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Why Youth Ministry Matters: Teens Drug Abuse Stats & 9 Warning Signs
Fact: Students with a role-model/ mentor are: 46% less likely than peers to use illegal drugs. WebMD identified 9 Warning Signs that signal teen drug abuse to youth leaders and parents: Slipping Grades Change of Friends Manic Mood Appearance (Style & Hygienic) Eating (More or Less) Sleep Pattern Secretiveness Frequent Sickness. Hidden trash
Read MoreUYWI ‘s First Accredited Course for Youth Workers
Join us at City Vision for 8-weeks of Youth Development Studies This course introduces students to the theory and practice of holistic youth development in an increasingly interconnected, open-sourced, urban world. Students will be equipped to develop asset-based, student-led, contextually relevant, culturally engaging, transformational relationships with young people. Special emphasis will be placed on issues…
Read MoreBeautiful Calling
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder… This simply means that people find different things beautiful. For instance, take a Pablo Picasso painting. One person may think it is the most beautiful piece of art they have ever seen. Another person may look at it and think looks like a mistake, way too confusing…
Read MoreMotivational Monday: Fighting Child Poverty
Did you know that more than 20% of all children in the U.S. fall below the poverty rate? How about the fact that 60% of those children are black & hispanic? This means that more than 16 million children go without sufficient food, shelter, and medical needs. Ways you can help: Financially: The obvious response would…
Read MoreLost in Translation
This week, I am traveling to Honduras for a mission trip. While we are there will be ministering hundreds of children, teenagers and their families. My team and I have been preparing for weeks – messages, games, bible stories, worship, etc. You name it, we have thought it through. There is just one final hurdle…
Read MoreMotivational Monday: Erwin McManus’ “Destiny”
“The challenge is if you listen carefully to what is saying to you, it will terrify you. You’ll wonder if He’s talking to the right person. You’ll wonder if He has confused you with someone else. He hasn’t. You have confused yourself with someone less.” ~ Erwin McManus, National Conference 360 Nashville’s speaker Watch full…
Read MoreFinally Friday’s Urban Highlight: “Breakthrough”
The Miami Herald’s Celina Canales reports that the Breakthrough school moves children out of poverty through education. Watch the video below to see how diversity in learning styles, community, and role models can propel students toward success. Original Post here!
Read More“I Teach My Neighbors Kids”- Jeff Andrade speaks out for Urban Education
Today’s Motivational Monday comes from urban education insider Jeff Duncan-Andrade. What’s it like for a 12 year old, or 15 year old to continually re-engage with violence daily and have to come to school and talk about test scores? “I can’t imagine the day after Columbine saying okay back to the books…. But that’s what…
Read MoreFinally Friday: Praying, Planning, & Empowering… for God to Move!
360 Nashville National Conference 13 Days Away! Today we’re featuring one of the 360 conference workshops, “Praying, Planning and Empowering Your Urban Church for God to Move in Big Ways” led by Crossover Church’s lead pastor, Tommy “Urban D.” Kyllonen. This workshop shares how to empower your volunteers biblically and practically with tools to dream big…
Read MoreInternal Affairs: Boost Your Ministry with Interns
When you read the term internal affairs, you may immediately begin to think of shows on television like Law and Order, SVU or NCIS. Shows like this have given the Internal Affairs department a bad rep, portraying cops who prosecute others cops. However, the internal affairs department helps to enforce the law and protect the…
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