How do Ihelp my son use technology for something good and productive?
Anvoy Academy is a Christian-led program where young people learn to give a reason for what they believe, are known by adults who are worth knowing, and do real, paid work for churches and neighbors in their own town.
The Practices
A month at a time. Inside each one are the things a student trains for, rehearses, and is certified in.
WhizKid Business
“Can my kid earn from work somebody actually needed?”
- ✓ Invite Others
- ✓ Family Business, Own a Store
- ✓ Business Basics, Creating Value
Strengthening Families
“Drawing closer to God and each other.”
- ✓ Getting Started
- ✓ Family Setup
- ✓ Shared Bible and Reading Plan
- ✓ Prayer List and Care
All 9 certifications
- Getting StartedSet up your Anvoy account in six short steps. Check each one off as you go.
- Family SetupPut a household on Anvoy - the adults, the children, the family tree, and who can see what.
- Shared Bible and Reading PlanSet somebody up to read the Bible daily with people they know, and to still be reading in March.
- Prayer List and CareSet somebody up with a prayer list they will still be using in March, and open a Care page for one person who needs more than a line on it.
- Find a MentorHelp somebody ask an adult who already does the thing they want to do. This one runs for years, not weeks.
- Aim and GoalsSet up somebody with goals that can actually be checked, and a week of checking them.
- Recipe CollectionGet a family's recipes out of a drawer and into something the grandchildren can still open.
- Family AlbumBuild a family album somebody will still open in ten years, out of photos already on a phone.
- Get Someone OnlineSit down with somebody who is not going to manage it alone, and leave them with an account that works and a reason to open it.
Strengthening Churches
“Can a teenager help our church do God's work better?”
- ✓ Church Setup
- ✓ Directory Day
- ✓ News and Messaging Setup
- ✓ Church Giving Setup
All 13 certifications
- Church SetupPut a congregation on Anvoy properly - the details, what shows publicly, and who runs it after you leave.
- Directory DayGet a whole congregation onto Anvoy in one sitting, families intact and children where they belong.
- News and Messaging SetupSet a church up to say something and have it arrive - who may post, who sees it, and how it actually reaches a phone.
- Church Giving SetupSet a church up to receive gifts - online, by check, or both - and leave somebody there able to run it.
- The Calendar and ResourcesWhat happens every week, and who has the hall on Saturday.
- Attendance, Rotation, Numbers and FollowSet a church up to know who was there, who is serving, who has stopped coming - and to check children in and out safely on a Sunday.
- Signup Service, EventsStop the clipboard. Sheets people can fill in from the car park, and events that know who is coming.
- Congregation Prayer ListA prayer list the church actually reads, with the answered ones still on it.
- BibleGame NightHost a Bible game evening for a church or a family - the room, the passage, the three rounds, and somebody there able to run the next one.
- The Church CookbookA whole congregation of recipes, collected, photographed and organized into something the church can hold.
- Projects and Serve TeamsWho is doing what by when, and who is on next Sunday.
- Mentoring Program Setup — in the worksSet a church up so its young people are walking with somebody - the pairs, the groups they meet in, and the paperwork Anvoy will not do for you.
- Programs (Tracks) Setup — in the works
Apologetics
“Can my child say why, out loud, to a friend?”
- ✓ Foundational Values
- ✓ Foundational Values, Investing and Conte
- ✓ Straight Path
- ✓ Apologetics, Big Questions
Wheels, Anvoy Auto
“Who will teach my daughter to buy her first car?”
- ◦ Wheels, the Adult's Guide
- ◦ How to Drive a Car
- ◦ How to Maintain a Car
- ◦ Saving Up for a Vehicle
All 5 certifications
- Wheels, the Adult's Guide — in the worksFor the adult: how to walk a young person through buying and keeping their first car, without buying it for them.
- How to Drive a Car — in the works
- How to Maintain a Car — in the works
- Saving Up for a Vehicle — in the works
- Buying a Vehicle — in the works
Covenant Marriage
“Who is preparing my kid for marriage, years before it?”
- ◦ Purity
- ◦ Dating
- ◦ Engagement
- ◦ The Wed App
Agency Software
“Can my son earn real money while he is at college?”
- ◦ Farmstand Co-op, Sales and Setup
- ◦ OVIS Digital Products
- ◦ GrandMailer
- ◦ Anvoy Books, Sales and Setup
Is there an Academy near you?
An Academy is one trusted adult and the families around them, so they start one town at a time.
There are 0 Academies running so far. Type where you are and it will say whether one of them is near you.
The first Academy is in Francesville, Indiana, and I run it myself. That is the honest reason this page describes one Academy and not a network.
A family pays $100 to register, and it goes to the Academy. For the family it becomes Academy Dollars — a budget for learning, not a bill. Real money is the other side: when a church or a neighbor hires the work, the student’s own family business keeps most of the sale.
Could you be the one adult in your town?
A few weeks. One student. One church that needed something done anyway.
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