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    Friday Foto Finish

    Friday, June 6th, 2008

    You talkin’ to me?

    The original Greek Hippie Gangsta, Pastor Tom Mahairas of Citivision, gets in the face of a youth worker.

    + More from LPAC’s annual Transforming Youth Capacity Building Project Retreat here.

    LPAC Retreat 2008

    Sunday, June 1st, 2008

    LPAC Transforming Youth Capacity Building Project
    Annual Retreat 2008
    May 30-31 at Citivision Camps

    Everything Must Change, Part 3

    Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

    Brian McLaren’s Everything Must Change Tour visits LPAC, Bronx

    119 Photos, including Brian McLaren, Ray Rivera, Jay Bakker, Becky Garrison, Lisa Sharon Harper, Alexie Torres-Fleming, Gabriel Salguerro, Jose Humphreys, Liz Rios, David Ramos, Luis Alvarez, Latino Leadership Circle, and LPAC.

    If your browser cannot display the Photo Viewer, you can view the pics at Flickr.
    For a content […]

    Everything Must Change, Part 2

    Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

    SESSION 2: Which Jesus?

    If hope is easy, then we aren’t appreciating the desperation of the system. (See Part 1 for the Four Global Crises)
    If Christ is the answer to the world’s problems, which Jesus fits the bill? Our culture posits many perceptions of Christ:
    + The Will Ferrell Baby Jesus

    + The “Limp wrist […]

    Everything Must Change, Part 1

    Friday, May 2nd, 2008

    Brian McLaren visits LPAC this weekend for the New York leg of his Everything Must Change tour. I’ll be there tonight and tomorrow morning and will blog as much of my notes as possible. Stay tuned for pictures as well.
    EMC Session 1

    The book’s story begins with … a youth pastor and a flip […]

    Everything Must Change (this weekend!)

    Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

    A reminder, from Pastor Dave Ramos:
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    This is a friendly reminder that the Everything Must Change event is just a few days away. Recently at Princeton Theological Seminary I had the privilege of hearing Brian McLaren present just a little of what he is going to share with us this Friday and Saturday and I […]

    Everything Must Change Tour Comes to LPAC, New York

    Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

    The Latino Pastoral Action Center
    Sponsors the Brian McLaren
    NY City Tour!

    Upcoming LPAC Events

    Friday, March 28th, 2008 from 9 am to 12 noon A Dialogue with William C. Thompson, Jr. Comptroller of the City of New York who will be addressing “The Relationship of Economics to Communities of Color.”

    The Latino Pastoral Action Center exists […]

    The promise of urban ministry

    Saturday, March 1st, 2008

    At the LPAC Transforming Youth Capacity Building training this morning, host Tom Mahairas of CitiVision reminded us of God’s promise for urban ministry.
    This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD Almighty will be […]

    Skiing with/to Greater Heights

    Monday, February 25th, 2008

    + More pics from the weekend here.
    + LPAC photo Collection here.
    + Note to Nixon: Here are the notes for Starpower?

    Equipping, Educating, and Empowering Transformational Youth Ministry

    Saturday, December 1st, 2007

    LPAC Transforming Youth Capacity Building Project
    Quarterly Training, 11/30/07 - 12/1/07

    If the Pictobrowser doesn’t work, check out the original photo set here.

    LPAC’s Guide to Holistic Program Development

    Friday, November 30th, 2007

    I’m live blogging the quarterly training for LPAC’s Transforming Youth Capacity Building Project. Jose Montes, the principal LPAC trainer on the project, has developed a number of outstanding Guidebooks and Workbooks to support the training process. This quarter’s theme is program development.

    Holistic Ministry Program Life Cycle

    I. Assessment

    Program development begins with assessing […]

    Inter-Generational Wisdom

    Friday, October 5th, 2007

    Rev. Dr. Ray Rivera of Latino Pastoral Action Center imparts 40 years of holistic ministry wisdom and experience to New York City youth workers as part of the three-year, federally funded Transforming Youth (TY) Capacity Building Project. At a ceremony at LPAC last Friday, Rev. Ray presented grants totaling $42,000 to five TY partner […]

    Where I’ve Been

    Friday, July 6th, 2007

    It’s been hard to post much original writing the past month and a half, but lots of photos thanks to the new camera. Here’s where I’ve been the past week.
    Chain Reaction Baltimore
    July 2-4, 2007

    Chain Reaction is a highlight of every summer for me. Matt and Katy Stevens embody what it means […]