NM Summer 2006

Psalm 36:7

How precious is your unfailing love, O God!
All humanity finds shelter
in the shadow of your wings.


June 8, 2006

Dear Praying Friends,

Summer at Neighborhood Ministries

From May 22 until the middle of August, Neighborhood Ministries goes deeper. Deeper into hundreds of young lives … camps, experiential trips, leadership development, team building, evangelism and discipleship … We are at our best in the summer and this summer at Neighborhood Ministries we are going to have the time of our lives.

Kids Clubs and Work Crews

Kids Club is 19 years old this year. This two week day camp for 500 kids (grades K-6) carries a legacy of transformation for kids and leaders alike. The multi-ethnic, diverse 80 person work crew live together to do the beautiful and hard work of loving kids, while growing together and growing in Christ.

This miraculous program is repeated just for Junior Highers, and has its own week. Some of these young people will be selected and trained in leadership during the camp, allowing them to begin a life of service in the “big” Kids Club.

For the second year, Kids Club happens in Albuquerque, for one week with kids who have been loved on all year in a program called "Juntos". We will be sending a team to help as part of the work crew, again.

Camps – California, the mountains and Mexico

For the second year, teens from our high school ministry will have a camp just for them on the beach in California. We call it Beach Camp. Relationship building with Jesus and leaders is what happens. Two beach camps are planned this year.

Mountain Meadows camp in the cool pines of Northern Arizona, welcomes 65 of our 5th and 6th grade high point earners for a powerful week of fun and spiritual growth.

And five select youth will go up to Lost Canyon Ranch, the Young Life camp, the best outreach camp around.

Teen leaders from our high school group and a few junior high youth have a leadership camp of their own, doing a mini kids club in Mexico and delving into leadership principles, designed just for them.

Incentive trips

It’s hard to stay in school if you come from our neighborhood, but our “I Can Do It” students are doing just that, working hard for their futures and have earned summer trips. Groups of 5th -12th graders have earned a life expanding trip for good grades and school attendance. Our Neighborhood Ministries students will travel to San Francisco, the Navajo reservation, the mountains of AZ and Colorado.

Leadership development

Inside every camp, trip and Kids Club you’ll find young leaders from Neighborhood Ministries in development. These are our own home grown leaders, coming up through the programs. This summer 25 will be work crew for the Kids Clubs, 18 will do the whole summer as an intern and a few will go to the CCDA leadership conference in Tennessee. In addition, 16 others join the summer intern team from places in the U.S., one from the Sudan, and the rest from right here in Phoenix and our ministry. Growing future leaders is our passion, and summer creates opportunities like no other time.

Kit Danley



Thank You for STANDING WITH US in Prayer

June 12-16 (Monday – Friday)

This next week we begin Junior High Kids Club, have one I Can Do It trip leaves, Albuquerque Kids Club, Beach Camp

Jr. High Kids Club

Please pray for:

This years theme: “Jesus is Real”
The kids (130) who will be hearing truth from God’s word, their leaders, who will be loved
The work crew (35) who will be leading and loving kids
The teachers (4) who will be teaching each day’s story and leading class time
The activities and field trips – which make kids club the best fun around
The leadership class – raising up the next generation urban leader from our own junior highers (they will serve in big Kids Club)
Going up to northern Arizona to Slide Rock, the big Friday finale!


I Can Do it Trip – the Navajo Reservation

Safe Traveling up north
Learn life lessons – seeing that they have something to offer as they are going to serve on the Reservation
Have fun


Albuquerque Kids Club
· Kids Club for 130 kids will be taking place in Albuquerque
· We will be sending 8 young leaders to be part of the work crew there
· Pray for the kids, leaders and program of this years kids club happening in Albuquerque for the second year


Beach Camp

For teens to know the love of God in a deeper way
For leaders and teens to bond together, allowing the relationships built to help our kids grow in many healthy ways
For fun and memories
For safety


Thank you for praying for these ongoing ministry needs.

We asked you to pray for TWO VANS – and the Lord has given us FOUR new to us vans! Thank you, Lord!
Please continue to pray for:

HOPE HOUSE -- for licensure completion for staff and house, for completion of renovations, and for the final choice of the first five girls

BARRIO WORKS BUILDING – we have submitted for building permits from the city for the “Barrio Works” building, allowing us to renovate for future use as a jobs preparation environment, art space and recreation location, not to mention outdoor, field lighting (YEA!)

EMERGING INDIGENOUS LEADER INTERN SUPPORT – 14 of these are young people from our own ministry who have arrived at this amazing place of leadership development – they need to each raise $2,000.00, please pray for our “One church/One leader” campaign where we hope that 14 churches adopt one emerging leader for this incredible experience of growth.