I once heard that it takes a community to raise a child. Think about that statement! Look around the communities you live in, drive through, and what’s going on in each one. You can tell when a community is interested in its youth.

It’s so wonderful to see when a community embraces a child, their gifting, their talents, and their interests. I have seen neighborhoods that have gone from run down with graffiti to cleaned-up neighborhood gardens and a community arts center for kids right here in the Grand Rapids area. I also have seen that it was a local church that took an interest in the community where they have felt God has planted them.

The bottom line is Jesus makes a difference in all of these areas I have mentioned. With out the love of Christ we would never really win in life.  Sure, you may have what the world may call successful or rich.  The fact is Solomon had all the wealth and things many things man may consider all you could want, wish for, dream of and more.  But there is only one thing that can fill that empty spot and that’s Jesus. Solomon talks about that in Song of Solomon in the Bible.

At Power House we are able to partner with a community for their youth, to help them raise up a generation of winners. Winners, you may ask??!  Yes, winners!  When these kids that we minister to receive Jesus, they also receive so much more. We train and equip these kids for successful, meaningful, and purposeful lives. Power House is only powerful because of the One who has sent us…God!

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

We share this message with the kids we minister to. They are more than what society has told them they are.