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1 City Life 101: Starting Effective Ministry The following start-up strategy is born out of years of experience in carrying out the mission of reaching teens with the Gospel. We believe that six key elements are vital to initiate and successfully establish a long-term, sustainable City Life outreach in your community. These six key elements are: 1. Prayer 2. Training and Equipping in the City Life Model 3. Organizational & Community Assessment 4. Ministry Planning and Design 5. Ministry Implementation 6. Ministry Evaluation and Celebration 1. PRAYER In Acts 5 we read that Peter and the other apostles were brought before the Sanhedrin for preaching the Gospel. Furious religious leaders wanted to kill the apostles. With great fear of God, Gamaliel intervened, saying, Let them go! If their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men. We yearn to glorify God and reach teens, so our desire is that it be from God and unable to be stopped. In order for us to go forward with success, we must be people of prayer, committed to waiting for: God s timing God s direction God s provision Invite others to join you in this beginning process of praying for God s heart and direction; His wisdom, His eyes, His creativity. Invite men and women in your community to pray with you who have a passion for Jesus and an active compassion for urban youth. Helpful hints: When setting the times for prayer meetings, keep in mind the schedules of those you invited. Consider early morning or evening appointments. Bring sign-in sheet and pens to collect names, addresses and other important information on your guests. It s always a nice touch to bring (or ask someone to bring) light refreshments like cookies, water and coffee. Stick to your time frame. Do your very best to not let it go over. If it does, dismiss guests and those who want to stay, can. Respecting other people s time increases their respect for your ministry. Be sure to actually pray. Don t let this become a time to talk about what you are going to pray about or even start planning the ministry. This is a time to talk to God and seek His will. Send thank you notes to those who attended within a week of the meeting. Thank them for their time and passion to seek the Lord with you. 1

2 Reschedule and keep these meetings regular so that momentum isn t lost. 2. EQUIPPING IN THE CITY LIFE MODEL Urban youth ministry has been identified in the past by several misperceived notions such as: It s a ministry for African American youth It s about repairing buildings It s working with gangs It s doing a basketball program Urban youth ministry isn t about dealing with one ethnic group or nationality. Urban youth ministry could mean dealing with different ethnic groups and nationalities (each with unique cultural differences) according to the city that you will live in. It could mean ministering in the projects, neighborhoods, low-income housing, or motels. In other places, it could mean working with teen moms, mentoring and recreational programs, or running a youth development center as a safe-haven from the many devices that ensnare urban youth. Because most people are unfamiliar with strategic urban youth ministry practices, education about the City Life core ministry model is an essential first step to a successful urban youth ministry implementation. A. Understand the Biblical Call Throughout both the Old and the New Testament, the scriptures made the Lord s love of those in disadvantaged situations known. From Old Testament laws that promote justice and the protection of the poor, to the New Testament churches focus on providing tangible services to the orphans and widows, the Bible is clear about the Christian s responsibility to reflect God s love to a deeply broken world. Have you ever done a biblical survey to understand God s heart for poor? Take some time to explore the scriptures about God s love of justice and His desire that His followers love those on the margins of our society. Here are just a few scriptures to begin your study. Isaiah 58:9b-10 If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the point finger and malicious talk, and you spend yourself in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will be come like the noonday. (Consider exploring the entire chapter) Psalms 68:5-6s A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families; he leads for the prisoners with singing. Psalm 140:12 2

3 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy. Luke 4:18-19 The Spirit of the LORD is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor. James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. You can also find a more thorough bible study of poverty here: theology-of.html B. Understanding City Dynamics Urban v. Inner-City Urban ministry practitioners often misunderstand the terms urban and inner-city. Although these terms are closely related, they are not interchangeable. The terms urban and inner-city have specific meaning that YFC urban workers must keep in mind when developing ministry. Practically speaking, the inner-city is by definition a subset of urban. The difference in meaning will make a significant difference in Don t try to understand all of this on the type of ministry developed. your own! Call your National Field Director or the National Director of City The term urban encompasses an area of the Life to guide you through this process. city geographically much larger than the innercity. Urban planners and public policy professionals simply define an urban area as a specific geographic location with a high population density and marked by racial, cultural, social, and economic diversity. An urban area is not necessarily limited to a single city and in many cases encompasses several cities in close proximity to each other. Many urban planners are now calling this interrelated complex of cities an urban system. Thus, an urban ministry could possibly focus on youth from the wealthiest or the poorest neighborhoods. Technically, the inner or central city is the center of what is known as the urban system. In sociological terms, the inner-city tends to be the most blighted area of a large urban system. Traditionally, the inner-city has been identified with the most economically and socially depressed section of the major city in the urban system. A high population density marks the inner-city, but unlike the larger urban system, there is a noticeable absence of social stratification. The inner-city is also distinguished from the larger urban system by a lack of diverse economic activities. In other words, there is not a variety of commercial/business opportunities within the inner-city. The economy of the inner-city tends to function as a oneway street. Many of the resources and capital needed to sustain a neighborhood tends to flow out of the community into more economically prosperous areas. This is simply because the commercial venues needed to support life in the community are not present and thus local residents are forced to spend their limited financial resources outside the community. 3

4 Most people from urban communities identify first with the neighborhood that they live in rather than the larger urban system they are from. Inner-city communities are often divided by geographical boundaries: rivers, train tracks and freeways. City Life ministries capitalize on this neighborhood identification in order to rebuild relational community and to gain strategic momentum. Therefore, City Life ministries focus on one inner-city neighborhood at a time, which is usually a part of a larger urban system. A precautionary note is needed here: The social and economic problems normally identified with the inner-city are now becoming more prevalent in inner ring suburbs of many metropolitan areas. This is occurring as these older suburbs are abandoned in favor of newer communities on the fringes of the urban system. Additionally, the mobility of the urban dwellers is also forcing the social ills traditionally identified with the inner-city into the outer ring suburbs. It is imperative that the YFC urban worker be aware of the migratory patterns of the community and urban/public policy decisions that affect their work. As our urban centers grow, expand, and become more complex, the challenges we face as urban workers will greatly intensify. C. Training and Equipping in the City Life Model i. City Life Definition and Summary City Life is a relational, holistic, community-based ministry that desires to see deep change in an urban community through the raising of indigenous leaders from the young people in that neighborhood. City Life ministry takes place in densely populated, complex and diverse City Life settings where there is a convergence of social, economic, and spiritual dysfunction that has led to the marginalization and alienation of those peoples and communities. An effective City Life ministry addresses these issues through the presentation of a holistic gospel, which seeks to meet the needs of the person (body, mind, & spirit); empowers people; promotes justice; cultivates lifelong discipleship; and empowers young people to become agents of change for Christ in their communities. City Life empowers urban youth to change their communities for Christ. City Life ministries accomplishes this by having 3 strategic focuses: 1. Keeping a tight neighborhood focus and living in that neighborhood if the Spirit leads. 2. Doing relational, holistic ministry with a critical mass of youth from that neighborhood. 3. Raising indigenous leaders who don t move out, but stay and give back. Read the City Life Summary Document. ii. Understand the City Life Holistic Community Development Model - Social Programming Alongside Evangelistic Ministry 4

5 One must acknowledge that great poverty exists in many City Life neighborhoods. This poverty is not limited to economic poverty, but includes educational, social, political, and other forms of poverty. When faced with the vastness of poverty in inner-city communities an effective City Life ministry has to develop ministries that impact persons at the point of greatest need. Driveby Christianity is not an option when we are confronting needs that can blind urban youth and their families to God s love, grace, mercy, and salvation. City Life Holistic Community Development Model This paradigm shift to understand the biblical value of holistic ministry is crucial if we seek to minister effectively in a world that is rapidly becoming more City Life. The following principles will provide the foundation for how City Life ministry is understood and practiced. Relational Context: The art of building authentic, stable and lasting relationships seems to be a disappearing skill in our culture in general, and this reality is magnified in most urban communities. All efforts to touch urban communities with the gospel must be built on an effort to build new, relationally redemptive contexts. These relationally redemptive contexts should extend beyond club meetings and staff/youth relationships into a rebuilding (and/or even planting) of urban church ministries to serve this role for the youth we reach. Furthermore, significant effort may be required to equip paid and volunteer workers with the specific skills necessary to accomplish this within a community with significant relational deficits. In other words, we believe the Church is God s chosen institution for helping people be restored relationally with God and others. At the same time, we believe a church must exist to serve these youth in this capacity or we must help create one. Holistic Evangelism: In reference to John 6, evangelism has to be the paramount goal and thrust of any City Life ministry. By holistic, we mean that evangelism is about soul salvation, but it doesn t stop there. Holistic evangelism seeks to address in totality all those things that keep people and communities from 5

6 Relief v. Development: City Life believes that doing something for someone that they can do for themselves, strips individuals of their dignity in the long run. Identification of key outcome areas for YFC ministry does not presume that we supersede the individual person s responsibility to achieve those outcomes for themselves wherever possible. Efforts should always be made to equip, support and encourage young people to take up the responsibility for their own life journey and earn their own way. Exceptions to this approach (sometimes referred to as relief work) should strive to be short term and transition from relief to development (from feeding someone fish towards teaching them to fish). Contextualization: A City Life ministry has to be grounded in the lived experiences of the people in a particular place and time. Each City Life ministry has to be aware of and examine its social context and develop ministry based on the analysis of its social context. There is no cookie cutter approach to City Life ministry. Justice: In essence, justice refers to the establishment, maintenance, and restoration of right relations within the community. Additionally, justice within City Life ministry includes ministries that empower people and communities across a broad spectrum of issues, with spiritual empowerment being the most critical. Informing this all is an understanding that true justice cannot occur outside of the person and work of Jesus Christ. Read the entire City Life White Paper. iii. Understand the Distinctions Between School Based and Community Based Ministry Models Often Youth for Christ staff are more familiar with campus based ministry models to reach lost youth. There are some important distinctions between a campus based ministry model and a neighborhood based ministry model like City Life. To help describe the differences, the National Director of City Life and the National Director of Campus Life created a one-page document that explains the key similarities and distinctions. Read City Life & Campus Life - What s the Difference? iv. Understand the Need for a Long Term Commitment After you have read the White Paper, why don t you call your National Field Director or the National Director of City Life to ask any questions? Because the raising of lifelong followers of Jesus Christ (indigenous leaders) from urban youth is the primary outcome a healthy City Life ministry, the commitment of a local YFC chapter to execute an urban ministry strategy has to be long term. Building momentum in a City Life ministry towards raising indigenous leaders from urban youth can take up to 10 years. In urban ministry, there are often significant setbacks and loss of team moral when young people walk away from the Lord. When these types of setbacks occur, it does not mean that the 6

7 ministry not being faithful! Being faithful in urban youth ministry is a commitment to continue the hard work of long-term relational discipleship - even when times get tough. D. Visit a Healthy City Life Site One of the best ways to become educated about the City Life model is to do a site visit at a health City Life ministry site. The wisdom of leadership of those who have been responsible for implementing an effective City Life ministry strategy will be invaluable to you during your start up process. A healthy City Life ministry site will be able to share with you their early mistakes to avoid and what has worked for them in their local community. When you do your City Life ministry site visit, talk to the Executive Director, Board members, City Life field staff and any indigenous leaders that are serving in the ministry. Seeing the City Life ministry model in action can be both informative and inspiring - God is at work in the lives of young people in city! To make your City Life site visit the most effective you should willing to invest an entire day. Don t just make the visit by yourself! You should also include: Board Chair or other interested Board members Executive Director Key Ministry Staff (i.e. Ministry Directors, Supervisors) Development Director Potential Community Partners The NSC wants to make sure your site visit is excellent. Why don t you ask a National Field Director or a member of the National City Life Leadership Team to come along on your site visit? Contact the National Director of City Life to find a healthy City Life site to visit near you. 3. ORGANIZATIONAL & COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT A. Organizational Assessment Each YFC chapter is in the process of continued leadership development. The City Life ministry model takes a significant amount of organizational leadership. Therefore, an organizational leadership assessment will help identify the next best step to strengthen local leadership for a City Life ministry implementation. i. Assess Current Leadership Preparedness a. Board Preparedness The board of directors is a foundational building block for a YFC chapter. A strong board has sufficient members who have a diversity of vocations, genders, ethnicity and gifts. The board should show tangible signs of embracing a City Life model with it Consider your National Field Director or the National Director of City Life to help you do your organizational assessment. 7

8 written into strategic plans and included in the annual budget. A chapter that is ready for City Life should have a board that follows a governance model, leaving management to the executive director and staff. b. Executive Leadership Preparedness An effective executive director with a passion for the City Life ministry is a non-negotiable element for City Life to succeed in a YFC chapter. The executive director should demonstrate an interest in the community where City Life has targeted ministry as well as a commitment to the chosen funding model for City Life. The executive director must be willing to learn and grow as City Life brings new dynamics and challenges to the chapter. c. Field Staff Commitment The introduction of a City Life ministry can cause some changes in the dynamics of a Youth for Christ field staff team. No longer is everyone doing the same type of ministry (i.e. Club, student leadership...etc.). Often the funding model is adjusted to hire the best City Life staff person. This could cause significant fracture of The Director of Risk Management will be able to give you a broad-stroke outline of risks incurred by chapters who implement City Life ministries. relationship between field staff if they aren t well equipped to handle these changes and a relational system isn t in place to maintain team unity. It is best to help existing field staff understand the possible changes in team dynamics because of the addition of new City Life staff and survey the level of commitment of existing field staff to be willing to go through these changes in order to reach urban youth with the gospel of Jesus Christ. ii. Funding Assessment Long-term, sustainable funding is essential for a ministry to grow to the point of raising leaders from City Life and having a deep change in an urban community. A personal support-raising model is too unstable and often too small to be able to support a sizable City Life ministry footprint that has the capacity to execute a holistic ministry strategy and hires indigenous leaders. YFC Chapters who want to develop an effective, long-term City Life ministry model should be willing to engage in the process of adapting their funding strategy over time from a personal support raising funding model to a mission based funding model. They should also evaluate if their organization is willing to make the necessary adjustments in order to receive public and private grants that could support social ministry programming. The NSC can help your chapter discover your financial preparedness for City Life. Ask your National Field Director along with the VP of Development to assist with the funding assessment. iii. Risk Assessment 8

9 Working in urban communities can create a natural increase in risk for staff and volunteers. But because of our biblical call to serve the widows and orphans that the Lord loves, we believe that the value of being obedient to this call outweighs the inherit risk that we might incur to our local organization. Still, it is important for YFC leadership to carefully consider the risks involved in urban ministry before executing a City Life strategy. A. Community Assessment You need to know as much as possible about the urban areas in your community and its resources in order to begin a successful ministry. i. Building Urban Community Relationships It is never too early to begin building relationships with local practitioners of urban ministry. As you explore how YFC could serve and partner in urban neighborhoods, it is essential to begin to build trust with the people who are already in the trenches of urban ministry. Develop a list of 8-10 people who are well-respected urban practitioners in your city. Set a goal to do a face-to-face meeting with each person in the environment where they serve. Ask for one hour with them to hear about their ministry to learn more about local community issues. Don t try to sell the City Life model at these meetings. Rather, spend time getting to know individuals, their story, their passion and their experience related to urban issues. Look to build genuine trusting relationships in these appointments instead of these meetings being part of your start-up checklist (eg: I ll meet with them once and then I m moving onto the next meeting). Urban ministry practitioners have valued history and experience in local communities that should inform your process of developing a City Life ministry. Here are some topics you might cover during these appointments: Ask them to tell you about their ministry and how it was developed. Ask them how they got involved in the community. What do they feel is their particular area of expertise? What do they feel is going well with urban youth in the community? What do they feel is going poorly with urban youth in the community? What advice would they give you for exploring urban youth issues? Who do they suggest that you talk to about urban youth issues? What are common mistakes that people make as they launch new programs or initiatives in this community? What suggestions might they have for you to be respectful and honoring of existing ministries in this process? ii. Administer a Thorough Community Assessment Nervous about your first community appointment or don t know who to call in your city? Ask the National Director of City Life for help. 9

10 You need to know as much as possible about the urban areas in your community and its resources in order to begin a successful ministry. A community assessment is a process used to determine the needs of individuals or a group of individuals in order to design a program that will respond effectively to those needs and bring about desired changes. Community Assessments have three critical steps: 1. Complete a Community Survey 2. Conduct Community Assessment Interviews 3. Identification of Existing Service Gaps Step #1 - Complete a Community Survey You need to know as much as possible about your community and its resources in order to begin a successful City Life ministry. A community survey is to help you become familiar with the current data on the youth population in your target neighborhood and provide a list of churches, agencies, businesses, and organizations that serve in some capacity the teenage population in your urban neighborhood. Community Surveys are designed to help you gather information about your community, not to draw immediate conclusions. Download the Community Survey form. Step #2 - Conduct Community Assessment Interviews A community assessment is a process used to determine the needs of individuals or a group of individuals in order to design a program that will respond effectively to those needs and bring about desired changes. Before proposing a new program that addresses the needs of urban teens, it is imperative to determine whether similar programs already exist in your community/ministry area. This is a much more effective use of limited resources and enables us to learn from the experience of others. Not sure if you are doing the community survey accurately? The National City Life leadership has lots of experience doing community assessments. Set up an appointment for one of them to assist you in your process. Want to know who else is doing great work in the city and don t know who to call? The NSC has built partnerships with other national urban ministry organizations and associations. Through our connections we can help you find out who is active in your city. A review of existing programs will also determine where gaps exist so efforts can be targeted at the areas of greatest need. Identifying and communicating with staff from recently completed programs will also assist in determining the extent to which similar programs have been successful in the past. Youth for Christ values collaboration and cooperation... there is too much to do to duplicate services! From the very first prayer, it is always a good time to begin collaborative relationships in your community. We are called to be an active, accurate representation of who God is and this is an opportunity to begin to nurture vital relationships in your community. Download sample Community Assessment Interview forms. Step #3 - Identification of Existing Gaps 10

11 What did you learn from your process of community assessment? From the data you collected from the Community Survey or from the Community Assessment Interviews, you will recognize themes of community assets and existing gaps. These gaps can inform your ministry planning and the next steps of community collaboration. 4. MINISTRY PLANNING & DESIGN A. Choosing a neighborhood to serve Once you have completed your community assessment, you will need to choose one particular inner-city neighborhood to serve. Do not think that you will serve the urban youth better by spreading your ministry too thin over several urban neighborhoods. Effective City Life ministries have a high level of intentionality and focus. It is better to start smaller and serve with excellence and allow God to expand your influence in the city over time. B. Program Design Now that you have decided which community you should launch City Life in, you must design and plan a ministry program. While City Life ministry is primarily a relational ministry model, ministry programs are containers that give us an excuse to meet, invite and develop relationship with urban youth in a non-threatening environment. As mentioned before, there is no cookie cutter approach to City Life ministry. Still, the National City Life recommends that you begin with one spiritual element of ministry (outreach club or bible study) AND one social element of ministry (job skills training, tutoring, etc.) to launch your ministry. Maybe you ve done a lot of work so far and aren t quite sure where the best place is to start. The National Director of City Life can help you walk through all of the data you have collected and work with you to find out the best place to start in the city. The following are examples of ministry activities that are representative of these principles: City Life Outreach Club and Bible Study ministries Community Youth Development Centers: these centers are especially crucial in communities where there is a severe shortage of safe places for youth to congregate. Mentoring Programs: One to one mentoring is crucial in communities where there is a lack of suitable role models and to help youth to become lifelong followers of Christ. Tutoring Programs: Educational attainment levels are low and drop-out rates are high in many City Life communities. Computer based tutoring should also be pursued because of the technology gap between the rich and the poor. Gang Outreach After-school Programs Employment Training & Preparation Sports Programs Family Ministry Counseling Ministry 11

12 Significant Church Partnerships: Significant means that the local chapter has formalized partnerships with local churches, which provide a source of volunteers, funding, staff, and partners in evangelism-discipleship. For more ideas on designing City Life ministry programs that work, visit the City Life website. 5. MINISTRY IMPLEMENTATION A. Hiring a City Life Staff Person Completing a significant portion of the initial stages of your ministry design is essential before you hire your City Life staff person. While you might ask that your new hire will complete some elements of the ministry design, having most of the first steps figured out will help you make the right hire. For example, if you discover that there is opportunity to partner with local urban schools to develop an in school tutoring program and they will allow the use of their facility for after-school outreach or bible studies, it would be important to look for a person who has 1) Passion for urban youth, 2) Urban youth ministry experience and 3) Education experience with urban youth. Here are some hiring tips for you as you think through making a City Life hire: Consider how you would like to see an expression of each of YFC s 5 Essentials (Widespread Prayer, Loving Relationships, Faithful Bible Teaching, Collaborative Community Strategy & Adults Who Empower) to play out in this particular role. Think of hiring a leader, not just a kid magnet. While hiring a kid person can be great, a truly effective City Life staff will also need to build teams of adults who effectively build relationships with urban youth. Look for someone who has a track record of building strong ministry teams. Don t just look for a charismatic, up-front leader. A key element to City Life is collaboration and you will need someone who can communicate, cooperate and not always be the center of attention. Look outside of your circle. Ask the urban community you intend on serving who they might recommend to work to build teams of adults to serve urban youth. Consider having a multistep interview process where members of the National City Life Team could assist in your hiring process. We could be available over phone to join a second or third interview. Take your time. Investing in a new staff person is a considerable investment of God s resources. If you have the ability to ask the applicant to volunteer with your local ministry before they are hired, you might be able to more accurately assess over time their ability to fulfill the job description. 12

13 See sample City Life Job Descriptions. B. Launching a City Life Program After your hire is made, the time has come to launch the City Life ministry! If you developed a particular prayer strategy to enlist God s power in the early phases of ministry development, keep it going! It is important to keep widespread prayer at the top of your priorities to sustain City Life ministry. 6. MINISTRY EVALUATION AND CELEBRATION A. Using YFC Impact YFC Impact ( is web based ministry tool used to keep track of our mission progress at a local and a national level. A full use of the enhanced version of YFC Impact (meetings area, standard outcomes area or customized outcomes) will help you track City Life ministry progress from inception and provide data for any needed mid-course corrections. Nationwide, best practice City Life locations are using robust implementations of YFC Impact to inform and serve their local ministry sites. B. Take Time to Evaluate Use of YFC Impact will allow you to ask the most important questions to move City Life ministry to further health and growth. During the start up ministry phase, it would be valuable to take one day a quarter to spend time evaluating the effectiveness of the ministry thus far. Consider using a process called an After Action Review to assist you on your quarterly planning days. This is popular evaluation process that is used to help facilitate individual organizational learning in a non-threatening environment. (Google: After action review to read more. After Action Reviews follow a simple process that asks a series of questions to a team: Intent - What did we set out to do this quarter? Actual Results - What did we actually accomplish? Gap Analysis - Why were there gaps from our intent to our results? Lessons Learned - What did we learn this past quarter as a result? Shared Vision - What are we trying to do in City Life? Next Steps - What are the practical steps we need to take next quarter to accomplish our vision? After the City Life ministry is up and running past the first year, you could back your evaluation times back to semi-annually or annually. C. Celebrate What God Has Done Times of evaluation can also be times of celebration to Did you know that the Helpdesk support people for YFC Impact have years of practice in implementing City Life ministry? They have a specialized understanding of City Life and the use of YFC Impact to track spiritual and social outcomes. 13

14 see what God is done. Make space in your calendars to spend special time honoring how God has moved to answer your prayers. God is working in the lives of urban youth and family! Share these stories and celebrate with donors, volunteers and staff who made sacrifices to turn City Life from an idea into a reality. 14

15 APPENDIX A Suggested Prayer Guide Prayer meeting 1 Praise God for who He is Exodus 15:11, Job 38:4-14 Thank Him for this exciting opportunity to reach urban teens in our community Pray for urban teens and their families Pray for the YFC development process Pray for 12 urban ministry relationships to help start ministry Prayer Meeting 2 Praise God for His faithfulness and love Deuteronomy 7:9 Pray for urban teens who have severe needs: alcoholism, suicidal, pregnancy Pray for urban community leaders Pray for 10+ adults to be available for the Task Force Prayer Meeting 3 Praise God for His love shown through Jesus Romans 5:8 Pray for urban teens who need Christ Pray for the area churches and clergy Pray for donors to support the ministry Prayer Meeting 4 Praise God for His active involvement Psalms 77:13-15 Pray for urban teens who are hopeless that God could change their life Pray that urban Christian teens will grow and reach out to their un-believing friends Pray for the prospective City Life staff person 15

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