{"id":879,"date":"2019-07-12T20:57:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T20:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/?p=879"},"modified":"2022-05-27T11:32:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T11:32:37","slug":"epic-is-madd-faith-based-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/epic-is-madd-faith-based-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"EPIC is MADD- Faith-Based Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"879\" class=\"elementor elementor-879\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f3e9e81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f3e9e81\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-229dda6a\" data-id=\"229dda6a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-731c6a57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"731c6a57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-881 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2022\/05\/EPICMADD4-300x176-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" \/>At Right Direction Church International (RDCI), the 5<sup>th<\/sup> Sundays are know as \u201cYouth Sunday.&#8221;  It\u2019s a time where you see youth more visible and involved doing things such as ushering, greeting, and even leading praise and worship.  The youth pastor brings the message for that day.  It\u2019s a time where children, teens and families get the chance to worship together.  It is such a refreshing thing to see young people involved and doing something positive.   This past 5<sup>th<\/sup> Sunday on June 30<sup>th<\/sup>, MADD SC had the opportunity to partner with Right Direction Church International and its youth ministry, EPIC Student Ministry, for a day to bring awareness, resources, and information on the issue of underage drinking.  This youth Sunday at Right Direction  was called \u201cEPIC is MADD.\u201d Our program specialist, Ashley <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-880 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2022\/05\/EPICMADD3-300x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Merrick had the chance to speak to the congregation during both of the worship services to share how underage drinking impacts teenagers and whys it\u2019s important for parents to have regular, ongoing conversation with their youth person on this issue.  Ashley encouraged members to share this information with anyone they knew and don\u2019t be afraid to have the sometimes hard conversations.  After each service MADD\u2019s underage drinking resources were available for members to take and share with others.  Also during youth Sunday at RDCI the student ministry EPIC holds a parent meeting for parents of middle and high school students.  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-883 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2022\/05\/EPICMADD2x350-300x190-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" \/>During this meeting our victim specialist, Kimberly Cockerell had the opportunity to talk with parents and share what she does as a victim advocate and share the MADD SC victim board.   Kimberly reiterated the message of why it\u2019s important for parents to start and have regular conversation on underage drinking. With the help of highway patrol officer, Trooper Jones RDCI also had a crashed car on the campus from an actual underage drinking and driving crash.  It further pushed the importance of message being shared that day.  MADD SC is thankful for churches like RDCI and other faith based communities that see the importance in what we do and allow us to reach the community in a different way.  If you ever want MADD SC to come speak to your congregation or do a parent or teen session please give us a call.  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