My friend Lance sent this article to me. It is about a girl who was allegedly raped, and having no one to turn to, she posted a video on youtube to find someone to listen to her and help her.
My friend Pam is an adult leader in our ministry and a Jr. High teacher in the public school system. She and our adult leaders are the greatest asset our ministry has. She met a gal who went through some hard times and they happened to share the same birthday so Pam would always wish her a happy birthday and give her something to let her know that she was special and loved. Fast forward a few years, and tat gal is going through some hard times again, and she contacted Pam for help. Pam was there to listen and affirm her and love her.
Two stories that show me that the vision of this student ministry, "To connect students to adults who are connected to God" is one that works. We may not get a large number to show up every week, we may not have a fancy light show or videos to show every week, we may not even have a funny engaging teaching time every week, but what we do have, are students who KNOW that they are loved, and can come to any one of our adults in our ministry in a hard time and find some guidance, find some love, find some needed affirmation, to find Christ incarnate in our adults.
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