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Thursday, July 19th, 2007JLYNY Photo Diary, Day 4
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Day 4 Tuesday at Tomkins Square Park Related + Remaining Schedule + Days 1-3 + All JLYNY 2007 Images
JLYNY Photo Diary, Days 1-3
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007Jesus Loves You New York The work continues. Check out the calendar of remaining events and simply show up to be a part! Day 1 Saturday, with youth from Word of Christ International Church, in Times Square Day 3 Smith Houses, Catherine Street Preview all the images here.
Hugging banned in Virginia middle school
Thursday, June 21st, 2007A group called NowPublic, outraged over the recent effort by a Virginia middle school to ban touching of any kind, requested permission to use this picture of NFL great Santana Moss hugging Generation Xcel student Troy in an online report on the ban. It’s amazing that a Google image or Flickr photo search for the [...]
7th and 8th Grade BBQ at PS 34
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007[Click photo for larger image. Photo courtesy Michael Mowery.] In their ongoing relationship with PS 34, Abounding Grace Ministries and Generation Xcel hosted a barbeque for the school’s 7th and 8th grade students yesterday. Thanks to Dean Jonathan for making the introduction, and Paint the Town for sponsoring the festivities.
Friday’s Foto Finish
Friday, May 18th, 2007From Xcel in Review 2004 photo set.
Motley Monday
Monday, May 7th, 2007+ Faith Confronted, and Defended, Downtown. NY Times profiles Off-Off Broadway portrayals of faith, including a production by Generation Xcel volunteer Lear DeBessonet. HT: DJ + Embrace the Mess. Reuters reports: Raging hormones may explain teen moodiness. Hmm… Sounds familiar. + On evangelicals’ misuse of stats. (Although CT published this in January/February, it’s particularly timely [...]
To whom much is given…
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007“From him much more will be required.” I didn’t make that up. Jesus did. ___________________ Back in 1999 I wrote this in a vision document for Generation Xcel: “Strategic alliances with professional athletes, individuals and corporate sponsors will facilitate X-cel’s expansion. Why athletes? 1. Common culture and heritage 2. Admiration, respect, and credibility 3. Resources [...]
She’s moving to Mexico!
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007Smiley’s moving to Mexico! One of my girls, Rachel Ann Gonzales, is off to the mission field. Rachel used to be in my youth group. She volunteered, interned and worked at Generation Xcel. Now she’s graduating college and preparing to spend (at least) a year living and working at Lily of the Valley orphanage in [...]
Friday’s Foto Finish
Friday, April 27th, 2007CoCo leading a creative expression class at Generation Xcel. More Xcel in Review 2003 pics here.
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