The\nseven values listed below are the highly esteemed guiding principles\nand ideals that are foundational to Pacific Youth. They reveal the\nheart and soul of the vision for this ministry. They reveal – at a\ncharacter and philosophical level – what is most important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\nModel Christ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Juvenile Justice and Child Protection\nSystems, Pacific Youth is in a sense, according to the old adage, “The\nonly Bible they will ever read.” We are constantly examined for an\nauthentic and real faith relationship with God through Jesus Christ. We\nrepresent the kingdom of God in these secular facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\nare Committed to Excellence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We are committed to excellence. Excellence is not\nperfection but in this ministry we will be serious, professional,\ndetermined and focused. We strive to do things incrementally better\nbecause God gave us His best, we received His excellence and therefore,\nwill will endeavor to provide excellence in this ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\nSubmit to Authority<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the tests of spiritual maturity is our ability\nto submit to authority. It is part of the sinful human nature to rebel,\nfighting God and fighting authority. All authority is ordained by God and\nprovided by God, when we are fighting authority, we are really fighting\nGod. Our volunteers and staff have surrendered to God and His authority in\nall things that are in accordance to the Word of God. Because of this,\nPacific Youth has tremendous favor and freedom within these institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those\nthat Hurt Need the Best<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Those that hurt the most need the best. Our\nvolunteers are skilled and extensively trained ministers. Youth in these\ninstitutions are broken, in crisis and hurting. Just anything is not good\nenough. They need the highest quality ministry available, not second best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We Love Youth Unconditionally<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We love youth unconditionally. Many of the youth we\ndeal with are un-socialized, they don’t know how to act respectfully, to say\n‘thank you.’ They will not always appreciate what we do. We love them just the\nway they are, not expecting anything in return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We Treat All Youth with Dignity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We value youth with dignity as people by always\ntelling the truth. Our youth have experienced too much deception, hustle,\nbroken promises and every one scamming everyone else. This ministry is honest\nand truthful and follows up on commitments. Youth can relax and receive when\nthey let their defenses down because we are trustworthy and reliable. No games,\nno manipulations, we earn their trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Immediate and <\/strong>Continuous<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Meeting immediate needs and providing continuity of\ncare is a top priority. Youth entering the juvenile justice or child protection\nsystems are in crisis. Their families are in crisis. Pacific Youth connects\nwith local churches to provide an avenue into the systems for families in the\nlocal congregations. Families, pastors and youth pastors can contact the\nPacific Youth office and we will help them navigate the process. We can reach\nout to the youth, making contact inside the facility to assure the youth knows\nthat they are not alone and so parents know that their child is OK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Aftercare\nand re-entry is rough going yet it needs to be done and done well. Pacific\nYouth has been instrumental in the development of post incarceration mentoring.\nWe have developed discipleship and life action planning curriculum tailored for\nthis population to help the youth grow in their walk with Christ and to develop\nskills and spiritual maturity in order that they can avoid and prevent future\nincidents. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The seven values listed below are the highly esteemed guiding principles and ideals that are foundational to Pacific Youth. They reveal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificyouth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/482"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificyouth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificyouth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificyouth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificyouth.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pacificyouth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":499,"href":"https:\/\/pacificyouth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/482\/revisions\/499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificyouth.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}