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That Took a Lot of Guts
Posted on 4/2/2013 by
By Education Specialist Nate Duriga
Last fall, we started the Scholar’s Program at the Tillicum Youth & Family Center. Our mission is to provide tutoring and mentoring to a small group of youth who are at-risk to not graduate high school, but full of potential. One goal is for students to…
Sozo: To Preserve? - Blog by Doug Jonson
Posted on 3/14/2012 by
SOZO: TO PRESERVE?
by Doug Jonson
I am the Director of our weekly ministry in the Hilltop called Sozo. People often ask me what Sozo stands for and I explain that it’s a Greek word that’s used 108 times in the New Testament, including the passage in Luke 19:10 where Jesus was talking about…
I Just Want You to Pray For Me - by Myron Bernard
Posted on 2/8/2012 by
There’s something beautiful about praying with a kid.
Last week at Sozo, a kid I’ve met once before asked me to pray for him. An 8th grader from a broken home, he’s not extremely vocal, articulate or eloquent. He just “wanted prayer.” The…
Lily, student leadership team member
Posted on 5/13/2011 by
Our City Life Sozo leaders have known Lily for some time now, but Darrin Miller, City Life Director, jus
t recently got to know her. “We first met her at a Girl’s Night we did back in March of 2009. She was one of 11 girls who came to our four-course dinner and purity night. We treated each of the…
Partnership and a Pipeline
Posted on 4/12/2011 by
September 16, 2010
Partnership and a Pipeline
by Amy Jonson, Sozo Kids-City Life Volunteer
“I’m already seeing the benefits of our time at Baskin Robbins last week with the new 6th graders! After only two days of school, each of the kids has stopped by my room several times just to…