Summer is here, finally. And so are our urban youth leaders. Your gift this month helped us kick off the summer with an awesome urban youth conference and training which YouthPartnersNET helped sponsor, plan and promote called RELOAD Denver.

As the pictures show, it was a great weekend as we met, prayed, played, worshipped and shared workshops together. I wish I could tell you all the great stories going on but as they say, "a picture is worth a thousand words".

So this month we thought we'd just say thanks by way of photos and hope you know how much your monthly support means during these lean times. Keep up the good work and remember what John Wesley says: "Make all you can, to save all you can, to give all you can." And the Lord will bring the increase.

For Him and Them,

Dean Cowles
YouthPartersNET
President

Urban Youth Leaders on the Front Line!

LIVE COMPASSION!

Your Donations at Work: (this month x2!!)

YPN is excited to provide another grant for the Hoop Scoop Basketball Camp at Restoration Christian Fellowship. For the past seven years RCF has provided an opportunity for the inner-city children (K-8th) of their neighborhood to participate in this one week program. It provides an outlet through sports for their children to experience positive role models and learn life skills to help them become a positive asset to society. Every child receives a trophy, t-shirt and breakfast and lunch every day along with daily motivational speeches to teach them how to make better choices in life. Due to funding, this camp is offered totally free enabling all who wish to attend an opportunity to do so. Last year they served 200 children with more than 25 accepting Christ. They are expecting 250 this summer.

YPN provided a grant to Youth Resources to support an urban youth workers network in Minneapolis that has met for the past two years. This group consists of full time youth worker professionals and these meetings provide teaching, fellowship, support and prayer. Additionally this grant will go toward a new training cooperative venture which will provide much needed training for urban youth workers to support their efforts in serving at-risk youth. Partnering with four educational and mission organizations, they will develop and teach a training syllabus each quarter specifically for the Youth Resources Training Cooperative. With 20 youth workers already signed up, training will start in May.

Prayer Request: (this month x2!!)

Restoration Christian Fellowship ask that we pray for the 250 children they expect to attend the Hoop Scoop Basketball Camp mid June and that even a greater percentage accept Christ this year and devote their life to Him.

Youth Resources ask that we pray the Network Lunch will grow and provide divine hookup for fellowship, encouragement, resources and shared vision and partnerships.  Prayer for the Training Cooperative that they raise additional funding needed for this project, find 2 volunteers - a mentor coordinator and a prayer partner coordinator, and that relationships will grow in the group and youth workers will stay refreshed and last longer.