Look Up and Look Around

     A few weeks ago, I attended the Christian Community Development Conference in Indianapolis. One of the key themes was education reform. I attended a number of exciting work shops—some of which I have written about here on this blog. One of the things that struck me was how so many wonderful things are taking place between churches and schools all over the nation. What also struck me was how there is virtually no connection between these churches.

     In other words, what I noticed is that the churches were doing amazing things in their own local communities, but they do not seem to be in a place where they are looking up and looking around to see what others are doing and to build relationships with them. Of course, attending this conference was a start, but there are other school-based ministries I know of that I don't think were represented at this conference. It struck me that some how, some way connecting the Christians with a heart to impact our schools with others from around the country—for relationship, encouragement, ideas, sharing best practices, sharing resources, and so on—would be a wonderful thing to do. The question is simply: How?


Do you know of any organizations, ministries, publications, etc. working to connect Christians and churches interested in school-based ministry one with the other?