LOOK AT THE CHILDREN
Terry found himself constantly answering calls from his
silent alarm system because of break-ins. His building was
soon peppered with 40 bullet holes. A root of bitterness
began to grow in his heart. He stood on the loading dock
one afternoon, glaring into the complex and felt God
speaking to his heart. “Look past the drug dealers and look
at the children. If you minister to the people, you won’t be
able to hate them.” Terry looked up and saw children
everywhere!
He did the only thing he could think of. He bought about two
hundred dollars worth of basketballs and wrote on them
“Jesus loves you, from Mr. Terry,” and threw them over the
fence into the complex. Before long, his property was over
run with kids! At first they were suspicious of this man and
his motives but soon realized that he just wanted to be their
friend. He began to fill his station wagon with kids to come
visit his home. They came over to swim, eat hot dogs, and
Rice Krispie treats. He and his wife, Kathy tried taking them
to church with them, but soon realized that they weren’t
welcome. Their social graces were non-existent. These
were the most unruly children imaginable. Most of them
were literally raising themselves.
They began having Sunday school for them in the office.
They were constantly looking for more effective ways to
minister to the children. In 1996 Terry had an opportunity to
go to New York for an intense internship in inner city work.
He trained with Bill Wilson at Metro Ministries who worked
with twenty thousand inner-city children a week. Upon his
return from new York Terry started Metro Inner-City Sunday
School now known as Metro Kids Konnection.
Terry found himself constantly answering calls from his
silent alarm system because of break-ins. His building was
soon peppered with 40 bullet holes. A root of bitterness
began to grow in his heart. He stood on the loading dock
one afternoon, glaring into the complex and felt God
speaking to his heart. “Look past the drug dealers and look
at the children. If you minister to the people, you won’t be
able to hate them.” Terry looked up and saw children
everywhere!
He did the only thing he could think of. He bought about two
hundred dollars worth of basketballs and wrote on them
“Jesus loves you, from Mr. Terry,” and threw them over the
fence into the complex. Before long, his property was over
run with kids! At first they were suspicious of this man and
his motives but soon realized that he just wanted to be their
friend. He began to fill his station wagon with kids to come
visit his home. They came over to swim, eat hot dogs, and
Rice Krispie treats. He and his wife, Kathy tried taking them
to church with them, but soon realized that they weren’t
welcome. Their social graces were non-existent. These
were the most unruly children imaginable. Most of them
were literally raising themselves.
They began having Sunday school for them in the office.
They were constantly looking for more effective ways to
minister to the children. In 1996 Terry had an opportunity to
go to New York for an intense internship in inner city work.
He trained with Bill Wilson at Metro Ministries who worked
with twenty thousand inner-city children a week. Upon his
return from new York Terry started Metro Inner-City Sunday
School now known as Metro Kids Konnection.
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