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1971-04-15 'Strategy Concerns of the Iowa City Board'

April 15, 1971
UCCM Board
University of Iowa

Strategy Concerns of the Iowa City Board
The strategy for campus ministry at the University of Iowa in Iowa City needs to recognize the following general considerations: 

1) The tremendous diversity of a campus of 20.000 students, including some 8,000 graduate students in 10 colleges, with numerous professional specialties.

2) The presence of the University's School of Religion, with 14 faculty members providing excellent teaching of religion in undergraduate and graduate courses, and the extent to which these persons fulfill the function of visible theologian.

3) The ecumenical participation of our ministry in the Campus Ministry Association (12 active persons in 1970-71), with shared preogram and events, common public statements and prophetic involvement, and a strategy of diversified responsability.

4) The presence of a variety of local churches adjacent to the campus.

I. The ministry to the medical centers and areas of health care, as presented by Roger Simpson in a separate section.

II. A Concern for Priority of Strategy would list very high prophetic and structural ministry related to the cluster of issues surronding the changing patterns of family life, including: basic roles of the sexes, sex education, morality within and outside the family structure, communal living, unmarried students livingtogether, woman's liberation issues, and the need for child care. On the University of Iowa campus the most explosive issue this year has been that of day care concerns. This matter involves educational philosophy and priorities, child rearing practices, economic considerations, governmental policies, and issues of social welfare. A ministry focused on these issues would be involved in relationships with administrators, faculty, governmental entities, community agencies, churches, as well as students, including campus activists and counter culture. UCCM in Iowa City has the experience of four years of dealing with these issues through the operation of the Melrose Day Care Center, and its broader involcement in the day care issue in the community. By invitation of students, faculty and community leaders, UCCM persons have been sought out for leadership and counsel in this day care involvement.

III. Another high priority for strategy would be the prophetic and structural mnistry related to the cluster of issues surroding higher education itself, including: youth culture and changing life style, student diversity and behaviour, student rights and living conditions, social change and the role of the university, campus unrest and matters of violence, mistrust, and polorization, academic freedom, and communication breakdown. Through the "Higher Education Seminars" and "Exposure Exeriences" (in Iowa City) and "Interpretation Task Force" (outside the community), yhe UCCM has a history and experience of valuable engagement with these issues. The function of ministry here should be the interpretation of issues, fostering understanding improving communications and dialogue, both within the community and throughout the state.

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April 15, 1971 UCCM Board University of Iowa Strategy Concerns of the Iowa City Board The strategy for campus ministry at the University of Iowa in Iowa City needs to recognize the following general considerations: 1) The tremendous diversity of a campus of 20.000 students, including some 8,000 graduate students in 10 colleges, with numerous professional specialties. 2) The presence of the University's School of Religion, with 14 faculty members providing excellent teaching of religion in undergraduate and graduate courses, and the extent to which these persons fulfill the function of visible theologian. 3) The ecumenical participation of our ministry in the Campus Ministry Association (12 active persons in 1970-71), with shared preogram and events, common public statements and prophetic involvement, and a strategy of diversified responsability. 4) The presence of a variety of local churches adjacent to the campus. I. The ministry to the medical centers and areas of health care, as presented by Roger Simpson in a separate section. II. A Concern for Priority of Strategy would list very high prophetic and structural ministry related to the cluster of issues surronding the changing patterns of family life, including: basic roles of the sexes, sex education, morality within and outside the family structure, communal living, unmarried students livingtogether, woman's liberation issues, and the need for child care. On the University of Iowa campus the most explosive issue this year has been that of day care concerns. This matter involves educational philosophy and priorities, child rearing practices, economic considerations, governmental policies, and issues of social welfare. A ministry focused on these issues would be involved in relationships with administrators, faculty, governmental entities, community agencies, churches, as well as students, including campus activists and counter culture. UCCM in Iowa City has the experience of four years of dealing with these issues through the operation of the Melrose Day Care Center, and its broader involcement in the day care issue in the community. By invitation of students, faculty and community leaders, UCCM persons have been sought out for leadership and counsel in this day care involvement. III. Another high priority for strategy would be the prophetic and structural mnistry related to the cluster of issues surroding higher education itself, including: youth culture and changing life style, student diversity and behaviour, student rights and living conditions, social change and the role of the university, campus unrest and matters of violence, mistrust, and polorization, academic freedom, and communication breakdown. Through the "Higher Education Seminars" and "Exposure Exeriences" (in Iowa City) and "Interpretation Task Force" (outside the community), yhe UCCM has a history and experience of valuable engagement with these issues. The function of ministry here should be the interpretation of issues, fostering understanding improving communications and dialogue, both within the community and throughout the state.