Free-wheelin'... Open House this Saturday... Nov. 17

[per email from Nancy Stimson]



"Dear friends and neighbors,

You all know about Freewheelin' Community Bike Co-op. It's a great place for kids to come and learn about bikes and much more, and for the neighborhood to come for repairs and great "re-newed" old bikes to ride! This Saturday, we're having an open house! We hope you can come - and bring your friends and neighbors. The invitation is attached with details. Feel free to print out several copies and spread them around - in fact, we'd appreciate it! Thanks for being there for us!

Yours,

Nancy"

[See FLYER for complete details.]

Also... meet Joshua Weir...




[Click here to see EVENT FLYER for complete details.]


More about 'Free Wheelin' Community Bike Project and how YOU can help these kids... [click]

Geeks In The House..... Praise God.

We're really thankful for the techs that show up at the cafe to help out for 'Ask Anything Saturday'. For example, today Alex Conner helped us a ton by trouble-shooting our wireless internet and curing the issue.



Alex is one of the 'Indy Christian Geeks' who are now getting together monthly for fellowship, learning and brainstorming ways to help the kingdom by using new media tools. [Stay tuned for announcements about 'BarCamp Indy'.]

In fact, he's now using his blogsite to produce training videos for some things you might want to know about out here on the 'information highway'. Stop in at his website and check 'em out.

Btw, a special thanks goes out to Alex's tech instructor at IUPUI... Dr. Thomas Ho... who put out the alert for cafe help today. [I guess so much of this just comes down to the cafe's GREAT HEARTS & GREAT CONNECTIONS!]

Or check out other new photos of some neat folks 'in the house' today.... [click to the UBcafe Flickr Pool]

Neighborhood Discussion... Nov. 19th

The below info pertains to the Mapleton Fall Creek neighborhood. Here's our wiki full of key links re our neighborhood.


[Read on... per email copy]

Subject: Neighborhood Planning Meeting Nov 19

Plans are coming together for the MFCDC’s Community PlanningMeeting!

TAB has graciously agreed to host the meeting on November 19th, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Please help us get the word out bycirculating the attached information to your church or association membership,or anyone else who has an interest in the future of Mapleton-Fall Creek.

The meeting will begin with a presentation by De’Amon Harges(invited) regarding some of his findings as a “roving listener” in theMapleton-Fall Creek Neighborhood. Thiswill be followed by roundtable discussions on a variety of topics: Economic Development, Greenspace/Parks,Infrastructure, Housing, Others? Thediscussions will focus on current neighborhood assets, a vision for the futureand steps to achieve that vision. Wewill be looking for both long-term goals and some immediate action items tohelp guide the MFCDC set its agenda for 2008 and beyond.

We are looking for volunteers to help with the following:

· Design a flyer promoting the event
· Distribute the flyer
· Solicit and make arrangements for lightrefreshments
· Signage
· Spreading the word/Promoting the event

On November 19th, we will need help with thefollowing:

· Set Up
· Greeting/Registration
· Table Discussion Leaders/Facilitators
· Table Scribes
· Clean Up

Many hands make light work! If you can help with any of the above tasks, please let me know.

Sally Spiers

In the house... today...

'New' faces in the house today...



My good friend, Ian Hookfin, is back 'in the house' at the cafe today. God working through him, Ian was the one who introduced me to the cafe... back in 2000. He was the Community Ministries director when I came to work at Tab and we quickly became friends.

[The then-pastor disparagingly referred to us as... "oh you fundamentalists". LOL. But that's a story for another day.]

Anyway, one day Ian said to me, "So ya wanna do urban ministry, do you? Well get in the car."

Ian drove me up and down the narrow streets near the church, and at one point pulled over to the curb on a pretty desolate corner... 30th x Central Ave... and said, "Get out".

I said in shock, "Say WHAT?"

He clarified... "Get out, we're going in. This is the Unleavened Bread Cafe. You're gonna love it."

[And love it I did. And love it I do.]

It was so good to see him again -- it's been way too long. He's now a PT (physical trainer) up in Carmel, and one of our techs at the cafe was able to help Ian with some web stuff....



[Bryan Rohrer, Internet Design Works, was back in the house today too. Thanks Bryan!]




Gloria & Brian Carter were also 'in the house' today. Brian's a DJ... traveling under the name "Bloodwashed!". He's also involved in the DeVos Urban Leadership Initiative, which helps optimally train urban youth leaders. I think Brian's been here lots of times before, and I'd met him before... but this is OFFICIAL now, because we have their 'photo at the banner'.

[So ya'll come... any Saturday... 10am. You're not 'official' til we get your picture 'at the banner' and upload it among all the cafe photos of our other friends!]

Video: "A Girl Like Me"

We're going to talk about this during our Friday morning Bible-study here at the cafe... Y'all come.

Hey, David, a new writer at the UBCafe

Neil and I are here at the cafe and I am learning about blogging. There is an awesome bible-study underway on fridays at the cafe dealing with racism in the church, where did it come from and how do we get it to go away?

My favorite site is... The Cause.

Cafe Board Meeting...

While 'board meetings' often get the rap of being 'bored meetings' (LOL)... this particular board (of the cafe ministry here) is EXCITING... as we see what God has done and is doing. The 'business' of the cafe is to do whatever we have to do to keep the hospitable front-door open... and we pray God will continue doing the rest.

New Urban Blogger... Pastor Bryan Hudson

"Today, I am joining the blogging community! Like a baby, a web log (the full name of "blog") require lots of care and feeding. It's not something I wanted to start before I was ready to commit to maintaining it. Well, I'm ready to do this!

My friends know..." [continued at Bryan's Blog]

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Bryan is also the lead instructor for "New Media for Urban Change"... at the Center For Urban Innovation. Co-instructors are Neil Cox & Hosea Baxter.

Names & Faces...

Travis Davis & Shelley Webster

How are we going to get to know... and remember... other people... without PICTURES?

It's one of the things we do each Saturday morning at the cafe -- we get to know one another... and we take pictures. And just as the pictures are all different from each other... so are the people. We're all different. But very typically, Christ is the common bond at the cafe. The 'level playing field' is at the foot of the cross.

Here are the latest photos from the cafe.



Btw, you can ALWAYS get to our pix via this 'badge' in our sidebar at right.

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If names & faces are important... then you can quickly see why Facebook.com has become sooooo popular these days. A number of our people this morning got their Facebook ID's -- thanks to Stephen & Tom helping out. And while Facebook itself is open to anyone, Christians are using it a ton these days... to connect & communicate. Example: 'City Reaching Movement'. Or CCDA 'group'.

[If YOU'RE not yet in Facebook, but would like to be... come on by the cafe for "Ask Anything Saturday"... 10am. We'll be glad to try to help get you connected. But remember... it's 'Each One Teach One'... so be sure to then help someone else get involved.]

In the house today... Author Melvin Fleming

Newly published workbook for faith-based mentoring... "Mission POSSIBLE"... by Rev. Melvin Fleming, Outreach Pastor at Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church here in Indianapolis.

"MISSION:Possible! A Faith-based Mentoring Workbook is a workbook for Pastors, Christian Youth Leaders, Men's Groups, Missionary Groups and Evangelism Ministries.

The Mentoring process should not be taken lightly and this workbook is designed to meet the requirements of a structured program with staff meetings, progress notes, weekly reports, and a discharge summary. This workbook will help your group with lessons for the staff meetings, and an accountability process to evaluate the success of your program.

This workbook is an excellent tool for mentoring our troubled youth. The lessons on "Feelings", "Learning Styles," and "Where do I fit in the family" are designed to prick the hearts and mind or our youth, and make sure they do not become a part of a "lost generation."

This workbook has the flexibility to fit the urban setting or the suburban setting; saved and unsaved, rich or poor, black or white, learned and unlearned.



I, Reverend Melvin Fleming am currently the Outreach Pastor of the Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church. My parents, Deacon Thomas and Sister Mary Fleming, introduced me and my other sister and brothers, Jimmy, Marilyn, DeWayne and Eric, to Jesus Christ. I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior at Emmanuel in 1964, and was baptized there. My mentoring experience began in 2001 under the direction of the late Rev. Ananias Robinson and the Rev. Mel Jackson. They held a training session on Drug and Alcohol Addictions counseling at Emmanuel and my current Pastor, Rev. Darryl K. Webster encouraged me to attend My wife is Patricia Fleming and my son; Patrick has two lovely children, Tahj and Raven. We, as a family believe, "And we know, All things work together for the good, to them that love GOD, to those who are the called, according to HIS purpose" Romans 8:28. "

Urban Projects Day Interview: Neil Hunt

We'll be running some of the mp3 interviews that Esther did on Urban Projects Day...



Here's an interview with Neil Hunt, one of the cafe's newest friends...

Listen in.

We don't want to start rumors.... BUT....

This morning at the cafe we were discussing the distinction of 'new media' (typically user-level media... including 'bloggers') vs. 'mainstream media' (newspaper, magazines, tv, etc.). One distinction is that somewhat often, 'bloggers' will break a story even before the mainstream media picks it up. There are many classic examples. But there is also an ongoing intimation by mainstream media (MSM) that the quality or veracity of bloggers' stories should be highly suspect. In that vein of controversy, we now run the following tidbit from the cafe...



Wonder what this crush of paparazzi at the cafe are zero'ing in on???

Click to visit the cafe's collection of photos at Flicker, and see if you can figure out which one is our 'scoop' story in the making.

Disclaimer: We don't want to start rumors, but here's a hint..... [click]

Picture Worth A Thousand Words?

Gotta love this pic, from Faith Hope & Love Week's Urban Projects Day recently at the cafe.


[click for better view - David Woodrupp & Neil Hunt]

It's like the picture of the Mona Lisa... you just never know...

• Angry?
• Listening carefully?
• Stare-down contest?
• "What are you intimating?"
• "Why'd you take MY water?"
• "How are we going to settle this?
• "Now that we're all happy, how on earth are we going to reconcile OTHER believers?"
• "Hmmm. What's our next step, Brother?"
  

Bottom line: Hospitality as a cross-cultural mixing place... That's one of the great elements of the Unleavened Bread Cafe. Come get to know people NOT like yourself? Care about others! Pray & plan together to make a difference in our city... on our watch.

Urban Projects Day 'Fotos'

FotosByCheri.com

More photos from 'Faith Hope & Love' Week here in Indy.... [continued]

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Special thanks to our team of 'embedded reporters'. Join them?

Photo blogging at Flickr...

Visit the UBcafe Flickr collection of photos... many of them from TODAY's FHL 'Urban Projects Day in the cafe neighborhood.

Photo blogging...

Dr. Thomas Ho, IUPUI tech prof... photo-blogging... at http://profilactic.com/mashup/drthomasho.

Also visit DrThomasHo.com.

Social Networking 4 Change... Today???

Today during Faith Hope & Love's citywide 'Urban Projects Day', we're also experimenting somewhat with the concept of social-networking for change.

So if you're visiting the site as a result of someone else asking you to, either via email, blogs, or official social networking sites like MyChurch, MySpace, Facebook, etc... PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT, and mention the avenue by which you came here today.

And of course, give us your thoughts about how we could accomplish yet more city ministry in the name of Christ, as a result of 'new media' today, such as social networking.

FHL's special 'Urban Projects Day'... Tues, 7/24

[Updates... These projects are growing almost hourly! Catch up on the latest... at our 'Urban Projects Day' wiki-page. See how YOU can get involved!]



This year, Faith Hope & Love Week includes a special "Urban Projects Day" (July 24th) to build multicultural relationships & service together in the name of Christ.

The Unleavened Bread Cafe will be one such location as host to several 'projects'. We've started a wiki-page for all of us to use centrally to collaborate & coordinate these efforts of faith. Take a look... and see what YOU can help with...

[continued at the detailed wiki-page]

Yet ANOTHER Great Use For Computers In Ministry?

[Personally, I cringed to see the flat-panel drop, knowing how much we'd have LOVED to have had it for our 'Ask Anything Saturday' program at the cafe. **sigh**]

Check out Rhonda's MyChurch.org site...

[Loved this pic when I saw it on MyChurch.org. Click for the real pic.]

Good job on your MyChurch site, Rhonda. And I'm anxious to see how it also helps develop a related 'church' website for Greater Faith House of Prayer. After all, the 'Church' is the PEOPLE. MyChurch helps connect & communicate among the people. And together, we can all acquire new computer skills & capabilities.

In fact, more than just computer skills. Recently, one of our Saturday morning guys at the cafe whom you've helped put up his wiki-page, was able to pick up some cash working with someone else he met on Saturday morning. And that's helping build a resume of work-experience for the future.

So again, thanks Rhonda (and everyone) for your leadership in connecting & communicating in the neighborhood.

BikeHiker: "I'm breakable."

[Many of you know Pastor John Hay from the cafe Bible study Wednesday mornings... ]



"I'm embarrassed about it, but it happened. Mountain biking with a couple of guys from church early Wednesday morning at Washington Township Park in Avon, I went off the edge of a trail bridge, fell eight feet, and really did a number on my ribs, back, right scapula, and sternum. A beautiful early-morning bike hike turned into torturous pain, an ambulance ride, trauma center care, and three days in a hospital bed.

John: 16 fractures, including two compressed vertebrae."


[But he can still blog! Continued at BikeHiker Blog]

Seniors and the Internet... Class or Clash?

photo compliments of Mid-North Shepherd's Center

Seniors get together at the Unleavened Bread Cafe (30th St. x Central Ave... map) at 10 a.m. on the 1st Tuesday of every month, to fellowship in a diverse setting, and to learn from each other... and others who will share their gifts & experience.

This monthly get-together is sponsored by the Mid-North Shepherd's Center.

July 3rd is the next meeting (10am) -- the topic of which will be "Seniors & the Internet... Clash or Class?"



The featured guest speaker will be Neil Cox, Founder of IndyChristian.com. Neil now serves as the director of the new "Center For Urban Innovation" at Crossroads Bible College. Neil regularly volunteers with the cafe's "Ask Anything Saturday" program for friends of the cafe neighborhood.

So Seniors... bring your questions, your suggestions, and a pencil & paper... And let's have some fun... as we decide... "Class or Clash?"

Paul Williams... 50 years of achievement

Here are a couple of important photos taken at the cafe recently...



Paul Williams has been a neighborhood friend and businessman here in the Mapleton Fall Creek area of Indy. Paul operated the local laundrymat and was known by all. It was only fitting recently, as his friends and neighbors bestowed this award on him, recognizing & honoring his achievement and service among us.

"The Film That Failed"

I enjoyed finding this on YouTube so I could easily share it with all of you...



And I had to laugh as I watched it -- very funny, and very creative. Good job everyone!

Christine is the daughter of an urban pastor friend of the cafe... Pastor Bryan Hudson... who runs a MultiMedia camp for youth nearby. Check out their YouTube site... definitely cool!

Ok, now that we've seen Christine's handiwork... here's some handiwork from Pastor Hudson, the (very) proud father, as she recently graduated from Heritage Christian High School, with considerable achievements... including a $120,000 college scholarship.

Want to learn more about VIDEO?

Rebuilding The Wall... video... on the map!

Great example of urban ministry using the internet...



As you read the article at IndyChristian.com, be sure and click on the 'map' link provided. This new community-mapping feature is something we teach (among everything else) on Saturday mornings here at the cafe in the 'Ask Anything Saturday' program. Come check it out and learn how to do it for YOUR ministry or Christian-owned business.

Neighbor wikis...

There was a lot going on in the neighborhood this morning -- both inside and outside. Let me share the inside portion, and you'll see how it relates to the outside portion of activity today.

Inside, we continued building out our 'Ask Anything Saturday' set of wiki pages. And when I say 'we', I mean 'The Begats'.

Sister Rhonda ('Double R') is one of 'The Begats', and we'll be introducing you to some others in the coming weeks.



If you click to Sister Rhonda's wiki-page, she'll tell you about what's going on in the neighborhood today.

MLK Video: "Serve!"

Cafe Cam

Scott shot this video clip using a cam attached to a laptop, while fielding the questions of one of our visitors today... Dan Gushee. Visit the VIDEO QUESTIONS page at "Ask Anything Saturday".

Center for Wellness of Urban Women... CWUW...

[just yet another example of folks coming into the cafe...]



Center for Wellness of Urban Women.... [continued]

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[link to our ongoing Who's Who of cafe photos.]

Celebrating with 'Rebuilding The Wall'...

Praise God -- Celebrating another RTW home completed!

'Rebuilding The Wall' is a neighborhood ministry not far from the cafe. You can learn a lot about it at their site (see link below). Often, volunteers stop in at the cafe for a hearty breakfast before heading over to work on the homes. And like the cafe, RTW is a solid advocate for 'Christian Community Development'. [visit CCDA.org]



[Grab a plate of ribs and come on in -- look around!]

We praise God for this ministry in the heart of the inner-city. And thanks for everyone's efforts of faith that helped this to happen -- modeling 'love one another' and 'love your neighbor as yourself'.

[Visit RebuildingTheWall.org]

Chaotic Podcasting Training...

We're taking notes LIVE at our new 'AskAnythingSaturday.com' site... in this case under the PODCASTING topic. Scott & Kathy Wilder and their ChaoticChristians.com co-host Doug Pierce conducted today's special training. If you missed out on this fun training time (and such things as 'Chicks Are Hot'), come to the cafe on future Saturdays (10am) during 'Ask Anything Saturday', and we'll be doing some one-on-one assistance with these new technologies.

Scott emphasized again... everything we do here each Saturday is FREE & easy. You just have to know someone who can lead you to the free stuff and the easy ways.

And we're uploading pics from the cafe today as well....

Hey look who's new at the cafe today... MY pastor...


Dominic Francese, The ROCC

Anniversary Pix from the Cafe

There are tons of pictures now available from Sunday's 10th Anniversary Celebration.

Recognize any of these folks? **smile**

Sunday... April 22... 12:30pm... Celebrate with us!!!

[Special thanks to Pastor John Hay Jr. for posting this at BikeHiker Blog!]



COME AND SEE. We're celebrating an anniversary for Unleavened Bread Cafe at 30th & Central in Indy on Sunday, April 22.

Food and festivities begins at 12:30 pm and rolls on thru the afternoon. Come see why this little place is so big.RESTAURANT OR MINISTRY? Elease Womack (taking an order behind the counter in the photo) facilitates the place like a ministry more than a restaurant.

There's always a welcome, hug, and good conversation at Unleavened Bread. The food's cheap and good, too. You can get food and you can also get help learning how to use a computer for school or work. Learn more about Unleavened Bread Cafe any Saturday. It's a free wi-fi hotspot.

[continued at BikeHiker... Pastor John Hay's blog]

[Visit UBcafe.com]

And if you love the cafe ministry or want to learn more, come be with us on Sunday... 12:30pm !!!

Here's your OFFICIAL invitation with details.

Who was 'in the house' today?

Today's cafe visitors for "Ask Anything Saturday" included Tiffany Powell is the new Director of Enrollment Management at Crossroads Bible College. [If you're anxious to get your college degree from an accredited Bible college here in our city... contact her at 352-8736... and be sure you mention you saw this at the cafe site!]

Who else was 'in the house' today? [continued at our Flickr photos page] [Thanks again Ellen for your great help in doing this!]

"I'm Back!"

Listen in to cafe guest Deron Williams as he later recorded "I'm Back!"... at the Chaotic Christians studios. [continued at IndyChristian.com]

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[Great job, Scott ! Great job, Deron!]

TechMission handiwork at the cafe...

Can you do this?



This morning one of our volunteers for 'Answer Anything Saturday' at the cafe, did this video conversion and upload to YouTube for one of our participants who brought in a ministry dvd....

[continued at Scott's MyChurch Blog]

These are just some of the varieties of FREE help & training sessions at the cafe on Saturday mornings.

Especially mark your calendars for 4/28... 10am... on PODCASTING.

Celebrity Pix at the Cafe

Everybody's a celebrity at the Unleavened Bread Cafe.

See who's been at the cafe lately.... [continued at our Flickr pix page]

[And if you've not yet had YOUR picture made 'at the banner'.... come down during "Ask Anything Saturday"... 10am til noon.]

Ask Anything Saturday (.com)

Go ahead... click the image above... and Ask Anything Saturday.

Neighborhood Cleanup CANCELLED... at least for tomorrow.

*** Received from David Scott via email just now ******

The Youth Compassion Action Project neighborhood clean up has been cancelled due to unusually cold Spring Break temperatures. It is with regret that we have to reschedule this activity for later this summer, yet better weather will allow more youth to participate and neighbors to interact with all of us. Thanks for your willingness to join this effort and others, where we are endeavoring to inspire our youth to change the world! Look to receive the alternative date for this clean up soon.We are in a season of divine destiny so let us continue to do all we can to position this generation of youth for spiritual greatness! For further correspondence call 317-728-5813.Hidden in Him, tall,dark and ransomed, Apostle David A. Scott,JOSHUA Ministries, 'where we are delivering Gods' children safely into the promised land.' Facilitator of Youth Compassion Action Project,a coalition for inner city solutions.

Video: Unleavened Bread Cafe

Come join in any Weds morning...

[cut/pasted from an email from Pastor John Hay... BikeHiker.]

The Wednesday morning roundtable meets at 7:30 am each Wednesday. Its facilitators (unofficially) are David Metzger and David Weinschrott.



The table is open to anyone. Usually, anywhere from five to nine folks join in.

I’d say our focus is understanding the city and bearing grace, peace, and justice in the city (and particularly the urban neighborhoods adjacent to UB Café). We read and discuss either books of the Bible or books that challenge us. We’ve worked through the minor prophets, James, Hebrews, etc., and books like The Upside Down Kingdom by Donald Kraybill, God’s Politics by Jim Wallis, Making Room by Christine Pohl, a book by John Eldridge, The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and, currently, Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne.

We have open and sometimes vigorous discussion…seasoned with a readiness to try to understand one another, give each other grace, and stay at the table. We pray together each time we meet.

Jeremy Del Rio... Podcasting... Blogging for Change

[Jeremy is a neat young influential pastor in the heart of New York City. Perfectly on-target with TechMission things we're doing in our various cities & locations, to help accelerate communications, and in the end... hopefully... CHANGE.]



Listen in this morning, as Jeremy podcasts a presentation he & I did with other CCDA folks in Indy, to present/discuss technologies to help change the urban world in the name of Christ

[click to see his site and listen/learn]

Needed: A Small Screen

Anyone know where we could get a small pull-down screen for the cafe ministry?

A simple little thing like that, even if 'used'... would go a long ways to helping with training.

Drop me a line with your ideas. Thanks.

Every Saturday... 10am at the cafe...

Sister Elease Womack... 'Mother Of The Hood'

Ya'll come. And no, it's not quite this nice EVERY Saturday at the cafe, but we'd like you to think of us this way -- we're always anxious for you to come get a hug and let us get to know you so we can serve our community TOGETHER.

We open every day (Tues-Sat) at 7am. But especially every Saturday morning at 10am, people are coming to participate in various meetings over coffee & pancakes (or whatever your favorite breakfast). Often, they're driven Christians from various walks of life, praying & planning together, to reach our neighborhoods with the good news of Jesus Christ. And all these people get to know each other as a result -- we don't allow no strangers at the cafe... at least by the time they leave, that is. Everyone gets to know everyone.

Ok, here are some of the newest friends we've made... [click the flickr-badge below]



And btw... If you've never been to the cafe.... here's a quick video you'll enjoy, to show you what it's all about... every day of the week...

Chaotic Podcasting... April 28

Our friends from the chaotic cornfields... Alex & Scott... are coming down to be with us again on April 28th... 10am... as we do a special training day at the cafe about... PODCASTING.

So start thinking about the capabilities you might like to learn that day, and how it could change your ability to communicate more effectively. You'd be very welcome to leave a 'comment' here... below.

In the meantime, tune into the ChaoticChristians.com website and observe some of their wacky [Oops, I mean innovative] ways of thinking... and their 'outside-the-box' ways of doing things.

And plan to be with us on Saturday, the 28th.

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Seriously, these guys have been great friends since plugging in at the cafe -- we praise God for anyone & everyone who are anxious to accelerate the Great Commission and its loving impact in our communities... from the heart of the city, to the cornfields of the county.

Pastor Boyd visits the cafe this morning

Today Pastor Fredrick Boyd, Jr. stopped by the cafe to talk about updating the Creation Evidence Crusade website.

We enjoyed being able to help him -- Stay tuned we'll soon link to Damita's handi-work as she develops the new site for the upcoming Fall 2007 week of events.

And remember... everything we do here on Saturday mornings... is FREE. So pastors, leaders, anyone... come on down and ask your questions or get some help with a website of your own.

"Ask Anything Saturday"... 10am til noon... at the Unleavened Bread Cafe, 30th x Central Ave.

Btw, any of your churches or community centers out there that would like to help form a whole NETWORK of such TechMission locations.... come down and let's talk. That's a key objective this year -- to build out a whole network of community sites throughout the city... to facilitate 'connecting & communicating' among driven Christians in the Racing Capital of the World.

Video: Chaotic Christians Take On The U.B. Cafe

Too great, Scott (and Alex). Just too great for words. Thank you for adding to everything in a big way.

Btw, clarifying a bit... While we do regular training every week (Saturdays at 10am), we aspire to increasingly do 'special training' each week as well... but we're not there just yet. We will look forward to you guys coming to do podcasting training soon!

May God specially bless you guys, as you bless others!

Pix at the cafe...

Da Bears, Da Colts and Duh Neil ...and Ellen Spencer

Great day yesterday at the cafe!

Ellen Spencer gave us all some training on uploading/tagging pix, so we can share them easily. Make them useful, even. [Stay tuned for further training re how YOUR photos could be used by The Chronicle -- the Christian newspaper here in Indy & beyond.

And as always, some great new connections were made by all of us. More 'driven Christians' teaming up to change lives & communities. Praise God!

A special thanks goes out to Ellen, and to our new friends from Martinsville, the 'Chaotic Christians'. Scott Wilder came and did some video shoots to podcast shortly. Stay tuned at ChaoticChristians.com.

Today... MidNorth Churches collaborating...

Today I was invited to speak at the Council of MidNorth Churches... as their meeting rotated to Tab (Tabernacle Presbyterian Church) here in Indy.

Praise God for churches anxious to work together to transform their communities.

MidNorth Church Council... and Food Pantry

I'll be doing a presentation for the MidNorth Church Council, taking them on a surfing tour of some great things going in the urban ministry world... and notably right here in this particular neighborhood via the cafe.

So I thought I'd quickly blog a note or two here so that our cafe friends also get to know more about the council... its goals... and about the Food Pantry.

• Here's more extensive info from the Food Pantry.

Bishop Madison visits the cafe

Bishop Madison

Thanks to our friend Pastor David Scott, this morning we were able to meet and talk with Bishop Madison, from Propetic Utterance Ministry here in Indianapolis.

His ministry is at 6433 E. Washington St., Ste 195....

and his mission is... To feed the homeless and those in need in our area, food and the Gospel and prayer to encourage those in need.

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And how funny is this... (God's funny, is He not?).... When I met him at the cafe, I said... "Oh sure, I know you... You're H.T.'s pastor, right? [H.T. is a new friend I met through my many Christian connections around the city.] So of course, Bishop Madison was shocked that I would know his congregation member.... especially since H.T. is a special member... having come to Indy (because of the Bishop)... having previously been a Katrina victim.

[It's all about connecting the Church back together again, is it not?]

Chaotic Christians Podcast... coming to cafe... Feb. 3rd

LOLLLLL. This ought to be fun -- Scott & Alex from the 'Chaotic Christians' podcast, originating from Martinsville, will be visiting with us to podcast live from the Unleavened Bread Cafe on Feb. 3rd, as we do the "So Ya Wanna Be In Pictures?" seminar.

Come meet them, and see why they call themselves 'chaotic' !

[continued at ChaoticChristians.com]

UBcafe 'group'... at Flickr.com

The TechMission group at the cafe has started a Flickr-group where cafe groupies can see the private pictures from the cafe.

Btw, if you haven't had your picture made 'at the banner'... don't get left out -- plan to be with us on our special "So You Want To Be In Pictures" training-day at the cafe... Feb. 3rd.

[Visit the UBcafe Flickr-group]