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ince understanding the theme for this wrestle with the reality of a young person be-
edition of Kingdom News it didn’t ing killed or having to deal with the reality that
take long for me to begin wrapping they no longer have a mother or father, all due
my
S mind around the concerns that to the fact of senseless crimes and killings that
our youth face today. As we look at our com- are taking place; therefore, we’re in need of
munity and all of the things going on across adults or people who will be true living exam-
this country then it’s very evident that our ples for youth to want to model their lives af-
youth are concerned about what the future ter. As we already know most of our youth are
holds for them. Honestly, we can’t blame all into social media and trying to keep up with
them for having such a concern because of the latest trends,
the crime that’s running rampant all through- but what we re-
ally learn is that
they’re most of-
ten times seek-
ing for identity.
In them seeking
for identity they begin to adapt the various
things, in which they feel applies to them. In
all honesty, I believe it’s not even what they
know really applies to them, but they end up
out our society. Not only is crime running applying to their life the things they feel will
rampant, but too our government and justice make them popular or will make them fit in
system is very chaotic, as well as many of with the other people of their generation.
our churches and church leaders aren’t living Therefore, we can learn that they truly need us
up to the standards that God originally called to be the example that will send them in a bet-
us to in being the example that we’ve been ter direction.
called to be as a church and a
Christian people. With all of Not only do they
these things, and many more, it need examples
warns us to not only want to but there’s a
know what are the concerns of loud cry for their
our youth, but I think it more voice to be heard
important as to how we help to and for us as
address the key concern our adults to listen to
youth have. them. The only
way that their
Every day it seems like we voice can be
wake to the news of another heard is if we
person being killed, but more intentionally
recently here in Little Rock we seek to build a

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