Recently on the way to an 8th grade basketball game (I’m the coach for Clark/Roosevelt) I overheard some of my players calling an Indian boy on our team a “terrorist”. Knowing the two boys who were making the comments I understood that they were mostly joking around with the boy whom they both like. Yet […]
For the last few months, I have been leading a bible study once a week with 3 eighth graders from Clark Middle School. These ladies all attended Impact World Tour in the fall, and said afterwards that were interested in attending a bible study. Although I didn’t know these ladies, I was involved at Clark […]
The Miami Valley Partnership for Fathers is off and running, and SCYM has started four “Wise Guys” groups for middle school guys that are aimed at teen pregnancy prevention. So far 30 guys are participating – some from health classes at Schaefer Middle, and others are basketball players at Clark Middle. Facilitators Chris LeMaster and […]
Please note, the following is not an appeal for money or really about SCYM at all – just some things I’ve been pondering this weekend. I don’t know if this is the first year it happened or just the first year that I paid attention, but you knew it was coming. As the doors of […]
These past two weeks have probably been the most rewarding weeks for me.The girls are beginning to respond and truly bond with some of the volunteers, and it’s such a blessing to watch.Thursday, after our basketball clinic and in light of the upcoming holidays, we all listed one thing for which we were thankful.One of […]
I was blessed with a strong Christian upbringing. My parents instilled in me good morals and the importance of living a Christ-centered life. Now that I’m an adult, I am more aware of the world’s hurts. I am heartbroken for the breakdown of families. I see on a daily basis the aftermath of abuse, neglect, […]
This semester I have had the opportunity to sit in and help with an anger management group for 6th grade students at Clark Middle school. Chris has done a great job leading the group, and he has been a great example to me of how to patiently work with this challenging age group. As we […]
SCYM is excited to be part of a grant from the state of Ohio for the next seven months, centered on strengthening fathers in our state. Our “piece of the puzzle” is premature fatherhood prevention for middle school boys – basically helping these kids understand why it’s a bad idea to get their girlfriends pregnant […]
Every week in my Anger Management groups at Clark and Schaefer I ask the kids to answer 3 questions: 1-How do you feel right now and why? 2-What is one good thing that happened this week? 3-What is one not so good thing that happened this week? It’s amazing how many times the kids’ feelings […]
During my small group time with the girls one week at Young Life, I took usual requests for prayer. The girls told me they had just had a classmate commit suicide, and they were taking it hard. When I later asked them what I should speak on the following week (it was my turn to […]