Creative One80

Creative One80 aims to engage students by fostering curiosity and building a community through innovative activities, biblical education, and skill development. The initiative emphasizes creative expression across various cultures, supports personal growth, and nurtures leadership qualities, ultimately promoting a lifestyle aligned with Jesus’ teachings.

2024 Tagline: Earning students’ attention, rewarding their curiosity, and building a community
9/8/2025 update: Creative tools for the church to thrive

Big Ideas:

  1. Earning students’ attention:
  • Thinking outside the box to bring outsiders close to Campus One80
  • Utilizing fun activities to draw people close
  • Following up on trends and culture
  • UPDATE 9/2025: Making relevant resources creatively that will minister to students
  1. Rewarding their curiosity:
  • Displaying that God is a creator of good things
  • Making an outlet for biblical education
  • Introducing the lifestyle of a Jesus follower
  • UPDATE 9/2025: Creating faith resources that connect believers to God
  1. Building a community:
  • Sharpening the creative skills of students
  • Counseling and guiding students
  • Teaching students to use their creativity for God
  • Using improv leadership to help their decision-making.
  • UPDATE 9/2025: advocating for writing, publishing, and content creation

Including, but not limited to:

  1. Creative table presentations, interactive events, fantasy/science-fiction gatherings, musical events, artistic events, social media marketing, group games, dance, drama, hobbies, artistic displays, video game culture, card game culture, board game culture, disruptor events (quick games)
  2. Meeting Comic, book, game, movie, art, and drama communities to represent Jesus.
  3. Invitations to Bible study, tie-ins to the message, speaking engagements, workshops, personal hangouts, representing Jesus in public, creative worship events, invitations to social gatherings, one-on-one counseling, special church services
  4. Recruiting leaders, training future ministers, counseling and discipleship, workshops, and gift assessment. Teaching failure, humor, and adventurous decision-making.
  5. UPDATE 9/2025: Developing worship playlists, Bible meditation resources, devotional materials, video blogs, and other faith-related aids.