We are really excited this year to be expanding our Motown Mission Experience program. This is a Summertime work mission destination for Christian youth groups to the City of Detroit.

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As the New Year arrives I have been preparing for our upcoming Metro Youth Encounter gathering in January. This will be a day on religion and the media and we'll be asking the question of how Christians are called to interact with modern mass communication.

Last week I had the opportunity to tour the Brightmoor neighborhood of Detroit with the Northwest Detroit Neighborhood Development group. This organization has been active for 20 years rehabbing houses, building new in-fill homes, and deconstructing abandoned structures to make way for gardens, green space, and more homes.

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Nurturing young people as leaders for the church and world.

Learning about Homelessness and Hospitality

This past Saturday our MYE class of 2009 gathered for the final 2008 Metro Youth Encounter monthly gathering. We visited Crossroads homeless ministry on West Grand Blvd and the Cass Scott Center to help make some sandwiches and have lunch with the guests there.

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As we come to the end of this year I am reminded of all the ways that you, the partners, participants, and donors of YLI have supported one another in nurturing young people as leaders for the church and world. In this past year we have:

• Graduated another class of 10th-11th grade Metro Youth Encounter participants as leaders for their churches and communities.