Long Island Youth Mentoring
Long Island Youth Mentoring helps the Church in providing a safe and effective ministry to fatherless youth. We have done so for forty years.
Mission
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. James 1:27God shares His call to visit and minister His love to the fatherless 40 times in His word.
Mission
God shares His call to visit and minister His love to the fatherless 40 times in His word.
We are here to assist the Church in answering this call safely and effectively.
Auction
The Harvest Auction is a once a year event that is designed to fill God’s storehouse with the financial resources that are necessary to fulfill His mission. It is a quality fun event. Join us by staying at home! Long Island Youth Mentoring will hold the 2020 auction online this year.Auction
Bidding opens Thursday, November 19th, at 6 pm. We will also have a live-streamed program on Saturday, November 21st starting at 7 pm. Invite friends for a fun viewing and bidding party. We will share God’s heart for this ministry, highlight some of the auction items, and have some fun.
Why
The answer to the problems caused by fatherlessness are not found by passing a law or passing out more checks. A problem that is caused by the loss of a primary relationship – a missing Dad — must be addressed and solved, by the establishment of new, positive personal relationships.Why
Long Island Youth Mentoring recruits healthy Christians to consider if God is calling them to a mission field of one fatherless child. Then we provide a screening and training process. This helps prospective mentors determining if this is a part of God’s call. If so, we match them with one child who has asked for a mentor. They meet for 2-4 hours each week for a year. FATHERLESSNESS
Values
The best way to communicate God’s love, truth, and righteousness on this mission field is through personal one-to-one relationships. We depend on the Spirit of God to help us discern people’s core needs. We seek to do so in a way that encourages dependence on God…Values
• …and assist in meeting them. We seek to do so in a way that encourages dependence on God, His Church, and His biblical mandate to work to sustain ourselves and to serve others.
Minister to Long Island Fatherless Children
The ministry of Long Island Youth Mentoring is made possible by God’s provision through His people who invest their time and resources.
YOUTH MENTORING STORIES
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The Crow and The Corona
Why should Aesop have all the fun?by John CraggThere was a hurt crow in my backyard. The fact [...]
How Many Dads Are We Able To Buy?
A Christian school was preparing to have Larry Raab, a leading member of our staff, as the chapel speaker. The school was working with the children to raise money for this ministry as a mission project. The young children were told that this is a ministry to the fatherless. One sensitive youngster understood the problem better than most and asked: “How many dads are we going to be able to buy?”
The Virus That Goes Boom in the Night!
by John Cragg Executive Director, Long Island Youth Mentoring I was 23. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Not [...]
Donna
Peter was interviewing *Donna, an eleven-year-old girl, to determine her interests before matching her with a Christian mentor. The gangly pre-adolescent child sat with wide eyes when told of the fun things she could do with her own adult friend. “What I really like to do is play kickball.” Meanwhile, I was in the kitchen speaking with Donna's mom.
I Want to be a Clown…So I Can Smile All the Time
I pulled up to the front of *Bridget’s house. She was sitting outside on the stoop waiting for me to arrive. She turned and yelled through the door to her older sister, announcing that she was leaving. She was running to the car before I could even open my door. We were off to the circus. It wasn’t just any circus, it was the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and she was so excited!
Do We Take THE ANSWER For Granted?
“Ok, lets review. What is the name of Elizabeth and Zachariah’s son?” “Jesus!” said the 9 fourth and fifth graders in unison.” It is the Christian Jeopardy default for kids. I laughed. It reminded me of a story of a pastor who asks the following question during a children’s sermon. “What is gray, has a furry tail, collects nuts and hops?”
I sent the following text to one of our mentors: This is the reply I received: Here are the details: Roger & Chris are the most unlikely of pairs. Roger is all gray-haired, Jesus loving wisdom. Chris is all things youthful, including…
Katie* was and is a troubled young woman. All of her life’s “demons” have yet to be exorcised, but at the very least, the reality of how much her Youth Mentoring friend has meant to her over the last 10 years is finally sinking in …
I’ve been having a rough time lately more with myself then anything else really; my mom and family are well which is a blessing. This prison time is not easy, at this time in my life I would truly like to do the things that are positive in . . .
When a child grows up in a dysfunctional home, he knows nothing else but to repeat that pattern. When a Christian mentor prays up and shows up 2-4 hours a week, the child experiences God’s love. Within that love, a new family legacy is modeled and made available. Will you consider this life-changing call?
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