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PREP Enterprises Making a Living & Making a Life

PREP Enterprises Making a Living & Making a Life. Mako Nagasawa May 5, 2001. Agenda. The Business The Mentoring The Lessons Learned. The Business: A Brief History. In early 2000, Akeem Williams, Ben Janey, and Fran ç ois Augustin, were part of the PREP program

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PREP Enterprises Making a Living & Making a Life

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  1. PREP EnterprisesMaking a Living &Making a Life Mako Nagasawa May 5, 2001 Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  2. Agenda • The Business • The Mentoring • The Lessons Learned Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  3. The Business: A Brief History • In early 2000, Akeem Williams, Ben Janey, and François Augustin, were part of the PREP program • They thought about building web sites as a business and PREP Enterprises was born • Melissa Rivera joined in Sep ‘00; Stephen Dewey and Oren Kennedy joined in 1Q ‘01 Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  4. The Business: Our Typical Week • New business gathered through mailings, word of mouth, and community involvement • Youth spend 3-5 hours a week designing web sites, mostly Saturday mornings • Youth also spend time monitoring the walk-in lab Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  5. Vestment Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  6. Hub Leather Repair Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  7. ACCCC Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  8. Kathy Kirwan, Attorney Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  9. Bruce Wall Ministries Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  10. Key Real Estate and Insurance Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  11. Other websites • Bed of Roses, a seamstress • Beauty Links International, a hairdresser • Jackson Studios, a photographer • Brenda Fluker, attorney • Way of the Cross Church Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  12. Technical Skills • Business skills • Customer meetings • Planning & goal setting • Technical challenges • customized graphics • interactive forms and displays • database Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  13. The Mentoring: Ethics • Had a great conversation with the youth in Oct’00 encouraging them to think critically about ethical issues surrounding the internet • Currently: • Pornography fueled the growth of the internet • Child exploitation has erupted worldwide because of the internet • In the future: • Inequality, etc. • other topics beyond the internet Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  14. The Mentoring: Christian Discipleship • We bought shares of a company hosting pornography to raise these issues at a board meeting • Possible outcomes: • reduce hosting of adult content • “warning: addictive substance” label • Important lessons for the youth: • Empowerment: Intelligent way for Christians to raise issues and engage society • Education: Learn to study the Bible and do serious research Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  15. The Mentoring: Christian Discipleship • We are doing research into • the effects of pornography on individuals, communities and society worldwide • correlations between porn use and criminal behavior • its addictive nature Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  16. The Mentoring: Christian Discipleship • We also studied material from the Bible • Sexuality from Song of Solomon, a Hebrew poem about love, marriage, and spirituality • Confronting our society from Acts 19, a historical description of Ephesian silversmiths rioting against Christians because people would no longer buy silver idols of Artemis of the Ephesians Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  17. side problems I’m bad I’m good spirit soul body The Mentoring: Christian Discipleship • Leadership and Identity Development Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  18. The Mentoring: Christian Discipleship • Leadership and Identity Development Plans • Spiritual identity in Christ • Ethnic identity • Communication styles • Personality • Jesus’ leadership styles Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

  19. Lessons Learned • The Youth • Many youth have the technical skills required to design most basic websites • We need to be proactive in hiring female youth staff • Youth who are attracted to work at PREP so far have not been part of the “tough” crowd • Project-based Bible studies are attractive • Youth ask lots of good questions • Connections in the community are a great way to find new business, especially the church community • Numerous possibilities for offering services to the community Equipping the Church with Computer Technology Conference

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