Bill Tetreault - NEW LIFE IN QUEENS . . .
Whether it's dinner and bible study, a talent night, a Christian rap concert, a step team using Christian routines, choir, New Life club, training and setting up jobs for young people, a praise and worship service, a workshop on Christian dating or a visit to a group home by the Queens New Life 'BRIDGING THE GAP' team, the purpose is to reach teenagers who are a part of the cities vast group home population.

Have you ever seen a lion with its prey in its mouth?
The prey may still be alive and able to be rescued and healed. Butsome one has to rescue the victim from the mouth of the lion! The lives of many teenagers in group homes are like that prey in the lion's mouth: their lives are badly mangled and on the verge of perishing.

Lee was a young person in the mouth of the lion. He never met any of his family. Given up at birth he spent the first ten years of his life in an orphanage. His adolescent years under the foster care system have included: one year in a psychiatric hospital, two times put in jail, one time stabbed, his life just spared. Lee resides in a group home, but his real family is New Life and other Christians. Since he has given his life to Christ as a result of New Life's outreach, he has changed dramatically. Wednesday he rode his bicycle 15 miles round trip on tough city streets to attend our discipleship group, Thursday he volunteered around the office. Attending church on Sundays and helping serve there is now a part of his busy weekly schedule. Through the love of Jesus Christ and New Life's ministry, Lee's life has truly been transformed from one full of pain and meaninglessness to hope and purpose.

Pamela Mucherera - NEW LIFE LEARNING CENTER
In the Learning Center's 2 1/2 year history, it has served over 95 students. The students we serve are considerably below their grade levels in reading, math and language arts. Many are underachievers with great potential. They can memorize verbatim the latest pop or rap song after hearing it one or two times; yet these same students exhibit difficulties with basic school work. Our challenge is to get kids to want to learn and improve academically and to create innovative programs that will accomplish this. It was exciting last week to see three Learning Center groups each take a recipe, in some cases reducing, in others increasing ingredients that taught them math concepts, fractions and resulted in a great meal. Developing kids' writing skills, homework help, mind-surfing, our annual college tour, Walk with Dignity fashion show, monthly rap sessions, school intervention, Plato computer classes . . . are all an important part of the Learning Center program, but what means the most is that kids get a sense of 'I CAN'. Many don't feel they can achieve but they know at the Learning Center Pam and Rick will put their arm around them and believe in them in a way that makes them want to try.

NEW LIFE AT 66 CLINTON STREET (Manhattan) . . .
One of the exciting programs we've just developed is a Youth Council, consisting of 12 teenagers who are junior leaders and are committed to serve and do ministry. They meet every week for leadership, plan activities and are learning decision making, problem solving and communication skills. They are working with younger kids and are doing a food drive and Bake-a-Thon for needy families at Thanksgiving. Our center is open every afternoon and evening for 'recreation and relationships'. Every day kids are waiting for the center to open, coming right after school for table games, a game of pool, help with homework or a time of sharing with one of the staff. Our greatest challenge is handling the cross cultural diversity of the kids who are involved in our program. Latino kids who are Spanish speaking and not yet Americanized, Pakistani kids who have had no exposure to the Gospel make for a very interesting weekly outreach bible study. For kids who are a part of our weekly discipleship class, the Lord is drawing them into a much deeper, active faith that they are putting into practice. At Discipleship camp in October, it was so exciting to see kids praising the Lord, growing in their faith and acting differently.

NEW LIFE IN BROOKLYN . . .
At the Brooklyn New Life project, we are developing an Entrepreneur Program that is teaching kids cooperative economics. We have three committees of kids who are setting up 'The Store' which is a project that teaches economic self sufficiency by learning how to develop and manage a business. They are designing and selling tee shirts, Christian books and snacks. They are also publishing a book of poems written by twenty five of the teens. Our mentoring and Rites of Passage program continues with Bible study a part of the program. Every afternoon our center runs a tutoring program. Every week there's a recreation night and on Fridays is New Life club. The New Life center is a stable place for kids. Through the reliability of the staff, kids are learning to understand the constancy of God. Even kids who graduated from high school come back to get help with a college report or talk about a personal problem. This past year we worked with 218 kids including our basketball league program.

NEW LIFE AT CATHERINE STREET (Manhattan) . . .
our main goal is building relationships with young people that gives us an opportunity to share our faith and make disciples. The New Life center has so many kids coming and bring-ing their friends that its hard to find time to do contact work. We have Wednesday night club with as many kids as our space can hold. Club is lively with great singing . . . kids love the praise songs and are respond- ing to the Gospel that is presented by one of the staff. Lives are being committed to Christ; kids want to be prayed for. We have two disciple- ship classes that focus on kids growing in their faith. Our com- puter center works with kids at all academic levels. Most kids have marginal reading skills at best. Kids come to the Catherine Street center because they know they will find consistency, acceptance and affirmation. They are looking to find something and they do as they see God working in the lives of the staff and hear about Jesus. A lot of new kids have joined us . . . kids with real leadership ability. More of our kids are finding a church family. With God leading, we will keep on challenging and loving kids.

NEW LIFE AT 66 CLINTON STREET (Manhattan)
One of the exciting programs we've just developed is a Youth Council, consisting of 12 teenagers who are junior leaders and are committed to serve and do ministry. They meet every week for leadership, plan activities and are learning decision making, problem solving and communication skills. They are working with younger kids and are doing a food drive and Bake-a-Thon for needy families at Thanksgiving. Our center is open every afternoon and evening for 'recreation and relationships'. Every day kids are waiting for the center to open, coming right after school for table games, a game of pool, help with homework or a time of sharing with one of the staff. Our greatest challenge is handling the cross cultural diversity of the kids who are involved in our program. Latino kids who are Spanish speaking and not yet Americanized, Pakistani kids who have had no exposure to the Gospel make for a very interesting weekly outreach bible study. For kids who are a part of our weekly discipleship class, the Lord is drawing them into a much deeper, active faith that they are putting into practice. At Discipleship camp in October, it was so exciting to see kids praising the Lord, growing in their faith and acting differently.

NEW LIFE IN BROOKLYN . . .
At the Brooklyn New Life project, we are developing an Entrepreneur Program that is teaching kids cooperative economics. We have three committees of kids who are setting up 'The Store' which is a project that teaches economic self sufficiency by learning how to develop and manage a business. They are designing and selling tee shirts, Christian books and snacks. They are also publishing a book of poems written by twenty five of the teens. Our mentoring and Rites of Passage program continues with Bible study a part of the program. Every afternoon our center runs a tutoring program. Every week there's a recreation night and on Fridays - New Life club. The New Life center is a stable place for kids. Through the reliability of the staff, kids are learning to understand the constancy of God. Even kids who graduated from high school come back to get help with a college report or talk about a personal problem. This past year we worked with 218 kids including our basketball league program.

Kevin Penceal - NEW LIFE AT CATHERINE STREET .
Our main goal is building relationships with young people that gives us an opportunity to share our faith and make disciples. The New Life center has so many kids coming and bringing their friends that its hard to find time to do contact work. We have Wednesday night club with as many kids as our space can hold. Club is lively with great singing . . . kids love the praise songs and are responding to the Gospel that is presented by one of the staff. Lives are being committed to Christ; kids want to be prayed for. We have two discipleship classes that focus on kids growing in their faith. Our computer center works with kids at all academic levels. Most kids have marginal reading skills at best. Kids come to the Catherine Street center because they know they will find consistency, acceptance and affirmation. They are looking to find something and they do as they see God working in the lives of the staff and hear about Jesus. A lot of new kids have joined us . . . kids with real leadership ability. More of our kids are finding a church family. With God leading, we will keep on challenging and loving kids.

Kaaria Mucherera - NEW LIFE IN BROOKLYN . . .
At the Brooklyn New Life project, we are developing an Entrepreneur Program that is teaching kids cooperative economics. We have three committees of kids who are setting up 'The Store' which is a project that teaches economic self sufficiency by learning how to develop and manage a business. They are designing and selling tee shirts, Christian books and snacks. They are also publishing a book of poems written by twenty five of the teens. Our mentoring and Rites of Passage program continues to focus on helping young people clarify their values, form positive identities, understand their roles in life, set goals and grow in their Christian faith. Bible study is also a part of the program. Every afternoon our center runs a tutoring program. Every week there's a recreation night and on Fridays - New Life club. The New Life center is a stable place for kids. Through the reliability of the staff, kids are learning to understand the constancy of God. Even kids who graduated from high school come back to get help with a college report or talk about a personal problem. This past year we worked with 218 kids including our basketball league program.

NEW LIFE IN BROOKLYN . . .
At the Brooklyn New Life project, we are developing an Entrepreneur Program that is teaching kids cooperative economics. We have three committees of kids who are setting up 'The Store' which is a project that teaches economic self sufficiency by learning how to develop and manage a business. They are designing and selling tee shirts, Christian books and snacks. They are also publishing a book of poems written by twenty five of the teens. Our mentoring and Rites of Passage program continues with Bible study a part of the program. Every afternoon our center runs a tutoring program. Every week there's a recreation night and on Fridays - New Life club. The New Life center is a stable place for kids. Through the reliability of the staff, kids are learning to understand the constancy of God. Even kids who graduated from high school come back to get help with a college report or talk about a personal problem. This past year we worked with 218 kids including our basketball league program.