A Case Manager is being Added To Reach More Children In Nassau County A Matching Fund Has Been Established to Seed This Expansion. There are Four Keys to a safe and effective mentoring ministry. Recruiting Screening Training Supervision These four steps of safe and effective ministry require well trained ministry staff. If you know the [...]
I was 26. My wife Kay and I were living in Spokane Washington and I was managing a tire store as I finished my master’s degree. It was a cold day, very much like today. Snow painted the bent bows of the pines and on that day I was not taking them for granted. The [...]
That was my name from the time I was five years old. In the beginning, I really thought I had a happy childhood. I lived with my mom and dad and two brothers. Then on my fifth birthday, everything changed. I was told we were going to Grandma and Grandpa’s house for my birthday party. [...]
I was visiting a group home when one of the members of the staff asked the kids if they wanted to try a durian? Not sure what she was talking about, the kids went into the kitchen and saw the ugliest fruit they had ever seen. And then to make things worse, the worker cut [...]
Mary’s mission field is a group foster home for girls in Deer Park. Since 2009, she has been matched one-on-one to eight residents who have all become her friends. Mary has ministered God’s love to everyone in the home and she has opened the eyes of her church to the needs of orphans right around [...]
FATHERLESSNESS The seed bed of all social problems by John Cragg Executive Director of Long Island Youth Mentoring Fatherlessness is the foundational cause for most of our current social problems. Today, the United States imprisons a higher per capita of our citizens than any other county in the world. 85% of those in [...]
Tanisia lives in a very full house. There are 6 woman sharing her small bedroom. Food is available if you happen to be there when it arrives. She has experienced the life she does not want, and Jeannette has introduced her to the Way, the Truth and the Life she has embraced. Click here to [...]
The Declaration of Independence was signed by fifty-six men. In signing this document, they put their lives and their fortunes on the line. Treason was the word the British would use to describe what they did. Many of them lost everything. Thomas Nelson Jr. was one of these men. He was wealthy. He often paid [...]
I am writing to ask you to invest in something that I strongly believe will continue to be a tool in God’s hand long after you and I see Him face to face. I will explain: Fourteen years ago, I was on my way to preach at a church that is now Shelter Rock Church [...]
“I want to climb this rock.” Dad could have stepped in, picked his girl up and placed her safely on top. It would have been quick and easy and he could have gone back to what he was doing. But he chose differently. A good dad allows and supports age appropriate struggle, risk and at [...]
