Phase 5 | Launch

LAUNCH PHASE 5 | LAUNCH

CCO ONBOARDING PROCESS

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Navigating a smooth and effective onboarding process is essential to successfully launching the ministry. That process is as follows:

CCO STAFF SUPPORT RAISING MINISTRY TRAINING

Support Raising Ministry (SRM) is one of the most important factors in staff success and retention. Once a candidate accepts an offer, the CCO sends them a Support Raising Ministry Kit, which includes theological frameworks for fundraising, support raising resources, and best practices. We expect staff to reach full support within three months of their start date. If the staff person does not reach their goals, they are assigned a CCO Support Raising Coach to strategically assist in reaching that goal as soon as possible. It is the CCO’s expectation that the percentage of time working on support raising will be greater than the campus or partnership responsibilities until the staff person reaches full support.

NEW STAFF TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

The CCO provides excellent training and resources for staff to succeed in campus ministry. Staff who are beginning their first year of ministry (including all CCO Fellows) will be required to attend all of New Staff Training, which typically starts in June and lasts through the third week of July. Independent Study with coaching from a CCO supervisor is also an option for those who may have an approved alternative start date.

NEW STAFF TRAINING SCHEDULE

Summer New Staff Training: June and July • Support Raising Ministry Training • Orientation to CCO history, marketing, and employment policies • Planning a strategy for campus: CCO Campus Ministry Playbook and Arc of Discipleship Winter Conference: January (one week) Spring Regional Training: April or May (one to two days) Training Cohorts: offered by CCO training department annually based on ministryspecific trends for professional development.

RELOCATE CAMPUS STAFF

New staff typically relocate to the partnership context during the last week of July or early August upon completion of New Staff Training. Partners have the option to contribute toward moving expenses. We invite you to contribute a one-time donation to the staff person’s CCO Ministry Account from which the staff is able to reimburse approved moving expenses.

MARKETING IN THE PARTNERSHIP

As we partner together to bring the Gospel to campus, it’s important that both the CCO and the church are represented in how the partnership and staff are introduced to the church and the local campus. The CCO staff person will have a specific page on the CCO website that highlights the staff person, church partner (with a link to the church website), and local campus outreach. When the CCO staff person is mentioned on the church’s website or newsletters, we ask that the CCO be mentioned with a link to the CCO website as well (ccojubilee.org). The partner is encouraged to use CCO marketing videos and resources to help communicate the college ministry to your congregation. CCO staff have access to these videos and resources through the CCO Staff Only website.

MARKETING ON CAMPUS

Campus ministries are branded as both CCO and the partnering church. This brings clarity to who we are to students and the university. Where that may not be possible, we seek to co-brand and communicate clearly who we are in a way that fits the ministry context. • We recommend the church and the CCO be listed together on marketing materials. • The CCO can prepare a display and incorporate the name of the partner on it to be used for campus activity fairs or events. • If the name of the college/university is used, we will be careful and clear that we serve students from that college/university and CCO staff are not actually employees or representatives of the college/university itself. Therefore, it is not CCO practice to use any official college/university logos in marketing without written permission obtained from the college/university.

We want our language and visual media to reflect the unity we have in partnership. Everywhere we describe our partnership, in words or images, we strive to have the CCO and church name included. Below are some examples.

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Ivan Strong Moore

College Ministry Director Hope Church EPC | CCO Campus Ministry University of Memphis