Derek Porter: The Gospel Institue

Family Member: Derek Porter, Director

Organization: The Gospel Institute

Phone Number: 651-485-4556

Email: derekporter27@gmail.com

 The Gospel Institute Summer 2012

  

The Gospel Institute is a one-week residential discipleship program sponsored by Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN (http://www.greatfriend.org/).  It is housed at Three Crosses Retreat Center in Cannon Falls, MN (http://www.threecrosses.org/), and served five young men ages (13-18) during its pilot summer 2012.  

Our summer vision was to support Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in its faithful labor of biblically addressing the pertinent needs of youth in the community.  We are confident that this one-week can be a catalyst to academic, profession, and personal well being and success.

   

This is a particular objective to satisfy our larger institutional mission of “Glorifying God by communicating the Gospel of Jesus Christ as found in the Bible clearly and effectually to young men that they might by the grace of God treasure Christ supremely.”  The primary mode we communicate the goal is through five main pillars brotherhood, intense daily instruction, political engagements, university tours, and artistic exposure. Please consider partnering with us in the service of our young men.  

If you would like to bring The Gospel Institute to your church or community organizations contact Derek! Now accepting donations to support The Gospel Institute in 2013.  Thank you for your support! 

Derek Porter: The Gospel Institute is directed by Derek Porter, a student at Yale Divinity School and a 2010 graduate of the University of Saint Thomas.  At Saint Thomas, Porter was the secondary education undergraduate representative on the Teacher Advisory Council from 2008-2010.  In this position, he advocated for his peers before university professors, the chairman of the School Education, and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) representatives.   During the summer proceeding and following his senior year, Porter was selected from 300 young black male college applicants to participate in the Institute for Responsible Citizen (i4rc.org).  These summers were formative for developing the program model as he received logistical training from Elijah Heyward III, Director of the Youth Scholar Academy (YSA) in Washington, D.C.  Porter was in the inaugural cohort to develop and lead YSA.  In July 2010, they hosted nineteen high school scholars from Kauffman Scholars, Inc. (KSI), an initiative sponsored by the Ewing Marrion Kauffman Foundation.  This was and continues to be an inspirational model of the Gospel Institute.

The Oasis: Texas

The Family Dream/Vision

The history of our the dream/vision for our family!

This is The Dream/Vision presentation that Phillip Porter shared at the Home Going Celebration of Rev. Dr. James Porter, Sr. On Saturday, October 26, 2013!

Honor of Rev. Dr. James Porter, Sr.

Celebrating A Life of Ministry, Vision, Faith, Family, Education & Love

The Home-going Celebration for Rev. Dr. James Porter, Sr. Will be as follows:

Services: Saturday October 26, 2013, 2:00pm

Viewing: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 12:00noon - 1:30pm

Thrash Memorial Funeral Home

4830 S. Lancaster Road

Dallas, Texas 75216

Phone: 214-374-7000

Flowers my be sent to this address

All other cards and correspondence may be sent

To 1999 Apple Tree Rd. Gilmer Tx 75644.

C/O Rev James Porter Jr. 

Financial Tributes:
Make financial tributes payable to Generations United, LLC
Mail To:
Phillip Porter
4909 Rusten Road
Eagan, MN 55122 
Email: gunitedone@gmail.com

 Acknowledgement

We the family express our sincere gratitude to our many friends, relatives and love ones for your thoughtfulness, call, cards, prayers, financial contributions and acts of kindness.

Derek Porter - Listen to Journal Gone Public

Listen To Derek Porter - His 1st Mixtape: "Journal Gone Public" https://soundcloud.com/sebastiansound. It will bless you & share it with THE WORLD! Another G3 of Generations United does it again! The dreams & spiritual vision of our past generations continues to live through the G3's!!!

Family Vision & Mission Statement

Mission Statement: To increase the quality of life of each generation more than the previous generation by building upon our rich spiritual heritage, by living a healthy lifestyle, by pursuing higher education, by enjoying regular family reunions, by personal financial investments, by starting, acquiring and maintaining real estate and other business ventures to generate profits and financial independence for the family.

Vision Statement: To build peaceful family resorts in multiple locations throughout the United States and Internationally.

Vision Scripture: 

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.  Proverbs 29:18

Generations United Love Story Contest 2013

For Immediate Release

August 15, 2013

Generations United Love Story Contest

Author Phillip S. Porter & wife Janice launches national love story contest. Couples will compete to have their love story as chapter one in the Porter’s upcoming book!

Eagan, Minnesota - Author Phillip S. Porter and his wife Janice in collaboration with Vonzella Watson and Vanessa Patterson today announced the launching of their Generations United Love Story Contest.  Couples will be pitting their unique love story against other couples from around the country.  The Grand Prize Winner will have their love story published as the first chapter in Phillip & Janice Porter’s book that is scheduled to be released on Valentine’s Day 2014.  In addition, the winning couple will receive one FREE autographed copy of the book from the authors.  The second and third place finishers will have their love story published in the book as well.  All other couples who qualify and successfully enter the contest and submit a video will have their names listed on the “Thank You” page in the book.  

Phillip and Janice says, “this book will contain about 18 inspirational, emotional, action filled and funny love stories by ordinary couples from many different cultures, backgrounds and traditions.  It will also contain actual tips each couple have learned which has kept their marriage together for many years.  Each love story in the book has led to a marriage of at least 25 years or more in spite of the many challenges each couple endured.”  The Porters have already identified, selected and interviewed 15 couples for 15 chapters in the book and have three more chapters to go to finish the book.  The final three love story chapters will come from the winners of this online Generations United Love Story Contest.  

If you are a married couple of 25 years or more, consider this your official invitation.  Submit your love story as follows:

1.       Starting August 15, 2013, go to our “Love Story Contest” blog at www.lovestorycontest.blogspot.com and click on the "National Love Story Contest Application" and download and print the "National Love Story Contest Application" (PDF Format) from Scribd.com.  Complete the "National Love Story Contest Application".  Submit your completed application to lovestorycontest@gmail.com.

2.      Create a video of your love story and post it on your YouTube Channel.  Then email the link to your video to lovestorycontest@gmail.com.

3.      Contest ends October 31, 2013

4.      For more information visit our blog www.lovestorycontest.blogspot.com or Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/lovestorycontest2013.

When you read this book you will:

·         Laugh, cry, be surprised and then reminisce about those memorable private moments in your own relationship.  

·         Be reminded not to take for granted that special “soul mate” in your life.

·         Learn that a successful marriage recipe contains a gallon of status quo, a quart of challenges and sacrifices mixed with a tablespoon of special loving moments that yield a great quality of life.

·         Be given hope that you will find when you least expect it that special life marriage companion and friend.  

·         Receive insightful tips from ordinary couples with extraordinary stories on what they did to maintain a long loving relationship and marriage.

Phillip and Janice Porter have been happily married for 29 years.  They have three adult children and one grandson.  Phillip is a business consultant and author of the book titled “Home, Estate & Property Inventory Management” which is sold on Amazon. Janice is a Principal & Director at an Alternative High School in Minnesota. Their favorite vacation is a romantic Royal Caribbean cruise to any sunny destination in the world.

Vanessa N. Patterson is an Educator/Teacher, Inspirational/Motivational Speaker, and Writer/Poet. Vanessa is happily married to Larry Patterson and lives in Thomasville, Alabama. She is a graduate of Alabama A&M University with a BA degree.  She also attended University of West Alabama. Vanessa has a passion for making a difference in others lives.

Vonzella Love Watson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Christian Counselor and an Addiction Counselor in Training.  She loves working with and helping people using  the counseling and therapeutic skills that she have learned.  She especially loves sharing the love of Jesus Christ with those who want to know him through song.  She loves singing and playing the piano.

Contact:

Phillip S. Porter

Email: lovestoryconest@gmail.com

Phone: 651-485-4344