Hello,
We want to thank you for visiting our site. As president of CAUSE my prayer and hope is that we can make a difference in the youth of today. We hope that through the instrument of sports, we can influence young men and women with the life changing message of Jesus Christ.
Our Mission Statement:
"Making today's Students and Student athletes tomorrows leaders"
This is CAUSE:
Area coaches and athletes have formed CAUSE, a faith-based organization to show teens that character, athletics, unity, sportsmanship and excellence also are needed. Mike Conley, and others known in the community for their sports connection, founded the organization. Founders include Steve Monnin, former president of the Westside Little League; Dick Plemmons, a Westside Little League coach; Lennie Fath, vice president of the Hamilton Boosters; and Hamilton High grad Curtus Moak, who pitched in the minors.
Some would say the group uniting for a common cause was definitely a God thing. Monnin and Plemmons, both members of New Testament Baptist Church, shared their concerns for teens with pastor Lamon Hubbs, who supported the project. Plemmons met Moak during spring training in 2003. Moak recently became youth minister at Hamilton Christian Center.A member of the 1997 Hamilton High state championship team, Moak, 26, played baseball for four seasons at the University of Cincinnati. He was drafted in 2001 by the Reds in the 25th round. He pitched for the Dayton Dragons in 2002 and later in Fargo, N.D., and California before a 2004 shoulder injury took him permanently out of the game.
“I was debating my future, talked to Pastor (Johnny Wade) Sloan and got involved at the church,” said Moak, who joined the staff full time in May.
HHC supported the CAUSE goals and agreed to host activities at its gymnasium. “We should all be the body of Christ and get away from the denominational barriers,” he said, explaining CAUSE is nondenominational and open to all teens.“We are giving these young people an alternative give them an opportunity to pursue their goals,” he said. “We are only going to be athletes for so long. What really matters are our values and how we treat people. I’ve been around long enough to see a lot of athletes who fall short of their potential.
”To help teens achieve their potential, CAUSE hopes to alert them to dangers.“Our country, and our neighbors are in really bad shape because of the drugs and alcohol,” said Plemmons. “The only way to change lives is through Jesus Christ. Hamilton High student Daniel Monnin said the program was a message for people his age.“Mike Conley says things that really relate,” said Monnin. “Drugs and alcohol, some people think they can’t have fun without drinking or doing drugs. There are different ways of handling things.”The group has already attracted several teens who will be serving on a board to develop the monthly activities and programs.
The above Article was taken from the Journal news, written by Peggy McCracken
Topics Discussed: DRUGS, ALCOHOL, PEER PRESSURE, SEX, GOD, COLLEGE, RESPECT FOR ONESELF, PARENTS And OTHER PEOPLE and death of a love one!
Our Objectives:
- To help kids and parents avoid the pitfalls of drugs, alcohol, sex and peer pressure by inviting JESUS CHRIST into their lives.
- To let kids and parents hear first hand from someone who has been down the lonely and destructive road of drug and alcohol addiction.
- To hear how drugs , alcohol, sex and bad choices of friends can and will rob you of your life's dreams and goals.
- To hear how they rob you of your self worth and everything you ever worked for leaving your life and your families in possible ruins.
We at CAUSE believe it is time for our community to step up and address these life altering issues. God and prayer have been removed and silenced from our schools, thus leaving an empty void (GOD) in a lot of our childrens lives.
With so many families suffering from divorce, single parents, both parents working, our children have a lot of unsupervised and idle time. Parents and children alike both suffer from idel time and as we all know " IDLE TIME IS THE DEVILS TIME". Without a strong base to rely on (GOD) our children are at the mercy of SATAN, no if, ands, buts about it.
Great web site called How to get to know God http://www.harvest.org/knowgod/
"CAUSE" believes that we as a community will never be able to make positive changes for all of our children until the adults and parents of our community step up and come out of the safety of our churches and help spread the LOVE and the word of GOD to all of our children.
Marriage suffering? Tired of doing drugs? Tired of being an alcoholic? Want a relationship with God? Tired of looking at pornographic material? Afraid to stand up and say I love the LORD? Tired of backsliding? Tired of making one excuse after another? Afraid to say blessing openly in a restaurant? Tired of hating the Lord? Want to make up with God? Does the devil run your life? How are the KIDS?
Parents and players,
It is with a heavy heart that I write you. As Steve mentioned , we lost a member of our baseball family Friday evening. Cathy Lambertson lost her life in an automobile accident Friday and we all lost a wonderful friend. I am having a very hard time accepting that she is gone because she was my best friend. She had a passion for life that would make others glow in her presence. I know that many of you have special memories of Cathy. I am asking you to pray for her sons, Joey and Derek. It is hard to comprehend what pain and sorrow they must be feeling at this time. Cathy will always live in our hearts. I hope everyone has the chance to know someone like Cathy in their lifetime. I know that she would ask that we all help her boys through these dark times. I second Steve in that I would like our team to do something to honor her memory. I loved her and she is gone now. Tell those you love all the things you want to say to them because you may never get a second chance. God bless her and keep her. I love you Cathy.
Sincerely,
Marty Shelton
11/09/08
Hello again:
We pray that by visting this web site God will touch and bless you in a new and powerful way. We pray that you find the happiness, grace, courage, blessings and peace, that knowing God's love brings. Will you please pray for Cause?
If you do not remember anything from this web site you will remember this: Sometime in our life, we all will call out to GOD for his divine help, I just hope and pray, that we all have built a solid relationship with him so that we all can receive it..
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WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T LOOKING
A message every adult should read because children
are watching you and doing as you do, not as you say.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you hang my
first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately
wanted to paint another one.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed a
stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind
to animals.
When you thought I w asn't looking I saw you make my
favorite cake for me, and I learned that the little
things can be the special things in life.
When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say a
prayer, and I knew that there is a God I could always
talk to, and I learned to trust in Him.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you make a
meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and I
learned that we all have to help take car e of each
other.
When you thought I wasn't lookin g, I saw you give of
your time and money to help people who had nothing,
and I learned that those who have something should
give to those who don't.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you take care
of our house and everyone in it, and I learned we have
to take care of what we are given.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw how you
handled your responsibilities, even when you didn' t
feel good, and I learned that I would have to be
responsible when I grow up.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw tears come
from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things
hurt, but it's all right to cry.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw that you
cared, and I wanted to be everything that I could be.
When you thought I wasn't looking I learned m ost of
life's lessons that I need to know to be a good and
productive person when I grow up.
When you thought I wasn't looking I looked at you and
wanted to say,'Thanks for all the things I saw when
you thought I wasn't looking.'
I AM SENDING THIS TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW
WHO DO SO MUCH FOR OTHERS,
BUT THINK THAT NO ONE EVER SEES.
LITTLE EYES SEE A LOT .
Each of us (parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, teacher, friend)
influences the life of a child.
How will you touch the life of someone today? Just by
sending this to someone else, you will probably make
them at least think about their influence on others.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak
kindly.
Leave the rest to God.
Lets see if I've got this right: After being interviewed by the school administration, the teaching prospect said, "Let me see you want me to go into that room with all those kids, correct their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse, monitor their dress habits, censor their T-shirt messages, and instill in them a love for learning. You want me to check their backpacks for weapons, wage war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, and raise their sense of self-esteem and personal pride.
You want me to teach them patriotism and good citizenship, sportsmanship and fair play, and how to register to vote, balance a checkbook, and apply for a job. You want me to check their heads for lice, recognize signs of anti-social behavior, and make sure that they all pass the state exams.
You also want me to provide them with an equal education regardless of their handicaps, and communicate regularly with their parents in English and Spanish by letter, telephone, newsletter, and report card.
You want me to do all this with a piece of chalk, a blackboard, a bulletin board, a few books, a big smile, and a starting salary that qualifies me for food stamps You want me to do all this and then you tell me........ I CAN'T PRAY?"
I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is.
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LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY
by Jim Rohn
Somebody said you have to love what you do, but that's not necessarily true. What is true is that you have to love the opportunity. The opportunity to build life, future, health, success and fortune. Knocking on someone's door may not be something you love to do, but you love the opportunity of what might be behind that door.
For example, a guy says, "I'm digging ditches. Should I love digging ditches?" The answer is, "No, you don't have to love digging ditches, but if it is your first entry onto the ladder of success, you say, 'I'm glad somebody gave me the opportunity to dig ditches and I'm going to do it so well, I won't be here long.'"
You can be inspired by having found something; even though you are making mistakes in the beginning and even though it is a little distasteful taking on a new discipline that you haven't learned before. You don't have to love it, you just have to learn to appreciate America, appreciate opportunity and appreciate the person who brought you the good news; that found you.
Appreciate the person who believed in you before you believed in yourself, appreciate the person who said, "Hey, if I can do it, you can do it."
If you will embrace the disciplines associated with the new opportunity you will soon find that your self-confidence starts to grow, that you go from being a skeptic to being a believer. And soon when you go out person to person, talking to people, you will find it to be the most thrilling opportunity in the world. Every person you meet - what could it be? Unlimited! Maybe a friend for life. The next person could be an open door to retiring. The next person could be a colleague for years to come. It's big time stuff. And sometimes in the beginning when we are just getting started we don't always see how big it is.
So, before you are tempted to give up or get discouraged, remember all success is based on long term commitment, faith, discipline, attitude and a few stepping stones along the way. You might not like the stone you are on right now, but it's sure to be one of the stones that lead to great opportunities in the future.
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
THE POEM
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Take a moment to listen today
to what your children are trying to say,
Listen to them, whatever you do
or they won't be there to listen to you.
Listen to their problems, listen to their needs
Praise their smallest triumphs, praise their littlest deeds;
Tolerate their chatter, amplify their laughter,
Find out what's the matter, find out what they're after.
If we tell our children all the bad in them we see,
They'll grow up exactly how we hoped they'd never be;
But if we tell our children we're so proud to wear their name,
They'll grow up believing that they're winners in the game.
So tell them that you love them every single night;
And though you scold them make sure you hold them
and tell them they're all right, "Good night, happy dreams,
Tomorrow's looking bright."
Take a moment to listen today to what
your children are trying to say
Listen to them whatever you do, and
They'll be there to listen to you.
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A Prayer Upon Waking
Dear God, so far today, I've done all right. I haven't gossiped, and I haven't lost my temper.
I haven't been grumpy, nasty or selfish, and I'm really glad of that!
But in a few minutes, God, I'm going to get out of bed, and from then on, I'm probably going to need a lot of help.
Thank you! Amen.
I Learned from My Grandma that the Seeds of Greatness Are... by Denis Waitley
My grandma, Mabel Reynolds Ostrander, and I shared one of those special relationships as rare as a double rainbow. She was fifty-three when I was ten. That's when we planted our first "Victory" garden together during World War II. We planted seeds together -- in the soil -- and in each other.
Grandma lived eighty-seven seasons without a complaint. I was forty-four when I last saw her. But I remember every mince and lemon tart, every bite of "made from scratch" apple pie, and every lingering wave of her hand as she stood (out of sight or so she thought) behind the rayon, Priscilla curtains in the little house at 718 West Pennsylvania Avenue in San Diego, California, where I was born and raised. As our station wagon full of kids and contentment would slowly pull away from the curb, we would all look back at her and wave – and I would gaze at her fragile silhouette through the rear view mirror, wishing I could frame her there forever, just that way – wondering how many more Easter and Christmas dinners we would share.
Most of all, I remember my grandma and me planting seeds. We planted squash, beans, corn, watermelons, beets, pansies, mums and other flowers. I'll admit I rode my bike those twenty miles each Saturday more for the bonus of the conversation and the homemade pastries, than for the vegetables and flowers. But no matter how full I was after I ate, I was always left hungry for more of the wisdom and optimism she shared with me.
I'll never forget the day we tasted our first harvest as a result of crossing a plum tree with an apricot tree. The ripe fruit was pink, not purple like a plum, nor orange like an apricot; but a combination of both. "Gee, do you suppose they'll be any good?" I asked. "Why of course they will be wonderful," she chided. "Didn´t we do the planting, nurturing and pruning?"
Sure enough, they were delicious, even though they were different than any fruit I'd ever seen before. "That's because they are uniquely unlike any other fruit you'll ever eat. They are plumcots!" she exulted. "You always get out what you put in," she continued as we sat under the tree eating most of what we had picked.
"Plant apple seeds and you get apple trees, plant acorns and you get majestic oak trees, plant weeds and you will harvest weeds (even without watering), plant the seeds of great ideas and you will get great individuals," she said softly and intently, looking directly into my eyes. "Do you understand what I mean?" I nodded, remembering I'd heard her say the same thing before, in different ways.
I learned from my grandma that the seeds of greatness are not special genes, dependent on the gifted birth, the inherited bank account, the intellect, the skin-deep beauty, the race, the gender, or the status. The seeds of greatness are attitudes and beliefs that begin in children by observing, imitating and internalizing the lifestyles of significant role models and heroes.
"Model your thoughts and actions after men and women who have been passionate, excellent, honest, unselfish and creative in their service to others," my grandmother had counseled. Armed with that affirmation, I ventured forth to sow and reap my own legacy in life.
I've traveled the world to the seven seas.
I've been up at the top and down on my knees.
I've been blessed with abundance and plenty of weeds.
But I've never stopped caring about others' needs.
As you tend your own garden, unlike any other.
Remember the words of my lovely grandmother.
"If you're hoping to harvest a life of great deeds, remember you first have to plant some great seeds."
Denis Waitley
CAUSE NEEDS YOUR HELP
I was noticing the amount of people who have visited our web site,
if everyone just donated a dollar think of all the kids/parents
we can introduce to GOD, just think of all the ones that
we have already!
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- 27 elmont Ave
- Hamilton ohio, 45013
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If you can or cannot that's ok , will you please remember CAUSE in your prayers?
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