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 Stepping down from Youth Commission 11/14/2008 Comments: 0In case you were not able to make it to the August 2008 Youth Worker Appreciation Luncheon and I have not already heard, I wanted to inform you that at the end of August 2008, I stepped down as YLN Director at Youth Commission International. No, nothing is wrong at YCI -- ... Read More... Coke Donation Program - 2008 1/26/2008 Comments: 6There have been many questions about the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated partnership with the YCI Youth Worker Resource Center going into the 2008 year. We are hoping to have the request form up and running by February. Here's a brief summation of the situation: Las... Read More... YWRC News Update (Carolinas/Nov 2007) 11/3/2007 Comments: 0Youth Worker Appreciation Luncheon – Thursday, November 8th Share your unused resources¨ We will have a table setup for you to deposit your unused youth ministry resources. Perhaps you have a book that you read once, but haven’t touched in a year or more. Drop it off.Or, i... Read More... FREE Ticket to Catalyst Conference!! 10/3/2007 Comments: 1I have come across a couple of free tickets to the awesome Catalyst Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The Catalyst Conference is October 3rd-5th. If interested, please email Josh Robertson from the CONTACT page of this website.... Read More... Catalyst News for Charlotte attendees 10/1/2007 Comments: 0Hello Catalyst 2007 Attendees! Here are the details you need to know about our voyage to Catalyst this Wednesday. 1) Of those of us traveling to Catalyst from the Charlotte-Metro network with different people needing to leave at different times on Wednesday and/or... Read More... YWRC News Update (US Youth Workers) 8/29/2007 Comments: 0This email is time-senstive!As a member of the Youth Worker Resource Center (www.YWRC.us), you are eligible for discounts to lots of conferences around the US. This email details how to take advantage of discounts for the following events for youth and youth workers, that w... Read More... YWRC News Update (Carolinas/Aug 2007) 8/20/2007 Comments: 0Read the YWRC News Update(Carolinas / August 2007) Click HERE to read...... Read More... 30 Free Movie Tickets - Mr. Bean 8/15/2007 Comments: 0We have 30 free sneak peak movie passes to see a sneak peak of the upcoming movie, MR. BEAN'S HOLIDAY (G). The sneak peak showing is for Saturday, August 18th, at 10:30am. The sneak peak tickets we have are only for the REGAL STONECREST theatre in Charlotte, North Carolin... Read More... Arctic Tale - FREE Passes! August 9th 8/1/2007 Comments: 0NOTE: If not in the Charlotte, North Carolina area, you can still see a sneak peak...visit the Arctic Tale website listed at the end of this to request tickets for your area. --------------------------------------------- We have been given multiple 2-person Sneak Pe... Read More... Congrats Jeremy Varner family 7/19/2007 Comments: 0Jeremy Varner (a YWRC youth worker in Rowan County, NC) just welcomed a new addition to his family Karis Emily June Varner Karis was born on Tuesday morning at 11:35 am. She was 8.6 lbs and 20 inches long. From the Varner family: "We rejoice and Thank God for the Gr... Read More... CYC Night - Intimidators - Concert!!! 5/22/2007 Comments: 0What : RUSH OF FOOLS will be live in concert immediately following the Intimidator's ballgame against the Greensboro Grasshopper Marlins. When: Friday , June 8thWhere: Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium Join us for a night of Faith, Fellowship, Intimidators Baseball and a Sp... Read More... Youth Worker Luncheon - May 10 - RSVP 4/13/2007 Comments: 3RSVP NOW! http://www.YWRC.us/quarterly On May 10th, 2007, we will be hosting a large Youth Worker Luncheon. This luncheon will be featuring many of our new YWRC partners and discounts. Our featured guest speaker will be Mike Work, executive director of Wisdom Works Minis... Read More... US Whitewater Center - follow up note! 4/4/2007 Comments: 0Hey guys....this is from Mitch Jacobsen from the US National Whitewater Center.For those of you who attended the CYC Open House either of the Thursdays, you'll remember meeting Mitch....he was one of the USNWC staff who was kind enough to tell us about the center and all th... Read More... MS student selling marijuana brownies 3/20/2007 Comments: 1Middle schooler accused of selling marijuana browniesBy MELISSA MANWARE A 14-year-old boy was arrested at J.T. Williams Middle School on Monday, accused of selling brownies laced with marijuana. Police did not release the name of the student -- an eighth-grader -- becaus... Read More... CYC Night - Charlotte Checkers Hockey 3/19/2007 Comments: 0CYC-DISCOUNT!!!(Better rate than you can get anywhere)MUST REGISTER BY 5pm ON MARCH 29th, 2007 to GET DISCOUNT!!! CYC & Faith Night - Charlotte Checkers HockeyMarch 31st, 2007Special Guests: Steve Smith - (Carolina Panthers) & Dr. Norm Geisler (Christian Apolo... Read More... FREE movie tickets - the last MIMZY 3/14/2007 Comments: 0I was just given 36 SNEAK PEAK tickets for the movie THE LAST MIMZY, showing this Saturday, March 17th, at 10am at the AMC Carolina Pavilion 22 theatre at I-485 and Hwy 521 in South Charlotte. If you would like tickets for yourself, your family, your students, or whomever,... Read More... Acquire The Fire - YWRC Discount! 3/12/2007 Comments: 0Acquire the Fire March 30th, 31st – Winston-Salem, NCSpecial Rate!!! Speakers: Ron Luce | Joel Johnson Bands: Toby Mac | Thousand Foot Krutch | Building 429 | Unhindered We have partnered with Acquire the Fire (ATF) to bring you an extended discount rate for the... Read More... Helping Hurting Teens - THE CORE 2007 2/19/2007 Comments: 0The CORE 2007Helping Hurting KidsSpecial YWRC Rate!!!Saturday, March 10, 2007 at Garr Memorial Church ( Charlotte, NC)8:45 am - 1:15 pm (check in at 8:15 am) I want to let you know about the 2007 CORE, offered by Youth Specialties. The CORE is a day of training, perfectly... Read More... US National Whitewater Facility 2/18/2007 Comments: 4Go ahead and look at these two dates on your calendars:Thursday, March 8thThursady, March 15th We have worked out an Open House for YWRC youth workers on both of these dates. The open house will be at various times throughout the day, and in addition to touring the facilit... Read More... FREE SNEAK PEAK of Amazing Grace movie 1/31/2007 Comments: 0From our friends at Catalyst! Have you been following the story behind the upcoming movie Amazing Grace? The website for the movie can be found at www.amazinggracemovie.com. Well, Catalyst would like to present you the chance to see a pre-screening of the movie before eve... Read More... My Search for Worship Media Software 1/31/2007 Comments: 0My Experience in Searching for Worship Media Software (and my pick!)By: Josh Robertson, YWRC and YLN Director At the Charlotte YS Convention in December, in the exhibition hall, I set out to find the best all-around media presentation software available. Up until that poin... Read More... Use the YWRC to share information 1/31/2007 Comments: 0We just had our 400th member registration (Kenny Bass) to the Youth Worker Resource Center (YWRC), launched just last fall! Perhaps it’s not quite as exciting as when iTunes sold it’s one-millionth song, but hey, we’re still excited! The YWRC relies solely on grassroots, w... Read More... Honor a Student - Eagle Awards Banquet 1/26/2007 Comments: 0Every year, The Carolina Youth Commission (our mother organization) hosts an awards ceremony to honor middle and high school aged students in NC and SC, who are going above and beyond to reach their peers with The Gospel and Love of Jesus Christ. This awards ceremony tops... Read More... NEW SITE! - Carolina Youth Commission 1/26/2007 Comments: 0The mother organization for the Youth Worker Resource Center (YWRC) and it’s local Youth Leaders Networks, is an organization called The Carolina Youth Commission (CYC). The CYC seeks to invest in students in their schools and communities to be the hands and feet of Christ... Read More... WELCOME Jackson Greenleaf Whittier! 1/16/2007 Comments: 4Jackson Greenleaf Whittier was born to Rick and Tina Whittier on Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 at 6:12am, and was 7lbs, 3oz and 19 3/4 inches long. Rick Whittier serves with The Carolina Youth Commission at the East Charlotte Network Coordinator, as well as serving full-... Read More... Tribute to Zeke and the Hines Family 12/14/2006 Comments: 0Brian and Melissa Hines are friends of CYC, and have volunteered for the Eagle Awards and other CYC events whenever possible. Brian and I are best friends; we met in college 9 years ago, then moved to Charlotte to attend UNCC together, getting an apartment together ... Read More... Free Movie Tickets - Dec 14 12/7/2006 Comments: 0Here is a possible date night for you and your spouse or friend. I have 90 tickets to see the yet-to-be-released movie, A Night in the Museum, starring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Dick Van Dyke, Owen Wilson, and other dynamic cast members. The synopsis is ... Read More... Quarterly Youth Worker Lunch - Dec 1 11/13/2006 Comments: 0GO TO www.ywrc.us/quarterly for up-to-date luncheon information... -------------------------- The next quarterly youth worker appreciation luncheon will be Friday, December 1st... Read More... How2 Get Teens Excited About God -TIME 11/2/2006 Comments: 0THIS ARTICLE IS PROPERTY OF TIME MAGAZINE, AND WILL BE HERE FOR A LIMITED TIME(to access the article anytime, use this link -- http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1553366,00.html )... Read More... MTV-Style YM is so over...TIME article 11/2/2006 Comments: 0THIS ARTICLE IS PROPERTY OF TIME MAGAZINE, AND WILL BE HERE FOR A LIMITED TIME(to access the article anytime, use this link -- http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1552027,00.html )... Read More... Battle of the Bands! Watch it here... 10/25/2006 Comments: 1Whether you were one of the hundreds of folks at the CYC Battle of the Bands (or one of the ones who missed out), you can re-live the experience right now! If you have a high-speed internet connection, you can check out the CYC Battle of the Bands as shown on the S... Read More... Macon J Fuller - Welcome to the world! 10/18/2006 Comments: 1Macon James Fuller, welcome to the world! Macon James Fuller was born Monday, October 16th, at 3:33 PM. He weighs 7 lbs and 13 oz. and is 20 1/2 in. long. He and Lori are doing great! Maybe Hunter will be okay too! Send Hunter a message:Wm Hunter Fullerhunterf... Read More... TRISONIC wins the BOTB!!! 10/17/2006 Comments: 0-- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- TRISONIC wins the 2006 CYC and Dare2Share Battle of the Bands event! Hundreds of folks filled up The Passage at Central Church of God Saturday night to hear 8 bands compete for this year's Battle of the Bands Competition Title. Early on, it was... Read More... CYC Battle of the Bands - On TV!!! 10/16/2006 Comments: 0If you weren't able to be at the 4th Annual CYC Battle of the Bands event last weekend, you can catch a bit of it on TV! If you get the INSP network channel in your area (channel 78 in Charlotte, NC), on Wednesday, October 25th, at 5pm, you can see some of the event on the... Read More... Free Tickets - CYC Battle of the Bands 9/28/2006 Comments: 0Today and tomorrow, Sept. 28th and 29th, are the final two days to submit a demo for the 2006 CYC Battle of the Bands competition! Visit www.BattleBands.us for details on demo submission. Also, we give away two FREE tickets each night on MySpace. To qualify, here's what ... Read More... Rowan youth workers working together.. 9/8/2006 Comments: 0Here's just a neat example of what can happen when we youth workers work together! Check out this news article from the Salisbury Post http://www.salisburypost.com/area/286976295193841.php ... Read More... 2006 CYC Battle of the Bands 9/7/2006 Comments: 0The new CYC Battle of the Bands website is up. Check it out to purchase tickets, or submit a demo, or to just find our more about the event at www.BattleBands.us. ... Read More... Facing the Giants movie - Sneak Peak 8/23/2006 Comments: 0Some of you have requested that we try to get some free tickets for the Christian-themed high-school football movie coming out this fall, “Facing the Giants”. Well, after contacting the promotional organization for the movie, we were offered a chance to see the movie for FR... Read More... August 31st Quarterly Luncheon details 8/16/2006 Comments: 0On August 31st we will have our Quarterly Youth Worker Luncheon Special Guest: Tic Long from Youth SpecialtiesTour of Coca-Cola Bottling Facility (optional) RSVP Required using link in this emailLuncheon Time: (details at bottom of email) On August 31st, we will ... Read More... Youth Worker News Update 7/28/2006 Comments: 0Youth Worker News Update - 07.28.2006 Launch of new Youth Worker Resource CenterMany of you have already checked-out the newest CYC resource, the Youth Worker Resource Center (YWRC), and it’s neat for me to watch the numbers of youth workers in the Carolinas and beyon... Read More... Youth Worker Convention - CYC Rate! 7/28/2006 Comments: 2National Youth Worker ConventionComing to Charlotte, November 30th – December 4th This year the National Youth Worker Convention is making a stop in the Charlotte area. You will receive some information on it at the August 31st Quarterly Youth Worker Luncheon, but I wante... Read More... The Andy Humm family grew! 7/20/2006 Comments: 1Many of you probably remember our friend Andy Humm. He served as youth pastor of King of Kings church in Charlotte, Campus Pastor at Providence HS, Lead Network Coordinator for CYC, and High-School Campus Pastor of the Year Award recipient, twice. Last summer Andy, his wi... Read More... Lunch with POINT OF GRACE - CONFIRMED 7/19/2006 Comments: 0We are having a luncheon tomorrow, Thursday, July 20th at 1:00pm at the Panera Bread across the street from Concord Mills Mall. This will be a time to hang out with the girls from Point of Grace and also hear their heart on the conference they started years ago called “Girl... Read More... Catalyst Conference - Bus Information 7/17/2006 Comments: 0Update on folks going to Catalyst this October with the CYC Youth Leaders Network. If you are riding the CYC bus to Georgia, here is some information you will need to know: We will be booking our rooms at The Hampton Inn, Peachtree Corners. Rooms are $99 a night for a... Read More... Launch of Youth Worker Resource Center 7/16/2006 Comments: 0Launch of the brand-new Youth Worker Resource Center (YWRC) CYC has a new resource for youth workers; the Youth Worker Resource Center, or simply the YWRC for short. The *BETA version is now functioning! The new YWRC is going to increase our ability as yo... Read More... May 18th Quarterly Luncheon 5/26/2006 Comments: 0On Thursday, May 18th, youth workers from all over the 7 county radius of CYC, turned out for the annual quarterly appreciation luncheon at Laser Quest. These luncheons are designed to be informative, beneficial, fun outlets for us youth workers to come together to fellowsh... Read More... |