Shop Talk

Shop Talk

“Train up a child in the way he should go:  and when he is old, he will not depart from it” –Proverbs 22:6 

CALL TO ACTION: 

When we see your respective child crying is it not the first instinct to nurture the child until the crying stops and then we try to determine the reason for the crying.  Right now at this very moment our young males are crying internally each day but no one is running to their side to nurture them to stop the tears.  We are all guilty of sitting back in our comfortable lives and adding to all of the rhetoric about the character and morality of the young men of today, but the truth of the matter is that either we are collectively a part of the problem or collectively part of the solution.  There is no middle ground.  Our youth need the positive men of the community to stand in the gap for them where as it stands today they are being left to their own devices to figure out this world out on their own.  When they are left to figure out life on their own it usually ends up bad, there are hundreds of studies which support this assertion. 

We the Mentors of Shop Talk refuse to leave the lives of our youth to chance.  It is our mission to reach back into the community to uplift, educate and pay forward on the opportunity for the next generation of young men. 

PROGRAM OVERVIEW:

On the first Monday of every month from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM we meet with the young men in an open forum to discuss current events, issues in the community and whatever happens to be going on in the lives of the young men.

On the third Saturday of each month we schedule a community outreach project where we teach the youth the importance of service to their fellow man.

The meetings are formatted so that we connect with the youth on a spiritual, mental and emotional level.

  • Spiritual – (Christ is the center and foundation of our organization)
  • Mental – (We encourage our youth to excel and academics and provide tutors when needed)
  • Emotional – (We never judge our youth because we all fall short of the glory of God.  It is our focus to build their self-esteem and character

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

Community Outreach, Field Trips, Car Wash Fundraisers, Church Visits and various other outings

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