Volunteer Opportunities and Ministries
Here’s a very useful resource from urbanministry.org to help connect you to needs in your area: http://www.urbanministry.org/mycity
Category: TJL Meet-Ups
Next gathering: May 20th
We gather again Thursday, May 20th, at 7pm at Park Community Church in Chicago. Be there as we move forward together as community committed to God’s call for love and justice from His people. How will you answer the 2010 challenge of “one injustice?” This month we will be learning about social entrepreneurism, what it is, and [...]
May 15, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Update: Social Enterprise Launch: AArrow Ads
I am excited to say that we are moving forward with our vision to create community development opportunities through social entrepreneurialism. After years of working with organizations and youth in the notoriously underserved community of Cabrini Green in Chicago, one need continued to ring alarmingly clear – Jobs. Without employment all of the mentoring and tutoring [...]
Next gathering: April 15th
We gather again Thursday, April 15th, at 7pm at Park Community Church in Chicago. Be there as we move forward together as community committed to God’s call for love and justice from His people. How will you answer the 2010 challenge of “one injustice?” READ ME: We have an immediate need for 40 volunteers to help collect [...]
Apr 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Hillsong UNITED and The Just Life
UPDATE: The Just Life Was on hand to collaborate with Hillsong United at their concert April 17th in Chicagoland. Hillsong and the i-heart revolution they’ve helped inspire are kindred spirits in responding to God’s call for love and justice from His people. From the i-heart website: There’s a generation across the earth who are being awakened to real [...]
Mar 17, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Micah 6:8 Conference and TJL
Join us as we partner with the Micah 6:8 Conference! Micah 6:8 Conference from Conversations Next on Vimeo. The Micah 6:8 Conference sees a world where God hates injustice and wants it to end. We know God has purposed a plan where the church’s role is to defeat injustice and advocate for the rights of [...]
Mar 16, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Next gathering: March 18th
We gather again Thursday, March18th, at 7pm at Park Community Church in Chicago. Be there as we move forward together as community committed to God’s call for love and justice from His people. How will you answer the 2010 challenge of “one injustice?” Current initiative details can be found online here: http://thejustlife.org/home/2010/01/15/updated-2010-initiative-list/. Of course, we will always [...]
Mar 14, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Next gathering: February 18th
We gather again Thursday, February 18th, at 7pm at Park Community Church in Chicago. Be there as we move forward together as community committed to God’s call for love and justice from His people. How will you answer the 2010 challenge of “one injustice?” Current initiative details can be found online here: http://thejustlife.org/home/2010/01/15/updated-2010-initiative-list/. There is no limit [...]
Feb 12, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Updated: 2010 Initiative List
Below are the initiatives that have been created by the members of the Chicago meet-up and have begun to see some traction from our collective efforts to respond to God’s call for love and justice from his people: For more information on any initiative email: contact@thejustlife.org Community building in Cabrini through addressing the education gap in [...]
Next gathering: January 21st
We gather again Thursday, January 21st, at 7pm at Park Community Church in Chicago. Be there as we move forward together as community committed to God’s call for love and justice from His people. This month is our yearly vision cast — you won’t want to miss it! Current initiative details can be found online here: http://thejustlife.org/home/2010/01/15/updated-2010-initiative-list/. There [...]
Jan 11, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
TJL Building Blocks
The technical, tactical, and practical of The Just Life ministry encompasses five interconnected “change agent” engagement strategies; each with their own part to play in a holistic vision for transformational justice ministry: These building blocks are Justice Initiatives, Professional Fellowships, Social Entrepreneurs, Community Development, and Advocacy. More information can be discovered by exploring the categories [...]
Oct 21, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Social Capital Mapping
“Social capital mapping” is simply a formal way of stating the importance listening to and learning from your community, being proactive about discovering and making connections, and building/developing community – door by door, family by family, name by name. This also entails identifying existing ministries in your church and in the same neighborhood as your [...]
Oct 21, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
TJL Initiative Development
Before you begin you should review The Justice Continuum explanation: http://thejustlife.org/home/2009/10/21/the-justice-continuum Think of the following as a sample worksheet. Break out some paper and pens and start with these basic steps… Step 1: Simply begin What justice issue do you feel God has called you to engage? The fist step is to simply begin – [...]
Oct 21, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
The Justice Continuum
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” ~ Matthew 22:37-39 The Justice Continuum: Compassion, Development, Structural Change “The Justice Continuum” is a guide [...]
Oct 21, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
