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Greetings!
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Please send us those email addresses, or use this link " Subscribe to our Newsletter!" to sign up new email addresses. In this issue we are highlighting a recent Teen Challenge
conference in Ukraine which was opened up to other faith-based rehabilitation
programs. We encourage you to do the same. We encourage you to submit new testimonies which can be
included in future issues of the Leadership Link. Please email them to gtc@globaltc.orgMay God's blessing be on you and your ministry. |
A Leader's Character Matters
By Dr. Jerry Nance
John Maxwell wrote an article entitled,
"Repair Character Faults." In it he sited Acts 12:1-3.
When you read you read these verses you see Herod the king
stretching out his hand to harass the true followers of Jesus. Then he killed James
the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw that it pleased the
Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also.
Ego drove King Herod of Paul's day, just as it had driven his father
and grandfather. They all desperately lacked character. Herod's lack of
character provides many examples of what not to do as a leader. John Maxwell
suggested some character issues that Herod had.
1. He mistreated his own citizens.
2. He made decisions based on popularity.
3. He acted irrationally in difficult times.
4. He harbored anger toward others.
5. He sought power out of insecurity.
6. He projected an infallible image.
7. He was blinded by his ego.
To improve your character and build a solid foundation for your own
leadership, you must:
1. Identify where you are weak or have taken shortcuts.
2. Look for patterns.
3. Apologize to those you have wronged.
4. Stay teachable and rebuild.
It is no different for each of us as leaders. We must be watchful
that we do not fall into the same traps as Herod. We must always be careful of
allowing the values we hold dear to be lost in our times of desperation and
need. We must hold to the truth of God's word, treat people with respect and
always stay humble and teachable.
May God bless you and help
you as you endeavor to lead your ministry.
Jerry Nance Ph.D.
President
Global Teen Challenge
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Ukraine Teen
Challenge Camp 2010
By Kevin Tyler, GTC
Regional Rep for Eurasia
Camps are a popular summer activity in Ukraine, and recently
Sergey Glushko, Teen Challenge Ukraine Director, organized a camp for 140
rehabilitation center students. These rehab center students from a local
Messianic Jewish congregation, a Baptist church, Charismatic churches, and
Youth with a Mission all came together for a five-day camp.
Campers enjoyed a beautiful wooded area in west Ukraine that
offered swimming and other recreational opportunities, but most importantly
they participated in services and classes that left them spiritually refreshed.
Students listened to teachings on addiction, anger, forgiveness, and rational
Christian thinking. The approximately 30 staff members in attendance also had a
special day of teaching on Servant Leadership.
Sergey had only been in the rehabilitation center for a week
when he came to the Sergey  | camp. During the teaching about forgiveness, Sergey
realized that hatred toward his parents had driven him to alcoholism and
attempted suicide. After praying to accept Christ and deciding to forgive his
parents, Sergey testified: "I felt such freedom in my heart and my soul, I
can't describe it in words, but I have experienced the freedom to forgive and I
now feel free!"
Yaroslava used drugs for more than ten years. Glushko met
her and her little daughter at a methadone clinic. Yaroslava  | She agreed to go to a
rehabilitation center and had only been there for three weeks when she attended
the camp. There, for the first time she experienced true Christian fellowship.
She met former alcoholics and drug addicts who were now completely free and
happy and praising Jesus. She's excited about her relationship with God and
wants to return to camp ... but next year as a worker!
Now in its third year of operation, the camp has doubled in
size each year -the first year's attendance was 35, the second year's
attendance 70, the third year 140-and organizers believe it will double again
next year when it is anticipated that two camps will be needed to accommodate
the growing demand.
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MAPS - A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE!
One of life's great lessons comes in the area of giving and
receiving. We are constantly reminded as
we serve the Lord how giving can be a blessing to the receiver but life
changing to the giver. Someone remarked
that if you want to be happy for a day, go shopping. If you want to be happy for a week, go on
vacation. If you want to be happy for a
month, get married !!! If you want to be happy for a year, spend your rich
uncle's inheritance. But if you want to
be happy for a lifetime, be a giver.
Scripture leads us in this area as we know it is more blessed to
give. 
MAPS is a construction based ministry that takes lay people
from all walks of life and gives them opportunities to serve and give of
themselves through construction projects and Teen Challenge centers. These unbelievable opportunities can take you
across the country or around the world. These same opportunities give you a chance to touch a generation and
touch the heart of God. And you come
away with defining moments that can be cherished for a lifetime as you walk
with the Lord.
 Our office is here to serve you in information of locations,
logistics in travel, details for planning, and communication with leaders at
your destination. There are immediate
needs in Buenos Aires at our Argentina TC Farm Building Dorms and in Prague,
Czech Republic at our Women's Facility. Skill needs include framers, electricians, drywall, plumbing and
tile. Laborers and helpers are always
needed. Individuals and teams are needed
in completing projects at these locations. Costs usually include airfare, lodging, food, and transfers.
You can reach me at 706-315-7076 or
jconnally@globaltc.org. Please consider
spending a week, month or extended stay at one of these locations. PTL!
Serving through MAPS,
Jon Connally
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Global Internships - Jamaica
By Mike McGarvey
I watched intently as my friend Justin, took off his worn out low top
Converse All-Stars and rolled up his jeans.
He stepped into shin deep water infested with trash, debris,
and excrement to take a hot meal to a weathered man sitting in a dilapidated
lawn chair in the middle of the a river. Justin and I brought 14 students from
his youth ministry at Hope Community Church in Missouri to work with Teen Challenge
Jamaica in  Ocho Rios. As the students followed Justin, one after another into
the small community under the bridge on the banks of that river, their
perspective changed. The distance between their lives in Springfield, Missouri,
and that bridge in Jamaica grew as far as the Sun is to Earth.
Although
the air grew more humid and more putrid, the shade under the bridge was a
welcome relief from the sweltering Caribbean sun. The muddy ground shifted with
every step and the breeze carried the putrid scent of feces, marijuana, and hot
curried chicken. Our group crawled under a bridge to share a meal and hope and
life through Christ with the people that lived there. Under that bridge,
thousands of miles from home, 14 students got their first taste of the ministry
of Teen Challenge.
Street ministry in Jamaica
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With 40+ countries asking for Teen
Challenge to come and help with addiction in their communities, we're going to
need help. Author and Pastor Mark Batterson has a mantra he often repeats in
his writing: "A change of place + A change of pace = A change of perspective."
We believe that short and long term missions offer a change of perspective that
can have lifelong ramifications. It is why our mission is to send students and
graduates on short and long term trips to Teen Challenge centers around the
world.
It is our hope and prayer that some
of these students will go on to become staff  members, directors, and open new
Teen Challenge centers around the world, that they would become life-long supporters
of Teen Challenge, and that they will have spent time and served with a
ministry where they see God at work. They will have confidence that they can
send struggling friends and family to Teen Challenge and expect God to do new
miracles of transformation.
If you're interested in taking a
short term trip or hosting a team or an intern, then please visit withlovemovement.com and contact us at mikem@teenchallengeusa.com
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support for your own center, church, mission trip, or event at the same time.
Take advantage of our low bulk discount prices on the top-selling "Addiction Ends With Love" T-Shirt and sell
them at your centers, rallies, and events to raise support. Contact mikem@teenchallengeusa.com for
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About Global Teen Challenge
The mission of Global Teen Challenge is to assist in the development and implementation of Teen Challenge programs around the world. Today there are more than 1100 Teen Challenge programs in more than 83 countries of the world. It is our desire to provide the best and latest tools available in helping individuals with life controlling addictions. According to the United Nations, more than 200 million people worldwide struggle with drug abuse. Drug users are getting younger and their use is becoming more frequent. Alcohol and drug addictions are plaguing our nations, our cities and invading our homes. We are committed to doing everything we can to reach people around the globe with life controlling problems. For more information on Global Teen Challenge, visit our website at www.GlobalTC.org |
 Contact Information:
Global Teen Challenge P.O. Box 511
Columbus, Georgia 31902-0511 USA
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