We're excited to share that our new Dr. Charles E. Cowles, Jr. Education Center is now complete! The boys we're blessed to serve are already enjoying learning in this new space designed especially to prevent distractions and provide resources to enhance their overall educational experience.
We are excited to introduce to you Nick and Marley Hayman, the newest members of our staff team. Saying that sounds odd, as we are not just a staff team, but a community of like-minded Christians seeking to live in authentic relationships while demonstrating a healthy family to the boys in our care.
We're excited to share that the new Dr. Charles E. Cowles, Jr. Education Center is on schedule for our August 15th completion date! This educational environment is designed in a way that distractions can be easily minimized. We'll have space for guest speakers to be brought in to enhance the boys' opportunities to gain specialized knowledge.
Quite often in the past six months, the waters of our ponds have been stirred with boys who have been baptized. Wyatt came to Youth-Reach as a boy who rejected religion and struggled with drug abuse, but Jesus rescued him from himself and is continuing to transform his heart.
A few weeks ago, I called three of our residents over with sincere question to ask them… “What could I do, as the leader of Youth-Reach, to make the program better?” It appeared that my question stunned them, but their answers stunned me...
Despite our country's progress in the areas of racism and dismantling institutional religion, in many ways, society has devolved. If anyone seeks evidence of the damage caused by the abandonment of God’s ideal structure for the family, they should visit Youth-Reach.
The Youth-Reach Houston Olympics were born last year when we saw cabin fever increasing during the Covid lockdown. The games and contests span a full week and include games that are physical, mental and even scholastic, in both individual and team contests. This year's winner is...
For almost two years we've been one to two men short on our operations staff, yet no one wants us to lower the bar and hire someone who does not fit the need. We are not hiring employees, but people who become family and will come into a loving Christian community that just happens to share a passion for troubled and misfit boys...
Thanks to some nice weather, the vision for our new education building, the Dr. Charles E. Cowles Jr. Education Center, is fast becoming a reality.
Here at Youth-Reach we often get boys who are well on their way to the legal age when society will deem them to be an adult, but they are nowhere close to manhood. Proverbs 22:6 implores us to train up our children. Training requires discipline, focus, standards, and an expectation of performance.
