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Fifty-one families from the Chicago suburbs are saying "enough" to the Obama administration forcing schools to let boys and girls who identify as the opposite sex use the restrooms of their choice.
The families, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and the Thomas More Society, filed a suit against the U.S. Department of Education in federal court May 4. The lawsuit claims the department is "continuing to trample students' privacy and other constitutional and statutory rights" in its enforcement of Title IX, a law that prohibits gender discrimination in federally funded schools.
In April 2014, the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) ruled Title IX protections cover discrimination on the basis of gender identity as well as biological sex. Since then, schools around the country have faced threats of having their federal funding revoked if they don't meet the demands of transgender students.
One such case arose in Palatine, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, between Township High School District 211 and a biologically male teen who lives as a girl. The district calls the student by a female name and pronouns, allows the student to play on girls' athletic teams, and lets the student use female bathrooms. But the student, who has not been identified, could not access the girls' locker rooms and had to change clothes for PE class and other activities in a separate bathroom.
The school district put up privacy curtains in the girls' locker room and offered to let transgender students change there if they undressed behind the curtains. But that was not enough for the OCR, which said the privacy curtains were discriminatory unless all girls were required to use them. The OCR threatened to revoke $6 million in federal funding from the district, which relented and allowed the student open access to girls' bathrooms and locker rooms.
The lawsuit filed May 4 describes the effect the policy has had on some of the female students at the high school: "The girls are afraid of having to attend to their most personal needs, especially during a time when their body is undergoing often embarrassing changes as they transition from childhood to adulthood, in a locker room or restroom with a male present."
The suit describes how girls are avoiding using the restroom, wear their gym clothes under their school clothes to avoid undressing, and run to the opposite end of the school during passing periods to try to find empty restrooms.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs said the problems stem from the OCR's redefining "sex" to include gender identity, something it had no authority to do.
Recently in Virginia, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a transgender student in a similar case. But the court acknowledged in its ruling that it was only upholding the Department of Education's interpretation of Title IX, something another administration or Congress could change.
"Not only may a subsequent administration choose to implement a different policy, but Congress may also, of course, revise Title IX explicitly to prohibit or authorize the course charted here by the department regarding the use of restrooms by transgender students," Judge Henry Floyd wrote. The argument of the families in Palatine, though, is that the Obama administration never had the right to rewrite Title IX in the first place, so the court should declare its actions void.
"No government agency can unilaterally redefine the meaning of a federal law to serve its own political ends," ADF legal counsel Matt Sharp said. "The Department of Education is exceeding what it is legally and constitutionally allowed to do. In fact, at least five other federal and state courts have rejected the DOE's interpretation of Title IX."
Just hours after the Illinois families filed their suit, the U.S. Justice Department cited the new Title IX interpretation in a warning to North Carolina over its recently enacted restroom law.
The law, known as HB2, protects public establishments from being forced to allow biological males and females to have access to restrooms and locker rooms of the gender with which they identify. Lawmakers passed HB2 in response to a city of Charlotte ordinance that made sexuality and gender preference protected classes under its civil rights laws.
Federal officials have given the state until Monday to pledge not to enforce the law. If Gov. Pat McCrory refuses, North Carolina could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in federal school funding.
The Justice Department also claims the law violates Civil Right Act protections against workplace discrimination.
"The state is engaging in a pattern or practice of discrimination against transgender state employees and both you, in your official capacity, and the state are engaging in a pattern or practice of resistance" of their rights, the letter said.
(EDITOR'S NOTE – Lynde is an assistant editor for WORLD Digital.)
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Southern Baptists were represented among many groups planting pinwheels in gardens across America this spring to spotlight child abuse prevention and spread awareness of the 700,000 children in the U.S. who are maltreated each year.
Accepted as symbolic of the innocent whimsy of childhood, more than 5 million pinwheels have been distributed nationally during the annual April Pinwheels for Prevention emphasis since Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA) adopted the symbol in 2008.
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A group of children from Calvary Baptist Church in Chapmanville, W.Va., planted pinwheels around the three crosses on the church's lawn during the annual Pinwheels for Prevention against child abuse emphasis.
The pinwheel garden at Calvary Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in Chapmanville, W.Va., marked the church's fourth straight year of participation, said pastor John Freeman.
"We just have a great burden for kids, children at our church and especially those who go through the awful experience of being abused," Freeman said of the church that draws about 100 Sunday worshippers. "It just seems like each year it grows and grows." Following a special service April 3, the church planted perhaps 200 pinwheels on its grounds and in flower pots inside the church, Freeman estimated.
Prayer is always a focus of the event, Freeman said.
"We certainly make a point of having a time of prayer in church when we have the Pinwheel Sunday," he said, "to pray for just children everywhere, especially in our county. There just seems to be a lot of abuse in our county here in West Virginia."
Rebecca Adams, a longtime social worker and Calvary Baptist Church member, encouraged the congregation to adopt the practice.
"I've kind of seen firsthand the need for foster parents, and I see firsthand sometimes situations that the children come from, the abuse and neglect situations in the biological homes," said Adams, who inspects foster homes for approval as a home resource coordinator with Necco family services group in Logan County. "And here at work, we participate in Child Abuse Prevention Month every [April] and we do special events, and one of those things was the Pinwheels for Prevention Project."
In West Virginia in 2013, 12.3 of every 1,000 children suffered maltreatment, according to the West Virginia Bureau for Children and Families' most recent statistics.
"My eyes were opened to some of the situations these kids go through," Adams said of her work at Necco. "My eyes were kind of opened to the abuse and neglect that takes place right here in our own community, in our little area, in Logan County and the surrounding area."
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A young boy plants a pinwheel at Calvary Baptist Church in Chapmanville, W. Va., marking the annual Pinwheels for Prevention against child abuse emphasis.
Child abuse includes all types of abuse and neglect of children under 18 by a parent, caregiver or other custodian, including ministers, coaches and teachers, and is categorized as physical, sexual, emotional or neglect, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Children at Calvary Baptist Church enjoy planting the pinwheels and have been appropriately educated regarding child abuse, Adams said, and the greater community has embraced the practice.
"[The children] look forward to it. They like to show that they are a part of it as well," Adams said. "[Community members] take the initiative to put them in their own yard, or to encourage other people to do it and to try to help raise awareness about the issue that we face in our area. The pinwheel is the national symbol for child abuse prevention."
Sunrise Children's Services, a Kentucky Baptist supported childcare agency in Mt. Washington, Ky., helped Kentucky Advocates for Abused and Neglected Children kick off Child Abuse Prevention Month in planting thousands of blue and silver pinwheels on the state Capitol lawn in Frankfort, Ky. March 31.
Dale Suttles, Sunrise Children's Services president, told the Western Recorder newspaper that "there is something so poignant and powerful about this event."
It's "a reminder of the intrinsic worth of every human being," he said. "It's why the work we do is so important."
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has long advocated for the protection of children, adopting resolutions and offering a library of resources (sbc.net/churchresources/sexabuseprevention.asp) to help churches minister to children in safe environments.
Among resources are links to the LifeWay Christian Resources' background checking service, the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website, tools from GuideStone Financial Resources, and a pastor's search committee handbook. The SBC website also links to resources offered by the Alabama State Board of Missions, the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention, the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware, the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, and the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
SBC LIFE, the SBC journal, published the special report "Protecting Our Children: Accepting the Responsibility, Embracing the Privilege" (available here: www.sbclife.net/pdf/ProtectingOurChildren.pdf), which offers testimonies from the abused and professionals working to protect them, Scriptural exhortation, statistics and legal help.
The SBC, set to hold its annual meeting June 14-15 in St. Louis, has adopted four resolutions pledging to protect children from abuse, most recently the 2013 Resolution on Protecting Children From Sexual Abuse (seen here sbc.net/resolutions/search/resolution.asp?ID=1230).
(EDITOR'S NOTE – Diana Chandler is Baptist Press' general assignment writer/editor.)
The birthrate among American teenagers has dropped to the lowest level since the government began tracking numbers, and observers are pointing to sex education programs that focus on character as one of the causes.
Having peaked more than 20 years ago, the teen birthrate fell 60 percent, from 61.8 births per 1,000 in 1991 to 24.2 births per 1,000 in 2014, according to an analysis released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) April 28.
The Washington Post noted that sex education programs have changed over the years with fewer crude lessons on how to use contraception and more lessons on the overall development of a child's character, "approaches that some research has shown may be more effective."
Richard Ross, co-founder of the True Love Waits movement and professor of student ministry at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, said he could not agree more with the idea that character lessons are more effective.
"Trying to make premarital sex a little less risky is not the ultimate answer," Ross said. "The primary focus must be given to the hearts, minds and character of the teenagers."
Such an approach, Ross said, is far more common today than before the advent of True Love Waits (TLW), which is sponsored by LifeWay Christian Resources.
"Numerous members of Congress told me in the mid-1990s that True Love Waits had changed the conversation in D.C.," Ross said. "The explosive growth of the movement revealed to leaders that teenagers are open to considering moral purity and that surprising numbers will choose that lifestyle."
Valerie Huber, president of Ascend (formerly the National Abstinence Education Association), said contraceptive use among teens has flat-lined and "there is a phenomenon that is hopeful and promising."
"Waiting for sex is a message that is resonating with youth," Huber said. "It is relevant. And we need to find more and better ways to encourage and reinforce this healthy behavior rather than encouraging and normalizing teen sex."
According to the CDC, Huber said, over the past 20 years the percentage of teens who have ever had sex has decreased by more than 15 percent, something she called highly significant. "More teens are waiting," she said.
Ascend partnered with The Barna Group to ask teenagers why they were waiting to have sex, and fear of pregnancy was low on the list, Huber said.
The study, soon to be released in full, revealed:
42 percent wait because of personal values
42 percent wait for a committed relationship
30 percent fear pregnancy
22 percent fear getting an STD
In its most recent analysis, the CDC said despite record declines in the teen birthrate, racial/ethnic and geographic disparities persist. Community-level interventions that address the social conditions associated with high teen birthrates might further reduce those disparities, the CDC said.
Ross identified three needs going forward.
"First, our youth pastors just out of college were in diapers when TLW swept the nation and world. Many have not seen the way that teenage believers embrace this message," Ross said. "They have not seen the empowerment the teenagers experience when they discover that large numbers of their peers are choosing the same values and lifestyle."
Seasoned leaders need to mentor younger leaders, Ross said, to open their eyes to the value of addressing the topic with a new generation of teenagers. He pointed to the True Love Project by LifeWay as an ideal way to teach and lead teenagers on the subject.
"Second, the church must find new ways to equip parents to lead out on this issue at home," Ross said. "The research consistently says that Mom and Dad almost always are the most powerful voices and influences. On the issue of sexual purity, parents cannot be content to outsource all the teaching to the church."
Also, church leaders and parents need to do much better tying the issue of sexual purity to Jesus, Ross said.
"Moralism is not a motivator. Cold religion is not either. We need a new generation of teenage believers who say, 'I live my life in purity because I love and adore Jesus.' ... Even in a decaying culture, teenagers can live in purity if they are doing so for King Jesus," Ross said.
Huber said teens deserve to receive information and a culture-wide reinforcement of messaging that equips and empowers them to wait for sex.
"More teens are waiting for sex despite the fact that nearly every message that teens receive regarding sex is one that sends an expectation that they are – or very shortly will be – sexually active," Huber said.
But if societal messages sent the expectation that teens would not engage in sex and then caring adults at every juncture reinforced healthy choices, the positive numbers would become more positive, Huber said.
"While a drop in teen birthrates is great, that is only part of the picture of what teen sexual health looks like," Huber said. "Only by avoiding all the risks of sex can teens enjoy optimal sexual health."
Huber cited "tremendous progress" in federal sex education policy this year. Among the gains:
An analysis published in the Journal of Adolescent Health in March indicates that fewer communities are comfortable with contraceptive instruction, the focus of the Obama administration's well-funded Teen Pregnancy Prevention program. A survey found birth control instruction had decreased, instruction on the benefits of waiting until marriage for sex had increased, and sexual risk avoidance education enjoyed strong support. "The authors begrudgingly acknowledge that the increase in SRA [Sexual Risk Avoidance] education, despite its decreased federal funding, 'shows the continued salience of this approach to sex education,'" Ascend said in a news release April 21.
Ascend and the Family Research Council presented a congressional briefing called "Sexual Risk Avoidance Education: Bypassing the Road to Poverty," which drew a standing-room-only crowd of congressional staffers from both sides of the political aisle in February, Ascend said. The briefing emphasized that SRA education is vital to helping youth avoid the potentially devastating impact of poverty on future success.
In March, a coalition of supporters of the SRA message commended the House and Senate Appropriations Committees for three specific changes in sex education policy: renaming the Competitive Abstinence Education program to the Sexual Risk Avoidance program; inserting key concepts from the Healthy Relationships Act to serve as the legislative definition for SRA education; and doubling the funding for the SRA program without making similar increases to the president's Teen Pregnancy Prevention program.
(EDITOR'S NOTE – Erin Roach is a writer in Nashville.)
Amid pressure from the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy group, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) publicly released a list of Christian schools seeking Title IX exemptions over their views on transgenderism.
In December, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) issued a report calling for "greater transparency" for religious schools seeking exemptions "under the guise of religious liberty."
On April 29, the Obama administration published the results of the request – placing the spotlight on each college and university seeking to hold true to a biblical worldview on gender and sexuality.
"Yes, we filed for the exemption and we are proud of it," said Everett Piper, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, one of the schools on the list. "But nothing will change for us. We are compliant with a biblical worldview and to do anything else would be false advertising for our students."
Title IX is the federal law enacted in 1972 to prevent discrimination on the basis of sex. For years, the law was used primarily to give women equal access to intercollegiate sports. But in 2014, without a single move from lawmakers in Congress, the DOE expanded the definition to include gender identity. Now, schools need to accommodate men who identify as women – granting them access to female housing or even permission to compete on female sports teams if they choose.
The broadened definition challenged many Christian institutions to either compromise their faith-based principles or file for an exemption from the new mandate to keep federal funding. And even with the exemption, the move opens the door to possible lawsuits from LGBT groups and public ridicule.
Eight Senate Democrats joined with HRC to pressure the DOE to compile and release the list.
But others in the Senate view this as just one more example of an overreaching agency in the Obama administration.
In March, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., spoke out against the DOE, citing Title IX mandates as an example of abuse of power.
"The Department of Education positions itself to hold federal funding ransom if universities don't comply with its policies even when those policies are unlawful abuses of regulatory power," Lankford said. "Here the ends certainly do not justify the means. Schools and the very students we want to protect suffer as a result."
The Department of Education's list spotlighted 74 schools that have filed for exemptions since 2009. They range from Baptist institutions, such as Anderson University in South Carolina, to Quaker colleges, such as George Fox University in Oregon.
"(We want) to ensure that no student unknowingly enrolls in a school that intends to discriminate against them," HRC president Chad Griffin said.
The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), which represents 152 North American institutions, said the list merely affirms which schools are taking advantage of provisions already laid out by lawmakers.
"The real story is why some are trying to penalize religious colleges for simply following the law," the CCCU said in a statement.
Yet for Piper, the exemption is less about shielding his institution under the law but protecting his students from invasions of privacy. Being a male or being a female is an objective reality, and Piper said he wants to respect each student's God-given biological sex.
"We believe that women should be given the dignity of having their own restrooms, showers, and dorms," Piper said, reiterating statements he made in December. "I am pro-woman and proud of it."
Christian law firm Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) echoed that sentiment.
"Activists have sought to publicly shame institutions that have exercised their rights, and they successfully recruited the Department [of Education] to join their efforts," said Greg Baylor, senior counsel with ADF. "We are hopeful that most Americans will support schools that seek to respond to gender dysphoria with compassion and Christian love rather than follow the government's one-size-fits-all mandates."
(EDITOR'S NOTE – Evan Wilt is a reporter for WORLD Digital.)
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Preschool child care registration for the 2016 Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Annual Meeting in St. Louis reached capacity ahead of the May 6 deadline and has surpassed 2015 registration by more than 30 percent, according to SBC Executive Committee staff.
Preschool registration closed May 4 with 142 registrants, SBC Executive Committee meeting planner Lynn Richmond said. Last year's registration closed May 20 with 109 preschoolers, characterized as newborns through 5-year-olds.
BP file photo by Rebekah Rausch
The presence of children in strollers at Southern Baptist Convention annual meetings, such as these at the 2015 Baltimore meeting, is thought to be indicative of increased participation among younger Southern Baptists.
"Preschool registration has been closing earlier due to [reaching] capacity," Richmond said. "Since there is no onsite registration, parents are being proactive in getting their children registered."
Registration for 6 to 12-year-olds is also strong, with about 150 already signed up and availability likely to end before the original May 30th deadline at sbcannualmeeting.net and thegiantcow.com/#!blank/tz247.
The increases in preschool and children's registration are indicative of a growing presence of younger messengers and attendees at SBC annual meetings, said Roger "Sing" Oldham, SBC Executive Committee vice president for convention communications and relations.
"This year's preschool and children's registration bodes well for the future of cooperation as Baptists of all ages work together," Oldham said, "to impact the lostness of our world with the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ."
The Executive Committee's yearly survey of SBC annual meeting attendance also indicates increased participation by younger Southern Baptists. Participation from adults younger than 40 reached a 10-year high at the 2014 annual meeting in Baltimore, the survey revealed, when nearly a fourth of attendees (24.68 percent) were under age 40. The survey, while not a scientific sampling, also indicated 10-year highs for SBC attendees in age categories of under 45 and under 35.
"Seeing so many strollers at the 2015 annual meeting in Columbus was very encouraging," Oldham also noted. "It hearkened back to a time when younger pastors and their families were more actively involved in the SBC annual meeting."
Preschool child care will be provided by Southern Baptist Disaster Relief child care volunteers.
Registrations are still being accepted for Youth On Mission, which will engage students in hands-on missions projects June 14-15 for $55 per youth, plus a nonrefundable registration fee of $10 per youth. Youth on Mission registration is available at sbcannualmeeting.net.
(EDITOR'S NOTE – Diana Chandler is Baptist Press' general assignment writer/editor.)
God is troubling this country to grab the attention of Americans, Tony Evans told participants May 5 in a National Day of Prayer event in Washington, D.C.
Evans, senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, was the keynote speaker at the Capitol Hill observance, which was one of tens of thousands of such events across the country. This year's National Day of Prayer (NDP) was the 65th since the federal government first recognized the occasion.
Ronnie Floyd, Southern Baptist Convention president, attended the Washington, D.C., event and cited the importance of prayer in a message. "On this National Day of Prayer, we need to remember, there is no great movement of God that has ever occurred that has not first been preceded by the extraordinary prayer of God's people," he posted on Instagram.
The United States is experiencing societal distress not unlike that reported in 2 Chronicles 15:6, which says God "troubled them with every kind of distress," said Evans, this year's honorary NDP chairman.
"[W]hat you and I are seeing in America is what happens when a culture disregards God," Evans told the audience. "We want God in the vicinity. We want him for invocations; we want him for benedictions, as long as He stays away from the meetings in between."
When God is dismissed, Evans said, "that creates a vacuum for the viruses of evil to proliferate."
"So what God has actually done is to allow America to become distressed," he said. "Because He's been pushed to the side, He's allowed the vacuum of evil to proliferate so that He can get our undivided attention. And when He gets that undivided attention, we will cry out and scream out and declare Him at a level He wants to hear it at.
"It's time now to declare through our prayer and its accompanying action our declaration of dependence."
Evans urged Christians to be "visible, verbal followers of Jesus Christ," saying it is "not a time for secret agent Christianity."
In his National Day of Prayer proclamation issued the day before the observance, President Barack Obama called for Americans to rededicate themselves to the advancement of religious liberty.
Acknowledging this country "was founded on the idea of religious freedom," Obama said the United States "will continue to stand up for those around the world who are subject to fear or violence because of their religion or beliefs."
"As a Nation free to practice our faith as we choose, we must remember those around the world who are not afforded this freedom, and we must recommit to building a society where all can enjoy this liberty and live their lives in peace and dignity," the president said in his proclamation.
At the Washington observance, it was announced Shirley Dobson is stepping down as chairman of the NDP Task Force after 25 years. The wife of author and radio show host James Dobson will become chairman emeritus, and Anne Graham Lotz will succeed her as chairman. Lotz will continue to lead AnGeL Ministries.
This year's NDP theme, established by the task force, was "Wake Up America." The Bible verse for this year's observance was Isaiah 58:1a: "Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet."
National Day of Prayer has been held each year since Congress approved a resolution in 1952 calling on the president to establish such an annual event. President Truman inaugurated the observance the same year, and presidents since then have recognized it with proclamations. In 1988, Congress amended the law to set the first Thursday of May for the observance.
The NDP Task Force is a privately funded group that says the observance is for people of all faiths to participate in but the events it organizes are fulfilled "in accordance with its Judeo-Christian beliefs."
In years past, NDP observances have been held in as many as 40,000 or more locations.
Obama's National Day of Prayer proclamation may be accessed online at www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/04/ presidential-proclamation-national-day-prayer-2016.
(EDITOR'S NOTE – Tom Strode is Washington bureau chief for Baptist Press, the Southern Baptist Convention's news service.)
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary student John Russell, missing since April 22, has been found in an Alabama hospital. He has been in the ICU at D.W. McMillan Hospital in Brewton, Ala., since April 22 following an accident.
Hospital officials were unable to identify Russell until May 4. After identifying Russell, who is still in ICU, Alabama authorities notified NOBTS that he had been found. Russell's mother has been notified and is traveling to be with him during his recovery.
NOBTS President Chuck Kelley asked for continued prayer for Russell as he recovers.
"We rejoice that our student John Russell has been found and is receiving the medical care he needs," Kelley said. "Please join us in praying for his full recovery."
(EDITOR'S NOTE – Gary D. Myers is director of public relations for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.)
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Some might say Queen Creek, Ariz., is growing fast enough to make a person's head spin. In just three years, a city of 29,673 southeast of Phoenix has exploded to an estimated 50,000 people.
But Trey Van Camp's head isn't spinning. His heart is broken.
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On his church's launch day in January 2016, Trey Van Camp (left) baptized eight people at Heart Cry Gathering near Phoenix. Five more were baptized at the young church plant on Easter Sunday.
"I was born and raised here. Queen Creek is one of fastest growing cities in our state," said the church planter, noting that most of the people who live there do not have a relationship with Christ.
The thought of so many souls deprived of the gospel weighed heavily on Trey and his father, Billy, who pastors Heart Cry Cowboy Church in Queen Creek. They decided a new church was needed to reach the flood of young outsiders moving into the city, who weren't likely to drive out to Horseshoe Park for services targeting Queen Creek's native cowboys.
Throughout 2015, a core team of about 40 people gathered in four different Bible studies, and the new congregation, Heart Cry Gathering, drew 140 people to its January 10 launch at a movie theater in the heart of Queen Creek's bustling north side. The church plant receives funding from the North American Mission Board (NAMB).
Eight people were baptized that first Sunday and, barely two months later, another five were baptized on Easter.
"We want as many baptisms as possible. That's what we're all about," Trey said. "It's crazy how many people are moving in. There just aren't enough churches being planted to meet the need."
Heart Cry Gathering is connecting with the area's millennial generation through both ancient and modern approaches, Trey said.
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Trey Van Camp, here with his wife Jordan, and their daughter, Faith, launched Heart Cry Gathering outside of Phoenix in January 2016. The church celebrated eight baptisms on its launch day and an additional five on Easter Sunday. Photo courtesy Heart Cry Gathering
Photo courtesy Heart Cry Gathering
"We do communion every week. We recite confessions. We are really rooted in the history of the church," Trey said. "But we meet in a movie theater and use video technology very well. All our leadership is in their 20s, but at the same time we talk about what we do as Southern Baptists and we are passionate about the Cooperative Program [the Southern Baptist Convention's giving channel to support missions and ministry]."
Heart Cry Gathering tries to get maximum leverage out of its movie theater setting.
"We gave away 100 free movie tickets at our launch service," Trey said. "All our flyers look like movie theater posters, and we use movie clips to illustrate what we are talking about in our services."
But while they are connecting the gospel to people, Heart Cry Gathering also wants to connect people to their community, and the community to the mission of Jesus.
"We want to be a church that is missionary right away," Trey said.
"We are really focusing on the ASU Polytechnic campus, which graduates engineers and nurses and teachers. Our passion there is to raise up disciples and send them out as missionaries wherever they get a job offer. We have a mission trip this summer to Alaska, and we send teams to the Rio Vista Center, which is the Southern Baptist homeless outreach in Phoenix. We want to disciple our people to serve others who can never pay them back."
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Trey Van Camp (center in red shirt) stands with the group of eight people who were baptized at the launch of Heart Cry Gathering near Phoenix in January 2016.
The congregation struggles, however, against the apathy that holds many millennial hearts hostage, Trey said.
"People my age are apathetic," he noted. "I have some friends who think what we are doing is cool, but they don't want anything to do with it. Religion is not a route they want to take."
Not a single person responded to the 5,000 mailers sent out for the launch, so Heart Cry Gathering must take the long view and invest in relationships, Trey said.
"Every person who has come was because we have made a relationship with them," he said. "That's hard because it takes a long time. But we had one couple come last Sunday who told us they would never ever come to our church. They said, 'We don't like Christians. We don't like Jesus,' but they came yesterday, so we praise God for that. We have to keep pressing on and keep loving people. It takes a long time, but it's worth it."
Two of the congregation's worship leaders are brand-new believers who came to Christ because time was invested in relationships.
"I was working out one day, and I met this guy. I invited him over to our house and he brought his wife," Trey said. "They showed up at my house all of 2015 for the Bible study. We led them to Christ, and I got to officiate their wedding in November. Then they were in the group I baptized on our launch day. Now he is leading music for our worship team.
"Our drummer was a one of the ones who said he would never come to church," Trey added. "But the guy who is now our worship leader was his best friend. He got saved, and now his kids are going to be baptized. It's amazing to see how Jesus has transformed his life."
"Our team is comprised of former drug addicts, people from broken families, former atheists … and I wouldn't have it any other way."
View a video from Heart Cry Gathering's opening day baptisms at https://vimeo.com/165172249. Learn more about Heart Cry Gathering at http://www.heartcry.cc/. Explore more about church planting through the North American Mission Board at www.namb.net/SendMe.
(EDITOR'S NOTE – Mark Kelly writes for the North American Mission Board.)
For a long time, international student Hilary Tong's personality reflected how she lived her faith. Quiet. Reserved about her relationship with Christ.
That may sound odd for a communications major. But there's a meticulousness in how the Chinese native now is more outward in her witness among international students at her college and throughout Georgia.
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Chinese student Hilary Tong at Wesleyan College in Georgia spends one-on-one time with campus minister Danielle Burdette. Tong is the current president of the BCM as well as Georgia BCM international student leader – the first international elected to the role.
"The thing I appreciate most about Hilary is her willingness to ask God to show her the rough edges of her life and faith, and then ask Him to put her into situations that smooth those out," said Danielle Burdette, campus minister at Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga., where Tong is the Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) president.
Tong also is the Georgia BCM international student leader – the first international elected to the role.
Last summer, Tong ventured into BCM missions on three trips – one to New Jersey to help ongoing rebuilding efforts from Hurricane Sandy; another to assist church planters in the upper Midwest; and a third as a camp staff member ministering to children with developmental disabilities as well as their families.
Tong's position as Wesleyan's BCM president continues to expand her spiritual growth.
"It's been a chance to learn leadership skills, to learn how to guide a team and mix everyone's strength, trigger everyone's energy to serve," she said. "It's an encouragement to see how God has led my fellow student leaders and see how their lives grow. The chance to organize events and lead Bible study is valuable to me.
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Hilary Tong (top right in gray sweater), president of Baptist Collegiate Ministries at Wesleyan College in Georgia, is intent on deepening her faith through Bible studies, leadership opportunities and personal witness. Leading the Bible study (at top) is campus minister Danielle Burdette.
"The people that I know through BCM are like family, and this relationship is very valuable to me for my days here in the U.S. I enjoy it and am honored to serve as a part of God's Kingdom."
This year, Tong felt that God was directing her to lead and teach others about prayer and walking in faith. At the beginning, the BCM only had a few students but now the numbers have grown to 10-15 a week, all also involved in a local church. Tong also has experienced leading a fellow student to pray to receive Christ for salvation.
"It is so good to be able to see God's faithfulness in all of this," Tong said. "He has answered our prayers. … I have learned what it means to be a part of a Christian body and how to work with a group of people for God's mission together."
How she lives her faith, though still reflecting her personality, has changed somewhat. There's a time to sit quietly, sure, but there's a time for action. A time to be a leader.
(EDITOR'S NOTE – Scott Barkley is web content developer for The Christian Index at christianindex.org, newsjournal of the Georgia Baptist Convention.)
What began as a simple overnight hospital stay for newborn Stella turned into 22 days of complications and fear. Born with Down syndrome, Josh and Gina Grant's little girl was having trouble keeping food down: she wasn't thriving. Days turned into weeks as the experts at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Brenner Children's Hospital ran a battery of tests and procedures. Exploratory stomach surgery was the last resort.
"That night, I said good-bye to my daughter," Josh admits. "I prayed with her and told God he was in control. I didn't think she was going to make it."
The four-hour surgery worked: doctors discovered part of Stella's small intestine was nearly closed. "Prayer works," Josh enthuses. "She was brand-new!"
But, so were the medical bills; new ones arrived every day. The family was overwhelmed. As the bills skyrocketed, they talked about bankruptcy and were looking into refinancing the house for a second mortgage when, one day, the phone rang. And rang.
Josh, a magistrate, was at work with a room full of people but, finally, he picked up and got the news that changed everything.
"Our bills were paid in full by the Mother's Day Offering," he says. "I told the people in front of me that I needed a minute. They left and I just sat there and cried. I was crying so much, Gina could barely understand me but, when she did, she started crying too. Something lifted off of us. It was unbelievable."
Since 1924 North Carolina Baptists have given to the Mother's Day Offering to "extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ, especially to the needy."
The Grants shared the news in church and the whole community that had supported them for so long joined them in gratitude. "It was totally up to God to save Stella," Josh remarks. "And, apparently, it was totally up to God to take care of us financially."
Today, Stella is a busy two-year-old, adored by her big brothers and a blessing to her parents because she is a symbol of God's love in action through N.C. Baptists. "We couldn't have done it without the Mother's Day Offering," says Gina. "The people who participated helped save Stella's life; they healed her. I don't think thank you does it justice. It's amazing how much you can love someone you don't even know.
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Editor's Note: Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow.com, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups and their founders, plus other local technology happenings. The Ground Floor, Monday's office space for young companies in Rosslyn, is now open. The Metro-accessible space features a 5,000-square-foot common area that includes a kitchen, lounge area, collaborative meeting spaces, and a stage for formal presentations.
From school permission slips to executing wills and closing on home purchases, notarizations are part of small and large decisions in everyone's lives. But it can't always be easy to find a notary when and where you need one.
Crystal City-based Notarize has an app for that.
At $25 a pop, users can obtain notarizations virtually anywhere, at any time.
In 2011, a law passed in Virginia enabled certain certified state notaries to complete notarizations through a video call. Notarizations made in Virginia are valid across state lines under state and federal laws.
With nearly 1.25 billion notarizations taking place in the U.S. annually, the founders of Notarize saw a real "pain point" that could be addressed using technology and the new Virginia law.
"My partner was traveling when he realized an important financial transaction that required notarization wasn't executed properly and he couldn't find a notary to fix it," Adam Pase, co-founder and COO of Notarize, said. "It delayed the transaction for weeks."
The founders of Notarize jumped on the idea of virtual notarization, getting ahead of the curve.
"Notarization may not be the sexiest area to focus on, so I don't think a lot of people were directing a lot of attention to the notarization process," Pase said.
The company's work paid off – more than 1,000 documents were notarized through the mobile app in the first six weeks after it launched.
Pase said Notarize aims to keep users' wait times to less than three minutes.
Right now, 40 notaries are working with the company, but Pase said Notarize has received more than 100 additional applications.
"News has spread and we're really excited to have so many notaries interested in our platform," Pase said.
And Notarize isn't just for individual consumers. Businesses stand to gain a lot from the virtual notary service, according to Pase.
Businesses – such as mortgage companies, banks, legal firms, construction companies and more – can use Notarize to streamline their operations, onboard customers and create a completely digital audit trail. So far, Pase said the company has received "tremendous interest" from businesses.
Pase said the company was drawn to Crystal City because of the proximity to D.C. and many of the key decision makers and customers it was targeting.
"Northern Virginia has become a hotbed for technology companies and Crystal City has some exciting momentum in the startup tech world," Pase said. In this area, he added, Notarize was "confident we could get the talent we need."
Notarize currently is available as an iOS application for Apple devices, as well as a desktop application. Pase said the company has plans to make the service even more accessible in the future.
You read about the new WeLive facility in Crystal City here last week.
Next week, you can hear about it and see it for yourself.
ARLnow is holding an after-work event on Tuesday, May 17 called WeWork, WeLive and the Future of City Living. It's taking place from 6-8 p.m. at WeWork (2221 S. Clark Street).
After some networking and refreshments, Sarah Fraser will host a discussion with Dave McLaughlin, WeWork's General Manager for the Eastern U.S. and Canada. We'll talk about the technology, design and the planning behind WeLive, and why it might be a future model for urban residential.
We'll also be talking with Angela Fox, President of the Crystal City Business Improvement District and a current WeLive resident. The event is sponsored by Vornado and the Crystal City BID.
Space is limited. Tickets are available via Eventbrite.
Just over a month ago, ARLnow held a discussion about Arlington's tech industry, in what is perhaps the epicenter of the county's tech scene: Crystal City.
The event, sponsored by Vornado and the Crystal City BID, featured host Sarah Fraser and the following local innovators.
- Viyas Sundaram, SVP of Sales for Snagajob
- Allison Phillips, D.C. General Manager of Shift Technologies
- Geoff Orazem, Co-Founder of Eastern Foundry
- Dominick Fuccillio, VP of Finance for Distil Networks
- Shavanna Miller, Founder of Bloompop
Above is the video from the event, courtesy of Arlington Independent Media.
So what did we learn? Here are just a few of the questions and answers.
Tell us a bit about your company.
Phillips: "Shift is a two-year-old startup that makes car resale easier. We handle all the paperwork, and take the stress out of it."
Why do your companies choose Arlington?
Sundaram: "For us Arlington was a natural choice. Arlington offered a large residential piece and retail… [for] our employees who live nearby. It worked out geographically."
What are some of the best opportunities for local tech?
Sundaram: "I think that there are a lot of high-tech companies but also lots of startups, so we get a balanced ecosystem. We are also in the D.C. area, this area has access to lots of political conversation.
What is your company working on right now?
Orazem: "We are creating a forum for people to ask questions about government cuts and revenue."
You have offices all over the world, how do you keep everyone on the same page?
Fuccillo: "Big business problems in a small business is never good, we have to have really good communication. Webinar-based meetings with webcams definitely helps us connect a little bit better."
Quotes compiled by Justin Funkhouser
County Board Contenders Debate — The two Democratic contenders for Arlington County Board, incumbent Libby Garvey and challenger Erik Gutshall, debated who would be the most transparent and the best agent of change last night. Gutshall criticized Garvey for the lack of action on new transit options for Columbia Pike and for supporting the creation of a "blue ribbon panel" to study county priorities. [InsideNova, Washington Post]
Residents Concerned About Sex Offender — Some residents in the Bluemont neighborhood and the area around Bon Air Park are concerned about a registered sex offender who recently moved to the area. There have been reports of the man watching children's soccer games and leaving balloons in the backyard of a family home. Police say they're investigating. [Fox 5]
Vornado Attracting Millennials With Cool Restaurants — "Vornado has carefully curated its retail in Crystal City and Pentagon City to appeal to creative Millennials, bringing in tenants like DIY design and fabrication space TechShop and hip restaurants like We The Pizza, Sweetgreen and Taylor Gourmet, which just opened Monday. That's not to mention the Whole Foods anchoring the retail section of Vornado's The Bartlett, a trendy 'city within a city' with nearly 700 residential units." [Bisnow]
Chinese News Agency Profiles Arlington's Tech Scene — Xinhua, the state-run news agency that's said to be the largest and most influential media organization in China, has published a feature story that discusses how Arlington has become a "hot spot for tech startups." The story notes that in addition to a robust talent pool and the availability of investment capital, "government has also played a vital role in the development of startups in Arlington." [Xinhua]
Outdoor Lab to Celebrate 50th Anniversary — The Arlington Outdoor Lab, a nonprofit facility that hosts more than 9,000 students annually for outdoor and environmental education, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an event in Ballston next month. [Arlington Outdoor Lab]
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Much of the media narrative around WeLive, which just opened in Crystal City, has to do with the size of the apartments and how it's kind of like living in a college dorm.
Yes, your narrow apartment with a Murphy bed is not the Palace of Versailles. And yes, like a dorm your WeLive apartment comes furnished and with the expectation that your neighbor could be your next best friend.
But dorms generally don't have, among other things, built-in Bose sound systems, custom-designed West Elm furniture and free fruit-infused water in the lobby. And thanks to some clever, efficient design, even the smallest WeLive studio doesn't feel cramped.
WeLive is a much more ambitious effort than just trying to figure out how to cram humans into as small a space as possible while maintaining an aura of high-end living. As its leaders will tell you, it's a new paradigm for living in cities.
The WeLive experience could be described as "asset light." Your furniture, kitchen equipment, linens, towels, plus your TV, sound system, cable, Wi-fi and utilities are all included. If you're moving here you don't have to pack a moving van, instead you show up with your suitcase and your laptop, then make a quick trip to the grocery store and you're good to go.
The trip to the grocery store might even be optional. The building offers free coffee, tea and — yes — beer, and the move-in kit includes hangers, Co. Bigelow toiletries and a Harry's shave kit.
Unlike your typical apartment, there is a social component to WeLive. Sure, other buildings might have a cocktail hour or exercise class, but here it's assumed that you will actually get to know your fellow residents — at least those in your three-story "neighborhood" (there are three neighborhoods in the Crystal City WeLive/WeWork building.) Common areas like the big flat screen TV and video game lounge are hubs of activity, as are a dining area and breakfast nook.
WeLive somehow manages to use internet-connected technology to make the living experience more personal, instead of using it to help people disconnect from in-person contact. A dedicated WeLive app tells residents when there's free pizza in the kitchen, Game of Thrones on the big TV or a WeLive-organized fitness or cooking class or other activity happening. You can also send messages to your fellow residents, if need be.
One might expect WeLive to be a haven for ramen-noodle-eating, single 20-somethings, but so far that's not entirely the case. Yes, there are recent college grads working on the lower rungs of tech startups. But there are also older professionals and executives giving it a try. The oldest resident WeLive resident, we're told, is in his 60s. At least one friendly dog has taken up residence with his 30-something owner — the building is pet friendly.
Company officials are calling WeLive an experiment and are paying close attention to how things go in Crystal City. The location is a slightly more suburban parallel to the only other WeLive location currently open — on Wall Street in Manhattan. Both types of location are important to a company that says it wants to provide a "disruptive alternative to the way people live."
The Crystal City WeLive is located at 2221 S. Clark Street, a former office building it shares with a WeWork co-working space, and has 216 total units, with 1-4 beds and 1-2 private bathrooms apiece.
Monthly prices, excluding the flat $125/month utility fee, start at $875 for an individual bed or $1,640 for a private unit, according to the WeLive website.
Arlington County is likely to join Google's Connected Citizens Program, which shares road condition and traffic data gathered from its Waze app with localities across the country and around the world.
The County Board is expected to give its okay to joining the program at its meeting on Saturday.
"Launched by Google in October 2014, the Program exchanges transportation data with local law enforcement agencies, cities, state DOTs, and countries around the world," wrote county staff.
It's a two-way exchange — the County would be sharing road closure information while Waze would be sharing crash, traffic and road condition reports, as submitted by the app's users.
"With the County sharing up-to-date disruptive event information with Waze, the County is contributing to the safety of drivers and easing traffic congestion by allowing drivers to re-route in real time," county staff write. "The County intends to integrate the Waze reported incident data into the County's My Arlington mobile app to provide enhanced real-time reporting of high impact traffic disruptions in Arlington."
Buyers Found for Market Common — A pair of buyers has reportedly been found for the Market Common mixed-use development in Clarendon. Regency Centers and AvalonBay are said to be partnering to buy the shopping center and apartment complex for $410 million. [GlobeSt.com]
Lyon Park Gun Store Opens — After a month of controversy, Nova Armory opened its doors on Saturday, with dozens of gun enthusiasts showing up to support the store. In a rally nearby, local lawmakers urged residents to continue the fight against the store, but said that due to Virginia law there was nothing else they could legally do to prevent the shop from opening. [Washington Post]
Teen Employment Expo Scheduled — Teens seeking summer jobs and employers seeking seasonal help will be meeting next month at Arlington's 2016 Teen Summer Expo. The expo, on April 23 at Wakefield High School, is expected to attract some 1,200 teens looking for summer jobs, internships and volunteer opportunities. [Arlington County]
Arlington Tech Event Tomorrow — There's one day left before ARLnow.com's Arlington Tech discussion and networking event. The event is taking place starting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Highline RxR (2010 Crystal Drive) in Crystal City. Food and a drink will be provided. [Eventbrite]
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Ashton Heights Takes Stance Against Gun Store — More than 100 members of the Ashton Heights Civic Association voted last night on whether or not to take a position against the planned gun store in nearby Lyon Park. Fully 93 percent of those voting said they supported the civic association expressing opposition to the store, according to the group Act4LyonPark.
Retiring School Board Chair Recognized — At last night's Arlington School Board meeting, Del. Alfonso Lopez read the joint resolution passed in the state legislature commending Dr. Emma Violand-Sanchez, who's retiring as School Board Chair at the end of her term this year. [Katch, Twitter]
Raccoon Checks Out Home's Toilet, Leaves — A woman in the Columbia Forest neighborhood called police after finding animal footprints on a toilet seat. The responding animal control officer determined that a raccoon had come down the chimney, apparently traipsed around the toilet and left. [Twitter]
GOP Convention Delegate Selection Gets Interesting — The prospect of a contested convention has made the selection of three delegates to represent Virginia's Eighth Congressional District more interesting. At a recent Arlington County Republican Committee meeting, would-be delegates were asked who they would support for president. A reporter present didn't hear anyone say Donald Trump. [InsideNova, InsideNova]
Condo for Sale Has a Unique Map of D.C. — A one-bedroom condo for sale in Rosslyn has a custom-designed map of D.C. painted across one of the walls. The mural was created by one of the current owners, who happens to be a former cartographer. [Washington Post]
Ouli Gets Attention from Local Tech Scene — "First Look: Could 'Ouli' Be the Concierge App for DC?" asks a new headline from a D.C. tech publication. The app's creator, a software development firm on Lee Highway that has up until now served just corporate clients, says for now the app is focused solely on serving the Arlington market. [DC Inno]
Flickr pool photo by Erinn Shirley
In less than two weeks, ARLnow.com will be holding a networking event and discussion about Arlington's growing tech industry.
With tech firms moving to Arlington, expanding in Arlington and the continued growth of incubators, co-working spaces and even tech-inspired co-living spaces, there's a lot happening here.
Here's the current lineup of innovators who will be discussing their business and their take on the local tech scene:
- Viyas Sundaram, SVP of Sales for Snagajob
- Allison Phillips, D.C. General Manager of Shift Technologies
- Geoff Orazem, Co-Founder of Eastern Foundry
- Dominick Fuccillio, VP of Finance for Distil Networks
- Shavanna Miller, Founder of Bloompop
The event will be hosted by Sarah Fraser, Fox 5 contributor and founder of the Hey Frase podcast. Representatives from Arlington Economic Development will also be on hand to discuss the resources available to startups in Arlington.
Details about the event are below.
Day: Tuesday, March 29
Time: 5:30-8 p.m. (program runs from 6:30-7:30)
Venue: Highline RxR (2010 Crystal Drive)
Tickets: $10 online, includes food and drink ticket
Thank you to our co-sponsors, Vornado and the Crystal City Business Improvement District.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe wants the Commonwealth to be the "tech capital of the United States" and Arlington County is in many ways the centerpiece of that effort.
With the state and the county actively working to attract innovative tech companies, we wanted to check in with some of the innovators who are helping to build a new economy here in Arlington.
On Tuesday, March 29, ARLnow.com — together with Vornado and the Crystal City BID — will be hosting Arlington Tech, an evening of networking and insights.
The event is being held from 5:30-8 p.m. at Highline RxR (2010 Crystal Drive). Tickets are available online and will also be available at the door.
Come for the food and drink (included with the price of admission) and networking, stay for a Q&A with innovators from a variety of local companies like:
The evening's discussion will be hosted by local media personality Sarah Fraser.
Also at the event, representatives from Arlington Economic Development will be on hand to answer questions from entrepreneurs about the resources available to them in Arlington County.
Editor's Note: Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow.com, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups and their founders, plus other local technology happenings. The Ground Floor, Monday's office space for young companies in Rosslyn, is now open. The Metro-accessible space features a 5,000-square-foot common area that includes a kitchen, lounge area, collaborative meeting spaces, and a stage for formal presentations.
Arlington Economic Development (AED) is continuing its tech and startup push by heading to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas later this week.
The music, film and interactive festival attracts thousands of tech and creative economy players, large and small, for conferences, screenings, concerts and other events. AED will have a team at the SXSW Interactive portion of the festival, described as "an incubator of cutting-edge technologies and digital creativity."
Arlington had a small team attend last year's SXSW and co-hosted a reception with the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership. This year, AED is going big with an entire slate of events, including two official panels.
(Arlington's two panels are among the 700 or so selected from 7,000-8,000 entries, an AED spokeswoman notes.)
For a taste of Arlington in Austin, here's the lineup of AED events:
- Pool tournament at Buffalo Billiards (Saturday, March 12 – cosponsored with Alexandria)
- BFD (Big Fat Data Revolution) panel (Sunday, March 13)
- Fireside Chat on Mobilizing Innovation at the Local and Regional Level (Monday, March 14)
- Be the Next Tony Stark panel (Tuesday, March 15)
An RSVP is required.
Speakers at the county's panels include Opower president and co-founder Alex Laskey, former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and Consumer Technology Association president and CEO Gary Shapiro, among others.
They will be among good company: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are scheduled to deliver keynote addresses at the festival.
AED Director Victor Hoskins said the county's presence at SXSW is "key in letting our target audience of entrepreneurs and technology businesses know about the opportunities that exist here in Arlington."
"This is our chance to connect with national and international companies who are on the leading edge of tech innovation," Hoskins told ARLnow.com. "What's more, it's our opportunity to show those companies — through our hosted panels and other events — that Arlington is where they can find success in fields like cybersecurity, big data, and clean tech."
"This is all part of our Way Forward strategy, which is Arlington's commitment to closing the office vacancy gap through efforts of proactive marketing and sales as well as regional collaboration," Hoskins added. "We had a team at [the Consumer Electronics Show] this year, which was incredibly productive, and we'll be participating in similar other events throughout the year."
"We're really getting the word out that the region — and specifically Arlington — is where these tech companies want to be to succeed," he said.
Basket, a startup that produces a mobile app for saving money while grocery shopping, has moved from the District to Clarendon.
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, County Board Chair Libby Garvey and Arlington Economic Development Director Victor Hoskins were among the officials on hand today to welcome the company to their new digs at 1220 N. Fillmore Street.
The Commonwealth and the county each provided $125,000 in economic incentives for the firm, which is planning to expand from 9 to 65 employees. Basket is investing $10 million on the new office and the expansion, officials said.
"This is exactly the kind of business we want to attract and grow here," said Garvey.
The company decided to move to Arlington despite also being wooed by D.C.
"We looked at the number of jobs we would need, and how much we were supposed to grow, we decided we needed a lot more space," said Andy Ellwood, the company's president and co-founder and a former employee of the navigation startup Waze. "After moving out of our small coworking space we decided it was the right move for us."
McAuliffe has been making frequent appearances in Arlington as of late, announcing various deals with tech companies either staying in or moving to the county.
"We're trying to build the new Virginia economy, so we have to bring in new innovators," McAuliffe told ARLnow.com. "I want us to be the tech capital of the United States of America. We have all the education and resources. It's important that we become less reliant on the federal government."
McAuliffe's pitch to tech companies considering Arlington or elsewhere in the Commonwealth: "Virginia has very low taxes, a great education system, and it's close to the federal government," he said.
The press release from the governor's office, after the jump.
ACFD Battles Fire on Patrick Henry Drive — On Thursday morning Arlington County firefighters assisted in battling a two-alarm blaze at an apartment building on the 3000 block of Patrick Henry Drive, just across the border in Fairfax County. [Twitter, Twitter]
Arlington Doubling Down on Startups — Arlington Economic Development plans to use the $1.5 million in one-time additional funds it's allocated in County Manager Mark Schwartz's budget to target early-stage tech companies and help them lease offices between 5,000 and 20,000 square feet. [Washington Business Journal]
W-L Alum to Direct Sci-Fi Film — Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams has selected Washington-Lee High School alum Julius Onah to direct "God Particle," a new sci-fi thriller being produced by Abrams' production company. Onah was named one of the top 10 "Up and Up Feature Directors" in 2013. He's also signed up to direct an upcoming Universal Pictures film, "Brilliance." [Blackfilm.com, Indiewire, Twitter]
Local Chef Nominated for Big Award — Peter Chang, whose eponymous restaurant opened last year in the Lee-Harrison shopping center, has been nominated for a prestigious James Beard Award for "Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic." [Patch]
Shirlington Profiled by Post — As part of its "Where We Live" series, the Washington Post has profiled Arlington's Shirlington neighborhood. Shirlington earns high marks for having a variety of walkable entertainment, dining and shopping options, and for having only six crimes of note over the course of 12 months. [Washington Post]
More on Nauck History Project — Arlington County's Nauck Green Valley Heritage Project has already received dozens of photos in its new online photo archive. A vibrant, historically black neighborhood since before the Civil War, Nauck has been changing — some say gentrifying. "Today, we're probably less than 32 percent African American," noted the community's civic association president. [WJLA]
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A long-time Arlington technology firm has a new solution for those times when you can't decide where to have dinner — or get your nails done or have a prescription refilled or find unique gifts, among other activities that require decisiveness.
Ouli is a free app that helps narrow your selection to three nearby, viable choices that become more refined to your needs and tastes the more you use it.
"Ouli is a mobile concierge in the palm of your hand," said Pierre Malko, CEO of Dante Inc., the Arlington-based software company that's been building technological innovation since 1998. "It reduces the time spent to have a great experience."
Malko got the idea for Ouli after being frustrated by the limitations of existing consumer-feedback based services. "You may find good reviews and have everyone agree on trying a restaurant, for example, but you've wasted your time because it's booked or not available, and in the end you are disappointed," he said. "The search function doesn't know what your intent is — an anniversary, a birthday, happy hour? They are devoid of context as to what you want to do."
With Ouli, released in January, you quickly fill in a checklist of when, where and what it is you want to do — and why. The why is a key factor in the Ouli difference.
"It learns the more you use it," said Malko. "It brings context. And it only returns things that are available so there is no disappointment."
And when you make your choice, in the future, Ouli will book it for you.
When a customer accepts an Ouli offer, at that point the merchant is charged a small fee, which is why local merchants are eager to sign on. Ouli increases foot traffic and automates customer engagement for the merchant.
At the moment Ouli has some 100 Arlington merchants in the database (expansion to other regions, as well as even more functionality, will come in the near future.)
In addition, Ouli has a handy option that uses your location to offer reduced prices and specials to users as they walk by a member merchant.
Wait. What?
"Ouli has two ways of engagement," Malko said. In addition to "learning" your wants and needs with your data input, Ouli also takes initiative to inform you of deals at favored merchants when you least expect it.
"When you walk by establishments of interest to you, you may be notified of special deals. But the notifications are made only if they are pertinent to you — you are not bombarded with notifications that may not be of use."
Ouli can be downloaded here for immediate use.
This is a sponsored business profile written for ARLnow.com by Buzz McClain.
Publicly-traded energy tech firm Opower is staying in Arlington, Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) announced at a press conference this morning, marking some good news for a county beset by the departures of large government agencies.
McAuliffe and County Board Chair Libby Garvey were among those making the announcement at Opower's current headquarters at 1515 N. Courthouse Road in Courthouse, which President Obama visited in 2010, when the company was still a startup.
Opower will be moving down the street to a new office building at 2311 Wilson Blvd in Courthouse. The building — already approved by the County Board — is set to be constructed over the next two years, replacing a row of restaurants. Developer Carr Properties had been calling the 8-story building the "Clean Technology Center," which seems consistent with Opower's sustainability and energy conservation mission.
Virginia and Arlington County had been fighting to keep Opower, which was being courted by the District and by The Wharf, the massive new development on the Southwest D.C. waterfront.
"Keeping Opower in Arlington County has been a high priority of my administration," McAuliffe said. "This high-profile energy software company is growing rapidly and making a major impact on global challenges, and we are committed to further strengthening this important corporate partnership. The technology industry is booming in Virginia, and wins like this expansion help us continue to build on the momentum in this important sector."
"Arlington has watched Opower grow from a startup venture to a thriving leader not only in the region, but in the entire clean technology industry," Garvey said. "Arlington's highly-educated workforce and easy transportation access were things Opower was looking for as the company continues to grow, and we look forward to continuing our partnership with them for a long time to come."
McAuliffe helped arrange a $1 million grant from the Commonwealth's Opportunity Fund to help Arlington keep Opower.
"Arlington County will match the state funding with a performance-based local economic development incentive grant," the county notes in a press release. "Arlington will provide an additional annual performance grant through the remaining years of the lease term subject to job and occupancy requirements. Funding and services to support the company's employee training activities will be provided through the Virginia Jobs Investment Program."
Opower plans to invest about $10.5 million in its new, 63,000 square foot headquarters and expects to add 70 new employees within three years. The company will also retain 357 jobs that currently pay above the region's prevailing wage.
"Opower has been with Arlington since the beginning," said Victor Hoskins, Director of Arlington Economic Development. "The company is a model for the fast-growth technology companies we're hoping to attract to Arlington, and we simply could not be more pleased that Opower has decided to continue to be a part of Arlington's business community."
The building at 2311 Wilson Blvd will have a total of 150,000 square feet of office space plus ground floor retail spaces when it's completed.


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Katt Williams Apologizes for Telling Hispanic Guy to Go Back to Mexico, "Nigga." Plans to Meet With Civil Rights Leaders -- Possibly at New Times Building
After pressure from Valley civil rights leaders, comedian Katt Williams has apologized for the anti-Hispanic rant he spewed during a performance in Phoenix last week.
"My remarks were not to be offensive. I want to apologize if my comedy act was taken out of context. I sincerely appreciate my fans within the Mexican community and would never intentionally go out of my way to offend them," Williams says in a statement released today.
Civil rights advocate Reverend Jarrett Maupin was the first to call for Williams to apologize for the tirade (which you can see below). We spoke to Maupin this morning; he says he accepts Williams' apology.
"I accept his apology. I think the community's accepts his apology," Maupin tells New Times. "But he's gonna have to do more than just apologize."
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Williams, Maupin says, claims to be an advocate for immigration reform. According to Maupin, Williams has agreed to meet with him and other leaders to discuss putting some action behind his words.
Williams' only problem: he doesn't want to meet with leaders at a church. Maupin's solution: have the meeting in the New Times conference room, which is possibly the furthest thing from a religious institution in the Valley.
We'll keep you posted about the meeting. In the meantime, watch Katt Williams' anti-Hispanic tirade -- one more time -- below.
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