Changing young lives with your trade skills and God's word!
hard truths regarding youth today
THE CAUSE:
1. According to the Casey Foundation Website “Kids Count” 35% of sub 8 year old's
live in a home without an in home mother AND father
2. US Census Bureau 28% of homes below poverty level are single parent homes
3. Suicide: 63% of youth suicides are from single parent homes
4. Runaways: 90% of runaway youths are from fatherless homes
5. Behavioral Disorders: 85 % of children that exhibit behavioral disorders are
from fatherless homes
6. High School Dropouts: 71 % of high school dropouts are from fatherless homes
7. Juvenile Detention: 70% of juveniles in state institutions are from fatherless homes
8. Substance Abuse: 75% of adolescents with substance abuse are fatherless
9. Aggression: 75% of sex assaults are committed by fatherless males
THE PROBLEM:
With single parents working to provide for their family, many youth have NO adult investing in their lives one on one.
A SOLUTION:
There is a need for young people to experience both a DISCIPLING and MENTORING relationship, committed to provide emotional stability, character modeling and demonstrate Biblical truths.
YOUR TRADE IS YOUR STRENGTH: Through your trade, craft or profession, even in very short interactions, you can become: a reflection of our Heavenly Father, a disciple maker (like a Barnabas) to teach them spiritually, a mentor to teach them character and a master crafts person to teach them skill.
BIBLICAL OBJECT LESSONS ATTACHED TO YOUR TRADE IS OUR STRENGTH
We create and attach customized life lessons and Biblical principles to the tasks of your trade as conversational interactions, to impact the lives of those in great ways!
Veteran’s Sessions
Our program instructs veterans and active duty military in the art and craft of blacksmithing with the goal of providing a sense of accomplishment, mental and physical well-being, and the knowledge and experience to continue the craft in their own timeline.
THE three fold MODEL
MENTORING (Trust Relationship)
MENTORING (Trust Relationship)
MENTORING (Trust Relationship)
Trust only comes after a relationship is built. Spending time in an area of common interest. Our programs are written with specific attachments to your trade to facilitate relationship building.
DISCIPLING (Imparting Biblical Truth)
MENTORING (Trust Relationship)
MENTORING (Trust Relationship)
God never asks us to bring more that He has already given us. You have professional skills and we have Biblical object lesson creation skills. By combining what we have, you can pour timeless truths into the life of someone else.
APPRENTICING (Tangible Skills)
MENTORING (Trust Relationship)
APPRENTICING (Tangible Skills)
Through mentoring and discipling programs, small business owners, trades people and crafts people can develop a well trained and skilled apprentice and foster a succession plan to transition their experience, skill and business to the next generation.
empowering the church & community
Partnering to change the lives of young people, returning veterans and the formerly incarcerated .
Working directly with you, we develop a personalized curriculum to create small interactive and easy to use training modules. These modules directly link Biblcal principles to the tasks of your trade. Instead of losing productive work time, the program creates seamless object lessons written in a conversational manner that ties what you are doing with life changing dialog.
Highly Qualified Curriculum Development
Our founder is credentialed by the US Dept. of Justice in “Needs Assessment for Youth” & “Curriculum Design and Development”. This combined with 20 years of direct management & supervision of youthful offenders & 10 years of community based Christian ministry to young people gives us a tested & proven approach.
We believe relational mentoring, biblical discipling & hands on skill apprenticing through your trade is an divine recipe to eternally impacting young people.
Secular Mentoring & Biblical based Courses
Founded with a Biblical vision to impact lives for eternity, we are also developing a secular curriculum for those crafts and trades people who may not share a Biblical based perspective but see the value in building in to the lives of at risk youth.
INVEST IN THE NEXT GENERATION through support and giving
We are an IRS registered 501 (c) 3 charitable educational organization with a biblical mission.
Your support and contributions will enable us to impact the lives of young people through mentoring and apprenticing programs.
Your generous donation will directly fund our mission. Thank you!
