Associations a lot of times can either make us or break us. A lot of times just knowing people could hurt us in the long run. Sgt. Waylind Cubit of the OKC Police Dept. is an officer with the F.A.C.T. Program (Family Awareness & Community Teamwork.) F.A.C.T. is a community program whose purpose is to take students who are suspected of conducting in gang activity and instill in them Integrity and Values to make them positive community role models doing something great with their lives. My role is to come in an offer a Gospel outlook on whatever is being presented. Just being there has proven to be such a blessing. Watching these students grow into role models is a huge evidence of God’s will being done in this program.

Tuesday night the topic was associations. Many of the students had been involved in some type of criminal activity to where they didn’t commit the crime per say, but they knew about it, so they were equally guilty. Sgt. Cubit did a really good job on drawing out scenarios he had scene in his 17 years on the force. He had also brought in a speaker who up until 2 years ago was serving a 17 year sentence for first degree murder. They hadn’t committed the murder but just knowing of the crime, was equally guilty. To top it off they had just graduated from The University of Oklahoma with a degree in Political Science. It just goes to show the students that no matter how great they are that the associations they keep could make them or break them. So blessed to be partnered with this program. God is doing such a work in the young hearts here. Not to mention the older ones. :-)

-Jo Jo McNeal

Last Week of Impact Club. We had a blast this year. 

Getting ready for the senior party!!

This semester I started something new at Southeast High School.  We’ve had a leadership club in the past, but I wanted to do something different.  I wanted to start a club geared directly toward teenage girls.  I started praying about this when I first started working at Southeast last year, after hearing the heart of one of my club sponsors.  He is a teacher that most students have a great relationship with, but it is hard for him to be able to minister to his female students.   

A lot of the girls don’t have healthy influences at home, and they don’t have that person in their corner telling them that they are beautiful, and smart.  It has been great to push them into seeing themselves the way that God sees them.  We have been able to talk openly about their insecurities, self esteem issues, goals for their future, and abstinence to name a few.

This week was our last week to meet, I look forward to see what God is going to do with this group of girls during the summer, and throughout next year.  

JoAnna Johnson 

Trust

Many times in ministry, youth leaders can become stationary behind a desk. They can tell you everything about the latest leadership book on the best sellers list, or how much knowledge they obtained at their most recent youth conference experience. If you ask that leader about his kids and their families you might find the room filled with silence. I am so proud of the relationship South Okc has developed with our core kids parents, most recenly exhibited at our Parents First Pre Camp Meeting tonight at Frontline South Okc campus. Todays youth leader must be willing to roll up their sleeves and dive in to their surounding communities culture pool. One parent sighned their campers registration paper work tonight…slid it twards me…looked me dead in the eye and said, “you know I trust you Rock”. As a father of three, I can honestly say those words touched a unique spot for me. I know God is going to reward that trust this summer at KAA camp with a supreme outpouring of his spirit. I can’t wait to see what he has in store for my leaders.

Rocky Bratton - Jefferson Middle School

“I come to Impact Cub to learn more about God. I also learn new vocabulary words. The biggest thing I’ve learned from Impact Club this year is the meaning of integrity.”

- Arric Lucas 6th grade - Jefferson Middle School

Camp meeting tonight!

Just had a student tell me that she spent most of the evening and morning at the hospital with both of her little sisters. She only came to school today to come to ladies impact club, then she was headed back to the hospital. As adults we sometimes forget the importance of biblical community. We just go to church to cross it off of our list. I’m so thankful that teen girl knows the importance of being around a group of people who are going to support and pray for her during this time. I am even more thankful that God has blessed me to be a part of these girls lives. -JoAnna Johnson Southeast High School

No Boundaries International organized the Hope Community Block Party at Draper Park today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Youth for Christ South OKC partnered with several other ministries in the area to help make this event a success. 

The Hope Community Block Party gave us the opportunity to reach out to the community in an area where prostitution and gang activity are the norm. It was refreshing to see the the neighborhood come out and enjoy games, moon bounces, food, fellowship, and most importantly being ministered to and prayed for.

“I came to Impact Club, the first time because I was invited by Qaivion.  The reason I keep coming back is because I don’t really know a lot about God, and I am able to learn a lot about him.”-Jashawn Talton Freshman at Southeast High School