STACKED by Alex Hardt, Associate Pastor – Youth and Young Adults I’ve heard it said that a parent’s checkbook and calendar are clear indicators of their parenting priorities. Go ahead and conduct an informal audit of both. -Walt Mueller (cpyu.org) 19% of full-time students earn a bachelor’s degree in four years – NYTimes.com 36% of full-time students complete there bachelor’s degree on time – NYTimes.com 30% of high school students fail to graduate on time – psychcentral.com 38% of seniors in high school drank alcohol last month – recoveryvillage.com 35% of seniors in high School smoked marijuana – recoveryvillage.com 8% of kids are homeless 47,000 youth incarcerated on any given night in the United States – data.burnsinstitute.org STACKED ODDS Our students face an increasingly stacked deck as they come closer to adulthood. Students are facing challenges of drugs, media, alcohol, stress, pressures, figuring out right from wron
