©1997 West Texas A&M University's Baptist Student Ministries/ Revised 2008

SESSION IV

Materials needed:

• Hotline Cards (One per person)

• Beach Reach E-mail Form (One to show them)

• How to Witness to Catholics (Handout)

• Logistical Information

• Medical Waiver and Insurance Form

PRACTICAL TRAINING

A. Introduction

• Remind students of last minute material that they need to turn in or get before you leave.

• Have students fill out insurance information and return it before next weeks session

B. Evangelism Process

• Review the Steps 1 thru 6 of the 7 Steps to Servant Evangelism

• Tell the students in this session they will learn:

• How to do Step 7: Determine How to Follow-Up and

• How to Communicate the Gospel with Catholics.

C. Practice

• One Question Evangelism with Hotline Card

• Divide into groups of two.

• Have them practice Steps 1 through 6, including the prayer of commitment using the Hotline Card. One student will be the Beach Reacher and the other the Beach Goer. For the sake of time let the Beach Goer be "receptive" to the Gospel without objections.

• After a few minutes have them exchange roles.

EVANGELISM TRAINING

A. Follow Up

• Explain that Beach Reach is not ideal for follow up, due to the fact that no long term one-on one relationship can be established.

• The Follow Up consists of the following:

Immediate Follow Up

Immediate Follow Up occurs right after a Beach Reacher has an intimate conversation with someone about Jesus or the person prays to trust Christ.

• Intimate Conversation , But Doesn’t Receive Jesus.

        Ask if you can visit with them again sometime during Spring Break perhaps at
        breakfast or another time. If they say yes, make an appointment and KEEP IT!  If
        they don’t want to meet during Spring Break ask permission to keep in touch with
        them after Spring Break.

        There are several things that you need to do if they agree to stay in touch. Get their
        name, address, E-mail and if  they are on facebook or myspace.

• On the Hotline Card under the verse, there is a place to record the information

• If you don't have a card record it on something and transfer it to your Padre student notebook or something you won’t lose. (It might be helpful to have a small note pad that you can carry with you in your backpack for this purpose.)

• Give them the Beach Reach web site, www.beachreach.org and your e-mail address on the back of a Hotline Card.

• Give their name to your group leader so it can be recorded in the files on the computer.

• Write an E-mail that day using a Beach Reach E-mail Form, eventually send the E-mail using one of the 24 hour computers set up in the church. Make sure that you send the E-mail or a facebook message ASAP.

• Prays to Receive Jesus


There are several things that must be done before you close the conversation with the person.
 

• Get their name, address, and E-mail. Do the same five things above and make sure that your leader knows to record their name on the Decision Sheet in their Leader’s Notebook.

• Give them assurance of their commitment.

• Let them know that they are in God's family now. Assure them that God will never leave them or abandon them. They need to know that their commitment is secure and nothing or no one can take them away from God's Love for them.

• Share verses like:

• Give them an alternative to the lifestyle they are in right now.

Tell them about the events of Beach Reach. Invite them to the worship time, breakfast, or other events. Offer to come get them at their condo or hotel.

• Get them to agree to tell someone else that day about their commitment.

• Ask them if there is anyone with them who might be excited

  about the decision that they have made.

• Ask them if there is anyone back home they might need to call or E-mail tonight to tell about their commitment.

• Tell them about the 6 weeks Getting Started Bible Studies at the Beach Reach web site.

Short Term Follow Up

Short Term Follow Up includes the time you can spend with them on the Island and the Correspondence (letters/e-mails) you write when they get home.

• Island Follow Up

As much as possible try to contact the person you lead to Christ. Try to see them  everyday until they leave, try to get them to come to share times at night. Talk with them about being baptized in the Gulf of Mexico.

• Correspondence

Before the day is over, on the day you lead someone to Christ, write E-mails if possible:

• One to them

• One to a Church in the town where they live.

Get this information from the Ministry Links section of the Beach Reach web site. For Texas click on, then type the name of the city and It will bring up a list of churches. Pick one to contact. If they are outside of click on that state and pick a church in that town. If there is no listing on the web page inform your Group Leader and He will assist you.

• One to a Student Minister on the campus they are from.

Get this information also, from the Ministry Links section of the Beach Reach Web page on the left frame. If you can't find the state or school listed click on the student.org link at the bottom of the ministry links page for a complete index of colleges with campus ministries. If there are no listings on the web page for that University inform your Group Leader and He will help you.

Long Term Follow Up

Long Term Follow Up is continual contact with the new believer for a period of at least 6 months to a year.

• The Week you Get Back:

• Take time to write a card/letter or an E-mail to the Beach Goer as soon as you get back.

• Encourage them to: get involved in a local church, go to the Beach Reach Web site to begin the Getting Started Bible Studies, and get involved with a group of Christians on campus.

• Tell them that you would like to hear from them and would like to try to answer any questions that they might have.

 

• Weekly

• Contact them again, even if you didn't get a reply to the first  message.

• Encourage them to keep hanging out with Christians at church and a Christian  group on campus.

• Encourage them to continue the Getting Started Bible Studies.

• Drop a line to the BSM/BSU/BCM or other Christian campus group you contacted at Padre to remind them to go by and see your friend.

• Keep doing this weekly till you are sure they are plugged into a church and/or campus ministry.

B.  How to Share with Catholics

A large group of students who come to South Padre Island are Catholics. It would be helpful to inform the students about the various terms used by Catholics and how they differ from Protestants.

This material will not be post on the web page. We will send each group leader a copy of the How to Share with Catholics material to distribute to the students.

Consider incorporating Mel Gibson's movie The Passion of the Christ in your discussion with a Catholic. You might ask, "As a Catholic, what do you think that Mel Gibson was trying to express in his movie the Passion of Christ?  

HOMEWORK

• Continue to have someone hold you accountable for your daily personal time with God.

• Continue to add names to your "lost list" and pray for them daily.

• Pray for God to prepare you to go to Padre and meet your needs to go.

• Try to minister to the need of a lost friend or do something with them this week.

• Share the the Question with several non-Christians this week.

• Pray for the concerns on the 30 days of prayer sheet

PRAYER TIME  (10 min.)

    Divide into teams.

• Have members share specific prayer concerns and pray for each other.

• Pray for today’s concern on the 30 days of prayer sheet