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Easter Project: Rise Up For Youth
Easter is coming soon, and I'd like to share a special project you can be a part of if you feel led to do so. We are calling our Easter outreach project "Rise Up, for Youth." We will be delivering an Easter gift bag to youth in juvenile centers in Tennessee,...
“I Need This… We All Need This.” Said a teen in Peoria. New Ministry Outreach in IL
We moved to Central IL, in October, and Jennifer and I probably underestimated how much work it takes to move 600 miles north! A close friend called to "check on me" after we were here a couple of months. I was telling him how I felt "very out of sync" with...
Giving Tuesday!
Your gift will help bring the gospel to fatherless youth! Early one morning in November of 2007, I was reading the Bible. I had studied the book of Psalms for several months, and this morning, I read a few verses about the hurting and fatherless among us. It was as if...
How to Become a More Caring Christian
Caring about and acknowledging others impacts joy, health, and even the effective spreading of the gospel. John said in III John 1:14 to salute and greet Christian friends by name. The Greek word used for salute and greet was originally described this way. When you...
Happy New Year – We are so close to our goal!
Happy New Year to you and your family! There's never been a more urgent time to reach a generation of youth than now. God has given us a fruitful year of ministry in 2021, and we are excited to see the miraculous, life-changing impact of the gospel in the lives...
3 Ways the Bible Can Change Your Life – Psalm 119:11
Some people struggle their entire life dominated by a specific sin and never experience relief. They even memorize Bible verses about it. They quote the verse when temptation comes. That’s supposed to work, right? Like taking a pill for a headache and expecting it to...
How Reading 5-15 Bible Verses Can Be a Game-Changer
If you struggle to read the Bible you are not alone. When I was a youth pastor in Indianapolis, IN I surveyed our youth group of almost 100 teens about their relationship with the Bible. Most of them were living in strong Christian homes and were attending church and...
500 Teens Wanting and Waiting – Our HIT Philippines Project
God is moving in some remarkable ways. Earlier this year, our supporters stepped up. Together, we provided 250 of our High Impact Teen one-year spiritual journals to youth in remote areas of the Philippines in the Tagalog...
The High Cost of Ignoring Character
Are You a Listener - Proverbs 1:1-7 Have you ever heard the phrase "they don't know what they don't know?" If you have, you know this; it wasn't a compliment. You really can't afford to pay the high price of living life in ignorance. The saying, "Ignorance is bliss,"...
Remember, It’s Not About The Bread – Matthew 16:9
Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? Matthew 16:9 Don't forget the bread! That was Christ's message to His disciples. He could have said; it's not really about the bread. Here is a problem...
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Easter Project: Rise Up For Youth
Easter is coming soon, and I'd like to share a special project you can be a part of if you feel led to do so. We are calling our Easter outreach project "Rise Up, for Youth." We will be delivering an Easter gift bag to youth in juvenile centers in Tennessee,...
“I Need This… We All Need This.” Said a teen in Peoria. New Ministry Outreach in IL
We moved to Central IL, in October, and Jennifer and I probably underestimated how much work it takes to move 600 miles north! A close friend called to "check on me" after we were here a couple of months. I was telling him how I felt "very out of sync" with...
Giving Tuesday!
Your gift will help bring the gospel to fatherless youth! Early one morning in November of 2007, I was reading the Bible. I had studied the book of Psalms for several months, and this morning, I read a few verses about the hurting and fatherless among us. It was as if...
