Endtime Youth Corps

Growing up living next to a Pentecostal Church and not being a member of this “peculiar” group, was quite an experience. I knew nothing of their beliefs and why they conducted their lives the way they did.  Little did I know that one day I would be smack dab in the middle of their movement.

My mother warned me one day to stay away from this church that was next door, because they were so crazy and weird.  I attended the local high school and my time was occupied with playing many different sports.  This was a great experience in my life and I got a chance to meet so many people of many different backgrounds. I made life long friends because of my involvement in sports throughout high school.  In all the commotion of being popular and being a sports star, there was something inside of me pulling me to this crazy church next door and the crazy people that attended this church. 

I was never really a wild child that got in trouble with the law. I never really disrespected people either. However, I was not perfect and I did have my wild times.  I went to many parties in my teenage years. Being a “jock” partying seemed to be the cool thing to do!  I smoked marijuana and spent many of hours in a hang over because I would drink until I passed out.  At times it seemed like I was the coolest guy in town. I had tons of friends and almost everywhere I went someone that I didn’t even know would be nicer to me than my best friend. Through all of those “great” times of living the ultimate life, you could call it the dream life; there was still emptiness inside of me that I couldn’t contain through popularity, drinking, or drugs.

One night my mother didn’t want me to go to a party, so I lied to her so I could be there.  After the party I laid on my back porch in my own vomit, because I drank so much.  That party wasn’t the greatest I had been to, but it was my last!  That night my life took an extreme and sudden U-turn.

 Remember that crazy Pentecostal church I was talking about earlier? Well my mother had become a member.  I reminded her that she should stay away from this crazy church with there crazy people.  She started making me attend these services and the youth events they had; I was not happy about this, I wanted nothing to do with them.  After many sermons and services, I started attending this church with a willing spirit.  I never imagined this happening to me.

I went on to meet my wife at this church next to our house that my mother had proclaimed to be so crazy!  My wife and I have now been married for 6 years and we have two lovely children!  Through all of my past, I would never imagine that God would use me the way that He has. 

I am not a talented speaker or musician.  After 7 years of attending the awesome church known as Oak Park Church in Richmond, Indiana, the pastor asked my wife and I to start helping with the youth.  My first thought was “I HATE TEENAGERS! There goes my weekends. There is no way I can speak in front of a crowd of people! WE CAN’T DO THIS!” I had those thoughts, but God still had a plan for my life!   After practically being forced to help with the youth for about two months, my pastor asked my wife and I to become the youth pastor.  I accepted, just because I wanted to help out and the kids didn’t have anyone else.  I hated the next 2 months of my life as youth pastor.  We then took a trip to Holiday Youth Convention (HYC).  I didn’t want to go on this trip with all the kids; I felt like it was the end of my life, turns out it was actually the beginning! 

One of the speakers at this convention asked for all the youth leaders to stand, because he was going to have the youth pray for them!  WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE START TO PRAY, MIRACULAS THINGS CAN HAPPEN! Amen!  All of the sudden the Lord totally reconstructed my heart.  I had an unconditional love for this youth group of nearly 40. I had a burden come into my heart that couldn’t be contained!  Since that day, I have had a burden and a love for the youth of Oak Park Church and the youth of this city!

I am now working towards getting my ministerial license and I want to do the Lord’s will at all cost!  We live in a perverse and faithless society and one of the major needs is people that will get on there knees and pray!  One of my burdens for young people is for them not grow up on a pew and know nothing about the Word of God! There is a multitude of rooms and places in the spirit that God wants us to explore! PRAY, FAST, and STUDY THE BIBLE! God intends for us to change our world, not to be changed by this world!  Forget your past and do something for God! If God can use someone like me, I promise he can use you!

Quintin Shuler

Youth Pastor

Richmond, IN

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