Like a night watchman sounding an alarm, Dennis awakened his church to the problem and challenged them to teach how to make right choices. The sandy-haired youth pastor approached the church staff with Josh's interactive video series Setting Youth Free to Make Right Choices . Senior pastor Tom Hiser took the congregation through a video and workbook designed for adults, while Dennis taught the youth. After each session, the two groups discussed what they had learned. I think a lot of them didn't understand that their kids know people who are drinking or carrying weapons.
Parents have to know what pressure their kids face.
Since they went, they listen to me and respect how I feel. Within a month of the video series, the music minister brought in the musical Truth Slayers , based on a novel written by Josh and Bob Hostetler. The play shows what happens when four teenagers make wrong choices. In June, after performing the musical at church, the youth group took it on the road to neighboring communities. One teenager who attended a performance in Hobbs, N.M., had planned to move out of the house to live with another girl and two guys.