Campus Fellowship scams.
Sisters Eye service!
I remember an issue that broke out in church sometime back. A mother was pissed off by the attitude of some ladies in the students fellowship. On a fateful day, she had walked past a fellowship sister and the lady merely muttered "Good afternoon ma'am" and walked past. Coincidentally the fellowship Papa (president) walked by at the same time and the said lady knelt on both knees to greet the Papa, a fellow student like herself.
Your guess is as good as mine, a church council meeting was convened on the matter. Students regard their fellowship excos more than even their parents. There was a time when the cooler ministry reigned. Sisters would cook and take food flasks to brothers (especially excos) in the fellowship, but ask many of them to cook at home, it becomes an issue.
I never received a cooler in that ministry though. It wasn't needed anyway, we had the best cooks in our room in D5. Mehn! Tosin can cook anything, with verbal support from the Mayor and Buyus. Anyway, back to the matter. Many students see the fellowship as the pinnacle of holiness, even more than the mother churches housing/sponsoring them. Well, I wouldn't adjudge it good or bad, but only heaven is the perfect pinnacle of holiness.
How about Brothers' escort ministry?
The FREE help brothers render to sisters in the name of 'goodwill' but with some hidden 'motives'. The top of the goodwill acts is the escort ministry. A brother could escort a sister on a long journey back home after fellowships but can't move a mile for a fellow brother. People who kuku know me too well can attest to it that I'm not in the "escort ministry". I remember a day I had access to Queen Idia Hall (Unibadan female hostel) visitors register and saw the number of fellowship brothers' names on the log, I just smiled to myself. We later joked about it as "Idia-gelism".
The general hypocrisy!
The silent analysis brothers make about fellowship sisters and vice versa. Usually, the brother's analyses are usually centered around the beauty, brilliance, and warmth of a sister. But you see the sisters' analysis about Brothers' ehn, it is usually deep, deeper, deepest! Sometimes the analysis often leaks out and the discussion afterward is always epic.
I wonder what kind of analysis may have been done about me by sisters back then, mine did not leak so I have no clue what sisters felt about me. I'm sure the secret agent may have been on my analysis portfolio. Just kidding!
On a broader look, all these points mentioned above made campus fellowship fun and useful. I learned a lot from the experience. My admonition in conclusion is, to face your race solely with God. It is a marathon and not a relay race. Don't get distracted by fellowship irrelevancies but be strengthened by the strong spiritual fellowship bond. Cheers!
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