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I would also like to add that my 13 year old daughter took her Bible to school today (the morning after the Men of Honor &amp; Women of Virtue Seminar), so I asked her \u201cJust wondering \u2026 what made you decide to take your Bible to school.\u201d Her answer was \u201cMom it\u2019s the right thing to do and it is time for me to make a stand on what I believe!\u201d Thank you so much for everything again.\u201d <\/span><\/p>","icons":""},{"tstm_author":"\u2013Crystal Dawn Smith, Duncan Falls, OH ","sub_name":"","image":{"url":"https:\/\/generation.digitalengage.dev\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/images\/placeholder.png","id":""},"content":"<p><span>\u201cWhat I really want to say concerns the way I have been thinking, or USED to think. It\u2019s kind of personal but anyway\u2026 I used to be in a state of turmoil over whether or not certain things were right or \u201cOK\u201d to do before marriage physically speaking. But after I listened to your wonderful speaker I realized I finally knew the answer. The speaker said that \u201cthese things break God\u2019s heart!\u201d I never thought of it that way before. It\u2019s like light has shined into a darkness in my mind that I didn\u2019t even know was there. And the ceremony was more than I expected. Actually I didn\u2019t even know at first there was to be a ceremony. It was wonderful to be greeted by the older church members and hear the words, \u201cI love you\u201d from someone I\u2019d never thought would say that to me! Then I cried. It meant so much to me. I feel compelled to say there is written somewhere in the Bible that \u201cwhen I grew up, I put away childish things.\u201d I\u2019ve been thinking about some of the things I\u2019ve been doing that I don\u2019t think a child would do and I now think more maturely. It meant alot to me what was said before and in the ceremony. I thank your ministry for shining an unexpected light into my life!\u201d<\/span><\/p>","icons":"","_id":"22d74ba"},{"tstm_author":"\u2013Mr. Robert Rocky F. Hill, President, Cambridge City Schools Board of Educatio","sub_name":"","image":{"url":"https:\/\/generation.digitalengage.dev\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/images\/placeholder.png","id":""},"content":"<p>As the President of Cambridge City Schools Board of Education and as a former law enforcement officer, I would highly recommend any community join forces with A CHOSEN GENERATION and set the standards for core values for their community so that the example can be set for our youth, thereby encouraging them to stand by those same core values and continue it forever.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>","icons":"","_id":"1d583f4"},{"tstm_author":"\u2013Beau & Jessica Thomas, Youth pastor, Lafayette, LA","sub_name":"","image":{"url":"https:\/\/generation.digitalengage.dev\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/images\/placeholder.png","id":""},"content":"<p><em>We have been blessed this past year as we have seen fruit in the lives of these young men and women who have gone through the Rite of Passage. Long before you came we understood the need to minister to our young adults as adults but lacked the vision and plan to bring it forth. When we heard your message for the first time, we knew that the message was from God!<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>","icons":"","_id":"8a4c676"},{"tstm_author":" \u2013Sami Keen","sub_name":"","image":{"url":"https:\/\/generation.digitalengage.dev\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/images\/placeholder.png","id":""},"content":"<p>It blesses me so much to know that the youth of this nation, myself included, is being prayed for and loved into Christ\u2019s Kingdom! Man, Satan is on the prowl and we are his target. Many fall into his snare, but those who know the King of Kings are passionate believers. We are determined to never grow stagnant, and with every breath that we breathe, to be spent seeking to know our King!!<\/p>","icons":"","_id":"55799f8"},{"tstm_author":" \u2013Penelope Meyer, Student at Granite City High School, Granite City, Illinois","sub_name":"","image":{"url":"https:\/\/generation.digitalengage.dev\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/images\/placeholder.png","id":""},"content":"<p><em>Chuck Stecker was the best speaker I personally have ever listened to. He got through to me about things and I remember a lot of what he said. Mr. Stecker was extremely motivational and really knew how to talk to the students in a way that made them pay attention<\/em><span>.<\/span><\/p>","icons":"","_id":"afed7ce"},{"tstm_author":" \u2013Darrin Hughes, Northwest Family Church, Lake Zurich IL","sub_name":"","image":{"url":"https:\/\/generation.digitalengage.dev\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/images\/placeholder.png","id":""},"content":"<p>\u2018Men of Honor\/Women of Virtue\u2019 is like True Love Waits on steroids. It goes beyond merely teaching sexual purity and touches the issue of integrity in every aspect of life. Not only is this message uniquely touching the lives of this generation but is revolutionizing the way we see our responsibilities as Godly men and women. It will transition your church for the assimilation of scores of new leaders never realizing they were there all of the time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>","icons":"","_id":"6980d72"},{"tstm_author":"\u2013Pastor M. Joseph Dugas, Crossroads Ministry Centre","sub_name":"","image":{"url":"https:\/\/generation.digitalengage.dev\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/images\/placeholder.png","id":""},"content":"<p>\u201cThe Rights of Passage have been a source of rich truth to Crossroads Ministry Centre. Having just finished our third Rights of Passage ceremony I am seeing great maturity in our youth. They are eager to serve the body as well as to accept the responsibility that comes with serving. As a result of their eagerness to serve, the church has had to be willing to make adjustments to enable the young adults to have room and opportunity to accept these responsibilities. I am also seeing relationships developing between our younger and older adults. The Rights of Passage have been an answer to my prayers that God would close the gap between the generations.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>","icons":"","_id":"f3e6ca6"},{"tstm_author":"\u2013Marty Granger, President of Faith in the Family Int. and publisher and editor of The Big Picture magazine.","sub_name":"","image":{"url":"https:\/\/generation.digitalengage.dev\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/images\/placeholder.png","id":""},"content":"<p>\u201cThe impact (of A CHOSEN GENERATION) is that the youth of the church, who receive overwhelming and deceptive calls from the popular culture, are brought into godly adulthood through an authentic action of the Christian community.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>","icons":"","_id":"913e921"},{"tstm_author":"\u2013Dr. Bob Grant, Program host KGFT 100.7 FM, KRKS 94.7 FM","sub_name":"","image":{"url":"https:\/\/generation.digitalengage.dev\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/images\/placeholder.png","id":""},"content":"<p>\u201cA CHOSEN GENERATION represents cutting edge vision and ministry to one of the most needed areas in church life today\u2026..raising a new generation passionate for Jesus Christ. Their unique approach to \u201crights of passage\u201d\u2026.within the setting of the local church\u2026. offers one of the most dynamic opportunities currently available to church leaders and their congregations. The loss of the emerging generation to contemporary church life must be reversed. The staff of A CHOSEN GENERATION are ready with practical guidelines and solutions\u201d<\/p>","icons":"","_id":"08e036d"},{"tstm_author":"\u2013Beth Knox, Women\u2019s Ministry Director at Christ\u2019s Church of the Valley, Littleton, CO","sub_name":"","image":{"url":"https:\/\/generation.digitalengage.dev\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/images\/placeholder.png","id":""},"content":"<p>The teaching of A CHOSEN GENERATION has helped me to understand that only God can change a child into an adult. As a women\u2019s ministry leader, this understanding has challenged me to broaden my focus to include all women, from age 13 and up, in an effort to respond to what God has already done in these young people. This change of focus has opened up an exciting new opportunity for the kind of discipleship among our women that is spoken of in Titus 2:4-5. I believe this will change the face of our women\u2019s ministry more than any other single event in which we have participated!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>","icons":"","_id":"c80238a"},{"tstm_author":"\u2013Jeff Galley, Topflight","sub_name":"","image":{"url":"https:\/\/generation.digitalengage.dev\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/images\/placeholder.png","id":""},"content":"<p>Chuck Stecker and A CHOSEN GENERATION are meeting one of youth ministry\u2019s biggest needs \u2013 connecting young adults to their church for life. 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