christeenianity december, 2010

Who we are:The Christeenianity Foundation is a Christian faith-based, outreach program designed as a resource for both teens in shelters and teens in the community at large. By incorporating a biblical foundation and principles in everything we do, we strive to minister the message of God to everyone involved with our organization.

What we do:We organize, coordinate and support groups of teens from throughout the community, to participate in outreach projects and events designed to benefit abused and neglected teens who are currently in the care of shelters throughout our community. These outreach projects and events include everything from, taking sheltered teens out to movies, parks, Christian concerts, etc., with our community teens participating as chaperones, guides and general helpers. In cases where the sheltered residents are restricted from leaving the facilities, we implement “in-shelter” events in order to maximize our outreach.

Why we do it:There is a huge number of severely abused and neglected children in our community. They are residents of shelters across the city. In some cases, they are being “rehabilitated” to the point of just being able to enter the state system. Most of these children have been rejected or displaced and can’t comprehend that they are loved, and most have no hope for the future. There are NONE in our community that need to be shown the love of God, and provided with hope, more than these lost children.

By incorporating and facilitating the participation of teens in the community for these outreach events we are providing them an opportunity for service work and charity directly supporting their disadvantaged peers.

Our hope is that we instill, in both groups of teens, an overwhelming basis of understanding God’s existence, love and compassion.

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Featured Articles

Interview With Zachary Van Veldhuizen

My Love Child Yvette Phelps

Interview With Jaime Jamgochian

Almost There Elvicia Willett

Behind the Scenes of Teen Pregnancy Focus on the Family

Christmas —What’s the Real Story? Staff Writer

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National Runaway Switchboard 800-RUNAWAY (786-2929)National Teen Dating Abuse 866-331-9474Connections Crisis Hotline 800-532-8192

TX Abuse Hotline 800-252-5400 Teen Pregnancy 866-942-6466

Alanon/Alateen (SA) 888-829-1312

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Publisher Christeenianity, LLC, Editor - Audra Hughes Contributing Writers - Chris Emmitt, Nicolette Hughes ,Yvette Phelps, Elisa Nodine, Elvicia Willett

Graphic Designer - Ezrah Khan • Sales - Audra Hughes

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You may submit articles or your letter to Dear Christeen either by mail at 5321 FM 311 #1, New Braunfels, TX, 78132, or via email at [email protected].

If you would like to receive a Free copy of the NLT New Testament Bible, please email your name and address to [email protected], or call us at 1-888-932-3552

Featured Articles

Interview With Zachary Van Veldhuizen

My Love Child Yvette Phelps

Interview With Jaime Jamgochian

Almost There Elvicia Willett

Behind the Scenes of Teen Pregnancy Focus on the Family

Christmas —What’s the Real Story? Staff Writer

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In Every Issue

Recipe & Craft 18

Local Youth Groups 25

Non-Profit Highlight Adoption Priorities 5

A Note From... Chris Emmitt 26

Dear Christeen 9

Book Review: Life Interrupted 24Nicolette Hughes

Concerts 30

National Runaway Switchboard 800-RUNAWAY (786-2929)National Teen Dating Abuse 866-331-9474Connections Crisis Hotline 800-532-8192

TX Abuse Hotline 800-252-5400 Teen Pregnancy 866-942-6466

Alanon/Alateen (SA) 888-829-1312

Table of Contents

You may submit articles or your letter to Dear Christeen either by mail at 5321 FM 311 #1, New Braunfels, TX, 78132, or via email at [email protected].

If you would like to receive a Free copy of the NLT New Testament Bible, please email your name and address to [email protected], or call us at 1-888-932-3552


Praise the Lord!

Through the grace of God, we are very happy to celebrate our 1st year anniversary of the publication. A couple of changes... First, we’ve doubled our size! And more importantly beginning this month, in each issue we will focus on a speci c topic that teens are faced with. This issue starts with the topic of “Teen Pregnancy”. Primarily, because I am now the mother of a pregnant 17 year old. While I am ecstatic that God has blessed our family with our rst grandchild, I do wish the circumstances were better.

My daughter is aware that she will be faced with a lot of struggles and challenges attempting to raise a child while continuing to seek out and achieve her own goals. I have chosen to instill these two verses in my daughter, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13) and “…with God ALL things are possible” (Matthew 19:26). I truly believe that with God and the support of her family, she will “grow up” to be a great example to her child. I’m extremely proud of her and I’m looking forward to helping her through her journey.

If you are a teen in this situation, (male or female doesn’t matter - you’re in it together), I encourage you to talk to your parents. If you feel like you can’t for whatever reason, then talk to your counselor or another adult you can trust. Just tell someone.

Parents, please understand that we all have made bad choices in one way or another throughout our lives. I’m not trying to say that it doesn’t hurt, it does, but rather than getting angry or upset with your child, you must be supportive. Your teen is scared and needs you now, more than ever. I urge you to use this opportunity to draw closer in your relationship with your child. AND, most importantly encourage your child to continue to achieve their dreams. Don’t let them believe that their lives are ruined or over, instead encourage them to move mountains! “. . . Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20).GOD BLESS! Audra


What is Adoption Priorities?

Can you imagine living your life without your parents? Not having a

family to call your own? What would you do at Christmas and on your birthday? Sadly, this is a reality for over 115,000 children in the US foster care system today.

Many of these children do not have the benefit of having a “forever family”. They sit in foster care hoping and waiting for a family to call their own. And, across the world, there are hundreds of thousands of children in orphanages who wait for a family, hoping that someone will claim them as a son or daughter.

But there is an answer!

God calls Christians to take “care of widows and orphans in their time of need”. James 1:27 (NIV) says that “Religion that God accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after widows and orphans in their distress”. Adoption Priorities, Inc. was established to provide consistent and ethical adop-tion practices to families who want to answer God’s call.

API’s founder, Amanda Way began her professional adop-tion experience in 1996 as a caseworker for Children’s Protective Services in San Antonio, TX. During this time, she worked with abused and neglected children in the fos-ter care system to find perma-nent homes for them. Amanda worked with approximately 900 families to try to resolve the is-sues that brought the children to the attention of CPS.

After six years of dedication to the US foster care system, Amanda decided to apply her knowledge and experience in the area of international adop-tion. For nearly four years, she served as the Executive Director of an international placing agency assisting over 200 families through the entire adoption process, from appli-cation to post-placement!

Amanda’s personal experi-ence with adoption journey began when she and her hus-band, Mitchell, adopted their first of two children from Rus-sia!! In 2000, they adopted their son, a special needs child. A few years later, they adopted their daughter, who was an older child. These two adoptions have left her with a more realistic perspective of the adoption experience than most professionals. As a re-sult, it was her desire to pro-vide an adoption experience that is ethical and efficient. API is committed to assisting adoptive parents in helping them pursue their dreams of

having a forever family, and most importantly, to helping the children who need forever families!

Adoption Priorities, Inc. can help families who want to adopt from the foster care system, internationally or do-mestically. In addition, we help relatives adopt children within their family and step-parents adopt step-children.

Adoption Priorities, Inc. also has a program for women who desire to provide life for their baby by choosing the gift of adoption for them. Through The Amaris Home Project, API assists women in making a life giving choice for their baby by providing counseling, guid-ance, food, clothing, medical care and housing. Our Amaris Home is a place where wom-en seeking adoption for their baby can live and receive ad-ditional support and Christian love while making this difficult decision.

It is the desire of Adoption Priorities, Inc. that no children go without a family who will love them forever. Adoption is one of the most rewarding en-deavors one chooses to pur-sue in life! Through adoption, we hope to unite each waiting child with a “forever family” they can call their own.

Adoption Priorities, Inc.14400 Northbrook Suite 200

San Antonio, TX 78232(210) 494-2160

www.adoptionpriorities.com


Hey, ever wished you had a voice constantly telling

you “Good job!! You’re almost there!”? Many of us would have finished a lot of things we’ve started if only we had this encouraging voice at our ears encouraging us. That goal that you had set out to accomplish at the beginning of last year or even the year before would have been accomplished; that book you had started to read would have been on your lists of “have reads” long time ago; your savings account could have been as fat as mine! (just kidding); Heck, I could have been a great football player by now! But none of the above happened; your goal is still an unaccomplished goal,

that book is still unread, your savings account isn’t up to its full potential and I’m not a world famous football player. So what am I getting

at? All these failures are only in existence simply because we gave up too soon or we gave up just as we were about to cross the finishing line. Your ability to finish something is a sign of endurance and endurance (long-suffering), as we all probably know is one of the nine fruits of the spirits, so therefore ALL Christians should have this vital characteristic. I’m really hoping that as the weeks of your Christian life go by that you will develop this power to endure.

How exactly do you do this? Hmmmm… I really don’t know. But what I’ve

seen in these few years that I have been serving Christ is that God will place you in certain situations so that he can build your Christian character and so that you can show forth and develop the fruits of the spirit. I am sure God will or maybe he has already has placed you in a situation where you’ll have to show forth endurance. It might be as simple as having to finish reading a book in the bible or it might be something more drastic where God is truly testing you and you really really really want to throw in the towel or raise the white flag as they say in the military. I’ve been there, Jesus was there, and your pastor was there… NEVERTHELESS, they’ve endured. So please, you too must endure. Don’t give

Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.

–Anonymous

You’re Almost There!by Elvicia Willett -Age 18


up! Let the Holy Spirit be that voice that constantly says “You are almost there!!” Build yourself up with scriptures that will encourage you and remind you that God’s grace will sustain you to the end. I am really challenging you to scan through the bible and find some encouraging scriptures that will push you to want to go on serving God. The bible is filled with them! And when you find them, write them out, study them in depth and try to constantly keep them on your mind, so that when you are tempted to give up they will act as a reminder for you to ENDURE UNTO THE END!

So to conclude I’ll end off with a true story just so that even if you don’t remember anything I said above and even if you never take up my challenge and find the encouraging scriptures, you’ll remember this story and be encouraged:

“Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were descending from the summit of the 20,813-foot-high Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes when disaster struck–twice. First, Simpson slipped and broke his leg. Then, while Yates was lowering him down, Simpson went over a cliff and was left dangling on the end of the rope. Yates couldn’t see or hear Simpson and held on for an hour as he was pulled

down the mountain.Controversially, he cut the

rope and safely descended. Simpson dropped into a crevasse, and though severely injured, was able to abseil down to the bottom from the ice shelf he landed on. From here, he spent three days dragging himself across five miles of rough terrain, with no food or water and in great pain.

He crawled into base camp in the middle of the night and was reunited with Yates, who, after recovering from his own injuries, was planning to break camp the next morning. The harrowing tale of survival is told in detail in Simpson’s book, Touching the Void, and the documentary of the same name”.

Source: matadornetwork.com

What I liked most about the story above is the fact that Joe Simpson arrived the night before the morning Yates planned on breaking camp, imagine what would have happened if he slacked in his journey and decided to rest from his painful travels for a day? Imagine if he decided to just stay at his position and wait for someone to rescue him instead of fighting through the pain and hunger? It is almost a 100% chance that Joe Simpson would have died; he would’ve given up the opportunity to see his family and loved ones again. It is the same with

you if you give up now and not endure unto the end, imagine what will happen. I know there are times when things feel hopeless and it seems that your fight is in vain but it’s not. Weather your goal is overcoming temptation, fulfilling a vow to God, spending more time with God or representing Christ more at school or work, it will and can be reached.

Don’t stop trying all the keys until you find the right one. You’re Almost There!!

ENDURE UNTO THE END!


ChristeenDear Christeen —I’m a teenager who suffers from depression, and sometimes I feel very, very down. I just started going to therapy, but I don’t really feel like it’s helping because I still feel really depressed and alone most of the time. I kind of feel like I’m at my whit’s end and I don’t know where to turn. Can you help me?—Feeling Blue in Fredericksburg

Dear Feeling Blue —I was a depressed teenager myself, I was a depressed teenager myself, so I can relate to what you are going through. I know it can be very difficult and sometimes you might feel like you are completely alone, even when you are in a room full of people. But, fortunately, I have some words of encouragement and some advice. First, I would like to let you know that, no matter how alone you feel, you are never really alone because God is always with you. He is always watching over you, so He knows what you are going through and exactly how you feel. So whenever you feel alone or depressed, just remember that He is there. Also, try to surround yourself with positive things like books full of uplifting sayings or scripture verses, and posters or music that make you feel happy. A very important thing to try and do is keep your social network strong. Reach out to people in your family, group of friends, or someone else that you can trust like your counselor at school. You might be surprised to find out how much these people care about you, and are willing to help you. Another thing is to not give up on your therapy. If you don’t feel comfortable with your therapist for whatever reason, tell your parents or guardians that you want to see someone else. But don’t give up because therapy can be very beneficial to you, and remember that the process takes time. You will be in my thoughts and my prayers. “But let all who take refuge in [God] be glad; let them ever sing for joy.” Psalm 5:11—Love, Christeen

Dear Christeen—I am 15 and the oldest out of three kids, so I feel sort of responsible for looking after my younger siblings. But, even though I love my brother and sister, I sometimes feel like I shouldn’t have to be so responsible for them. You see, my father is an alcoholic, and even though my mom is around, it is still very hard on the whole family. And it makes

me really mad because I wonder how he can be so selfish when he has a

family to take care of! Do you have any advice for me? —Overburdened in Odessa

Dear Overburdened —I completely understand why you are upset, and you have every right to be. You are taking on responsibilities and stresses that someone your age shouldn’t have to take on. I know it is very easy to become angry with your father,

and perfectly understandable, but also understand that alcoholism is classified as a disease, just as cancer or diabetes. Try finding a local Alateen or Al-Anon group for support. It will help you deal with your anger towards your father and to get a better understanding of his disease. His behaviors aren’t right, but it won’t help you to be so angry with him; in fact, it can be extremely unhealthy for you both physically and mentally. One way to let go of anger is through forgiveness. Jesus thought that forgiveness was so important, that he sacrificed his life so that we could be forgiven. It says in Ephesians 4:32,”Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” And remember that, though it may be difficult to deal with the way things are right now, God gives us these trials for a reason, and this experience will make you a much stronger person in the future. —Love, Christeen

D e a r C h r i s t e e n ,


Christmas–What’s the Real Story?

THEIR FIRST TRIP TOGETHER WAS TO

BETHLEHEM. THE COUPLE TRAVELED THERE

TOGETHER TO REGISTER FOR THE CENSUS (WHERE THE GOVERNMENT MAKES EVERYONE BE COUNTED).

THEY PACKED THE FAMILY CAR (THE DONKEY) AND

HEADED OUT.

THEN, PAIR HER UP W/A RIGHTEOUS DUDE (JOSEPH) WHO WOULD SERVE AS HIS EARTH

FATHER.

PLANT A BABY (JESUS) IN A NON-SUSPECTING VIRGIN (MARY) W/OUT

THE AID OF A MAN! WHAT?????

SO...IT WAS DECIDED BY GOD THAT IN ORDER TO SAVE

EARTHLINGS HE WOULD DROP DOWN THE ULTIMATE GIFT

FROM HEAVEN.

“FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH ON HIM SHOULD

NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE” (JOHN, CHAPTER 3:16)

AND A COOL WAY TO DO

THAT?


READ MORE ABOUT THE TRUE STORY OF CHRISTMAS BY TURNING IN YOUR BIBLE

TO LUKE CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO.

ALONG THE WAY, IT WAS TIME FOR JESUS

TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE. THE LOCAL HOLIDAY INN WAS FULL, SO

THEY CAMPED OUT IN A BARN SURROUNDED BY FARM CRITTERS.

IMAGINE THE SOUNDS, AND THE SMELL!

AND GO THEY DID!

WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THAT A KING

WOULD ENTER THE WORLD IN A FARMER’S BARN? BUT

GOD’S PLAN WAS A SIMPLE BUT MIGHTY ONE. DELIVER A KING,

NO FRILLS, NO FANCY CRIBS (OR ROOMS), NO EDUCATED DOC – JUST BRING HIM TO THE WORLD IN THE MOST

SIMPLISTIC FASHION.

WHERE ARE THE SCENTED CANDLES?!

DUDE!

WAHLAH–YOUR GIFT! A BABY WHO WOULD GROW TO BE A MAN AND BE GIVEN AS THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE

AND TAKE THE WEIGHT OF OUR SINS SO THAT SOMEDAY WE COULD

SPEND ETERNITY IN HEAVEN. SO

2NITE...

WHEN YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING WHAT YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFT

SHOULD BE, THINK ABOUT HE REAL CHRISTMAS STORY NOT ABOUT WHAT YOUR PARENTS

AND FRIENDS MIGHT BE GIVING YOU. THIS GIFT IS HERE AND WAITING FOR

YOU. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK FOR IT.

G2G NOW...

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Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

* 1 c Butter or margarine

* 1/2 c Sugar, powdered; sifted

* 1 teaspoon Vanilla

* 2 1/2 c Flour; sifted

* 1/4 teaspoon Salt

* 3/4 c Pecans, chopped

Preparation:

Cream butter in large bowl. Add sugar, cream until light. Stir in vanilla. Sift our and

salt; mix in. Stir in nuts.

Shape into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes at 350.

Roll in powdered sugar straight out of oven. Roll

again when cool.

Makes about 36 cookies

Snowball CookiesReprinted from: http://homeparents.about.com

These cookies are rolled in powdered sugar and look like little snowballs.

Fridge Magnet Christmas GiftSupplies

•Light Cardboard •Christmas wrapping paper •Glue or tape •Adhesive magnets (can be bought in strips or individually) •Cotton string or narrow ribbon •Piece of white paper cut an inch smaller then the cardboard •Pen, typewriter, or computer

Instructions

1. Cut out cardboard 3 inches x 4.25 inches (size is up to you) 2. Wrap your gift with the wrapping paper 3. Type or write out a message on the white paper for example:

*May the wonder of Christmas ll your heart with Peace,Joy and love

*Thinking of you at Christmas and all year long *Remember the night when love was born and

wishing you a Christmas peace now and through-out the year

*Roses are red fruitcake is edible hope that the new year is

truly incredible! *In this most magical season

may you nd peace, love and joy.

*Something personal like you are a wonderful person or I

promise to think of you each day throughout the year.

*Don’t forget to sign your name! 4. Glue your message on the back of your

package, leave enough room for the magnet 5. Af x a small strip of magnet to the top/back,

above your message 6. Tie the string or ribbon around the package and tie a bow (you can secure the string with a

little glue. 7. Your Gift is ready to give!

This can be an inexpensive way to remember people at work, church, or other group that you belong to. Also a good gift for children to give to their teachers, friends, grand parents etc.

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Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

* 1 c Butter or margarine

* 1/2 c Sugar, powdered; sifted

* 1 teaspoon Vanilla

* 2 1/2 c Flour; sifted

* 1/4 teaspoon Salt

* 3/4 c Pecans, chopped

Preparation:

Cream butter in large bowl. Add sugar, cream until light. Stir in vanilla. Sift our and

salt; mix in. Stir in nuts.

Shape into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes at 350.

Roll in powdered sugar straight out of oven. Roll

again when cool.

Makes about 36 cookies

Snowball CookiesReprinted from: http://homeparents.about.com

These cookies are rolled in powdered sugar and look like little snowballs.

Fridge Magnet Christmas GiftSupplies

•Light Cardboard •Christmas wrapping paper •Glue or tape •Adhesive magnets (can be bought in strips or individually) •Cotton string or narrow ribbon •Piece of white paper cut an inch smaller then the cardboard •Pen, typewriter, or computer

Instructions

1. Cut out cardboard 3 inches x 4.25 inches (size is up to you) 2. Wrap your gift with the wrapping paper 3. Type or write out a message on the white paper for example:

*May the wonder of Christmas ll your heart with Peace,Joy and love

*Thinking of you at Christmas and all year long *Remember the night when love was born and

wishing you a Christmas peace now and through-out the year

*Roses are red fruitcake is edible hope that the new year is

truly incredible! *In this most magical season

may you nd peace, love and joy.

*Something personal like you are a wonderful person or I

promise to think of you each day throughout the year.

*Don’t forget to sign your name! 4. Glue your message on the back of your

package, leave enough room for the magnet 5. Af x a small strip of magnet to the top/back,

above your message 6. Tie the string or ribbon around the package and tie a bow (you can secure the string with a

little glue. 7. Your Gift is ready to give!

This can be an inexpensive way to remember people at work, church, or other group that you belong to. Also a good gift for children to give to their teachers, friends, grand parents etc.

http://parentingteens.about.com


Behind the Scenes of a

Teen Pregnancy

Before considering how you might respond to the news that your unmarried teenager is pregnant, take a brief tour of the emotions and thought processes that are likely to be swirling through her mind and heart.Before considering how you might

respond to the news that your unmarried teenager is pregnant, take a brief tour of the emotions and thought processes that are likely to be swirling through her mind and heart.


Your daughter’s experience

FEAR An overriding emotion in nearly every teen preg-nancy is fear. “I can’t tell my parents. They’ll kill me!” “How can I finish school when I’m preg-nant?” “My boyfriend will take off if I don’t have an abortion.” The adolescent with a crisis preg-nancy probably sees nothing but loss on the ho-rizon–loss of love, time, education and physical health. Fear of one or more of these losses pro-pels most of her other responses. Remember that the average age difference between the father of the baby and the teenage mother is 6.4 years.

DENIAL Denial is common, especially during the early weeks of pregnancy when the only indication might be one or more missed periods, a little fa-tigue, possibly some nausea or even a positive pregnancy test. The longing for things to be ‘the way they were’ may delay acknowledging the problem and seeking appropriate help for weeks or even months.

AMBIVALENCE The feelings of being pregnant may cause fluctu-ating emotions. One day the only solution may appear to be an abortion, while the next the prospect of a cuddly baby may seem appealing. Time spent with a friend’s crying newborn may jolt the emotions in yet another direction. Indeci-sion and apparent lack of direction in such an overwhelming situation are common.

GUILT When a pregnancy results from the violation of moral values held since childhood, an adoles-cent will usually feel ashamed and worthless. Her growing abdomen becomes a constant re-minder of her failure. This is a time when you can come alongside your child and cement a lasting relationship with her.


PRESSURE Pressure to have an abortion. This may come from several directions. A teenager may be weighing what appears to be a dismal future of hardship and remorse against a quick and relatively inexpensive procedure. “No one needs to know, and I can get on with my life.” A boyfriend (who may be dealing with his own fear and guilt, along with concerns about future financial responsibilities) may exert considerable pressure to abort, even offering to pay the bill. He may also threaten to bail out of the relationship if the pregnancy continues. Some parents, worried about their daughter’s future or perhaps their own reputation in the community (or even the prospect of being responsible for the actual child-rearing), may also find abortion attractive.

‘CUDDLY DOLL’ The “cuddly doll” mentality. Some unmarried teenage girls see their pregnancy unrealistically as an escape from a difficult and unpleasant home situation. They may envision a baby as a snuggly companion who will require roughly the same amount of care as a new puppy, not realizing the amount of energy a newborn will take from her without giving much in return (especially during the first few weeks). Teens with this mindset need to adjust their expectations of child-rearing–not to drive them to abort, but to help them make more appropriate plans. If adoption is not chosen as a solution, some careful groundwork should be laid to prevent serious disappointment and even the mother’s abuse of the baby.


Parents are likely to feel anger in a number of directions–anger to-ward their daughter for being careless, not taking their advice, not using good judg-ment and disobeying them and God. They may be angry with the boy (or man) involved, who has violated their trust and their daugh-ter’s well-being. They may be angry with themselves for any number of reasons: They were too narrow or too permissive, too busy or too tired to tune into their daugh-ter’s world for the past several months–and now look what has happened.

Anger is such a clas-sic parental response that the daughter may try to keep her preg-nancy a secret. In fact, many states allow mi-nors to obtain abor-tions without parental

consent or knowledge, based on the presump-tion that the mother or father will be so dis-ruptive and unreason-able that the teenage daughter can better deal with her preg-nancy without them.

Your most difficult (and characte-build-ing) task is to show how much you really love your daughter, even though you don’t approve of what she has done. The classi-cal Chinese symbol for the word crisis has special meaning in this situation. It consists of two symbols: one rep-resenting danger, the other, opportunity. The danger is that your re-sponse to the pregnan-cy may open wounds in your family that will take years to heal, if they ever do. Your op-portunity is rising to the occasion in such a way as to earn your

daughter’s lifelong re-spect and gratitude.

Your mission is to remain calm when panic is in the air and to be more concerned about her embarrass-ment than your own, which may be enor-mous. It is to be com-forting, when you feel like saying, “I told you so!” It is to help orga-nize everyone’s con-flicting impulses into a thoughtful plan in which the family can work as a team. It is to guide the baby’s father into responsible par-ticipation if he is will-ing, when you would just as soon enlist him in the Marines. Most of all, it is to chan-nel your intense feel-ings into productive outlets–through plan-ning, prayer, vigorous exercise and blowing off steam to a tolerant friend rather than at your child.

Your experience as parent(s)

If a pregnancy is an upheaval for a teenager, it is also no picnic for her parents.

Discovering that your adolescent daughter is pregnant is a trial like few others, and reactions–fear for her future, denial, guilt–may parallel hers with equal intensity.


Your daughter will need help, and lots of it, but not a total res-cue. She must make a fast transition to adult-hood, a state about which you know a great deal more than she does. You must re-sist the temptation to throw her out or keep her stuck in childish irresponsibility by making all of her de-cisions. She needs to face all the tough de-cisions and demands of pregnancy but with you at her side as a confident ally.

You may have one very critical decision of your own to make. What role do you intend to take in the child’s upbringing? If the mother-to-be is very young, you may see another parent-ing job on the hori-zon and perhaps re-sent the idea. Or you may be excited about having the nest occu-pied for several more years. Your feelings on this issue need to be sorted out, and your course of action planned accordingly.

In the midst of your family’s deliberations, be sure ample con-

sideration is given to adoption. A pregnant teenager may be torn by the thought that “if I had the baby, I couldn’t handle giving her away.” But adop-tion can provide a livable solution for all parties involved. The baby is raised by a couple who intensely desire to be parents, and the birth mother can pick up and move on to complete her education and career goals, postponing her own parenting until she is ready.

You will also need to address the question of abortion. Many voices will be calling your daughter to the abortion clinic, claim-ing this simple pro-cedure will bring the crisis to a swift and straightforward resolution. Some parents may be tempted to give this option seri-ous consider-ation for similar reasons.

Abortion is not a procedure like an appendec-tomy that eradi-cates a piece of diseased tissue.

It ends a human life that is designed to develop in a continu-ous process from con-ception through birth and beyond. Because this life is unseen for now, its identity and significance may pale in comparison to the problems and con-cerns of the moment. That developing per-son whose life is in the hands of her mother and those influencing her, cannot speak for herself. Like it or not, even under the most trying circumstances, that new person is not better off dead.

Your daughter should consider making an appointment with a local pregnancy resource center (of-ten called a crisis pregnancy center or


CPC) in order to sort through the issues, gather information and consider her op-tions in a compassion-ate setting. Even if she has strong opinions about what her course of action should be, a pregnancy center can be an extremely valuable resource. Services available at most centers include a realistic assessment of the impact of each option, ongoing coun-seling support, assis-tance with medical and other referrals, and maternity clothes

and baby supplies. Many centers also provide some on-site medical services such as prenatal screening exams. All of these services are nor-mally provided at no charge. (For the name and location of a preg-nancy resource center in your area, contact 1-800-A FAMILY.)

It is important that capable and compas-sionate medical care be maintained through-out the pregnancy. Many pregnant teens delay or avoid seek-

ing appropriate care for a variety of rea-sons. But adolescents have higher rates of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth compared to older women. Most of these problems can be significantly re-duced (or at least an-ticipated) with consis-tent prenatal visits and appropriate medical follow-up.

Excerpted from “Let’s Talk about Sex,” a Focus on the Family booklet. Copyright © 1998, Focus on the Family. Used by permission.


UCSASB

Universal CitySan AntonioSpring Branch

BULCLNB

BulverdeCanyon LakeNew Braunfels

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Groupsin your areaMethodistLutheran

Non Denominational

Presbyterian

Interdenominational

Baptist

Church of Christ

CatholicAssemblies of God

Coker United Methodist Church231 E. North Loop Rd., SACatalyst Student MinistriesMary Anne Waldrip/Wes Jones - YP 210-494-3455

Gruene United Methodist Church2629 E. Common St., NBGruene United Methodist YouthJake LeBlanc - YP | 830-625-7200

Hope Arise United Methodist Church23203 Bulverde Rd. (Johnson HS), SAHope Arise YouthAshleigh Pepper - YP | 210-646-1164

Oakwood Baptist Church2154 Loop 337 N., NBOSM; Brent Isbill - HS YPBrandon Best - MS YP | 830-625-0267

Shearer Hills Baptist Church12615 San Pedro Ave., SACORE Student MinistryChris Skoglund-YP | 210-545-2300

First Baptist Church733 Cross St., NBCross Street MinistriesRicky Gobert - YP | 830-625-9124

First Baptist Church32445 Us Highway 281 N., BULFirst Baptist Bulverde Youth GroupTerry McCown - YP | 830-438-3754

First Baptist Church1401 Pat Booker Rd., UC Vertical 220Jim Lokey - YP | 210-658-6394

Community Bible Church - Main2477 North Loop 1604 East, SANext + Gen StudentsRobbin Goslin - YP | 210-477-5209

Community Bible Church - Bulverde7100 Hwy 281 North, SBPursuitJohnny Hernandez - YP | 210-669-6436

Living Word Church5800 Culebra Dr., SAAmped YouthRobert Garza - YP | 210-461-7452

Bulverde United Methodist Church28300 Hwy 281 North, SABulverde United Youth GroupBethany Graham - YP | 830-980-7745

Concordia Lutheran Church16801 Huebner Rd., SAFusionBill Tucker - YP | 210-479-1477

Abiding Presence Lutheran Church14700 San Pedro Ave., SAYouth Group Mike Ceyanas - YP | 210-494-8884

Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church386 N. Castell Ave. NB, TXLife Teen Julie Krug - YP | 830- 625-4531 ext. 202

Community Bible Church – Brooks City314 Galway SA, at Rogers Middle SchoolNext + Gen - Chris & Alissa Bozeman | YP 210-771-2410 & 210-771-2775

Northside Church of Christ16318 San Pedro, SA IgniteAndy Glenn - YP | 210-494-1907

River City Community Church16875 Jones Maltsberger, SAReal Life Student MinistriesNick Fox – YP | 210-490-5262

San Pedro Presbyterian Church14900 San Pedro Ave., SAYouth MinistriesBen Schultz - YP | 210-488-6217

Bulverde Baptist Church1331 Bulverde Rd., BULBBC Student MinistryPaul Brand - YP | 830-980-7577

Cranes Mill Baptist10215 Fm-2673, CLHigher Ground Youth MinistryBen Hollan - YP | 830-899-7936

First Assembly of God13435 West Ave, SAAwaken Youth ChurchDerek Johnsen – YP | 210-496-9977

Riverside Community Church20475 HWY 46W, #180, SB Life Hurts, God HealsDenise Whistler - YP | 210-289-1682

Oak Hills Church6929 Camp Bullis Rd., SAOak Hills Church Student MinistriesBrett Bishop - HS Dir | 210-807-5208

Riverside Community Church20475 Hwy 46 W STE 180, PMB 417, SBYoung LifeJohn Hinkebein - YP | 830-980-4600

Trinity Church5415 N 1604 E., SA412Philip Shelley - YP | 210-653-0003

Summit Christian Center2575 Marshall Rd., SAEmergeMark Treiber - YP | 210-402-0565

Tree of Life Church5513 IH 35 S., NBRemnantDustin Martin - YP | 830-625-6375

Journey Fellowship Church16847 IH 35 North (Exit 174B), SelmaJourney Fellowship Youth GroupDavid Littleton - YP | 210-651-1463

Crossbridge Community Church19000 Ronald Reagan (Reagan HS)AblazeChris Dillashaw - YP | 210-496-0158

Hillside Fellowship Church7055 Hwy 281 N., SB Youth GroupClay Patrick - YP | 830-228-4673

Northern Hills United Methodist Church3703 N. Loop 1604 E., SAR U InJohn Kublank - YP | 830-708-8705

Cowboys for Jesus8499 FM 32, FischerBullZIJerry Hoyt - Pastor | 210-389-6235

Believers Christian Fellowship of S.V.36200 FM 3159, NBBelievers Chrisitian Fellowship YouthJenni Taylor - YP | 830-885-2224

First United Methodist Church572 W. San Antonio St., NBMethodist Youth FellowshipTerri Hartman - YP | 830-625-4513

Southeast Baptist Church2414 S. WW White Rd., SAThe WarriorsLinda Willeford - YP | 210-333-6304


Ever heard those words? A little scary, right? You are going about do-ing your job, living your life and managing your family’s well-being, then suddenly, you are told “You’re in charge”. This command is often fol-lowed up with something like, “Now, don’t mess up...but no pressure”. Your head is spin-

ning isn’t it? What hap-pened? You didn’t ask for the position, you didn’t push for the po-sition, quite frankly you didn’t even want the po-sition and now you have a shiny name plate with the word “Responsibil-ity” in the place of your name. What are you go-ing to do?There are a few options:Option One: Fake it.

You know the people I am talking about, don’t you? They put on a front and act like they have it all together, like they know what they’re doing, and like they had planned

for this position since they were in diapers. The real-ity with these people is: rather than planning since they were in diapers, they probably needed a diaper when they got the news.Option Two: Brag

about it. I don’t need to ask if you know these types of people. They get the new position and their first order of busi-ness is to order new busi-ness cards, move to the corner office, and make sure the org chart is ap-propriately changed. All important things, right? Sure, because every customer and employee wants to make sure that the organizational chart is correct. I mean how could a business func-tion if their title on the organizational chart wasn’t changed within the first 45 seconds of their new job offer?Option Three: Shake

with fear. This point doesn’t get written much about in these types of

articles because of the above two options. Most people try to cover their fear by faking it or brag-ging, but if we were all honest, anytime we get put in a new position of authority or leadership the little 5-year-old in all of us wants to cry. We remember the first time we slept without a night-light and wondered how long it would be before the monster in the closet came out to get us. We remember the first time we took off the training wheels and wondered how anything could bal-ance on just two wheels. We remember the first time we had a customer and wondered why they would trust ME with their business. The Bible has so many

great stories of people getting put into enor-mous leadership posi-tions. One of my fa-vorites, though, is the story of Joshua. Joshua was the successor to

by Chris EmmittPastor of CBC Main


Moses. I think most peo-ple whether Christians or not are familiar with Moses; thanks to Char-lton Heston. Moses was arguably the greatest leader in the Old Testa-ment. He delivered the Israelites from Egyptian captivity, brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Si-nai, and was an overall dynamic leader. He dies, and the Lord tells Josh-ua, “You’re the man.Now think about what

was going through Joshua’s head: “Moses was awesome, and now I have to follow him?” (That was Chris’ para-phrase for 2011, but I’m sure it is close). Moses was the leader who ev-eryone had grown to love and had delivered them from slavery, and now Joshua gets to fol-low him. I’m sure Josh-ua was nervous, scared,

and questioning his leadership skills. I think we all would. However, in Joshua 1:1–9 the Lord gives a charge to Joshua. It is God’s pep talk to Joshua ... and what a pep talk it is. I would highly recommend you go read the entire chap-ter but verse 9 really sums it up:“This is my command—

be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discour-aged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9 (NLT 2nd ed.)Wow! What an en-

couragement. Joshua is given a new position of leadership and author-ity, he is following one of the greatest leaders in the Old Testament, and probably a mil-lion thoughts are rac-ing through his head. The Lord gives him one charge – be strong and courageous for I am

with you. Here is my challenge

for you: We are enter-ing a new year and so many new opportuni-ties and challenges lay ahead. Over the next 12 months you might find yourself put into a position of leadership or authority that could be scary if you really thought about all the implications of that po-sition. If you find your-self getting nervous and letting the 5 year old in-side of you convince you that there is, in fact, a monster in the closet, go read Joshua 1 and find encouragement that the Lord is with you where ever you go. If God puts you into a

position, He will equip you with what you need to follow through.


At what age did you became a Christian? How did it come about, what’s your story?I was raised a Christian, but Jesus became real to me in 7th grade, in the summer of my seventh grade year. I went through kind of a lonely time in my life and I really felt like God was kind of pulling me towards Him and telling me that He cared about me. It was a very big echo in my heart and I think that was

in terms of my coming to know Christ. He just became real at that time. Who are the spiritual

Oh wow! There are a lot. I’d have to say my dad, my youth pastor, Rick, my college pastor, Mark, some high school buddies, a guy named Cliff, and a friend named Chris. I guess those have probably been my closest spiritual

and now it’s been the FCA in college, it’s completely been FCA in college. The friends that I’ve made and the people I’ve gotten to know like, Bobby Kohler, he’s the SA minister, have been a huge

Were you into sports in high school and which ones?Yes, basketball.How did your relationship

decisions when you were an active athlete? Did being a Christian make

teammates? At times, it did. I was very closed off at times. Sometimes it was hard being a Christian. You have to take that narrow path. There’s not much you can relate to. It’s hard to relate sometimes when you’re trying to live a lifestyle that honors Christ, and everybody around you on the team is not,

There was also a positive element. It was an awesome opportunity to be a light around my teammates and for me to be bold in my witness. It really helped me live out my faith and it was more than just a, “going to church on Sunday thing”. It was very relational with with God throughout the week. I had to talk to Him throughout the week to get through it.

and why?I guess living in San Antonio, it’d have to be David Robinson. He was a great basketball player, but

most importantly he is a stand out Christian. He loves Jesus. Also, Tim Tebow in the last few years. When people are bold about Christ in athletics and they use it as a platform to talk about Jesus, that’s using the talents and gifts that they’ve been given to point to Christ. They did that.Tell me about leading the FCA. You’re the president

UTSA, so what are your responsibilities and how many athletes do you work with?Quite a bit of responsibilities! I guess my primary responsibility obviously is to be following Christ, and helping the athletes and those in FCA to follow Christ as well. I believe that’s the primary goal of every Christian.

I guess as the president, my job is to help facilitate opportunities for us to serve and to be an

Christ. I’m blessed, because I get the chance to see a lot of athletes change. I do a Bible study with the guys basketball team and get the chance to hang out with a lot of the baseball players. One of the baseball players is my roommate. I also work with softball players and the incoming football team. I’ve have got a chance to mentor and at the same time facilitate other opportunities for us to talk about Christ with the athletics

but also to use athletics as a platform to talk to others about Christ. We have an opportunity to send a bunch of athletes out to different high schools and I’ve gotten a chance to help get people to give those opportunities to them. God has been really good in terms of that stuff. What’s the most

position?Honestly, just the love that I get from the friends that I’ve

received through the FCA. I guess just a personal testimony. The friends that I have now, I’ve gotten a chance to see two or three guys, that are my close buddies, just completely change for Christ and in seeing them just be one person that completely didn’t honor God to a person that is in love with the Lord and is in love with me as a friend. That’s been the greatest thing, just seeing Christ go to work and change people’s lives. I have some of my closest friends now because of what Christ has done in their hearts and in my heart. Those things last forever. I’d

the most rewarding things.Well everyone knows college

Zachary Van VeldhuizenPresident FCA@UTSAAt what age did you became a Christian? How did it come about, what’s your story?I was raised a Christian, but Jesus became real to me in 7th grade, in the summer of my seventh grade year. I went through kind of a lonely time in my life and I really felt like God was kind of pulling me towards Him and telling me that He cared about me. It was a very big echo in my heart and I think that was

in terms of my coming to know Christ. He just became real at that time. Who are the spiritual

Oh wow! There are a lot. I’d have to say my dad, my youth pastor, Rick, my college pastor, Mark, some high school buddies, a guy named Cliff, and a friend named Chris. I guess those have probably been my closest spiritual

and now it’s been the FCA in college, it’s completely been FCA in college. The friends that I’ve made and the people I’ve gotten to know like, Bobby Kohler, he’s the SA minister, have been a huge

Were you into sports in high school and which ones?Yes, basketball.How did your relationship

decisions when you were an active athlete? Did being a Christian make

teammates? At times, it did. I was very closed off at times. Sometimes it was hard being a Christian. You have to take that narrow path. There’s not much you can relate to. It’s hard to relate sometimes when you’re trying to live a lifestyle that honors Christ, and everybody around you on the team is not,

There was also a positive element. It was an awesome opportunity to be a light around my teammates and for me to be bold in my witness. It really helped me live out my faith and it was more than just a, “going to church on Sunday thing”. It was very relational with with God throughout the week. I had to talk to Him throughout the week to get through it.

and why?I guess living in San Antonio, it’d have to be David Robinson. He was a great basketball player, but

most importantly he is a stand out Christian. He loves Jesus. Also, Tim Tebow in the last few years. When people are bold about Christ in athletics and they use it as a platform to talk about Jesus, that’s using the talents and gifts that they’ve been given to point to Christ. They did that.Tell me about leading the FCA. You’re the president

UTSA, so what are your responsibilities and how many athletes do you work with?Quite a bit of responsibilities! I guess my primary responsibility obviously is to be following Christ, and helping the athletes and those in FCA to follow Christ as well. I believe that’s the primary goal of every Christian.

I guess as the president, my job is to help facilitate opportunities for us to serve and to be an

Christ. I’m blessed, because I get the chance to see a lot of athletes change. I do a Bible study with the guys basketball team and get the chance to hang out with a lot of the baseball players. One of the baseball players is my roommate. I also work with softball players and the incoming football team. I’ve have got a chance to mentor and at the same time facilitate other opportunities for us to talk about Christ with the athletics

but also to use athletics as a platform to talk to others about Christ. We have an opportunity to send a bunch of athletes out to different high schools and I’ve gotten a chance to help get people to give those opportunities to them. God has been really good in terms of that stuff. What’s the most

position?Honestly, just the love that I get from the friends that I’ve

received through the FCA. I guess just a personal testimony. The friends that I have now, I’ve gotten a chance to see two or three guys, that are my close buddies, just completely change for Christ and in seeing them just be one person that completely didn’t honor God to a person that is in love with the Lord and is in love with me as a friend. That’s been the greatest thing, just seeing Christ go to work and change people’s lives. I have some of my closest friends now because of what Christ has done in their hearts and in my heart. Those things last forever. I’d

the most rewarding things.Well everyone knows college

Zachary Van VeldhuizenPresident FCA@UTSA


To me, there are a couple of things. Number 1, you’ve got to have your foundation on God and clearly that is your

tempted when I’m not spending time with God, and the second thing is accountability. And I would say that’s a huge aspect of temptations, because when I have a chance or somebody else has a chance to fall, what accountability does is, one of us, either a brother or sister in Christ will pick the other person up and prevent them from hurting

to me is, I can’t come back to my house and do anything that would dishonor God completely because I’ve got a couple of roommates that would stop me from doing that and vice versa.Do you have any advice

Absolutely. They are not alone in their struggles; there are other people out there. A lot of times, especially youth, they think that

they’re the only ones going through doubt and struggles and temptations and the truth is that everyone of us, everyone of us was going through the same thing. So I guess the

that accountability. The one thing that blessed me in athletics when I was in high school and with the FCA is that an accountable relationship where someone is pushing me towards Christ and

Do you have any last words? Interviewee: I guess I’d love to leave them with a couple of

20 -30. And it says: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”. Just the aspect of Christ calling us to rest in him, is a huge deal. The other is, Psalm 9: 10 and it says: “Those who know your name trust in

you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.” I think that’s a huge promise, for those that are in Christ to realize that He’s loving them back and has not forsaken them.

About FCA

Athletes is touching

heart at a time. Since 1954, the Fellowship

has been challenging coaches and athletes on

high school, junior high and youth levels to use

athletics to impact the

FCA is the largest Christian sports organization in

serving local communities by equipping, empowering and encouraging people

Christ.

The FCA Vision To see the world impacted

and coaches. The FCA Mission To present to athletes and coaches and all whom they

Lord, serving Him in their relationships and in the

The FCA Values Our relationships will

Christ and His Word through Integrity, Serving, Teamwork and Excellence.

IntegrityWe will demonstrate Christ-like wholeness, privately, and publicly. (Proverbs 11:3)Serving

13:1-17)

TeamworkWe will express our unity in Christ in all our relationships. (Philippians 2:1-4)

ExcellenceWe will honor and

(Colossians 3:23-24)

What is the FCA?


To me, there are a couple of things. Number 1, you’ve got to have your foundation on God and clearly that is your

tempted when I’m not spending time with God, and the second thing is accountability. And I would say that’s a huge aspect of temptations, because when I have a chance or somebody else has a chance to fall, what accountability does is, one of us, either a brother or sister in Christ will pick the other person up and prevent them from hurting

to me is, I can’t come back to my house and do anything that would dishonor God completely because I’ve got a couple of roommates that would stop me from doing that and vice versa.Do you have any advice

Absolutely. They are not alone in their struggles; there are other people out there. A lot of times, especially youth, they think that

they’re the only ones going through doubt and struggles and temptations and the truth is that everyone of us, everyone of us was going through the same thing. So I guess the

that accountability. The one thing that blessed me in athletics when I was in high school and with the FCA is that an accountable relationship where someone is pushing me towards Christ and

Do you have any last words? Interviewee: I guess I’d love to leave them with a couple of

20 -30. And it says: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”. Just the aspect of Christ calling us to rest in him, is a huge deal. The other is, Psalm 9: 10 and it says: “Those who know your name trust in

you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.” I think that’s a huge promise, for those that are in Christ to realize that He’s loving them back and has not forsaken them.

About FCA

Athletes is touching

heart at a time. Since 1954, the Fellowship

has been challenging coaches and athletes on

high school, junior high and youth levels to use

athletics to impact the

FCA is the largest Christian sports organization in

serving local communities by equipping, empowering and encouraging people

Christ.

The FCA Vision To see the world impacted

and coaches. The FCA Mission To present to athletes and coaches and all whom they

Lord, serving Him in their relationships and in the

The FCA Values Our relationships will

Christ and His Word through Integrity, Serving, Teamwork and Excellence.

IntegrityWe will demonstrate Christ-like wholeness, privately, and publicly. (Proverbs 11:3)Serving

13:1-17)

TeamworkWe will express our unity in Christ in all our relationships. (Philippians 2:1-4)

ExcellenceWe will honor and

(Colossians 3:23-24)

What is the FCA?

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@ Tri Point, San Antonio, TX

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