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You might be interested in this article by Wendell Kimbrough (’07), Ali Phillips (’08), and Will Weir (’08) from the Trinity Forum Academy's online newsletter CONVERSATIONS. The opening text is below; see this link for the rest: http://www.ttf.org/index/conversations/detail/loving-your-neighbor-in-the-city/ ---------- Loving Your Neighbor in the City: Reflections on the Conference from three Academy Fellows At this January conference you might have expected another fifteen-dollar guilt trip on how we’ve failed to serve the poor, but what these Fellows found was something a little different. Some new topics were part of the discussion—real estate development, racial reconciliation, and the arts—and a diverse group of people were in attendance. In light of this refreshing approach, new challenges also arise. How do we go beyond developing a fresh approach with different language and strive for a renewed heart? Wendell Kimbrough 2007 Academy Alumni. Wendell is currently working at Church of the Advent, a new church planted by the Church of the Resurrection in Washington, DC. As a member of the ministry team mapping out the future of the church, he is able to combine his passions for ministry to the poor, composing and performing music, and a vision for community renewal. I had only been in DC for a few weeks when I went to the first planning meeting for the upcoming “urban ministry” symposium. A date had been set and a keynote speaker hired, but most of the details were still in the making. As a new staff member at one of the three churches planning the symposium (The Church of the Resurrection), I was playing catch-up: learning my way around DC, trying to plan a conference on helping the poor in a city new to me, and learning how to partner with other churches. What I got was a crash course in all three and a glimmer of hope about the movement of God’s spirit in our city.  ---------- The entry has 1112 more words. http://www.ttf.org/index/conversations/detail/loving-your-neighbor-in-the-city/