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This past June I had the opportunity to attend Reload 1.2.3., a training day for youth workers. It was held simultaneously in three locations: Jersey City, Manhattan and Queens. The Queens location was apparently the primary site, from which the main sessions were transmitted. I attended at the Manhattan location on the Nyack city campus.
For the general sessions it may have been better to have been at the Queens location. These were transmitted and displayed on a large screen at the two other locations. A couple of times the signal failed and we missed significant portions of the conversations. Fortunately, both sessions are available online for free (see below).
Workshops were available during the day covering a rage of youth ministry concerns. It was a great pleasure to attend the two community development workshops led by José and Mayra Humphreys. José is the pastor of Metro Hope Church in Harlem. Community development is an area of ministry I hope to understand more fully for future ministry in Brazil, and their knowledge of and passion for community transformation made the workshops all the more meaningful.
The price for this day-long event was incredibly reasonable, only $25 for two general sessions, two workshop sessions, continental breakfast and a sandwich lunch. My only regret is that I didn’t take my wife along.
Overall it was a good experience, and one I’ll be glad to repeat in coming years.
The video above seems pretty accurate, doesn’t it? I don’t know if I’ll ever be cool enough to be a good “fit” for this role, but at least I have a beautiful wife (it’s in the lyrics)!
