Working for Youthfront!

Hello Friends,

I am now graduated from college! I recently finished my BA in Ministry from MidAmerica Nazarene University. The last four years here in Kansas City have been a beautiful journey of coming to understand what God has for my life. During my time in Kansas City God has grown a passion in me for urban ministry. He has given me a desire to live among the poor and experience life with them. I am excited because I have been given an exciting opportunity to be an urban missionary here in Kansas City. I will be working with an organization called Youthfront. Youthfront is most well known for their Christian Summer camps for Kids around Kansas City. These camps are amazing but I am going to be a part of a relatively new ministry called the Youthfront School of Formation (YSF). YSF is a community for post high school students to live and learn together in the neglected urban neighborhood of Argentine in the heart of Kansas City. Students will spend a semester living in a house together and learning what it is like to live in community and be involved in urban ministry. The students will be taking 5 classes together in the house, which will be accredited through MidAmerica Nazarene University (where I just graduated from). These classes will be focused around understanding Christian mission, scripture, Sociology/Anthropology of urban life, and practical-hands on experience working in the community.

I will be the Director of Community Life for YSF. I will be living in the house with the students and leading the day-to-day activities such as organizing the meals and corporate prayer times. My role will also focus on the neighborhood outreach and development that the students will be involved in. I am excited about this opportunity because it fits my passions so well as I will be living in community, doing urban ministry, and taking part in theological learning with the students.

Youthfront is able to have amazing opportunities like this for students to be shaped as the followers of Christ by having a staff of full time missionaries. So in order for me to be able to be a part of this exciting opportunity I need to raise support.

I would ask that you would begin to think and pray about the opportunity to join me in this ministry through a monthly donation and through prayer.

Thank you for all your support,
In Christ,
Nate Howard

If you have any more questions or feel that God is leading you to support me financially please email me at howard_nate@yahoo.com