From: Phil deHaan (dehp@calvin.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 03 2003 - 11:04:00 EDT
October 3, 2003 == MEDIA ADVISORY
A 20-year veteran of the Chicago gang wars will speak at the end of October at
Calvin College about hope and possibility in the midst of suffering.
Rev. Gordon McLean has worked in youth ministry for 50 years. Since 1982 he
has directed the Juvenile Justice Ministry for Youth for Christ in Chicago.
His message to young people is persuasive. In fact, for his Calvin address he
will be accompanied by two young men - Jimmie Tolliver and Jeremiah Utley -
whose lives were changed by their interactions with McLean and his ministry.
McLean, Tolliver and Utley will tell their stories on Tuesday, October 28 in
an event sponsored by the Ministry Resource Center at Calvin. It will begin at
8:30 p.m. in the Commons Lecture Hall and is free and open to all.
Calvin's Ed Seely is director of the Ministry Resource Center and knows McLean
from their days together at Christ Church of Oak Brook, Ill., where McLean is a
member and Seely formerly served as a pastor, prior to coming to Calvin.
He arranged McLean's visit and says people who come to the talk are in for a
treat.
"Gordon is a very engaging speaker," says Seely, "and has had a variety of
incredible experiences in ministry. He has an amazing tale to tell. And the
two colleagues he will be bringing with him have seen and lived through more
than many of us could ever imagine. I'm looking forward to a powerful
evening."
For more on the Ministry Resource Center see:
http://www.calvin.edu/library/mrc/
For a high-res pic of McLean see:
http://www.calvin.edu/news/photos/mclean_gordon_300dpi.jpg
For a low-res pic of McLean see:
http://www.calvin.edu/news/photos/mclean_gordon_114px.jpg
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