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Below are the 2007-2008 Mission Year Team Member Blogs, where you can find out information on Team Members, recent updates, and how to support their work with Mission Year.
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What actually matters / By Nicholas Dobkowski / May 9, 02:42 PM / Comment
So, Sarah has recently been hanging out a lot with one of our guests at Breakthrough, because she is moving on soon. So some of the typical things that we… Read More
Up with HOPE, Down with DOPE! / By Ashley Pharis / May 9, 11:00 AM / Comment
Ok so I participated in my first official march. It was pretty cool. So two Saturdays ago we had our kick-off of the Fast, Pray & March series in North… Read More
A BEEutiful Night / By Ben Aronin / May 9, 11:00 AM / Comment
It’s no secret that I’m quite possibly slightly more than mildly obsessed with basketball. I love it all. Playing it, teaching it, watching it, and most definitely going to NBA… Read More
Community Organizing is CRAZY!! / By Ashley Pharis / May 9, 10:59 AM / Comment
I am getting the experience of a lifetime out here….let me tell ya. Here is a blog I wrote about 2 weeks ago. With the number of Chicago student lives… Read More
hm / By April Burt / May 9, 10:59 AM / Comment
welllllll alot has happened, so here we go… 1) I turned 25. Wow…….. 2) I am most likely going to be in Atlanta. 3) There is alot of healing taking… Read More
Sabbath / By Matt Roark / May 9, 10:58 AM / Comment
In Mission Year we have what is called a Sabbath. In Philly our Sabbath is on Friday. I was walking this morning to Cornerstone Christian Academy (the school I volunteer… Read More
I Samuel 15. / By Jordan Leahy / May 9, 10:58 AM / Comment
On Wednesday I read through I Samuel 15. It’s the story of King Saul’s last stand… God instructs Saul to go and wipe out the Amalekites. He tells them to… Read More
25 kids/leaders...16 seats...$10 each....1 skybox / By Kristen Fabick / May 7, 03:03 PM / Comment
every-so-often..maybe once a month, urban promise gets donated some type of sporting event tickets. sometimes these tickets are used by the urban trekkers (a club for high school kids), sometimes… Read More
Missed Opportunities. / By Jordan Leahy / May 7, 03:01 PM / Comment [1]
I usually fail to see Jesus until after I’ve spit in his face. Today a recruiter for the US Army came in to the shelter. I was in the dining… Read More
People Actually Care / By Richard Grove / May 6, 11:28 AM / Comment [3]
So, I’m pretty convinced that human beings actually care about/want to help each other, there are just too many distractions out there so people get their priorities confused. I was… Read More





