or just being in our lives! For those interested in partnering with us in ministry, this website contains more information on how to do so! If you received this site from someone without receiving a gift from us, contact us using the form below and we would love to include you in the fun, too! |
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Become a Ministry Partner Today!
We invite you to consider partnering with us in three different ways: financially, volunteering, and/or through prayer.
Partnering Financially
Every year, staff receive a budget that must be raised in order to be paid, be released onto campus, and to pay for ministry expenses. This budget varies depending on length of time on staff, benefits, projected ministry expenses, and other such things.
With that in mind, our hope is that if we can raise $15,000 from this push utilizing our banquet in a box, we will see staff ending this fiscal year well! This might look like 25 out of 160 people donating $50/mo. This also might look like all 160 people donating $100. Would you consider supporting our staff with a one-time or recurring gift, so they can continue changing students' lives?
To do so: click the image of the staff worker who you would like to support, and you will be directed to their donation page.
Every year, staff receive a budget that must be raised in order to be paid, be released onto campus, and to pay for ministry expenses. This budget varies depending on length of time on staff, benefits, projected ministry expenses, and other such things.
With that in mind, our hope is that if we can raise $15,000 from this push utilizing our banquet in a box, we will see staff ending this fiscal year well! This might look like 25 out of 160 people donating $50/mo. This also might look like all 160 people donating $100. Would you consider supporting our staff with a one-time or recurring gift, so they can continue changing students' lives?
To do so: click the image of the staff worker who you would like to support, and you will be directed to their donation page.
Are you unsure of who to support or would rather support a campus' work, instead? We have their links below! If you choose to support our Texas Gulf Coast Area, our directors will send the money to the staff in most need.
Advocacy
Fundraising is a key part of the ministry that we do, but there also exist inherent barriers to it, including if a staff:
These are just some of many barriers staff face in fundraising. We would love for you to consider advocating for our staff in ways that they cannot do for themselves! Advocacy might look like:
- Did not come from a Christian background
- Has family that is not in support of him/her being in ministry
- Comes from a cultural background that makes networking difficult
These are just some of many barriers staff face in fundraising. We would love for you to consider advocating for our staff in ways that they cannot do for themselves! Advocacy might look like:
- Identifying who are people that might be interested in hearing about InterVarsity’s work on a campus and sharing a list of such people with a staff worker to approach
- Engaging with people in your networks and seeing if they would be willing to meet with said staff worker and/or support them
- Hosting a lunch, dinner, or dessert gathering for a staff worker to share about InterVarsity’s ministry
- Meeting regularly with a council of other advocates to pray and consider what are others ways in which InterVarsity staff can be better resourced/networked
Volunteering with InterVarsity
Maybe you are willing to carve out some time from your schedule to invest in our ministry yourself! There are various ways to do this, whether directly or indirectly.
If you aren’t sure what you can do, but are still interested in volunteering with us, fill out the contact form on below and we would love to discern how you can do so, with you!
- Supplying meeting space (although we get that can be a bit dicey for many right now)
- Providing food for events, whether cooking or paying for meals
- Being “on the grounds” with us on campus
- Discipleship
- Leading a community group
- Planting a campus
If you aren’t sure what you can do, but are still interested in volunteering with us, fill out the contact form on below and we would love to discern how you can do so, with you!
Pray for us
Our belief is that ministry isn’t moved on campus by InterVarsity staff, it is moved by God. Our role as staff is to participate as the Lord directs us and to witness as He saves and guides His people. If this is the case, then the best thing that we can do and the best way that others can partner with us is to pray. Here are some ways you can pray for us NOW:
If you are interested in receive prayer letters from any staff/campuses, fill out the response form and we can follow up with you!
- Staff will be focusing on ministry partnership development over the summer, pray that people will be responsive and that staff will be able to focus in this area.
- Our hope is to hold trainings for students to re-enter onto campus well and be empowered to start more community groups on campus. Pray that students will receive vision and the skills necessary to do so.
- Our Texas Gulf Coast area is looking like a new team after many transitions this year. Pray that the Lord will help us in building a new identity as a team and even better unity.
- Pray that students will come to know Jesus this Summer and Fall! Evangelism numbers for our area were particularly low this past year and our hope is that we will be able to engage more students with the Gospel and see them accept Jesus into their lives!
If you are interested in receive prayer letters from any staff/campuses, fill out the response form and we can follow up with you!