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HDMen Eblast December 2007 |
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Greetings!
The holidays are a perfect opportunity to leverage your influence as a man to make a maximum impact in the lives of those you love.
Merry Christmas! The HDMen Team |
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What's New on HDMen? There are new programs coming online each month. Surf the ActionHD, QuestHD and ImpactHD channels to find something you enjoy. Send an email to the leader of the program you like and let him know you are ready to check things out.
If your passion is not listed, help us start a new HDMen group! Just go to the New Program link to submit your idea. View the Calendar link to see a complete listing of HDMen activities in a given month. |
HDMen Profile - Mark Pagan
After being led to serve in prison ministry, I discovered Tennessee's recidivism rate hovers around 68% - meaning seven out of ten men released from prison will re-offend and be sent back to prison within three years! A staggering statistic! With the amount of available in-prison programs, Bible studies and church services, you would think we would be doing better than that!
After much prayer and counsel, I launched Corner Men Ministries which provides one-on-one mentoring to ex-offenders. We recruit, train and match volunteer mentors with ex-offenders. If you wanted to serve in this way, we would partner you with a man, who is within three months of his release, using a careful matching process. We will support your mentoring relationship with discipleship materials (Wild at Heart, Purpose Driven, Men's Fraternity, Crown Financial, etc.). The relationship piece is the most important aspect of the ministry.
Mentoring isn't for everyone; therefore we are developing other service opportunities to meet the needs of these men and their families. I believe this ministry not only engages in a battle for the hearts and souls of these men, but also acts as a service to our community since most of these men are fathers, husbands, and of course, our brothers.
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I Want to Die a Warrior!
We are at a time in our history where we can no longer spend more time fighting our brothers over denominational differences when we are maligned by a culture that wants to eliminate our voice from influencing America and the world. We cannot survive without each other and the commonality we seek is simply to be a follower of Jesus and to be a man.
We will stumble and fall at times, as all warriors have, but we live for the day when Jesus removes our armor and releases us to fight no more. We are home. I want my armor battered and bloody, scarred and torn, tattered and hanging from a thread. I want to die a warrior...
GODMEN Tribal Handbook
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Ephesians 6:12-13
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