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Scenes from the 2011 Servant leadership Academy...
Students and staff in downtown Portland.
A small group of students discuss ideas with Geoff Guilfoy at AKT LLP.
With Rick Coulson and Pat Mitchell at Intel Corporation.
Students meet with Cheryl Broetje and others at the Center for Sharing
to learn about how servant leadership is practiced at First Fruits of Washington/Broetje Orchards.
Students work with children at the elementary school and day-care center
associated with First Fruits of Washington.
Students visit Jubilee Ranch - a school for at-risk
boys within the orchard of First Fruits of Washington.
Students learn about the service through the work of Medical Teams International.
Students get involved in a service project at a local
trailer park community.
Students meet with Ken Lloyd of Home PDX - an urban ministry that partners
with students of Warner Pacific College to learn from those that live without homes in Portland.
Students debrief their experiences at the Lewis home in Central
Oregon.
The 2011 Academy graduation ceremonies held at Marylhurst University.
Co-Serve International
P.O. Box 40567
Portland, OR 97240
USA
Phone: (503) 766-4925
E-mail: info@co-serve.org
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The 2012 Servant Leadership Academy (or
"Academy") will be held from July 3 - 20, 2012 in and around
Portland, Oregon, USA. The Academy will bring together over 25 students and staff from Kazakhstan, Ukraine,
and the USA.
The Academy helps students experience and participate in
real-life communities of servant leadership where people are able to find their voice and where the excluded and powerless people of the world are impacted.
The Academy has historically made a great impact on the hearts
of students, as they see the love and lives of people living as
servant leaders and as they experience a community where they can
find their own voices and callings as a servant leaders.
The Academy will include a variety of intensive experiences with
different "communities of servant leadership," including: Intel
Corporation, First Fruits of Washington, AKT LLP, Warner
Pacific College, and Medical Teams International. Students
will also have the opportunity to get involved with some of these
communities as they practice service to others. The Academy will include
a variety of group activities to help students think more deeply about servant leadership
and the importance of community. Through all of these experiences, the Academy will focus on two general
themes: 1) Servant leaders build communities that help people to find their voice; and 2) Servant
leaders change the world.
The 2012 Academy will be based at Good Shepherd Community Church,
where students will meet regularly to consider what they are
learning. This year, the Academy will also spend five days in
the Bend, Oregon area and be hosted by people in that community. Co-Serve staff will be actively involved as mentors throughout the Academy and students will
live with carefully selected host families.
Please help us fill in the leaves of the "Academy
Sponsor Tree" and turn the leaves from RED to GREEN. We are
looking for 40 people that can give gifts ranging from $50 to $3,000
in support of the 2012 Academy and the expected 25 students from
Kazakhstan and Ukraine that will attend. If we can find
sponsors to fill in all of the leaves in the tree below, we will
raise the $15,000 that we need to operate the 2012 Academy. We
are starting to make progress! We are so thankful for those
that have already given, reflected by the GREEN leaves in the tree.
Please consider sponsoring the Academy and turn a leaf from RED to
GREEN by "picking your leaf" today!
TOTAL AMOUNT DONATED OR PLEDGED TO DATE: $6,050
We are incredibly thankful for our current 2012 Academy Sponsors:
Arlington Presbyterian Church, Marshall and Joy Christensen,
Andrea Cook, PhoebeLou Doughty, Margarita Dvorzhetska, Good Shepherd Community Church,
Claudia Lewis, David and Amy Lewis, Char and Mike Marsh, Marylhurst
Center for Servant Leadership, Shirley Nagel,
Leland and Jo Anne Nielsen, Jim and Barb Olsen, Lars and Maria Peterson,
Dr. Bob and Alice Sayson, Diane and Ked Schoming, Cody and Bruce
Schuman, Earle Senn, Tom Smart,
Jeff and Coralee Stevens, Tabatha Taylor, and Gary and Julie Williams.
Choose one of the four options below for making
a donation to Co-Serve International. Designate your gift,
according to the instructions, as "Academy Sponsor Leaf #XX" - with
the XX being the leaf number you have chosen from the Academy Sponsor Tree.
Receipts for all check donations will be mailed to you promptly. E-mail
receipts will be sent for credit card donations. For Google
Checkout and PayPal donations, please use your e-mail receipts from
Google Checkout and/or PayPal as your official receipt. Co-Serve
International will also e-mail year-end giving reports to all donors at the end of each calendar year.
The Marshall Christensen Foundation AKA Co-Serve International,
with federal tax identification #93-1230131, is a tax exempt
nonprofit organization under 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code; it is
also classified as a public charity under Section 509(a)(2) of
the Code. All donations to Co-Serve International are tax
deductible under section 170 of the Code. Individual
questions regarding the deductibility of your gift should be
directed to a tax professional.
The following 28 students from Kazakhstan and
Ukraine are currently planning on attending the 2012 Servant
Leadership Academy. Co-Serve anticipates that most of them will
actually attend. Your support and sponsorship of the Academy will help us to
impact these students lives as they experience more about the truth of servant leadership.
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Zaira Satpayeva.
Zaira is a graduate student studying
Economics at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. She is
recognized for her participation in conferences on human
rights.
Didar Atalykova.
Didar is a 4th year Finance major at
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. She enjoys the study
of developing economies and she likes meeting new people.
Adina Akhmetova.
Adina is a 2nd year Management student
at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. She enjoys sports
and she is involved in student leadership at her university.
Sakysh Shaldybayeva.
Sakysh is a 3rd year Finance major at
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and she plans to get
her MBA abroad. She believes in every person’s potential.
Aibek Adambekov.
Aibek is a 3rd year Geography major at
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. He works at a hotel
and he enjoys tennis and snowboarding.
Aisulu Abdybayeva.
Aisulu is a 2nd year Management student
at the Kazakh-American Free University. She loves people,
relationships and discussing philosophical ideas.
Maria Lyapunova.
Maria is a 2nd year Management student
at the Kazakh-American Free University. She loves sports,
dancing, languages and caring for other people.
Balzat Smagulova.
Balzat is a 3rd year Foreign Languages
student at the Kazakh-American Free University. She loves
languages, reading, geography, cooking and trying new
things.
Katya Mezhebitskaya.
Katya is a 3rd year Management student
at the Kazakh-American Free University. She is a
professional swimmer and she likes photography and
traveling.
Sergey Mishin.
Sergey is a 4th year Management student
at the Kazakh-American Free University. He hopes to work
someday in international business, possibly in Japan.
Bulat Nurgaliyev.
Bulat is a 3rd year Foreign Languages
student at the Kazakh-American Free University. He loves
music, geography, sports and studying different foreign
languages.
Natalya Pomolova.
Natalya is a 3rd year Management
student at the Kazakh-American Free University. She loves
to travel, swim, dance, and learn by reading many kinds of
books.
Olessya Vorobyeva.
Olessya is a 3rd year Management
student at the Kazakh-American Free University. She loves
sewing, dancing, music and extreme sports.
Sveta Galanchuk.
Sveta is a 2nd year Management student
at the Kazakh-American Free University. She loves animals,
music, reading books and working with children.
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Xeniya Muravskaya.
Xeniya is a 3rd year Management student
at the Kazakh-American Free University. She loves teaching
others, especially about hip-hop dancing.
Zhandos Nurgazin.
Zhandos is a 2nd year Management
student at the Kazakh-American Free University. He is a
soccer fan and he loves watching movies and reading books.
Anna Oskolkova.
Anna is a teacher of English at the
Kazakh-American Free University. She enjoys preparing
creative classes, reading historical novels, art and music.
Marina Larina.
Marina is a teacher of English and
Spanish at the Kazakh-American Free University. She loves
to teach and help students. She is married and has and
8-year-old son.
Alona Akimova.
Alona is a graduate student studying
Linguistics at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University in Ukraine.
Alona is a creative person who enjoys drawing, dancing and
music.
Anastasiia Galadzhii.
Anastasiia is a 4th year Linguistics
major at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. She enjoys
experiencing new cultures, meeting new people and
volunteering.
Anna Protsenko.
Anna is a graduate student studying
Linguistics at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. She enjoys
sports, dancing and teaching English to children.
Ha Dan Nhi.
Ha Dan Nhi is originally from Vietnam
and now lives in Ukraine with her family. She is a 4th year
Linguistics major at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University.
Dima Kalashnikov.
Dima is a 1st year Human Resources
Major at Kyiv National Economics University. He enjoys
martial arts, reading books and playing the piano.
Iryna Diachenko.
Iryna is a graduate student studying
Linguistics at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. She enjoys
reading, art, studying foreign languages and spending time
outdoors.
Iryna Sutugina.
Iryna is a graduate student studying
Linguistics at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. She loves
teaching and she wants to help to build a better society for
Ukraine.
Kateryna Kolesnyk.
Kateryna is a 4th year Linguistics
major at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. She enjoys
psychology and being with close friends.
Maryna Zhuravlova.
Maryna is a graduate student of
Linguistics at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. She enjoys
poetry, astrology, and the art of Japanese healing
techniques.
Valeria Godion.
Valeria is a graduate student studying
Linguistics at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. She enjoys
foreign languages and plans to get a Ph.D. in that field.
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