New Sessions. Same Fight. This April.

For the first 5 sessions of Fight Club, Dr. John Bryson opened the men’s eyes to the devastating effects of the lack of biblical men in the world, and began to offer the men the solution to fix this disease that we as men have. He began to lay out the blueprint of the biblical man through teaching us the 4 faces of a man; the warrior, king, lover, and friend.

In round 2 of fight club we as men will look back at our journey and begin to understand how primal relationships in our families of origin and around our lives have shaped, for better or for worse, our masculinity. We will also look ahead and see how we can step into roles such as father, mentor, and friend and help shape the masculinity of others.

4/3    Men and Fathers

4/10  Men and Mothers

4/17  Men and Friends & Mentors

4/24  Men and Their Heart

REGISTER HERE for the 2^ND bout of Fight Club.

For more information on Fight Club, to listen to the audio, or download the notes from previous 5 sessions, visit www.thenoblefight.com

Elevation Church created this inspiring video called “Defining a Prodigy.”

Click here to view more of the director, Bernardo Marentes work.

Thanks to Ben Arment for sharing.

Mayor Mark Lutrell seen above with Akina & Ayana from the Soulsville neighborhood.

Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell is the featured guest at the next City Leadership Forum on March 7th.

When: Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 *11:15am-12:45pm

Where: Streets Ministries [Google Map]

RSVP: By Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

RSVP HERE

Mayor Luttrell will be speaking on the complexities of leadership. He has been serving as Shelby County Mayor since September of 2010. He is a long time Memphian, graduating with a Bachelors from Union University, and a Masters from the University of Memphis.  Before becoming Mayor in 2010, Mayor Luttrell spent time with the United States Bureau of Prisons, he was the director of Shelby County Division of Corrections, and was elected as Sheriff in 2002 and 2006.  He and his wife Pat have three children, and are proud grandparents of five.

RSVP HERE

We are looking for people, any where in the world, that miss reading and researching for a bigger purpose. Some people who miss school, homework, and projects.

This project is 7 Book Summaries.

Pictured above are 7 books that we are looking to have highlighted, underlined, dog-eared, and marked up. We are also looking for a 2 to 3 page bullet point summary of each book.

Your research is going to be used for a writing project on Racial Reconciliation.

Everyone who participates will receive a copy of everyone else’s summary. Read one book, get the summary notes on six more! Turn in your summary by April 16th and receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card.

Never done a summary with us before? We will send you a template and sample from past research projects we have done.

To sign-up: E-mail brandon@cityleadership.org with your book or books of choice and address so we can mail you the book.

We obviously have the book, so you can mark up ours or you can mark up your own and we will replace it with ours. Make sure you email me your mailing address.

If you have already read the book, great! Now you just need to summarize it.

Project Start Date: Feb 27th 2012

Project End Date: April 16th 2012

Brandon Woodard – brandon@cityleadership.org

Thanks to Doobybrain for sharing.

Rise to the top with Artesian Community School

The 4.0 charter school seeks to hire a new Academic Program Director for the middle school level. The school will officially open in 2013 with the mission to empower its students to excel academically, live purposefully, and achieve success through an individualized learning environment and strong community mentorships.  Artesian plans to work closely with parents and community stakeholders to build a school that re-imagines solutions to the community’s toughest challenges.

If you believe that great schools are a catalyst to transforming neighborhoods and to furthering the economic development in the city of Memphis, Artesian may just be a good fit for you.

Visit http://www.AStarkReality.com

Contact :
Ashley Smith
901-300-8013
asmith@4pt0.org

Learn more about Churches for Children here.

Learn more about Education Champions here.

The Urban Summit is the Mid-South’s premiere experience for Urban Ministry Training from some of the nation’s most proven leaders in the field.

Hosted in Memphis, this one-day event features training and conversations in the areas of Biblical Justice, Community Development, and Education Reform.

When: Saturday, March 17, 2012 * 8:30am – 2:00pm
Where: Christ United Methodist Church [GoogleMap]
Register: By Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The $49 registration fee is currently at an early-bird rate of only $29 until January 31st. Take advantage of this savings for your entire group.

Register Here.

Seen above is an interview of Gary Vaynerchuk with Piers Morgan on the Piers Morgan Show regarding his new book “The Thank You Economy.”

We recently read “Thank You Economy” as a staff, and it really shed light on how social media could be a tool that can provide the potential we need to get City Leadership’s voice out to a greater audience.

The main premise, as Gary Vaynerchuk states, is this idea that the world is beginning to revert back to a time when personal relationships between a business and consumer drove business. He states that the use of social media provides this avenue for companies, and companies that start implementing these tips he outlines in his book, that they will be leaps and bounds ahead of their competitors.

If you’re involved in a business at any level take a break from your summer fiction reading list, give this book a read, and decide for yourself whether if you believe we’re headed for a “Thank You Economy”.