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  • Current Fundraising Goal

    Current Fundraising Goal

    Would you help us reach our goal? High Impact Teens reaches 130-145 teens per month. Approximately 90% of these youth are “fatherless.” In 2009 over 160 young men received Christ. We need your help as we seek new sponsors for the youth we are reaching....

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  • Help. Here’s How

    Help. Here’s How

    Our ministry to troubled youth touches approximately 130 teens each month. 90% of these young men are “fatherless” and many of them have not heard the message of the gospel. I have met several who have never heard of a man named “Adam” or a...

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  • Forgiveness. Meet Don Cox One Of Our Youth Mentors

    Forgiveness. Meet Don Cox One Of Our Youth Mentors

    I met Don Cox this past year and have grown to have great appreciation for him as a friend. I wanted to share his story with you. It’s a story of forgiveness… but this time it was Don who needed to be forgiven. Don is...

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  • How To Spot A Bad Friend (and overcome peer pressure)

    How To Spot A Bad Friend (and overcome peer pressure)

    How To Spot A Bad Friend (and overcome peer pressure) “You will be the same person ten years from now that you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.” Charles Jones, from his book, Life Is Tremendous. Have you...

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  • How It Feels To Be Fatherless

    How It Feels To Be Fatherless

    Last December *Anthony’s story was almost too much for me to take. I have heard a lot of stories from teens in 20+ years of ministry but this story left me stunned and speechless. He walked out of the room and up to his cell...

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  • What Is Your DTE? Are You Running On Empty?

    What Is Your DTE? Are You Running On Empty?

    A few years ago I was in a hurry to get to the church for a youth activity and feeling a little crunched for time. My vehicle had a computer that tells you miles per gallon, length of trip and DTE. My gas gauge was...

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  • Decision Making: Questions To Ask In Order To Make Wise Decisions

    Decision Making: Questions To Ask In Order To Make Wise Decisions

    Decision Making: Questions To Ask In Order To Make Wise Decisions 1. Consider these principles for making wise decisions. 2. Will It Please God? 3. Will It Please My Parents 4. What Would Jesus Do? 5. What Would My Parents Do? 6. Is It Biblical?...

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  • Why Christian Kids Leave The Faith

    Why Christian Kids Leave The Faith

    In his book, “Why Christian Kids Leave The Faith” Tom Bisset takes an in-depth look at why kids who grew up in church and in a Christian home would walk away from their faith. I’ve included some key bullet points below. The bottom line is...

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  • Knowing The Will of God

    Knowing The Will of God

    Knowing the Will of God Four Misconceptions About God’s Will • God’s will is only for the young. • God’s will cannot be found. • God’s will must lead to misery. • God’s will is general and not specific. 1. You Must Be Willing to...

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  • Let Us Rise Up And Build – Revival Conference at the Detention Center

    Let Us Rise Up And Build – Revival Conference at the Detention Center

    Everyone needs to be “revived” once in a while and the youth served by High Impact Teens certainly need to hear the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. The Chaplain team of the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center worked with key staff members to plan the...

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  • High Impact Teens partners with the Snowball Express and American Airlines

    High Impact Teens partners with the Snowball Express and American Airlines

    On December 9, 2009, High Impact Teens was invited to be a sponsor of the Snowball Express! The Snowball Express provides support to our families of fallen military heroes and it was a real honor to participate in this event at the Indianapolis airport. Imagine...

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  • I’m Not Believing This

    I’m Not Believing This

    Sometimes the youth I minister are so hardened by the circumstances of their life you wonder if you can reach them. It is amazing how many times I see God soften that hardness. Last week, one of the guys in my Bible study didn’t want...

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  • Freddie Scott II – The Dad I Wish I Had

    Freddie Scott II – The Dad I Wish I Had

    While attending the All Pro Dad NFL Father and Kids Experience at the Colts complex I had the chance to meet Freddie Scott II. Freddie played football at Penn State as a wide receiver and continued his career in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons...

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  • All Pro Dad Father and Kids NFL Experience at the COLTS Complex

    All Pro Dad Father and Kids NFL Experience at the COLTS Complex

    On Saturday, November 7 the All Pro Dad NFL Father and Kids Experience was held at the Colts Training Facility in Indianapolis. The event sold out at 2000 attendees. I was asked to be one of seven speakers at the event and had the opportunity...

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  • 10 + 1 + 10 More Saved In October

    10 + 1 + 10 More Saved In October

    During the month of October I had the privilege of being the speaker at Camp Chetek in Chetek, WI for their TRUTH Retreat. A teenage girl was saved that weekend and ten more teens were saved in one youth group after they went back home....

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