Summer is here. Long days and long nights. Full weeks of leading youth groups on short-term mission trips. Exhausting and exhilarating. Sharing and caring. Praying and staying. Loving and serving. What more could you ask for? It's probably a cliche but I really do love this job. Because you faithfully give to support this ministry we're able to help our ministry partners around the country connect with short-term CityConnexx mission groups to serve in at-risk communities. I love it. Your gift t...
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One of the true joys of my job is getting the opportunity to take folks on site tours of our ministry partners to see the great work they are doing at the grassroots level. Your gift helps us keep those partnerships and relationships going month after month, all year long. One of those special guests came to town recently. His name is Bobby Polito and I first met him in Washington DC at the beginning of the Bush Administration. Bobby was asked to be the first Director of the Faith Based Of...
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Are you planning your summer vacation? Well we are too but it's not just planning for the five of us. Try planning for 690! May is turning out to be a very busy month for all of us here at YPN and CityConnexx as we gear up to host at present 690 youth and adults who will be going on mission trips with us this summer. Our staff and ministry site coordinators are working hard to get all the schedules and details finalized before the groups arrive. It's a huge task. So, your recent gift of love i...
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You may have seen the Academy Award winning movie "Blind Side". If not, surely you've heard the story. Michael Oher grew up in the projects of Memphis and overcame the odds to become an NFL starting lineman for the Baltimore Ravens. When my wife and I saw it, we both were using our sleeves as Kleenex. It's one of those rare, true stories that touch our hearts. Well, last month I had the chance to visit and serve in the area where he grew up. 64 Texas College Life students spent their spring bre...
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March - "In like a lion, out like a lamb" or is it the other way around? I can never remember.  Either way it doesn't really matter for us here at YouthPartnersNET because here's the good news.  As the scripture promises us in Isaiah 11:6 and 65:25 "The Lion and the Lamb shall live and eat together".  Your gift this month is helping us and our partners do just that.  Let me explain. March marks the beginning of our 2010 youth and college age CityConnexx mission teams who are...
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