Category: TJL Meet-Ups

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

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 [...]

Update: Social Enterprise Launch: AArrow Ads

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 [...]

Hillsong UNITED and The Just Life

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 [...]

Micah 6:8 Conference and TJL

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Next gathering: November 19th

We gather again this Thursday, November 19th, 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 as a part of Park’s Global Impact Week we welcome Andy Kampmann from EveryEthne Ministry who will share on Pursuing [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 – [...]

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 [...]

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