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Thursday, August 25th, 2011[Editor's note: originally published at UYWI.org on August 14, 2011.] This time each year, the students in your youth ministry return to school. But do you? Return to school with them? Jesus calls his followers, “fishers of men.” As youth workers, the “fish” we gather congregate in schools every day. Literally, not metaphorically. Not being [...]
Enter the Matrix: The How To’s of School Adoption
Monday, November 3rd, 200820/20 Vision for Schools is thrilled that more than 100 churches adopted schools in conjunction with our launch in September and 100 more have expressed interest in adopting. For those who wonder, “What next?” this workshop is for you. Come explore the practical next steps that will take your engagement strategy to the next level, [...]
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008Once upon a School Dave Eggers at TED conference (2008) Even the “best and brightest” gathered at this year’s TED conference are exploring how to engage public education reform. Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about [...]
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Monday, July 7th, 200820/20 Vision for Schools: Transforming Public Schools within a Single Generation of Students Curt Gibson (Lave Avenue Church, Pasadena) and Jeremy Del Rio, UYWI 2008 East meets West as SoCal and NYC embrace 2020 Vision for Schools together. I philosophize and theologize while Curt makes adopting schools come alive after 15 years experience in Los [...]
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008Dr. Tony Evans Endorses 20/20 Vision for schools (Full Event Video 2 hrs) May 29 @ Christ Tabernacle New York, NY 20/20 Vision for Schools activates people in faith communities to engage public education reform. 50-80% of each congregation is already directly connected to public schools, as students, parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts , uncles, [...]
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008Operation Backpack “Mommy, can you take us to see the good people?” My son chimed in, “Yes, Mommy! Please, I want to see the good people.” So I promised them that I would take them and I did. Here’s the backstory to the mother’s testimony of the “good people.” The video captures how one church [...]
Monday Morning MP3
Monday, June 9th, 2008Tony Evans on Being “Salt” and “Light” in our Schools May 29 @ 20/20 Vision for Schools 20/20 churches activate people in their pews to do the work of ministry. In the context of education reform, that begins by recognizing that 50-80% of each congregation is already directly connected to public schools, as students, parents, [...]
If you could, would you?
Thursday, June 5th, 2008If you could impact a local middle school in the following ways, would you? • 77% of the students now consider their actions or words prior to acting or speaking. • 66% now have a desire to be a person of good character. • 60% say they now make better choices. • 85% of the [...]
Why adopt schools: a parent reports
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Christ Tabernacle, a 20/20 Vision partnering church, shared the following email from a parent at the Tony Evans event last week. For context, the parent coordinator of a local public elementary school asked the church for help acquiring school supplies for its students last summer. In response, the congregation launched “Operation Backup” and acquired new [...]
Tony Evans Meets 20/20 Vision for Schools: A Personal Diary
Monday, June 2nd, 2008About last week, I wasn’t able to debrief the Tony Evans event until tonight because I left for the LPAC TY Retreat Friday morning. Herewith, Thursday’s play-by-play. Morning + 8 am: Personal plans changed. Judah claims to still be sick (from the day before, when we picked him up early from school due to some [...]
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