MINISTRY VISION

Jesus brings good news to the poor and brokenhearted. He pardons iniquity, frees captives, comforts mourners, and provides for those who grieve. He gives beauty instead of ashes, joy instead of mourning, praise instead of a faint spirit. He gives new life, new hope, a new future. Jesus then works through His rescued ones to rebuild, restore, and renew what sin has devastated for many generations (Isa. 61:1–4). We believe that Jesus is still doing this work today as His Spirit-empowered followers make disciples.

Because of this, our goal is to help followers of Jesus disciple urban youth through life-on-life relationships. Revive exists to provide a context for these relationships to develop.

Gospel Partnerships

Revive is a partnership of various churches and ministries working together to reach the youth of our city. We believe that we can accomplish more together than separate.

• Jubilee Community Church provides general oversight of the program and volunteers
• Hope Academy provides a space for Revive to meet. While Revive welcomes non-Hope students to participate, we are also eager to serve Hope Academy youth and families.
• Our volunteers come from several like-minded local churches/ministries such as Jubilee, CityView Church, Bethlehem Baptist Church, and Bethlehem College & Seminary
• Life-on-Life Mentoring provides ongoing training and coaching for Revive staff and volunteers

Life-on-Life

As stated above, our goal is to help followers of Jesus build life-on-life relationships with youth. All of our programming exists to help facilitate that goal of relationships. Whether it's sharing a meal or playing games or studying God's Word, our desire is for youth to connect with an older mentor who will walk life with them for the long haul.

All of our volunteers start out as program volunteers. Over time, some of these program volunteers become volunteer mentors. Each volunteer mentor is then paired up with a mentor coach for ongoing accountability and support. Lord-willing, as these volunteer mentors grow, they may themselves become mentor coaches in the future.

Following Jesus is not easy. We want to not only tell youth about Jesus, we want to walk with them as we model for them what it means to be true disciples.

Frank Schmidt, Revive Director

Frank is happily married to Alyssa and is the proud father of three sons—Judah, Ezra, and Elijah. Frank and his family live in the Phillips Neighborhood 1.5 blocks from Hope Academy. Together, they have been working with youth in Minneapolis for over 12 years. In addition to leading Revive, he also works part-time at Hope Academy as a substitute teacher and serves as a Pastor of Jubilee. Frank & Alyssa raise full-time support for their role with Revive through CityJoy. You may contact Frank at f.schmidt@jubileeminneapolis.org or (715) 937–0064.

Elise Webster, Mentor Coach

Elise began serving with Revive during the Spring of 2022. Elise deeply loves Jesus and longs to see youth transformed by His love. At Revive, she provides ongoing training and coaching for our female volunteers. In addition to serving with Revive, she also works for Life-on-Life Mentoring. You may contact Elise at elise@lifeonlifementoring.org.

Revive is funded by generous ministry partners. If the Lord is leading you to partner with us financially, you may do so below. Under fund, please select "Jubilee Youth Center." All funds received will go directly toward program expenses for Jubilee Kids and Revive. This includes things like meals, background checks, game supplies, retreats and other events.