Blog
13-17 More Plugged-In Than Ever Before
US consumers ages 13 to 17 spend more time with media overall than other age groups do, and their total media time has grown by more than two and a half hours per day since May 2004. read full article here
Read MoreGangs and Racism Spreading in the West Inland Empire
The West Inland Empire Urban Coalition met on Thursday evening for a great meal, a time of reconnecting old friends and praying for the city of pomona and ontario. Milo Carrasco shared how since our last meeting, about 6 weeks ago. There has been over 10 shootings, 3 murders and an altercation between the poilce…
Read MoreTumblr as Spiritual Journal
Cory Miller at Church Communications Pro came up with a decent idea to use Tumblr as your spiritual journal because of it’s ability to use quickly as you would a notepad. I personally also have been using this for a few months to dump videos and images I’ve wanted to remember. I think it would…
Read MoreThe Simple Way Center detroyed by fire
This morning, a 7-alarm fire consumed an abandoned warehouse in our Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia. The Simple Way Community Center at 3200 Potter Street was destroyed as well as at least eight of our neighbors’ homes. Over 100 people were evacuated from their homes, and 400 families are currently without power. Despite this developing tragedy,…
Read More“Bring Em Out”
African American congregations are called by God to take care of their young. The hip hop generation is waiting on the church to extend the olive branch and invite them back to the church. Here is your chance to improve on what you are doing or to begin your outreach to a generation that is…
Read More“Freedom” Explained and Responded To
The 10th Annual Urban Youth Workers Institute was a great success and our staff continues to hear great comments that keep flowing into our office. I had a great time putting together the training for the event and lining up the speakers we brought in. As many of you know, we had one session that…
Read Morenew “Kirk’s Class” forum
Kirk Scott, Learning Communities Director at UYWI, has also been a part-time urban youth ministry guru with Fuller Seminary Center for Youth and Family Ministry. To keep dialog alive and discuss ministry during the 2 year process, we’ve aided the students, CYFM, and Kirk by throwing open a forum. Click, post, read, and share on…
Read Morethe vote was thrown
After UYWI07, we put a poll on our blog to find out what type of music may not have adequate representation at our event. Part of the impetus for the poll was that for the past several years we have heard from dozens of youth workers that their youth are listening to less hip-hop and…
Read MoreLA Coalition dates/locations listed
John Lewis still hasn’t stopped working since UYWI07. Dates and locations hit the air today, so if you’re doing ministry in SoCal or are a John Lewis groupie (we know you’re out there), hit the location near you and network with other like-minded leaders. These gatherings will benefit you and your impact for ministry.
Read Morequote on the church
“There seems to be many churches that could be compared to a rocking chair. From a distance they look to be doing a lot of work, but in reality they are not getting anywhere. Yes, there is the appearance of a movement, but it’s not a movement that attracts others. In fact the rocking motion…
Read More