Luis Palau Series 5: Equipping the Church, More Than Just a Bible Study

October 25, 2018 andrewfeil Equipping, Luis Palau Series

Every Neighborhood Partnership is partnering with the Luis Palau National group to create a six-month series that describes our work in the city. Below is the fifth post in the series from our Associate Director, Andrew Feil.

Last month, Jenessa Hefler broke down ENP’s Literacy Mentoring program. This month we will look at equipping the church and the diverse ways to empower disciples.

Education.

What mental image comes to mind? For most of us, it is the classroom. But what kind of classroom? Again for most of us, the students are in rows facing a teacher. Can I be so bold as to suggest that this model is a bit broken?

Sure it is what we know and for many of us who love and serve the church it is how we personally like to learn, but my time at Every Neighborhood Partnership (ENP) and in the city of Fresno has taught me three valuable lessons that I would love to share with you that will dramatically improve your training and equipping events.

Adults learn by interacting with ideas. (Pssst… don’t just lecture)

As we begin thinking about equipping the church and training the body of Christ to carry God’s redemptive message forward into our communities we have to be more thoughtful about the best way to do that. So a simple question. How do adults learn best?

Luis Palau Series 4: Literacy and a Child’s Pathway to Success

August 7, 2018 Jenessa Cheema Literacy, Luis Palau Series

Every Neighborhood Partnership is partnering with the Luis Palau National group to create a six-month series that describes our work in the city. Below is the fourth post in the series from our Literacy Mentor Director, Jenessa Hefler.

Last month, Brian Semsem broke down fun and play, ENP’s recreation and resilience building programs. This month we will look at literacy and a child’s pathway to success. Our goal to see every 3rd Grader reading at grade level.

Luis Palau Series 3: Fun and Play

July 17, 2018 Brian Semsem Luis Palau Series, Saturday Sports

Every Neighborhood Partnership is partnering with the Luis Palau National group to create a six-month series that describes our work in the city. Below is the third post in the series from the Director of Saturday Sports, Brian Semsem.

Luis Palau Series 2: Theology of Place

June 13, 2018 Germán Quiñonez Community Outreach, Luis Palau Series

Every Neighborhood Partnership is partnering with the Luis Palau National group to create a six-month series that describes our work in the city. Below is the second post in the series from the Director of Neighborhood Development, German Quinonez.

Theology of Place: ENP’s Neighborhood Development Work

Last month Artie Padilla set a platform on our work in Fresno and how we use the Church as an anchoring lever for all the work we are actively engaged in. This month we zero in on the work that is happening in our neighborhoods through Theology of Place.

We will first look our methodology, then we will share some practical examples of how this plays out.

Luis Palau Series 1: Our Work in the City

May 15, 2018 Artie Padilla ENP News, Luis Palau Series

Every Neighborhood Partnership is partnering with the Luis Palau National group to create a six-month series that describes our work in the city. Below is the first post in the series, a letter from our Executive Director, Artie Padilla.

The Church in Fresno; Every Neighborhood Partnership’s role in our city and our vision to build the Kingdom, one neighborhood at a time.

Fresno CA is a city of 525,000 residents. Incorporated in 1885, it started as a small railroad stop and slowly grew to a small town. After WWII, it really went on a growth spurt, quadrupling in its geographical footprint and swelling from 125,000 residents to its current population. That’s a lot of growth.

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