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update on John Perkins
from CCDA: “(John Perkins’) surgery went very well. John is doing great, resting in his room, and will hopefully be able to go home in 2-3 days. He was told to plan on a three week recovery at home and then he can resume his “peaceful” life. Thank you, each and every one of you,…
Read MorePray for civil rights leader John Perkins (updated)
Dr. John Perkins, the UYWI07 speaker and founder of CCDA has been admitted to the hospital with health issues. Dr. Perkins will be undergoing surgery went into surgery today at 2pm CST 8pm EST. We ask that you keep him and his family in prayer. Check at ccda.org for updates. more JP links: – The…
Read MoreStaff Profiles Online
We’ve asked the UYWI staff a series of questions and put them online as extended profiles. So now if you wanted to know where Fred Oduyoye went to school, what John Lewis’s most unusual job was, or what Julie Herrick does when she’s not working, now you can find out. Right now we have 13…
Read MoreAmerica’s Disappearing Fathers
I ran across this article today while researching fatherless and divorce fallout statistics in the midwest. It appears the National Center for Health Statistics has some recent national research to show some dramatic numbers in this area. These are the finding based on the Wall Street Journal article: The nation’s out-of-wedlock birth rate is 38%.…
Read MoreLives Worth Saving Gang Summit
I arrived at Santa Ana College at 7 am this last Saturday to be a part of a year long collaboration between Orange County Juvenile Probation, Catholic and Protestant Detention, UYWI and some other gang specialist organizations. We hosted almost 200 leaders for the “Lives Worth Saving” Gang Summit. It was truly a day to…
Read MoreJoblist growing
Because of the demographic we aim for, there’s a lot of good people who want to hire y’all. It means that nationwide, dozens of organizations are continuously posting their new openings or positions on our site to try and get it in front of the right person’s eye. Well, we’ve added more (and I know…
Read MoreUYWI08 Wrap-up Video
Just finished the wrapup video from UYWI08… not the greatest (the sped up portions do get pixelated), but it is alot of fun. A big thanks to Max Torres and Jeremy Del Rio for capturing footage for us. And although it’s too long to be any sort of viral video, it does have some cool…
Read MoreNew Job Posts added
Check out the new job posts we got over the weekend! Nationally, there are several roles which need filled and pastors, administrators and boards are looking for the quality people who visit this website. So if you’re looking for a job, need to move up, or want to get paid to do what you love,…
Read MoreCrib Notes: Chris Heuertz
Legacy of Love, Chris Heuertz Saturday Morning General Session Word Made Flesh practices the presence of God among child soldiers and other exploited children around the world. “The greatest commandment is love. Love will never fail, but how much time do we spend truly loving others with our lives? Chris’ life and ministry is an…
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