Quotes: Past Group
Leaders
"I had no idea so many people live
like this... so close to my home."
"My stereo-types of the city, the
poor, and how to make a difference have been train-wrecked"
"Jesus said 'Go' to all the world...
we went to one nieghborhood and saw all the world."
"Going to an urban community was
brand new and eye opening for our group.. they still
talk about the experience months later!"
"The event was lead by staff who
have experience and who have lived in the neighborhood….
Our people got to see strengths of people that are laying
down their lives and sacrificing for those that are
the furthest out there."
"I Love the fact that fact that our
kids get to see God’s kingdom at work in bigger,
and different and innovative ways."
"It was neet to see the staff of
Source call the people in shelters by name."
"Compassion 48 should be like getting
a drivers license that every teenager should be required
to do it so they can see what is out there that is not
in their sheltered world.. and they can learn how
to have compassion for a broader spectrum of people
than there immediate relationships."
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Exposure,
Hands-on, Interaction
Source has reached out to the marginalized, skeptical,
and homeless youth since 1995. Compassion 48 urban immersion
trips create exposure, hands on experience and interaction
that reveal the reality of the needs in our own back
yard. Processing with staff that have years of experience
and currently live and work in the city allow uniquely
impacting processing times with groups - a powerful
experience that you will never forget.
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Compassion48 Video:
Testimonies, pictures and description
of Urban Immersion Trips: Listen to leaders that have
participated in past Compassion48 trips with Source.
Compassion 48
Urban Immersion Trips
+ 2 & 5 day summer trips
+ weekend & spring break school year
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The most diverse neighborhood
in the country:
Poverty -
homeless shelters & cities largest meal within 4 blocks
Internationals -
over 100 languages spoken within 1.5 miles
Arts - MCAD,
Mpls Institute of Arts, & Children’s Theatre
across street
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Workshops,
Trainings, & Outreaches:
- Shelters, food shelves, drop-ins, and free meals
- Creative presentations. Testimonies, video documentaries
- What does the Bible say about the poor
- "How to connect with individuals."
- "What can we do, right here, right now"
- Wholistic Impact: "what can I (or my church) really
do?"
- Worship, prayer, processing, "How to impact your
own neighborhood”
Justice/Mercy Subjects to Include:
- B4 48 Homeless Youth Outreach
- Youth in our own backyard: domestic abuse, drugs, sex
industry
- Generational Poverty & Chronic Homelessness
- Poor and homeless (city, suburb, rural)
- International human trafficking
- Transitional homes (locally and globally)
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On-Site
Visits::
- Shelters
- Homeless Youth Drop-ins
- Food Bank from local church that serves 100's monthly
- Cities largest free meal
- Urban / Inner city churches
- International Markets
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