by Ken Turner | High Impact Stories, Ministry Update, Parents, Teens
High Impact Teens was invited to be the official provider of mentors at the All Pro Dad Father and Kids NFL Experience held at the Indianapolis Colts training facility. The event was held on August 25. A limited number of fathers and kids were invited to attend and High Impact Teens was there to provide mentors for a group of young people who attended from Indianapolis without dads.
This special event was filmed for TV simulcast to be aired on January 13, 2013 at 1:00 PM.
Our ministry is blessed to have some great ministry partners! They are people who volunteer in various capacities throughout the year and those who make the commitment to support the ministry to make it all possible. Without our volunteers and donors we wouldn’t exist.
On a personal note, my weekend in Indianapolis was filled with a lot of “behind the scenes” experiences. I travelled from Tennessee up to Indy on Friday, August 24 to join Darrin Gray. Darrin is the National Development Director for All Pro Dad and one of my best friends. We met after I started our outreach ministry in Indianapolis a few years ago and we have chosen to share our “ministry platforms” together ever since. The weekend of events included me picking up Darrin at his house north of Indianapolis, loading up all kinds of books, displays and giveaways for a whirlwind of activities.
We headed over to the Colts Training Facility to meet with Derrick Boles of Leadership 1st and Lorenzo Neal. These guys were awesome to spend time with. We discussed some of our ministry goals, shared ideas about outreach and brainstormed about some ministry plans for the future. Derrick and Lorenzo are great guys and have a great vision for youth. And they are funny! We had a lot of laughs over the weekend.
We picked up Tony Dungy and Mark Merrill at the airport and headed straight to Riley Hospital for some visits with kids who are battling illness. Clark Kellogg met us at the hospital and our group got bigger and bigger. We were walking the halls with Tony Dungy, Clark Kellogg, Darrin Gray, Mark Merrill, Derrick Boles, Lorenzo Neal and key hospital staff members visiting kids.
We left the hospital and headed over the the Lucas Oil Mansion. Tony Dungy and Clark Kellogg spoke to a group of invited guests to raise money for Kids Voice.
Saturday was filled with activities at the Colts Training Facility with over 700 fathers and kids filing the TV simulcast for Lifeway. http://www.lifeway.com/Event/Adult-Event-All-Pro-Dad-Simulcast
We are always looking to grow our ministry team. If you would like to be a part of what we do… contact us!
Email me at kenturner@highimpactteens.org
For our youth,
Ken Turner
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by Ken Turner | Ministry Update, Teens, Youth Ministry
Jersey Effect – High Impact Teen Weekend In South Carolina
David McEntire lives in my hometown of Blacksburg, SC. He has a big part in running the little league football programs in the community there. We connected through Facebook a few months ago and started discussing The Jersey Effect book. David invited me to come “home” for a few days and speak to the football players in our community. All my family still lives in the area and my parents still live at the same place where I grew up. It was a unique privilege to go home and connect with the community. I was in South Carolina Thursday, August 16 through Monday, August 20. Thursday evening I spoke to a stadium full of football players, parents, band members, cheerleaders and fans at the “Restore The Roar” event at Blacksburg High School. I was asked to speak and challenge the students and their families on the message of The Jersey Effect. The football field was not intended to be a field of selfishness and the jersey was not intended to bring glory to one who wears it so that it destroys his life. We all wear a jersey of influence and we are to be making a positive impact on those around us. A few area business leaders committed to sponsor giving a Jersey Effect book to all the Blacksburg Football players from JH through Varsity. Our youth outreach will continue a connection with these 90-100 youth throughout the school year. We are seeking only $250 more to complete the sponsorship of these youth.
On Friday evening I was invited over to Gaffney, SC which is the other high school in our county (Cherokee County.) I did a pre-game chapel service for the Gaffney Indians Football team. They are starting the season ranked #3 and have been one of the stronger programs Nationally for several years. God was clearly at work and it was an honor to have this sm
all ministry with them.
On Saturday the Cherokee County Little League Football program had their little league combine where the youth try out and get recruited and placed on the various teams. During the lunch hour, David McEntire met me there to introduce me to a lot of the coaches and volunteers that run the programs for the entire county.
Sunday morning I was with my friend Pastor Chip Coleman at Bishop Branch Baptist Church near Clemson, SC. We had a great service. Chip had me teach the high school and college students Sunday school class and present our ministry in the Sunday morning service. Later on Sunday evening I connected with Walt and Diane Sirmans in Greenville, SC. They are on our ministry board of directors and we spent time meeting a lot of their friends who have a heart for our ministry.
The Gaffney High School Football coaches would like to place the Jersey Effect book in the hands of all their players for this season. We are finding this to be a great tool to link our youth outreach to athletes. If you are interested in this project and would like to have a part in the investment in these young men, please contact me to discuss how you can help.
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by Ken Turner | Ministry Update, Teens, Youth Ministry
The Jersey Effect Weekend in Tennessee with High Impact Teens Reaches Out To 6000+
When we put our heads together to begin writing the book, “The Jersey Effect”, we wondered what kind of response the book would receive once it was in the market. It’s been great to see how God has used the message already. Our publisher printed 5000 books and released it on June 1, 2012. As of this week those books are essentially sold out and a new printing of 3000 more are already in the warehouse.
Darrin Gray and Hunter Smith joined me in Dayton, Tennessee the weekend of August 11, 12 and 13. We scheduled 7 events in 48 hours around the message of The Jersey Effect. On Saturday evening Hunter spoke at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga to several thousand at the high school football jamboree. We did two church services on Sunday morning and an area wide youth rally on Sunday night. We rented out the Roane State Community College gymnasium in Harriman, TN and had over 500 in attendance. The evening youth rally was in partnership with The ONE Youth Rallies of Roane County. Monday we hosted a breakfast with local business leaders and did a school assembly at Spring City Middle School and led a leadership session at Roane County High School kicking off their P3 Student Leadership groups for their 2012-2013 school year. P3 stands for Positive Peer Pressure and our ministry will be overseeing much of the program this year for the school clubs.
One of the highlights of the weekend was the generous sponsorships we received from area businesses and individuals. La-Z-Boy, First Bank of Tennessee, Community National Bank, Dayton Utilities, uthStuph Clothing, Rhea County Anti-Drug Coalition, Roane County Anti-Drug Coalition and the support of Cardinal Contracting of Indiana were all great sponsors. Jerry Duncan Ford sponsored the purchase of 400 Jersey Effect books to be given to all teens who attended the youth rally. The teens who received the books signed a commitment card to read the book with an open heart to receive the message God would have for them. We also have all the names, addresses and emails to add to our youth outreach e-newsletter for teens so we can continue to follow up and disciple them. We will be connecting all of them who do not have a church home to youth groups in the area.
It was a great weekend of events!
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by Ken Turner | High Impact Stories, Ministry Update, Teens, Youth Ministry
THE JERSEY EFFECT WEEKEND
August 11, 12 and 13, 2012
PRESS RELEASE
HIGH IMPACT TEENS AND THE JERSEY EFFECT ARE BRINGING THE POWER OF THE NFL TO PROMOTE POSITIVE PEER PRESSURE AND REACH OUR LOCAL YOUTH
12 YEAR NFL VETERAN AND SUPER BOWL CHAMPION HUNTER SMITH ALONG WITH DARRIN GRAY OF ALL PRO DAD TO KICK OFF RHEA COUNTY AND ROANE COUNTY SCHOOL YEARA local youth outreach called High Impact Teens, founded by Ken Turner has helped bring strategic partnerships together to reach our local youth. Ken relocated High Impact Teens to the area from Indianapolis, Indiana and will be kicking off the fall school year (no pun intended) with a veteran NFL Colts punter, Hunter Smith along with Darrin Gray of All Pro Dad. The timing couldn’t be better to boost the youth in our community toward being strong in character, integrity and positive role models among their own peers. Hunter Smith, Darrin Gray, Stephen Copeland (of Sports Spectrum Magazine) and Ken Turner invested over 18 months together writing a new book that was just released in June called The Jersey Effect. The message of the book is a powerful challenge about Hunter Smith and ten members of the Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl XLI Championship winning team. Each one chosen to be a part of the book were selected based on their personal commitment to wear their “jersey” with the goal of having a positive “effect” on everyone around them, including teammates, coaches and fans. The message is resonating well with readers since the first printing of the book has almost sold out since its release on June 1. A second printing is in place now to keep the momentum of the message going. With a foreword by former head coach of the Colts, Tony Dungy and chapters based on high character individuals within the Colts Super Bowl Championship team such as Jeff Saturday, Tarik Glenn, Ben Utecht and others, the authors are seeking to ignite a movement among today’s youth to stand up and be different.
If you would like to connect with Hunter Smith and Darrin Gray and learn more about the Rhea County based youth outreach ministry of High Impact Teens, you can catch them at any one of these places:
MEET HUNTER SMITH 12 YEAR NFL VETERAN * 10 YEARS WITH THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS DURING THE TONY DUNGY, PEYTON MANNING ERA,AND AUTHOR OF THE JERSEY EFFECT
A SPECIAL INVITATION TO BUSINESS LEADERS AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS JOIN US FOR COFFEE AND PASTRIES AT FIRST UNITED METHODIST 1035 Market Street, DAYTON, TN 37321
MONDAY, AUGUST 13 AT 7:30 AM
ALSO HEAR DARRIN GRAY OF ALL PRO DAD
The National fatherhood program founded by Tony Dungy, former Indianapolis Colts head coach
CO-AUTHORS: Ken Turner of High Impact Teens and Stephen Copeland of Sports Spectrum Magazine
EVENTS FOR AUGUST 11-13, 2012
SATURDAY
Saturday at 6:30 PM – UTC Finely Stadium 1826 Carter Street Chattanooga, TN 37408
High School Football Jamboree – Hear Hunter Smith speak at approximately 6:30 PM. Get a book, get an autograph, a mini poster, see some great high school football. The address is 1826 Carter Street Chattanooga, TN 37408.
SUNDAY
HEAR HUNTER SMITH AND DARRIN GRAY
Sunday at 9:00 AM – First United Methodist Church 1035 Market Street, Dayton, TN 37321
Sunday at 10:45 AM – New Union Baptist Church 4060 Double S Road, Dayton, TN 37321
Sunday from 4:00-7:00 PM – The “ONE Youth Rally” at Roane State Community College, 276 Patton Lane, Harriman, TN 37748
MONDAY
7:30-8:30 AM – Community and business leaders are invited to a special meet and greet with Hunter Smith and Darrin Gray, coffee and pastries provided and a presentation regarding our outreach to youth in our community and beyond at First United Methodist Church, 1035 Market Street, Dayton, TN 37321.
Come meet Hunter Smith and Darrin Gray. Breakfast pastries and coffee provided. Get a book, learn more about the Jersey Effect and hear a special presentation about our local outreach ministry to at-risk youth called High Impact Teens.
10:00 AM – Spring City Middle School assembly. (Private)
12:30 PM – Roane County High School P3 Leadership.
Get Involved – Support Our Outreach
For more information contact:High Impact Teens, PO Box 1325, Dayton TN 37321 * (423) 381-0018 *
www.highimpactteens.org
1. Become a monthly partner. Our ministry is funded by individuals, businesses and churches who give monthly.
2. Make a one-time donation.
3. Sponsor a gift to supply The Jersey Effect Books for a football team.
- $1200 provides 100 books for a football team
- $600 provides 50 books for a football team
- $300 provides 25 books for a football team
https://kenturnerministries.org/give
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