Our Mission, Our Ministry ...
"JUST SAY KNOW" ® Congregational Ministry Early in 1983, at the request of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Midland, Texas, I developed a 12-session sexuality education course for Midland high school youth that I presented during the months of January through March. Word of this program began to spread throughout West Texas and in 1986 I published the high school curriculum and began training other churches. As of this date, the high school program has been presented to almost 3,000 youth in 12 states. Elementary, Middle School, and adult sexuality programs followed shortly after the high school course and many more thousands of children, youth, and adults have been impacted by the "Just Say Know" ® sexuality education programs. My husband Richard and I travel around the United States training congregations to offer this comprehensive Biblically-based sexuality education to their members. We believe so strongly that God intends for the church to reclaim the gift of sexual intimacy by educating and equipping church families to see sexual intimacy as one of God's most precious gifts to us, but a gift that has complications and unwanted consequences when not used as God intended. "Created To Be Me" ® aka "Eighter's" ® Camping Ministry In early fall of 1987, Rev. Stan Sawyer, Associate Minister at Memorial Christian Church in Midland, Texas asked me to consider designing a sexuality and spirituality camp for the Central Area "Eighter's" ® camp. This was a newly formed camp for soon-to-be ninth grade youth that addressed issues that would help prepare youth for high school. Stan felt that sexuality and how it related to God was one that needed to be addressed. I designed a week long "Sexuality & Spirituality" camp that we presented the summer of 1988 at Lake Brownwood Christian Retreat in Texas. The camp was incredibly successful and it was decided that from that day forward "Eighter's" ® would be a rite of passage experience for soon-to-be ninth grade youth using my newly designed "Sexuality & Spirituality" program. Our camp is known as "Created To Be Me" ® as well as "Eighters" ® by youth all across the country. The summer of 2011 we went over the 5,500 mark for youth completing "Created To Be Me" ® Eighter's ®. The keynotes have changed and grown through the years and the camp itself has expanded from one camp to four camps in Texas and camps in six states outside Texas. The curriculum has been revised several times and is far better than when we first began, however, the message is still the same: Factual knowledge coupled with spiritual insights enable individuals to make the best decisions for their lives. Then, as now, we believe our most precious resource is today's youth. May God Bless Each of You |
