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Tuesday, August 9th, 2011The Willow Creek Association’s Global Leadership Summit features 20/20 Vision for Schools this week. Summit speaker Michell Rhee (former Schools Chancellor of Washington, DC, and founder of Children First) will explore how educational inequity robs inner city children of the skills necessary to complete college, compete in an information economy, or even conduct an inductive [...]
On Student Led Student Leadership at Reload 1.2.3
Thursday, June 24th, 2010Those familiar with 20/20 Vision for Schools’ Transformation Matrix know that empowering student leaders as change agents within schools is a pillar of our paradigm for transforming public education within a single generation of students. In summary, it goes something like this: Stop viewing students as consumers of education, buying a product from teachers Instead [...]
Are You Infected? Plus-1’s Change the World
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010If you missed the national broadcast of Reload 1.2.3, here’s a flavor of the opening general session, introducing both the technology innovations and the concept of plus-1′s. Broadcast Intro Emcees: Ryan Schlachter & Jeremy Del Rio [VIDEO INTRO: River Rush] Ryan: “Welcome to the national broadcast of RELOAD 1.2.3. My name is Ryan Schlachter and [...]
Fuller Youth Institute Class Notes
Friday, May 28th, 2010Friends from FYI’s Leadership and Management of Urban Youth Ministry Class, below are the lecture slides as promised. Sorry for my delay posting them. Enjoy! For those not enrolled in the Fuller Youth Institute at Fuller Seminary, sample the content of one of the intensives. Applications for the 2011 cohort will be available online in [...]
The Formula for Greatness: Reporting from #GodBelongsInMyCity
Monday, November 16th, 2009No budget + high profile hostility + lousy weather + despondent adult leaders + inspired student leaders + 2 weeks notice + a community greatly loved + supportive adults + viral technology + a God idea = one of the most amazing youth ministry experiences of my 23 year youth ministry career. Best of all, [...]
Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose: Why $$$ Doesn’t Motivate Me
Monday, September 28th, 2009I’ve always said money doesn’t motivate me. I thought it did when I was in high school, but I discovered later that what actually motivated me about money was its ability to pay for the stuff that really mattered to me, things like fighting poverty, illiteracy, and injustice. Sometimes people react in a mystified way [...]
15 Month Leadership Training: Nominate a Youth Leader
Monday, September 28th, 2009I need your help with a unique opportunity. The DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative (DVULI) has empowered me to invest in the leadership development of twelve youth ministers from New York City for fifteen months beginning in January 2010. That’s right! DVULI is providing the resources and structure for me and a fully-scholarshipped cohort of twelve [...]
Goliaths Fall When Students Lead
Monday, September 14th, 2009Goliaths fall when adults like Saul get out of David’s way. The Biblical character David was an untested teenager, a shepherd boy with no military training, when he simultaneously proved to be the only man among soldiers courageous enough to confront the giant Goliath. For 40 days, Goliath’s taunts paralyzed Israel’s army with fear. Then [...]
The Voice We Haven’t Heard
Thursday, August 27th, 2009It feels trite to even say this, but Bono’s prophetic voice speaks again, this time to those of us facilitating the ONLY student led student leadership conference in NYC this September. Every generation gets a chance to change the world Pity the nation that won’t listen to your boys and girls Cos the sweetest melody [...]
Inter-Generational Ministry 2.0: Power Sharing Community Building
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009Great article in Christianity Today today about the demise of faddish Gen X ministries and the rise of socially conscious, missional communities in their wake. Here’s a poignant take-away. Having learned from the example of other next generation ministries, leaders at Central Peninsula Church suppressed the tendency toward intergenerational dissension with one key decision made [...]
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