WHAT ARE YOU DOING AFTER COLLEGE?
If you are a junior or senior at Colorado State, you may be hearing this question a lot; parents, friends, professors, and recruiters are all curious what all your time, money, and investment in university will turn into once you graduate. You may be overwhelmed, but we’re here to aid your decision and help take what you learned in Chi Alpha and LAUNCH you into your next steps.
FOR FOUR YEARS YOU’VE BEEN PREPARING FOR WHAT’S NEXT; SO WHAT’S NEXT?
Depending on your degree, your upbringing, your Walk with God, or your community, you may know exactly where you’re headed and what you want to accomplish after you graduate.
But many students are not so sure how to begin a career, let alone all that comes with life off-campus. Bills, budgets, home purchases, marriages, church, and community all seem to change in the blink of an eye, but forever set the course for the rest of your career.
How do you keep the path God set you on during your time in Chi Alpha? How do you make decisions on your own? How do you disciple co-workers and keep on mission? Does discipleship even continue in the marketplace? These are all questions worth asking and we want to help you transition well as a child of God and disciple-maker.
LET’S BE HONEST: THE “REAL WORLD” IS DAUNTING. LET’S GET PREPARED!
It is scary jumping from 16 credit hour semesters to 9-to-5 work. And that is okay. LAUNCH's Goal is to help you know what God's calling you into; what dreams do you and God talk about? Knowing God's plans requires a letting go of our own plans, grounding ourselves in the truth of the bible, and trusting the Holy Spirit to guide us.
Trust the Holy Spirit and trust God is leading you! Allow yourself to dream with God and ask "God, what is your next step for me?" and follow God's peace into it.
John 16:13
But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
BELOW ARE THE FOUR AREAS OF LAUNCH:
EXPLORE EACH ONE OR THE ONE YOU KNOW GOD IS CALLING YOU INTO
WORLD MISSIONS
WORLD MISSIONARY
Choosing to take Jesus’ name to unreached peoples around the world is a significant step that will change the course of your life. There are countless places to plug into what God is doing throughout the nations, and it can be daunting to know where you fit; however, your journey does not have to be filled with confusion or frustration.
AGWM’s Pipeline is a team dedicated to seeing you through from start to finish in the missions placement process. The team is prepared to walk alongside you as take your first steps into missions. Pipeline connects you with a missionary to begin the conversation about how, what, and when.
Whether you are interested in short-term missions or have a lifetime calling, there is a place for you to serve. The desire of Pipeline is to support you as you begin navigating the ways God can use you in opportunities worldwide.
“We exist so all can hear the hope of the gospel. Our commitment extends to all people in all nations, regardless of remoteness, rejection, or resistance.”
AGWM Mission
“To see the Church established among all peoples, everywhere-by reaching, planting, training & serving.”
AGWM vision
HOW LONG WILL YOU SERVE AS A MISSIONARY?
Months
Discover and participate in what God is doing around the world. MAPS volunteers connect their areas of ministry interest with needs on the field. University students can fulfill practicum and internship requirements for cross-cultural courses with an overseas assignment.
One to Two Years
Fulfilling a Missionary Associate term can be a foundational experience for those considering career missions. By spending a year or more thoroughly engaged in missions, MAs have time to build stronger relationships with local friends, learn the language, and assimilate into the culture.
As a Career
Career missionaries have diverse ministries and represent a wide range of educational and ministry backgrounds, but they all express a clear lifetime call to missions.
CAMPUS AND UNITED STATES MISSIONS
“To fulfill the Great Commission in the United States through partnership with the Church.” AGUSM MISSION
CMIT INTERNSHIP
They say “the person you come to college as never leaves, and the person you leave college as never changes.” Believe it or not, much of who you are entering college doesn’t stick around very long. You actually begin to form a new person as you discover new friends, new passions, new education. But even greater than things of university are ideas of life such as Truth, Purpose, & Identity. You’re welcome in this community, and you are welcomed to journey with us. We love following Jesus and are eager to see transformation that comes from knowing the Christ.
Chi Alpha’s mission is to reconcile students to Christ, equipping them through Spirit-Filled communities of prayer, worship, fellowship, discipleship and mission to transform the university, the marketplace, and the world. We are a Spirit-Empowered, diverse community of believers on university campuses, declaring in word and lifestyle our faith in Jesus .
“A life as a Chi Alpha Missionary is both rewarding and hard work. If Jesus has called you into full time ministry, the Chi Alpha internship is a great first step into that calling.”
A CMIT internship with XA is a 9-12 month opportunity to learn and develop the character and competencies necessary for a calling and mission among college students. It will include a Biblical and practical ministry education, character development, and wide variety of skill acquisition required for campus ministry service. It will involve learning and growing under the care and mentoring of men and women who have modeled fruitfulness and godliness.
Other US MISSIONS opportunities
Youth Alive
Youth Alive equips students to effectively spread the message of hope to their peers by emphasizing prayer, student empowerment, student networking, and outreach. Their goal is to present Jesus Christ, the message of hope, to every student at every school (elementary to high school).
US MAPS
U.S. Mission America Placement Service (U.S. MAPS) coordinates workers to assist churches and ministry institutions with construction and evangelism projects. U.S. MAPS gives you the ability to use your hard-working skills, construction skills, or office skills to support ministry work here in the United States.
Intercultural Ministries
Intercultural Missionaries focus on reaching tribes, ethnic and culture groups, as well as the blind, the Deaf, or disabled among us. Often these missionaries will spend time learning the cultural norms and expectations of the people they feel led to minister to.
Adult & Teen Challenge
To provide youth, adults, and families with an effective Christian faith-based solution to life-controlling drug and alcohol problems in order to become productive members of society. By applying biblical principles, Teen Challenge helps people become mentally sound, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, physically well, and spiritually alive.
Chaplaincy Ministries
They minister to a group of people outside church walls. Like Jesus’ ministry in houses and streets and hillsides, they are shoulder to shoulder with people in the moments they need His hope and truth. Chaplains can turn a Humvee or a break room table into a pulpit or a place to serve Communion. Sometimes they provide counseling on a motorcycle or on top of a mountain. For chaplains, ministry opportunities and locations change every day.
ENTERING THE MARKETPLACE
MARKETPLACE WARRIOR
Did you know that one of the toughest mission fields is the marketplace? Whether you are an engineer, a doctor, a plumber, a teacher, or a business owner
"Often, people think of work as a bad thing. Some may even think it is a result of the fall (Gen 3:17–18) However, work was given before the fall. It was Adam’s responsibility to till the ground and take care of the Garden of Eden (Gen 2:15).
Our God is a worker too! He creates and sustains the world by the power of his Word (Heb 1:3). He is not idle, yet work is not an idol for Him. He prays for his saints in order to save them to the uttermost (Heb 7:25). We serve a God who neither sleeps nor slumbers (Ps 121:4). He is always active in his creation. Work is something we do here on earth and something we will also do in eternity. It is a way that we imitate God and bring honor to him. If work is something we will do throughout eternity, we must ask ourselves, “How can we work in such a way that God is glorified?”
It should be noted that for many Christians God has called for the workplace to be their primary mission field. It is in the workplace that many of us can spread the salt and light of Christ to the most people in an intimate way (cf. Matt 5:13–14)." (Bible.org)
“Let’s live on mission, glorifying God in the marketplace together. ”
Chi Alpha Alumni Association
Imagine a world where every XA alum is united for a common purpose: continuing to transform. Transform the university by giving generously through time, service, and finances. Transform the marketplace by continuing in relational discipleship, community, and carrying the presence of Jesus. Transform the world by partnering with us on a global mission to reach ALL nations. Let's continue to be on mission together!
New Website coming soon where you will be able to find and connect to Chi Alpha Alumni across the country. Be resourced, inspired and equipped to live on mission.
Text "XAALUMNI" to (844) 568-0003
Hear from other Chi Alpha alumni who are impacting their work environment and ministering to people in the workplace.
T.E.N.T.
Transforming the marketplace for God's Kingdom
Edifying and supporting the local church
Navigating through life's challenges together
Teaching and making disciples
TENT is a missional group of recent college graduates (specifically former small group leaders) who want to influence the local church and their own workplaces for the Kingdom of God. Because its existence is designed for the benefit of those outside of the group, TENT should not be your primary community. Instead, it empowers you find a local church and reach out to people in your workplace and helps navigate the transition out of college into the marketplace.
Contact your local XA Staff for more information.
ACTS 2GETHER
Move to a city with your Chi Alpha family, find a job, continue to live life together and be intentional with those around you, inviting them into your community and communion with Jesus. Join an existing group or start your own!
It doesn't matter where you go but rather WHO you go with.
Connect with your local XA Staff to learn more!
CHURCH PLANTING
If God is calling you to pastor his people, Church Multiplication Network (CMN) provides the training, resources, and relationships that you need to bring your dream of planting a church to a reality. CMN's vision is to see a healthy, spirit empowered church in every community.
FLOWCHART OF YOUR OPTIONS AFTER COLLEGE
INTERESTED IN TAKING ON THE NEXT STEP? WE'D LOVE TO HELP.