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A Year in Review

Garbage?

This post was written by TeenPact Student Body Vice President Toby DeMoss of Pennsylvania.       Dearest Friends,   Six months ago I was standing in front of nearly one-thousand of you, shoulder to shoulder with my wonderful friend and running-mate, Carissa Gould.   What a journey it was, and oh, what a grand […]

Who is this kid?

Who is this kid and what has happened to my son?   Discovering that no TeenPact State Class was available in the state of Arkansas was a blow to our son, Mitchell. Moving to a new state was challenging enough, but no TeenPact? What even….   That year, 1999, Mitchell asked Mr. Echols if he could […]

Without a Limit

This post was written by TeenPact Student Body Representative Skylar Babin of Florida.   Dear World Changers,   Recently, I was invited to a film festival called “Mountainfilm Fest”. It sounded pretty neat! I really enjoy cinematography, acting, and anything that gives people a platform to positively influence others, so I was curious to see […]

Making the Difference

At TeenPact, we teach a different kind of leadership. This leadership is counter-intuitive and counter-cultural. In short, Jesus doesn’t just call us to be leaders but to be servant leaders. “For even the Son of Man,” he taught his disciples, “came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a […]

Stand Fast. Run Well.

This post was written by TeenPact Student Body Representative John Clayton of Texas.   Last May, I was elected as your Representative of the TeenPact Nation, and I am honored and blessed to be in this position. I never knew that my own slogan of #StandFastRunWell would apply so much to my own life and […]

Celebrating 25

Twenty-five years of changing lives to change the world! This is more than a slogan, a vision statement or a tagline – it is the legacy of TeenPact Leadership Schools as we look forward to the 2019 State Class season. What started in 1994 as a single class of 18 students in the Georgia State […]

Worthy

This post was written by TeenPact Student Body Senator Hannah Freeland of Tennessee.   Back at the beginning of this year, I had the incredible opportunity to share my message of “WORTHY” with the TeenPact Nation. But I didn’t get to share everything I wanted to say – a minute and a half on stage […]

The Magnitude of Mercy

This post was written by TeenPact Student Body Senator Joel Myers of Nebraska.   This is not the story I wanted to tell.   When I began to write this post, I thought I knew exactly what I was supposed to share. I thought I had a message that was not only worth spreading but […]

God’s Tapestry

This post was written by TeenPact Student Body Senator Maggie Megelsh of Tennessee.   I recently saw a woman making a tapestry. She worked from the back of the tapestry, weaving in a new piece of colored thread every few minutes. The back of the tapestry was a tangled mess of thread, tied off in […]

On Things Above

This post was written by TeenPact Student Body Senator Isaac Richardson of Missouri.   I was an easily distracted child. I can’t count the number of times my mom gave me a school assignment to then ten minutes later find me outside jumping on our trampoline and not doing school. As I have grown older, […]

Stick With It

This post was written by TeenPact Student Body Representative Libby Robinson of Georgia.   As with any event, it’s easy to go through the motions at National Convention. You can become so emotionally invested in what you’re experiencing that you often get what some might call a “spiritual high.” I find myself falling into this […]

Escaping the House of Fear

This post was written by TeenPact Student Body Representative Seth Martin of Virginia.   It was election night at National Convention. I anxiously awaited for the results to roll in, full of fear instead of peace. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I had hung a lot on who would win. More than […]

We Do Not Lose Heart

This post was written by TeenPact Student Body Representative Laura Gosz of Oklahoma.   “I’m so excited to go home!” I told my Rendezvous leader at a TeenPact event several years ago. My leader gave me a puzzled look…tonight was the last night of the event, and my statement clearly caught the sniffly group by […]

By Faith, Not Feeling

This post was written by TeenPact Student Body Representative Anna Claire Williams of Mississippi.   Sometimes the Lord takes us though a spiritual desert in order to reveal that He is the only one that can quench our thirst. The dryness won’t make sense. At least, it didn’t make sense to me. About three years […]