Teen Hang in Rushville,
New York
By Robert and Deanna Gnage
RUSHVILLE, New York—We have started an every-other-week teen outreach, Teen Hang, that serves the villages of Rushville, Hall, Middlesex, Stanley, Gorham and Potter.
We provide a safe atmosphere where the teens can come to socialize, play air hockey, table tennis and pool, and eat to their hearts content. Free food is in itself a draw. A Christian rock group of on-fire teens comes to perform and evangelize every month or so.
We have worked hard to build trust with the young people, and we are slowly working to introduce Christ into their lives. The No. 1 rule of working with teens is: Teens don’t care what you have to say, until they know you care.
"There is nothing going on in Rushville other than the Teen Hang," said one teen. He said that it had been announced over the loudspeaker at school, and many were talking about it.
