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Monday, January 31st, 2011I was a proud big brother on Saturday at Reload NY/NJ (a/k/a Storm), introducing and then watching Eden Martinez teach the three-hour Teen Track at the conference’s Montclair, NJ, location. I first met Eden ten years ago when she was a precocious twelve-year old visiting YW8? Youth Ministries, where I was youth director at the [...]
Reload 1.2.3 Webcast Videos
Friday, July 2nd, 2010What? You missed Reload 1.2.3? Never heard of a “Plus-1“? No worries. The general session videos are now available to watch online for FREE, and the featured workshops are coming soon. Enjoy the general sessions here. General Session 1: “Homegrown: The Leader” Featuring: Jeremy Del Rio and Ryan Schlachter, 20/20 Vision for Schools; Mitchell Torres [...]
Christian Post: No Time for Passive Youth Ministry
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010The Christian Post reported on Reload 1.2.3 last Monday. Here’s an excerpt: Youth are being empowered in gangs and dying in the streets, yet Larry Acosta of Urban Youth Workers Institute finds many churches giving teens nothing more than the role of passing the offering plates every fifth Sunday. “Are you kidding me?” he said [...]
Student-Led Student Ministry: Possible
Thursday, June 17th, 2010One of the workshops during the national broadcast of Reload 1.2.3 examined four student-led youth ministries from New York City. Facilitated by Enid Almanzar (Avenue of Hope Fellowship, Manhattan) and featuring student leaders Eden Martinez (Abounding Grace Ministries, Manhattan), Johnny Navarro (No Limits International Church, Staten Island), Vanessa Medina (God Belongs in My City, Brooklyn), [...]
FREE Live Webcast of RELOAD 1.2.3
Friday, June 11th, 2010So you’re intrigued by the first ever multi-site youth worker training event in the country, and the interactivity it offers an audience, but traveling 3,000 miles from SoCal or 1,000 miles from Miami or X miles from your city to the Bronx, Manhattan, or Jersey City isn’t within your youth worker budget. NO PROBLEM! Join [...]
Reload 1.2.3: Not a Total Blog Slacker
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010The last few weeks, I’ve been mostly blogging about Reload 1.2.3 at Urban Youth Workers Institute’s website. But here, tonight, I share gratitude and a prayer request with all of you, from an email I sent earlier today: Dear Reload 1.2.3 host committee and friends: Thank you all for your hard work, everybody! With pre-registration [...]
Reload 1.2.3 Student Trainer Testifies Before Congress
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010Meet Rachel Carrion, Board Member of Community Connections for Youth and “Plus-1″ protege of Ruben Austria. Rachel recently testified before Congress regarding the challenges girls face in New York State’s juvenile justice system. Rachel and Ruben will co-lead the featured workshop, “Youth Ministry Beyond the Walls: Overcoming Injustices and Rebuilding Communities” at Reload 1.2.3 in [...]
Help Promote Reload 1.2.3
Friday, May 7th, 2010Help promote Reload 1.2.3. Today we posted lots of fresh content at http://uywi.org/reload123 including downloadable fliers, animated gifs, links to Facebook and Twitter resources, and more. Please help spread the word so that every youth worker in Greater New York and New Jersey has a meaningful chance to attend. Also, be advised that additional content [...]
Best Value for the Youth Ministry Training Dollar: Reload 1.2.3
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Reload 1.2.3 Coming to NY/NJ June 12
Friday, April 23rd, 2010The greatest value for the youth ministry training dollar returns to the NY/NJ metro area June 12. Greater NY youth workers are already familiar with Reload, the best-of-class, one-day training experience offered by Urban Youth Workers Institute (UYWI) in 20+ cities each year. Metro New York has hosted Reload for 4 of the last 5 [...]
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