Game night rocked the house.
One of the essentials in campus ministry is to build rapport with students you have to be able to have fun.
Life isn’t always serious (even though some of us are naturally serious all the time) and if all your time with students is serious, serious, serious, they end up trying to avoid you at all costs once they get burnt out.
Not to mention, games are really low commitment for students wondering if InterVarsity is the community for them, and it’s an easy way to get to know people.
We hosted a game night in one of the freshman halls on campus. We had like 15 games, and around 80ish people, a handful of which just wandered by and wanted to hang out.
I, personally, didn’t play any games at game night because I spent the majority of the time welcoming the stragglers who just kind of wandered in. A boring, but necessary job.
Some of the games present were Apples to Apples, Monopoly, good ol’ fashioned cards, and other games I’ve never heard of.
Overall, the night was a success. We had fun, met a lot of new students, and gamed the night away.
