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Timeline: Adopt-A-School Generates Traction
By Jeremy | May 9, 2007
[Photo courtesy of Michael Mowery.]
It never ceases to amaze me how the right idea at the right time can inspire action. Sometimes, it takes a while for the idea to germinate underground before sprouting. But good seed in good soil with good nurture produces good fruit.
So it’s been with Adopt-a-School.
Timeline
+ Jan 2006 — After contemplating AAS-related thoughts for over a year, the idea was framed for us in New York.
+ Feb 2006 — We wrote about it in a local Christian newspaper. The article was read by, among others, the executive director of the Metro NY Baptist Association who saw possible synergies with MNYBA projects locally and also a number of national initiatives.
+ Spring/Summer 2006 — The article was republished in a national magazine and half a dozen websites and ezines.
+ Summer 2006 — Flushing Seekers clubs organize churches to support student-led prayer for neighborhood schools.
+ Summer 2006 — Abounding Grace youth pastor and missions director are hired as the dean and math teacher of public middle school that feeds most youth into the church.
+ Fall 2006/Winter 2007 — Urban Youth Workers Institute republished the article in the training manual for its Reload tour.
+ Jan 2007 — UrbNet visioning retreat contemplates AAS as a core strategy.
+ March 2007 — MNYBA executive director asks how to leverage existing Paint the Town (PTT) project to launch an interdenominational AAS initiative in NYC.
+ April 2007 — MNYBA awards ten mini-grants to PTT partner churches to pilot PTT/AAS projects this summer, including three non-Baptist churches.
+ April 2007 — MNYBA retains consultant to monitor pilot projects and craft strategic leverage plan to present to national donors.
+ April 2007 — Student Venture NY receives micro grant to invest in branding AAS as a city-wide initiative.
+ April 2007 — Student Venture NY publishes the Playbook: A Campus Ministry Primer for Cities.
+ May 2007 — MNYBA trains PTT churches on Adopt-a-School
+ May 2007 — The Coalition of Urban Youth Workers in NYC receives capacity building grant to invest in AAS
+ May 2007 — UrbNet and Campus Alliance revisit EverySchool campaign and considers church-based AAS strategies
+ May 2007 — Baltimore Area Youth Network introduces AAS to area churches as a core strategy worth pursuing
+ May 2007 — UYWI introduces AAS concept at its national conference.
Much more to come. Hang with us. Stay engaged. Share your AAS ideas and stories here.
Related
+ NY Times profiles Coalition member Seekers: “A Christian Group Finds Its Place in the Public Schools.” This is old (May 2006) but I saw it for the first time today.
Topics: UYWI, adopt-a-school, bayln, coalition, mnyba, nnym, paint the town, playbook, student venture, urbnet |
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