David Green

This week classes begin at nine of our thirteen RUF ministries in the Mid-Atlantic Area. Pitt began last week, and three others begin next week. But what a surreal beginning! Most classes will be online, and most students will not be on campus as all. Many are hunkered down in their apartments and many are… Continue reading August 23, 2020 — Classes Begin! (Sort of)

In case you weren't aware of this - it's a wild summer! Students are scheduled to return to most campuses this week, and ordinarily RUF would be on hand to welcome them and invite them into our ministry. This year most universities are admitting only a fraction of their students onto campus. The rest will… Continue reading August 18, 2020 –Students Return! (Sort of)

It's still the calm before the storm for me, but campus ministers are busy contacting freshmen. How can we contact students who aren't on campus yet, and may never get to campus this fall? Social media! RUF is making extensive use of Facebook, Instagram, text messaging, and other social media to find students who may… Continue reading August 9, 2020 — Too Busy to Talk

Last week was fairly peaceful. Staff training is behind us and fall semester has not yet begun. We're starting to gear up for a new semester. I straightened out some confusion with our websites and began planning my fall travels. Campus ministers are sorting out ideas for outreach, Bible studies, and preaching. They will be… Continue reading August 2, 2020 — Calm Before the Storm

I got back late last night from my first ministry trip since March! It has been very difficult to know how to conduct ourselves wisely in this pandemic. Much is unknown and much is uncertain. RUF ceased all travel from April through June. In light of all the uncertainty, we canceled staff training in Dallas… Continue reading July 24, 2020 — State College

I wrote last week the day before RUF Assessment. It went surprisingly well! It's impressive how much you can learn about people just online. No one thinks this is as good as meeting in-person, but I think we got a reasonable idea of the capabilities of the candidates. Ruth and I enjoyed spending some time… Continue reading July 15, 2020 — Home, Week 17

I know. I skipped a few weeks. We're still working from home, but we may be able to have a real meeting at the end of the month. The last three weeks have featured the regular stream of video conferences, phone calls, emails, and text messages. The two big projects before us are RUF Assessment… Continue reading July 7, 2020 — Home, Weeks 14-16

I participated in two video conferences last week while visiting Peter's family and drove home on Tuesday. The office computer has been unbearably slow, so we took it into the shop on Wednesday. It has plenty of memory, but the memory is configured such that the computer is using less than 20% of it. We… Continue reading June 14, 2020 — Home, Week 13

RUF virtual New Staff Orientation went off without a hitch last week. I honestly can't say whether it was a success. That can only be determined as we see in the coming months how well the new staff acclimate to RUF, but the program was well executed. New ministers, staff, and interns were assigned videos… Continue reading June 7, 2020 — Home, Week 12

I told you last week that I would be getting ready for RUF Orientation this week. Ruth thought that meant household chores, so we spent Memorial Day Monday cleaning the street. The week also featured planting the garden and deconstructing the sandbox. We were so pleased to get Ruth's desktop computer repaired that we sent… Continue reading May 31, 2020 — Home, Week 11