Currently 2 out of 3 walk away from fellowship.
See how connecting in advance changes that.
Students can lose their Christian community twice: when they leave high school and when they enter the workplace. Every Student Sent helps people build the next relationships long before they get there.
The solution is connection long before arrival. From high school to college, and from college into work, ESS helps students find their next Christian community before they need it.
When a student arrives knowing Christian friends and leaders, belonging can begin on day one. That same community matters when a graduate enters a new workplace.
Watch this short video about the faith transition facing young adults, then discover how ESS helps students find community before they arrive at college.
Watch on YouTube ↗Discover how ESS helps students connect before college—and how CBMC can help graduates grow in faith, career and community.
From high school, through college, into the workplace.
Select the path that fits you to see practical next steps, tools and resources.
Find friends, ministries and purpose before college.
Explore Student Resources
Help your teen build faith, friendships and direction.
Explore Parent Resources
Help graduates connect long before they get there.
Explore Church Resources
Give students and families a supported path to campus.
Explore School ResourcesWhat if every Columbus student could find Christian friends before college — and Christian community beyond graduation? Choose one way to make that possible.
Give your time
Use your skills, relationships or a few hours to help students connect before they arrive.
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Open a door
Introduce ESS to a Columbus church, FCA huddle, school, campus ministry, For Columbus leader or potential supporter.
Make an Introduction
Connect beyond graduation
Bridge college to career through mentoring, Career Conversations and Christian workplace fellowship.
Join the Marketplace Effort
Fuel the Columbus launch
Help Central Ohio churches, FCA huddles, schools, campus ministries and marketplace leaders reach more students.
Give to Every Student SentNot sure where to start? One conversation can spark a citywide partnership.
Talk About Columbus OpportunitiesImagine FCA huddles, churches, Christian schools, youth leaders and campus ministries working together so every student is connected before arriving at Ohio State or another college. Then picture CBMC and other Christian professionals welcoming those same students into careers and community after graduation.
We'd love to engage the For Columbus network and other citywide leaders in helping Central Ohio's own young people make these transitions well.
Columbus can model a connected pathway that begins before high-school graduation and continues into professional life. FCA is an important entry point; CBMC Columbus is an important marketplace pilot. Churches, campus ministries, Christian schools and other networks can make this a citywide movement.
Help FCA students and huddles keep growing after graduation. Prepare high-school students, connect them in advance to Christian friends and ministry leaders at Ohio State and colleges nationwide, and carry the fellowship and mission mindset into their college years.
Columbus FCA connection: Rye D'Orazio
Build a welcoming bridge to Christian work and life after college. Through Career Conversations, relationships with Christian business leaders and workplace fellowship, students can enter their careers already connected to experienced believers.
A Columbus pilot building on an emerging national ESS–CBMC effort
This citywide initiative is being developed with local relationships. Organizations mentioned as potential collaborators are not presented as having formally endorsed every part of the plan.
Columbus has a foundation to build on: FCA high-school relationships, Christian communities at Ohio State, and local leaders helping students stay connected through college and into their careers.
“Let’s work to ensure Columbus is one of the first cities where no student starts college disconnected from Christ or Christian community!”
Rev. Shane Tucker · Networks Director, For Columbus
FCA’s local relationships are an important bridge for high-school students preparing for college, connecting with Christian community and continuing in faith.
Watch Rye’s video ↗Hear the former Ohio State football player share about Every Student Sent and his book The Power of Community at The Ohio State University.
Watch Master Teague’s video ↗
Every Student Sent can help students discover Christian communities before they arrive. These examples from the ESS Ohio State community show how ministries, churches and student groups can become visible to incoming students.
Examples pictured in ESS; listing does not imply a current formal partnership or endorsement by each organization.
The goal is simple: help each student find their people before arriving at college — and stay connected for the journey ahead.
Students, families, churches, campus ministries and Christian marketplace leaders working together so nobody has to take the next step alone.
