Come join us Wednesday evening at the Roy & Helen Hall Memorial Library in McKinney!

We learn a lot about helping each other in times of need in Luke 10:25-37

When confronted by a legal scholar who asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus responded with The Parable of The Good Samaritan in which He teaches us that our neighbors aren’t necessarily the folks who live next door.

What Jesus teaches us in this parable is that through our unconditional love for each other we are all neighbors – no matter our faith, no matter our race, no matter our circumstances, no matter what.

Our neighbors, the people we should love even as we love ourselves, may be people who are not very much like us at all. But that is exactly the kind of love Jesus Christ demonstrated and instructs us, “Go and do likewise.”

At Faithful Friend we have seen that by mentoring incarcerated and at risk youth, as they help care for, train and advance the skills of our incredible service dogs, who then go on to make a profound difference in the lives of our disabled veterans, we can demonstrate what Jesus was talking about with regard to helping our neighbors.

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North Texas young people who were once incarcerated but turned their lives around are what our work with at risk youth is all about.

Young people who have hope in their hearts can respond to the opportunity for change. A miracle happens when an incarcerated teen turns circumstances around and moves past negative behavior into a promising normal future, leaving destructive behavior behind them.

The Faithful Friend volunteers are our angels who see promise in the chance to capture the imagination of youthful offenders and provide guidance, mentoring, direction and the teachings of Jesus Christ to face the reality of their actions and move forward towards their own futures.

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Juveniles in North Texas detention facilities have a great deal of time to reflect on their lives, their actions, their decisions and their future.

In the grand scheme of things, their time in detention is a window of opportunity in which some juvenile offenders can be reached and shown a different path for their lives. Faithful Friend volunteers step through that window of opportunity and into the lives of incarcerated at-risk youth to share the teachings of Jesus Christ and the example he set for us to follow in our lives.

Self motivation and self control are skills many young people lack, but they are skills that can be learned and can be supported by prayer and a relationship with God. By learning how to pray and how to connect openly with God through the lessons Jesus teaches us, youthful offenders can develop the skills and abilities to keep themselves on the right path after they leave juvenile detention and begin the next chapters in their lives.

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James 1:17 tells us, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”

God’s Word and His love for us is unchanging, consistent and eternal.

Incarceration in a juvenile detention facility necessarily involves removal from many outside negative influences and requires strict adherence to rules, regulations, schedules and routines. This interruption in negative patterns and influences, as well as the duration in which a young person has to reflect on his or her actions, choices, associations and behavior, presents an opportunity for Faithful Friend volunteers to engage North Texas incarcerated youth and help guide them towards consistency, uniformity, obedience and compliance with society’s laws, rules and norms after their release.

Faithful Friend volunteer mentors promote consistency, uniformity, setting realistic goals, compliance, obedience, keeping your word, telling the truth, keeping promises, being on time, following a regular schedule, having the courage to overcome temptation, praying at regular times, reading the bible, following the consistent message taught by Jesus; and understanding and feeling personally included in God’s plan for all of us.

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