Posts Tagged ‘Jeremy Del Rio’
Five Ways to Appreciate Schools this Thanksgiving
It’s so easy to get caught up in busyness. Overcommitted, highly passionate youth workers fall into this trap everyday. Considering cluttered calendars, cause the calendar to work for you this month. In ten days, you’ll likely gather with those you love most to overeat and be merry. But the occasion isn’t really about feasting, football,…
Read MoreYouth Proclaim that God Occupies Wall Street Too
On Saturday, October 29, 2,000+ young people will prayer walk the streets of Manhattan with t-shirts that proclaim: “God Belongs in My City.” At the same time, thousands of other young people will be entering their seventh week encamped at Liberty Square in Manhattan’s Financial District under the banner Occupy Wall Street. Their cry for economic…
Read MoreIn Plain Sight: Youth Ministry Resource Lessons from Dr. Ben Carson
Dr. Ben Carson is one of my heroes. Partly because he was the first black man to lead Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery. Partly because of his groundbreaking medical achievements, including being the first doctor to successfully separate siamese twins conjoined at the head. Partly because he is what I as an urban…
Read MoreNothing Like Thank You from a Former Student
This morning I had a pleasant surprise when my FaceBook newsfeed included this Note from a former student. Community Pledge I remember being 15 years old when I first recited this pledge to the instructors at Xcel. Today, this community pledge still remains part of the foundation of who I am and the values I strive…
Read MoreUYWI Remembers 9/11: A Place of Hope at Ground Zero
As our nation revisits the horrors and hope of September 11 during this tenth anniversary week, UYWI joins our friends in New York City, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC, in remembering a God who’s present with us in our suffering. The video below is of Jeremy Del Rio at the 2005 UYWI National Conference, reflecting on…
Read MoreFree for All: Youth Specialties Features UYWI’s Innovative Resource Library
In UYWI’s ongoing effort to make youth ministry training resources more accessible to urban youth workers, we forged a partnership in 2009 with “Jesus, Justice, and Technology” innovators Techmission to digitize all of our available training content dating back to 2001 and include it in their growing UrbanMinistry.org resource library. As of this month, 700+…
Read MoreAnnouncing UYWI Northeast
In an ongoing effort to bring training resources closer to where urban youth workers actually serve young people, Urban Youth Workers Institute began implementing various training and mentoring initiatives regionally beginning in 2009. After launching offices in the Southeast (Atlanta) and West Coast (Los Angeles) Regions under the leadership of Anthony Flynn and Dr. Gabe…
Read MoreViral Youth Ministry Because #GodBelongsInMyCity
A couple of weeks ago, a Brooklyn youth pastor asked a several of his student leaders why NYC atheists could launch a massive subway ad blitz with nary a public peep from local churches when, as he mused, “God belongs in my city.” Their response to his dismay was a viral blitz online asking area…
Read MoreAttn Greater NYC: ACTS Urban Youth Leader Training Available. Register Today
The Latino Leadership Circle in partnership with Street 2 Street and American Bible Society offers ACTS to equip youth leaders, ministers, and volunteers through cutting edge training for those involved on the frontlines of Urban Ministry. Sessions will be conducted by professionally trained and experienced ministers, social workers and marketplace leaders. Topics Include: + A…
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