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Hard work on the mural

kmanuel — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:14:00 +0000

This is how we do it!

mthorne — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:40:47 +0000

Working on Murals

kmanuel — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:49:58 +0000

Working hard to create a mural the celebrate all of the colors and cultures in God’s paintbrush.

Bike group prepares for a trip!

kmanuel — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:11:46 +0000

Merchants of Cool

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:31:36 +0000

Beyond Beats & Rhymes

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:29:40 +0000

Tough Guise

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:28:22 +0000

Money Matters Presentations

admin — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:08:08 +0000

As we near the end of our time together this school year, we are working with our guys on making business presentations and culling the best of their business ideas. Here are four short videos of our guys demonstrating some of those ideas and presentation skills.

Seeing Stars

mthorne — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:03:52 +0000

Having fun at Honey Rock Camp

It’s hard to see the stars in North Lawndale. The ambient light from Chicago’s downtown and streetlights obscures them. They are still there in the sky, but aside from the North Star, they are nearly impossible to see. To get a clearer view sometimes you have to get away.

And that’s exactly what we did in early February, enjoying a hype winter retreat at Honey Rock Camp in Three Lakes, Wisconsin. For a few wonderfully wintry days we played broom-ball, rode horses, ascended climbing walls, sledded tubing hills, threw snowballs, made s’mores, talked until late into the night, and focused on learning more about avoiding violence in our communities and families.

And we saw stars. Not only the marvelous twinkling in the sky, but also our guys, shinning as they learned and had fun. Mike made a commitment to one of our young men, James, from Chicago Westside Christian School that he would have “the best weekend of his life” or he would refund him his $30 trip fee. James didn’t want his money back.

I thank God for all our stars — especially those of you who support our efforts, either financially or through prayer.

Be sure to click on the photo collage above for close-ups of our experience.

JAM-ming Night

mthorne — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:43:57 +0000

Last night was one of the best nights of JAM we’ve had this year — and we have one of our newest staff members, Stephan, to thank for it.

“I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I’ll listen. When you come looking for me, you’ll find me. Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else.” Jeremiah 29:11-14