Legacy People, Harvey Carey

Friday Night General Session

MLK would be horrified by how we’ve reduced his legacy. He was about more than a day off from work and school to shop and play.

Elijah / Elisha (2 Kings 2:1-17)
To our forefathers: I am who I am because of you. I can’t be who I’m supposed to be without who you are.

Are you loyal / committed or are you using youth ministry as a stepping-stone to something else? Your kids know if they’re being used.

Legacy comes with benefits.

“I’m the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” He defined himself generationally. The movement of God is bigger than one generation.

Even though God moved with MLK and Mandela, etc, he wants to move with us too. He’s a multi-generational God.

Will we become legacy minded?

You cannot earn the prize of legacy when you have not passed the test of consistency.

Are you consistent? Do you have integrity? Are you unchanging? Consistency earns the right to receive the legacy. Elijah says to Elisha: what can I do for you?

Elisha: I want to be able to take what you did to the next level. I want to build on what you did. So give me a double-portion of your anointing.

What do you want out of your life in relationship to their lives?

Does your youth ministry calendar look like a trip calendar?

Why are the worst kids in our youth groups the leaders’ kids?

It’s a sin to be a boring youth leader. Jesus was a crowd drawer because he had life.

Why would you want double? Because legacy surpasses what came before.

Legacy means the next generation upgrades. Did you come to upgrade?

Elijah: If you keep your eyes on me, you’ll get it. If you take your eyes off me, you won’t get it. Do you believe he could do the chariot of fire again? He’s the same God yesterday, today, and forever. We will not be legacy people if we do not believe he can do today what he did yesterday.

Time to stop having church and time to start being the church.

Chariot takes Elijah from the presence of Elisha. His mentor, his identity was gone. What happens when the leader is gone? He mourned because the generation that blessed him had passed away.

Legacy people aren’t content with pizza and a movie and Chronicles of Narnia.

Elisha got a revelation in the midst of his mourning. He realized what Elijah said. He washed his tears and grabbed the mantle that fell. He wrapped himself in the mantle of the previous generation.

He approaches the same river as Elijah. Says: “What you did for Elijah, I expect you to do for me.” God removes the water, he walks through, and tells the younger prophets: “What’s up?!?”

Forget the holiday to memorialize. Choose to walk in the legacy of the prior generation.

Audio Podcast here

Thanks to Prestigous Car Club who came out strong in support of Jdubbs CD release party. The show was right outside The Rock Christian Fellowship located in Espanola, NM which prides itself as being the Lowrider Capital of the world. The car display is an easy bait to attract youth and the locals to attend a free hip hop event.

Here are some photos of a few of rides who came out.

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The last few days I have been working on some home repair projects, and I am no where near the final stages. Tomorrow I will take a break from the saw and nail gun and break away to the office to participate in a monthly co-hort with other urban leaders around the country on a phone conference hosted by UYWI. I am looking forward to discussing tomorrows agenda and being shaped and discussing our work with other kingdom urban leaders.

Because of my involvement with UYWI and other organizations that have helped shape and solidify my calling to work with youth, greater and bolder initiative such as Hope for Youth Alliance exists to bring Hope to the Hopeless.

UYWI Mentoring and Coaching

Who leads the leaders? Who influences the “influencers”? UYWI believes it is vital for us to provide ongoing encouragement, mentoring, counseling and development for urban leaders to continue to grow and remain effective as leaders. Urban leaders receive advanced training in strategic planning, fund development, board governance, grant writing, effective communication, organizational and leadership development as well as team building. The next generation of global urban leadership for transformational ministry is the result!

Urban Youth Workers Institutes National Conference for Urban Youth Leaders is coming up real soon. (May 15-17, 2008 Learn more or register here . here is the sample, you do not to miss this.

Voice of Hope from UYWI on Vimeo.

GREAT FOR URBAN TEEN OUTREACH-

The much talked about new edition of My city, My God (2008 version), has just been printed, and a box was FedXed to Hope for Youth Alliance. Our goal is to distribute over 100 copies to local youth. My blogger friend RudyCarasco wrote the Introduction. Also Pictured on the front cover is A.G.E (Center of cover looking upward) AKA “The General”, you may remember him from the duo Preachas in The Hood featuring A.G.E. and his younger brother Flow from Denver, Colorado. Within its contemporary cover are 32 color pages of photos and testimonies of teens from large cities that have chosen to live their lives for Christ, a dictionary/concordance, and a gospel presentation. The easy-to-read NIrV translation makes it perfect for teen outreach!

 

Give the Word. Change a Life…Hope for Youth Alliance is accepting donations to provide youth from local public schools with a copy. If you would like to contribute to this cause please send a donation to Hope for Youth Alliance PO Box 2458 Espanola, NM 87532. OR order a box here an have it shipped directly to HYA at 919 N. Riverside Dr Espanola, NM 87532