What is spiritual mentoring?
Spiritual mentoring is an opportunity for students to engage in dialogue about faith and life and to experience consistent encouragement and support from an older Christian as they grow in relationship with Christ.
How do the mentoring programs at APU work?
Based on experiences and interests, students will be matched with a mentor. Mentors are faculty, staff, spouses of APU employees, seminary students, and members of local churches who have been through an extensive application and equipping process, and have demonstrated deep faith, wisdom, and love for college students. Mentors and students meet together once a week or twice a month for the course of the school year for prayer, Bible study, other readings, significant conversations, and fellowship.
Heart to Heart: Women’s Spiritual Mentoring
The Women’s Spiritual Mentoring Program has been an APU tradition for more than twenty years, inviting undergraduate women who are serious about growing spiritually to be in a committed mentorship relationship with an older woman who has faithfully been following and serving Jesus. Heart to Heart students and mentors are intentional in their conversations, courageous in their questions, and sincerely desire to bring faith concepts into everyday circumstances. One of the rich parts of this program is that students and mentors share their stories and lives with each other.
For much of the history of Heart to Heart, Gladys Wilson provided leadership for the program, inspiring mentors and students to love Scripture, pray diligently, and to prepare for lifelong faith. The tradition of the Heart to Heart program is now carried on by the leadership of Jamie Noling, D.Min., associate campus pastor and Jeanine Smith, M.Div., interim mentoring coordinator. For more information, email womensmentoring@apu.edu or call (626) 815-3855.
If you are a student interested in participating in Heart to Heart, please download, print, complete, and submit the Student Profile and submit it to the Office of the Campus Pastors by Friday, September 18, 2009.
If you are woman interested in becoming a mentor, please first read the Mentor Information Sheet and then download, print, complete, and submit the appropriate application below:
- Returning Mentor Application
- Heart to Heart Employee Mentor Application
- Heart to Heart Non-Employee Mentor Application
Blueprints: Men’s Spiritual Mentoring
Launched in 2007 by ResLife staff Kelly Schlenz and Ronny McGee, this program began because undergraduate men wanted to get insight from and hear the stories of men on campus that they respected. Now a partnership between ResLife and the Office of the Campus Pastors, this program is designed to connect undergraduate male students with capable mentors who serve as guides and companions on the student’s journey through college life. These mentoring relationships will typically fit the personalities and particular interests of those involved, potentially involving Bible study, accountability, theological discussion, or a host of other topics. Through this mutually beneficial relationship, both mentor and mentee are able to offer their own unique perspective on life, contributing to the spiritual formation of each other. For additional information, contact Chris Adams, Ph.D., associate campus pastor, or Jason LeShana, graduate intern, at mensmentoring@apu.edu.If you are a student interested in participating in Heart to Heart, please download, print, complete, and submit the Student Profile and submit it to the Office of the Campus Pastors by Friday, September 18, 2009.
If you are man interested in becoming a mentor, please first read the Mentor Information Sheet and then download, print, complete, and submit the appropriate application below:
