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What? You missed Reload 1.2.3? Never heard of a “Plus-1“? No worries. The general session videos are now available to watch online for FREE, and the featured workshops are coming soon. Enjoy the general sessions here.
Special thanks to our local Reload 1.2.3 sponsors American Bible Society, Nyack College Manhattan Campus, the YouthWorks Foundation, [...]

Help promote Reload 1.2.3. Today we posted lots of fresh content at http://uywi.org/reload123 including downloadable fliers, animated gifs, links to Facebook and Twitter resources, and more. Please help spread the word so that every youth worker in Greater New York and New Jersey has a meaningful chance to attend. Also, be advised that [...]

No budget + high profile hostility
+ lousy weather + despondent adult leaders
+ inspired student leaders + 2 weeks notice
+ a community greatly loved + supportive adults
+ viral technology + a God idea
= one of the most amazing youth ministry experiences of my 23 year youth ministry career.
Best of all, for a veteran youth worker: I [...]

Kevin Phillips is an original member of the Coalition and the author of the Youth News newsletter.
Dear Youth Leaders,
After 25 years of youth ministry, one often tends to think, “I’ve seen it all” but… I think I am seeing something a bit clearer now.
This past summer, a few of us stopped reading the “how-to” books [...]

My City My God

Help International Bible Society select the cover for its upcoming “My City MY God” urban youth themed Bible, which features testimonies from Generation Xcel alumni Luis Velez and Kevin Cedeno as well as an introduction by Rudy Carrasco. Visit UYWIblog.com to cast your vote.