by Ken Turner | Faith, Ministry Update
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by Ken Turner | Ministry Update
Since launching a NEW teen devotional series on April 29, 2016 called “Walking With God” our posts on the High Impact Teen Facebook page have been viewed by over 23,000 people.
One surprise has been the number of youth from outside the USA who are engaging with the devotionals. It’s a great reminder of just how vast the world is and how far reaching the gospel is across our land.
Pray for this new ministry outreach and for the gospel of Christ to reach many with the truth of scripture.
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by Ken Turner | Ministry Update
High Impact Mentoring is a NEW outreach launched in May 2016 with the help of the Christian Association of Youth Mentoring (CAYM).
With the help of CAYM and the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, we are moving forward and creating a mentoring ministry model through church partnerships across the state of Tennessee.
In May 2016 the first CORE Mentor Leader Training was held at First Baptist Church of Kingston, TN with mentor leaders attending the sixteen hour training from three churches. The churches receiving the first initial CORE Training were First Baptist of Kingston, Eternal Life Harvest Center of Knoxville and First Church of Dayton.
Our next step is to recruit and train mentors from the three church congregations to start mentoring as a part of their church ministry. We are in the process of identifying mentors as well as students who are in need of a mentor in Roane County, Knox County and Rhea County.
The High Impact Mentoring Initiative has plans to expand across the state over the next few years.
If you have questions or would like to learn more about the High Impact Mentoring Initiative please contact:
Ken Turner, High Impact Teens, 423-381-0018, kenturner@highimpactteens.org
or
Michael Leach, TN Department of Children’s Services
https://www.tn.gov/dcs/article/dcs-staff-directory listed under “Child Programs.”
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by Ken Turner | Ministry Update
GTI stands for Gateway To Independence. GTI is the former Woodland Hills Youth Development Center in Nashville, TN and the home of one of our weekly youth outreach ministries of High Impact Teens.
In the fall of 2015 we started the first ever All Pro Dad Chapter in a juvenile facility as an outreach to teen fathers. The sad reality is that sometimes fatherless teens become parents themselves before they are even out of their teen years. I wish it weren’t so… but it is.
In the past seven months I have taught 15-20 young men how to be a “real dad” using the All Pro Dad materials as well as other resources and the Bible. It’s amazing to see these guys start to understand “fatherhood” for the first time.
Our weekly outreach to GTI is every Wednesday so keep this in your prayers in the middle of the week!
As much as anything taught in the class, I’ve sensed a unique development among these young men. I find myself interacting with them as a father would with his own sons. At times I have to be a little tougher when they distract or misbehave, and at times I get to just dig deep into heart issues we all face and I also get to enjoy laughing with them and just connecting… kind of like “fathers and sons.” There are days we laugh a lot, there are days I have to be all business and there are some days when tears are shed. It’s like a “laboratory of life” when I’m there.
So keep these guys in your prayers! And their children as well. They need all the support and guidance we can give.
Ken Turner
kenturner@highimpactteens.org
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by Ken Turner | Ministry Update
Mountain View Juvenile Development Center in Dandridge, TN (east of Knoxville) is one of three state juvenile development centers in the state of Tennessee.
Every Sunday morning I travel over to Mountain View JDC to provide a Sunday morning worship service. I go early enough to teach an All Pro Dad study to boys who are teen fathers and afterward lead a worship service for all who want to attend.
Please pray for these young men who are seeking to know and understand God’s ways in their life!
On Sunday, June 26, 2016 I spoke on “God Is A Father To The Fatherless.”
When you understand that 85-90% of these young men are fatherless… you can expect some interesting responses to a message on God as a father figure.
I was surprised at the number of young men who responded with positiver attributes of God when I asked them to give me a word that describes God. The guys described God with words like loving, faithful, powerful, guide and all knowing.
But after digging deeper into the Bible they began to raise other questions like, “Why is God mean? Why does He punish people? Why did He create Hell?”
Young me who grow up without a loving and nurturing father often struggle with a feeling that God has forgotten them or maybe He knows all about them but just chooses not to care.
Last Sunday almost half the guys in the service requested prayer that they would personally be able to connect with God as a father figure.
Keep these young men in your prayers and I’ll keep you posted!
Ken Turner
kenturner@highimpactteens.org
423-381-0018
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by Ken Turner | Ministry Update
On Saturday mornings around 10:00 AM a group of teen guys are receiving the hope that comes from God’s word through the High Impact Teen youth outreach led by Brian Weiss and Wally Anderson.
Recently I received a text message from Wally saying, “Hey, just wanted to let you know that over the past two weekends 10-12 guys have prayed to receive Christ as Savior! Now we want to get going on good follow up with them.”
Brian Weiss and Wally Anderson are faithfully reaching out to these young men weekly so please pray for them and for the young men they are connecting with regularly.
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