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
