...And a delicious meal! From a tiny seed a plant can grow to nourish and sustain many people. A tiny seed of an idea was born in the hearts of our friends Christi Brown, Patsy Burdick and Shelley Speicher to open up the Mustard Seed Café. For about a year before the café actually opened they prepared the meals for Ciudad Nueva youth programs and community dinners as well as volunteered in our after-school programs, building relationships with kids and families in our neighborhood. In addition, Christi and Patsy participated in the Border Fellows class. “God had worked in my heart for … [Read more...]
Reaping the Rewards of Successful Strategic Planning
Earlier in the year we shared with you some of the goals and plans that came out of our strategic planning session led by Bill Jackson, the managing chair for the local C12 Group. Bill is a seasoned executive consultant and was kind enough to walk us through one of the most extensive strategic planning processes we have ever completed as an organization. You can read more about the process here, but we wanted to follow up on some of the goals that came out of that very fruitful time. Empowering Youth Every year at the beginning of the school year, we evaluate where we are in our … [Read more...]
