You Are the Student Coordinator
Your email is printed on every ticket so students have one clear point of contact.
Campus Student Coordinator Hub
For Student Coordinators
Student Coordinator Hub
You're the hub. The work is shared. Communication stays clear.
What You Receive (Free)
- 40 numbered "Wake Me Up" tickets with your email printed on them.
- 50 Wake Up Your Faith devotionals (10 for leaders; 40 for students).
- The 40 Student Copies will have a QR code sticker on the inside so they can join your school's challenge!
- Private link to your campus Google Sheet tracker + quick-start note.
Reminder: The devotionals are a free gift to your ministry. If any tickets are still unclaimed after the 4-week challenge ends, you can still give devotionals away however best serves your campus.
Your Role
You coordinate the flow — you don't do it alone.
- Receive the shipment of books, tickets, and postcards.
- Gather your leaders and hide tickets together on March 29.
- Be the point of contact for ticket finders (your email is on every ticket).
- Update the Google Sheet so tracking stays clean and organized.
Quick clarity: Leaders can help with meetups and exchanges. You keep communication and tracking centralized.
How It Works
Clear + fun + organized (so this stays smooth and scalable).
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Gather Your Team & Hide Tickets Together
Get your ministry leaders or small group together and hide tickets in visible, high-traffic spots across campus.
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Keep Communication Centralized
All ticket finders contact you. You may delegate meetups, but leaders who do exchanges must report back to you with student name, email, and ticket number/location.
Only you update the Google Sheet.
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Swap Tickets for Devotionals
When a student finds a ticket, you (or a delegated leader) swaps the ticket for a devotional — then you check off the ticket number in the tracker.
TRIANGLE FLOW (CHAIN OF COMMAND)
Coordinator on top. Leaders share the work. Students always contact the Coordinator.
Student Ministry Coordinator
Single point of contact • Updates the Google Sheet
Leaders / Small Groups
Hide tickets • Meet students • Report every exchange back to the Coordinator
Students / Ticket Finders
Find tickets • Email the Coordinator (printed on the ticket)
One Coordinator keeps it organized — the team keeps it fun.
Important: Challenge starts March 29 and runs for 4 weeks.
Simple Student Coordinator Timeline
Clear dates, clear responsibilities, and plenty of room for God to move.
| Week of March 15* |
Shipment week Books, numbered tickets, and stickers are shipped to your Student Coordinator or ministry contact. *If your campus is on Spring Break this week, we will coordinate a day that works well before March 29! |
| Week of March 22 |
Prep + team rally
Your to-dos:
Pro tip: If you're hiding tickets outdoors, make sure they're secure and won't blow away. A simple hole-punch in the corner and a string or zip tie around a tree, column, or railing works great — use whatever outdoor spot feels fun and visible on your campus.
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| March 29 |
Launch day Hide tickets across campus (together — fast and fun). The Challenge officially begins. |
| Week 1 (March 29–April 4) |
Tickets found + devotionals swapped
What usually happens:
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| Weeks 2–4 (April 5–25) |
Challenge active + ministry follow-up
Your ministry does what you do best:
Follow up with ticket finders as you feel led (invite to group, connect to community, disciple).
Also happening:
The Challenge is live and begins to take on a life of its own. Ticket finders organically invite friends to join the Challenge. Your ministry doesn't need to do anything else — just keep praying for a powerful move of God on your campus. Jen's team selects weekly Starbucks gift card winners throughout Weeks 1–4.
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| April 25 |
Last day of the Challenge Challenge closes. |
| Week of April 26 |
Winners, contacts & wrap-up
Jen's team:
Your ministry:
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Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers for coordinators.
The Challenge is open to any currently enrolled student at your campus — including students who are already part of your campus ministry. They can participate, find tickets, join the Challenge, and win prizes.
The only exception is ministry staff, officers, and directors — they're welcome to do the Challenge for their own spiritual growth, but are not eligible to win prizes. Since the ministry is the one hiding the tickets, they should already be in the know. But if a leader somehow ends up with a ticket, they should simply re-hide it.
Not eligible at all: Non-students — faculty, community members, alumni, etc. If a non-student finds a ticket, do not exchange it. See below.
Before swapping a ticket for a devotional, simply confirm the person is a currently enrolled student at your school. The easiest way is to ask them to show their student ID or confirm their student email address.
If you can't verify enrollment, don't exchange the ticket. Re-hide it or mark it as unredeemed in the Google Sheet and pass the devotional along to another eligible student.
Keep it friendly! Most of the time this is a quick, casual confirmation — not an interrogation. You've got this.
Be creative and have fun — but the goal is for students to actually find them! Hide tickets in obvious, high-traffic spots: bulletin boards, library tables, campus café counters, chapel pews, dorm common areas, benches. Think: places students naturally stop and linger.
Pro tip for outdoor hiding: Hole-punch the corner of the ticket (without blocking the student email) and tie it to a tree, bench, railing, or post so it doesn't blow away. A simple string or zip tie works great — just make sure it's still clearly visible. The point is to be found!
Jen's team handles all of this. The system is set up to draw winners automatically, and the team will notify all weekly winners. Starbucks gift cards are awarded during each of the first 4 weeks to keep momentum going, and the $1,000 grand prize is drawn after the Challenge closes in the final week.
You don't need to do anything for prizes — it's all managed on the backend. Just focus on hiding tickets and connecting with the students you meet!
Yes! Leaders, staff, and everyone in your ministry are encouraged to participate, scan the QR code, join the Challenge, and recruit friends. The more the merrier — every person they refer through their personal link grows your ministry's contact list too.
The only limitation is prize eligibility. Ministry directors, officers, and staff are not eligible to win the $1,000 grand prize — but they absolutely should participate for the spiritual growth and community momentum.
Remember: The whole point is to pull more people into your ministry and introduce them to Jesus. The more your leaders recruit, the bigger the ripple effect.
Go as wild as you want! Post it on Instagram, share it in group chats, blast it on your ministry's social accounts — all of it is encouraged. The more visibility the Challenge gets, the more students get connected to your ministry.
Your only real rules: Receive your shipment, hide the 40 tickets, and swap tickets for devotionals when students find them. Everything else is up to you.
Don't sweat it — you don't need to tape or post the tickets anywhere official. Instead of attaching them to walls, try placing them somewhere students will naturally notice: on top of a toilet tank in a bathroom stall, tucked into a library book, resting on a café table, or balanced on a windowsill.
And if some tickets do get lost or thrown away before anyone finds them? No problem. You can also hand a devotional directly to a student and say, "Here's a free book and a chance to win $1,000 — the QR code inside is all you need to enter." The Challenge still works that way.
Extra tickets: Your shipment includes a few spare tickets in a Ziploc bag — just in case some get lost or you want to hand them out directly.
No, a .edu email is not required to fill out the entry form. Students can use any email address.
That said, when you're doing a ticket exchange, just do a quick casual check to confirm the person is actually a student at your school. You don't need to ask for ID — a simple "Hey, are you a student here?" is totally fine. The goal is just to make sure the tickets are going to students, not random people who happen to be on campus.
We'd recommend waiting until March 29 (or Sunday night / Monday morning of that week). Here's why: the entry form doesn't go live until March 29, so if a student finds a ticket early, they won't be able to do anything with it yet — and that's a frustrating experience.
The goal is to give students a call to action they can act on immediately. Hide the tickets when the form is live and ready to go!
Flexible timing: If most of your students leave for the weekend, Sunday night or Monday morning works great — just aim for whenever the most students will be around to find them.
That's actually the goal! Getting all tickets found quickly means the Challenge is working. Once the exchanges are done, your job is essentially complete — just track the ticket numbers in the Google Sheet and do follow-up ministry however feels natural.
The Challenge then takes on a life of its own: ticket finders share their referral link, friends recruit friends, and more students get connected to your ministry. At the end of 4 weeks, Jen's team will send you the full contact list of everyone who joined through the Challenge so you can continue building those relationships.
You don't need the tickets to keep going. Anyone can find your school's Challenge page directly at wakeupyourcampus.com/pages/[your school] and enter — so the momentum can grow well beyond the 40 tickets.