Why Presentations?
In general, what has the pro-life movement done to educate youth in the last 30 years? We've mainly sent people to lecture them. There are a few speakers out there that can hold any audiences attention, but most lecturers fall short of captivating a teenager's attention for an entire 45 minutes. Why is this? A few reasons. First, teenagers in general do not learn by reading; we are visual learners. As movies and video games get more high-tech and fast-paced, teens become more easily bored with a lecture. (Remember, teens don't pay $10 to go to a lecture hall after school, they go to a movie theater.) Also, teens listen very intenetly when their peers believe strongly in something.

Meanwhile, we are losing an entire generation to the culture war. Nearly half of our high school students have already had sexual intercourse. This year 800,000 American teens will become pregnant, and 40% of them will choose abortion. That's 320,000 teen abortions every year.

So, how could we bring them the truth while speaking to them in their language? We change the messengers and the medium. In fact, these presentations have what we call the 4 M's: The right Message, the right Messengers, the right Medium, and the right Method. The Message is getting the truth out about the most important issues of our generation, like abortion, chastity and stem cell research. The Messangers are their peers. We train young people to present and we stand back and watch as teens listen, captivated. The Medium is multimedia. Teens are so visual, that it tremendously helps to use great looking multimedia and movies to help us make our points. As I've previewed these presentations for youth pastors of some of the biggest churches in Georgia, I consistently hear comments like this: "This is the best looking presentation I've ever seen." The method is shock and awe. Teens will be shocked by the facts and statistics about abortion and teen sexuality, and then amazed when we equip them to stand up and be a light in this very dark culture. In essence, we send our youth, not to lecture, but to use video, music and high quality PowerPoint presentations to teach, without holding back the truth! It's the best way to do it. It's like the teens are learning it for the first time.

Just 45 minutes compared to thousands of sexy movies, commercials, billboards, websites, etc. because sex sells. It's still not enough! Therefore, we build a relationship with the teens in the youth group through more presentations, and we invite them to become a part of Mission: Life, where they can continually learn, grow and get actively involved in their peers lives!

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For any questions, or to schedule a presentation, please contact:
Bethany Burrell, Director of Education and Public Relations, Georgia Right to Life
Email: bethanyburrell@grtl.org
Office: 770-339-6880