There are many choices that confront our young people these days, and the decisions they make can radically affect their lives. Many of them are surrounded by media and friends that encourage them to make bad choices. Feast of Love wants to counter that by offering a new program to schools called “Choices.”

“Choices” holds an assembly after getting the approval of the administration, and attendees must have permission before they come since tough life issues are talked about candidly. One of the leaders in the Choices program is an undercover policeman whose primary objective is to get drug dealers off the street and to illustrate how children can respond when approached by drug dealers. Additionally, a former professional football player, now a Cincinnati police detective, tells a gripping story of growing up in the inner-city and the consequences to his own family of making the wrong choice. Both men are blunt, at times graphic, with their presentation to the students, showing them the real life consequences of poor choices. Students will also hear first-hand from a person who was a victim of rape as a nine-year-old child and learn how to get help to regain self-esteem and self-confidence to prevent this kind of experience from stealing a young person’s future.

Choices is a ministry enthusiastically applauded by pastors, school officials and students, and gives young people good answers for the tough decisions they have to make.