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Do you have an existing blog where you discuss social justice issues, or do you want to start one? Would you like to have access to an audience of over 2 million visitors by hosting your blog on UrbanMinistry.org? Now you can, because UrbanMinistry.org now has a new blogging system that offers all the same features as Wordpress.com!
Here is how to get started:
- Login to www.UrbanMinistry.org. You can create a free account at: http://www.urbanministry.org/create-account
- Click on the Create Blog Link. This is located under the Volunteer/Blog Menu or in the user Dashboard page after you login.
- Give your blog a title and web address.
- Click on New Post to Start Blogging
You can find out more, get help and view a presentation about blogging on UrbanMinistry.org at:
http://www.urbanministry.org/bloggers. You can also view our article on
Why Blog for UrbanMinistry.org. If you have any questions feel free to contact Rakiesha at
rakiesha@techmission.org.
TechMission is now accepting resumes for an AmeriCorps Urban Ministry Internship Program Director. The TechMission Corps (TMC) Program Director will work with other TechMission staff to implement and support the TMC AmeriCorps program. This is a full-time position based in Boston.
For more information or to apply, please visit UrbanMinistry.org.
Summer Term starting August 24, 2009
- 304 - Ministry Management and Leadership: An exploration of the four primary tasks for successful management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
- 306 - Managing Residential Recovery Programs: The purpose of this course is to impart practical counseling and operational principles for use in long-term programs for the chemically dependent, with a particular focus on homeless addicts and alcoholics.
- 311 - Theology and Strategy of Urban Missions: The urbanization of the world presents the church with the unprecedented opportunity and challenge to recognize and plant “signs of the kingdom” in settings that include great change, extraordinary human diversity, centered power, creativity, heightened temptations and many forms of dysfunctionality, both personal and institutional. This course is a historical and Biblical study of the role of the City in ministry and its insights on understanding God’s purposes for effective and transformative change in the City.
- 405 - Nonprofit Financial Planning: The focus of this course is financial planning, including such topics as: basic planning and leadership principles, underlying organizational issues involved with planning and budgeting, financial planning principles and practices, including in-depth analysis of one organization’s planning process, knowledge of how organizational ethics, norms, strategic planning and direction influence both its income and expenses. (Course 303, Nonprofit Accounting is a prerequisite.)
- 415 - Professional Counseling Practices: An overview of the professional practices that counselors utilize in the treatment of clients with substance use and abuse issues. To prepare for effective counseling, several steps must be performed, including screening, assessment, and treatment planning. Students will learn to select and implement various screening and comprehensive assessment instruments to best determine client pathology and severity of addictions. Students will also be able to plan the proper course of treatment for individual clients which includes identifying and defining the client’s problems and devising goals, objectives, and interventions to help return the client to normal functioning.
Take courses online while continuing in ministry!
All courses are $150/credit hour =$450/course. There are additional costs for course materials. Courses are 10 weeks and take about 10-15 hours of study time per week.
Enroll Now or
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Christian Volunteer Story of the Month
Stephanie from Davenport, Florida discovered a way to volunteer from thousands of miles away.
Through ChristianVolunteering.org, Stephanie found an opportunity to serve as a virtual administrative assistant for Orphanages of Africa--an international humanitarian organization in Canada.
Virtual volunteering is a way for volunteers to serve online from their office or home. On ChristianVolunteering.org, there are virtual volunteering opportunities like grant writing, computer programming, language translation, web design, and marketing where people can volunteer without having to travel.
As a virtual volunteer, Stephanie served as a liaison between Orphanages of Africa and other various orphanages. She formatted monthly field reports that were submitted to her organization from other orphanages and then distributed them to various partners. Additionally, Stephanie provided administrative support by typing up meeting minutes and notes, updating contact lists, and corresponding with those seeking help from her organization. Stephanie also prayed for the various orphanages and the orphans they serve. “While to me these tasks seem very simple I have come to learn that my assistance has been very valuable to the President of OFA and has allowed her to do more of the work necessary to obtain the items that our various orphanage partners need.”
Upon reflecting her virtual volunteering experience so far, Stephanie says, “I am very grateful that I have been allowed to be used by God to complete His work in this ministry.” But Stephanie hopes that her contributions will continue to make positive impact for her organization. “I hope that my efforts will help the orphans that we are working with.”
If you're interested in virtually volunteering for ministries, you can visit ChristianVolunteering.org's Virtual Volunteering website with hundreds of online service opportunities.
Share your Christian Volunteering Story
Submit a story and be entered into a drawing to win a $50 giftcard
If your organization was matched with a volunteer through ChristianVolunteering.org we'd love to hear your story and welcome your feedback!
Contact Miki Omori at miki@techmission.org or (617) 282-9798 ext. 106 for more information.
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CCDA 2009: The Christian Community Development Association's Annual National conference gathers hundreds of urban ministry organizations and individuals..thumbnail.png)
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TechMission is proud to present our 2007-2008 Annual Report. Read up on what's new and what we've accomplished this past year. Read or download our full annual report 
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