heroin intravenously.

One month before coming toTC, I totaled my car, but walkedaway without a scratch. Twoweeks later, I overdosed andwas clinically dead for over aminute on the emergency roomtable.

These events convinced me tochange my life. My grand-mother told me about TeenChallenge and I came seekinghelp. On the second night inthe program, I gave my heart toGod. The Lord has used TeenChallenge to change my entirelife, and I am grateful for that.Now I understand His amazingplan for me and that He has apurpose for my life. My lifeverse is Colossians 1:21-22.

My father died when I was al-most five, but Mom workedhard to give us a good life,though we were poor. Despitemy mom’s best efforts to raise me right, I started smokingweed and drinking by age 13 toescape my bitter reality,

Throughout high school I triedevery drug I could get myhands on. Friends told me thatGod loved me and warned me

about hard drugs, but I ignoredthem. With all the bad things Ihad experienced, I had a hardtime believing that God lovedme, so I continued to use drugsregularly. In my late teens I fellin love with a girl, and becausemy focus and attention was somuch on her, I would only drinkor smoke weed occasionally.When she left me after fiveyears, I was devastated. Ijumped headfirst into drugs toease the pain and heartache.

After attending a 30-day pro-gram for OxyContin addiction. Istayed clean for two years butrelapsed again. I suddenly real-ized that everything my friendshad predicted was true; I wasaddicted to hard drugs. Duringthe year before I came to TeenChallenge, I regularly shot up

Was Dead, But Now I Am Alive In Christ

We are happy to announce our9th Annual Teen ChallengeGolf Tournament and SilentAuction, May 21st, 2012. Thecost for a single player is $200,and a basic foursome is $800.There are a variety of businessor organizational sponsorshipopportunities available thatcan provide great advertisingand PR, from a simple holesponsor up to the Title Spon-

sorship at $8,500. This pre-mium sponsor enters threefoursomes of golf, 18 holesigns advertise the business,and a full-page color ad in ourprogram. Ads are also availablein our tournament program.The day includes a cook-out, anexcellent dinner and the silentauction featuring some out-standing values. If you haveitems of value you would like tocontribute to this fundraiser,please contact us by phone oremail so arrangements can bemade to list in the program.

Please call Rick Merkle, eventcoordinator, at 410-382-6286if you have questions aboutthe tournament.

SSS officially kicks off on May5th with weekly programsplanned for Collington SquarePark, Clifton Park, and Patter-son Park. If you’re interested in being a part of this great out-reach to the children of our city,either physically or financially,give us a call, email us, or go toour website for further details.Our SSS committee is meetingnow.

The Brand New Man Newsletter

Giving to Teen Challenge

Teen Challenge of Baltimore isa registered 501(c)3 non-profitcorporation; therefore, yourgifts are tax-deductible. Be-cause of your generous sup-port, we offer low-cost servicesto those in need at a fractionof the cost of most substanceabuse and prevention pro-grams.

Teen Challenge Needs YourEmail Address: Because of theincreasing cost of printing andpostage, wherever possible wewould like to communicatewith you via email, our web-site, Facebook, YouTube, etc.Sending your email address tous will help us communicatefaster and with less cost.

Teen Challenge of Baltimore, MarylandApril 2012 Volume 2: Issue 1

Inside this issue:

Dead Man Now Alive 1

Golf Tournament Coming 1

Sidewalk Son-D School 1

Cuba Mission Trip 2

Impact Baltimore 2

New Building Fund 2

Matt Walsh

Sign Up for Annual Teen Challenge Golf TournamentMonday, May 21, 2012

Please email us at:

BaltimoreTCMedia@-Comcast.netto request the digitalNewsletter. Sidewalk Son-D School

Directors: Rev. Bill & Joyce ParksFundraising Coordinator: Joan AdamsPhone: 410-592-5203Community Outreach & Media: R.L. BeebePhone: 410-961-9529House & Intake Coordinator: Alex DeGrasseWorship and Evangekism: Juan DelgadoTC House Phone: 443-708-5232E-mail: BaltimoreTC@Comcast.net

SPECIAL NEWS AND UPDATES:

daily seminars and ser-vices. Juan will also be sing-ing and sharing his testi-mony.

The team hopes to meetselected benevolent needs ofchurches and pastors’ fami-lies. Roofs of some of thechurches have been de-stroyed by recent hurri-canes.

IMPACT Baltimore will beheld in three inner-city parks:Clifton Park, Mund Park andPatterson Park, the weeks ofJune 24-29, July 8-13, andAugust 12-17. Teams fromaround the city and state,Pennsylvania, Virginia andother locations will link with

Executive Director Bill Parksand Juan Delgado will betraveling to Eastern Cuba forpastors conferences April 18-26. Cuba is still the only com-munist country in the west-ern hemisphere.

This will be Pastor Bill’s 28thtrip to Cuba and Juan’s first. We at Teen Challengebelieve all the staff need toexperience missions at sometime and hope to have othersgo to Cuba and varied na-tions in the future.

Juan could use some finan-cial help for this trip; he willbe interpreting for PastorStan Williams, Bishop LeeWhitaker, and Pastor Bill allweek as the team conducts

us in this outreach. We’d love to have you, yourchurch, or family join us.Check out our site at:www.impactbaltimore.com

In mid-December an offerwas made to the SalvationArmy for the Boys and GirlsClub, located on Clinton St.,just 12 blocks from our pre-sent facility. Waiting pa-tiently for over three months,there has been little news.

Please help us save money,subscribe to the email version:

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We have heard they like theoffer and are planning to re-spond soon, but there is nodefinite date or official word.We share this because somehave asked and are waiting tohelp with this financial need.

Once a decision is made toaccept the offer, Teen Chal-lenge will have a 90-day studyperiod during which the cost ofneeded repairs to the buildingand zoning will be assessed.Renovations must then becompleted before housing andtraining of up to 30 adult mencan begin.

To view the property or make apledge or contribution see:

http:www.baltimoretc.net/CenterExpansion.html.

IMPACT Baltimore

Cuba Mission

New Building Update