Mustard Seed Foundation invitation

We received the following e-mail and decided to get the word out by posting it… if you’re in the SoCal area and would like to find out more about MSF grants, I suggest reading below, and possibly trying to connect with Brian while he’s in LA this week. Greetings in Christ from the Mustard Seed…

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good quote

“Leadership is defined not by the scale of the opportunity but by the quality of the response.” -Chris Lowney, from “Heroic Leadership” Carla LaFayette, our VP of Strategic Programs, spoke in our staff meeting about “heroes” yesterday and let us know about this book on leadership and this phenomenal quote from it. I felt it…

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Troubling Tradition (conference in LA)

“God is challenging us to take the idea of troubling texts to the next level, to begin a new conversation across faiths and throughout the world, with the goal of realizing God’s own hope that all God’s creation may learn to live harmoniously together.” – Jerry D. Campbell, president of the Claremont School of Theology,…

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Relational Barriers to Networking

The first barrier in regards to networking that we discussed at the retreat was the “Relational Barriers”. These stemmed from many times a lack of trust of people in other organizations. You may have a desire to network, but have been burned or even felt used at other times while networking. The people who brought…

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Conference Call on Self-Injurious Behavior in Students

Here is a great opportunity for urban youthworkers to be trained and discuss a critical issue. Center for Youth Ministry Studies (CYMS) at North Park University and North Park Theological Seminary to host Conference Call on Self-Injurious Behavior in Students Join CYMS staff and other youth workers as we talk about self-injurious behavior in students,…

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an Opportunity for Men

TechMission’s program Safe Families is offering a program called “Towards Sexual Purity.” The purpose of this group is to help participants experience freedom and healing in the realm of sexual behavior. Through teaching, prayer, and group interaction, the men will graduate having learned the basics of maintaining a lifestyle that promotes integrity, continued growth, and…

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Urban Youth Ministry Certificate

Fuller’s Center for Youth and Family Ministry is getting more and more excited about their next Urban Youth Ministry Certificate cohort, set to begin in March 2008. UYWI has a number of spots reserved for this program. Through our online form, you can inquire, ask questions, and connect with Kirk Scott, Director of Learning Communities,…

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new job entries

Our “jobs list” is constantly being updated with new entries and removing positions which have been filled. Currently there are 4 opportunities on there which have come in within the past week. If you want to find a paying gig to work with or support admin for urban youth, this is a great place to…

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Casualties of War video

Several of you wanted to find out where we got that stats video from the opening General Session at UYWI07 (the general session Harvey Carey spoke at). BattleCry has it on their website, but it is also made available on YouTube & Google video. It may be worth downloading it for your iPod to constantly…

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sorry… UYWI07 mp3s explanation

We said that August 20th was going to be the day we’d have 25 new workshops up, and technically that’s true. Technically, they are online. Technically, they’re uploaded onto our webserver, however, the web development tool we use is giving us an error when we try and add workshops to the resource library database. Basically,…

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