TBG Partners Shooting Hoops at Mentor UP Event
    
God at Work
Do you love to have fun and serve the Lord?  Mentor UP Ministries ("Mentor UP") brings both together to transform the next generation of Christian men.  Their ministry provides weekly group mentoring of fatherless boys by Christian men, including meals, sports, games, Bible study and community service.

Mentor UP's Chief Operating Officer, Chuck Divine, presented to our TBG partners in Orange County in February of this year.  Since then, many of our TBG partners have joined the fun!  Chuck recently shared about the impact of their fun adventures in the following interview:   
 
"During my presentation to TBG OC, I shared the following statistics of the impact of fatherless boys on our society:
  • 85% of all youths in prison come from fatherless homes;
  • 75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes;
  • 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes; and
  •  63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes.
I described a typical Mentor UP meeting which can include special outings to the beach, trampoline parks, miniature golf and the movies.  We also do community service projects, like working at food banks.  Finally, I described all the ways TBG partners could get involved in this vital ministry:
  • Become a mentor (greatest need);
  • Start a chapter of Mentor UP at your church;
  • Introduce a Mentor UP representative to your pastor/men's ministry leader at your church or Christian fellowship group;
  • Connect Mentor UP leadership with single moms who have sons ages 8 - 18;
  • Adopt a Mentor UP chapter to follow and pray for; and
  • Learn more about Mentor UP.
To my amazement, the response was overwhelming!  Thirty-eight members expressed a desire to help fatherless boys.  At the top of the list were the eleven men who volunteered to become mentors, which enabled us to open a new chapter of Mentor UP in San Clemente in just 90 days.
   
In addition, one pastor committed to start a chapter at his church in Santa Ana, and many others have introduced us to their pastors and men's ministry leaders.  Others have referred us to single moms with sons.  God continues to bless our ministry though our presentation to your caring partners.  Thank you, TBG!"
   
To learn more about the fun and life changing work that Mentor UP is doing, please e-mail Chuck at chuck.divine@cox.net.
 
TBG Partners & Mentor UP