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Our Promised Land
It didn’t quite take 40 years – although sometimes it felt like it – but our move to Strathalbyn has certainly yielded milk and honey – and alpacas, sheep, goats, turkey, geese, chickens, ducks and guinea fowl.
Read MoreYou got us over the line!
In the summer 2020 edition of our newsletter, we announced that Teen Challenge had been given a God-opportunity to purchase a new rehabilitation facility in Strathalbyn and that a major partner offered support of a low-interest loan of 1.2 million dollars to see this vision of a permanent home come into being. We are pleased…
Read MoreTeen Challenge on the radio
On Sunday 22 November 2020, Teen Challenge SA was invited to speak on 1079 Life as part of their Sunday Night Talk segment with Paul and Laureen Newsham. Two of our students, Trystram and Tavis, shared their stories on-air about addiction and rehab, and Trystram even performed a song he wrote. Our CEO Graham also…
Read MoreNew board member at Teen Challenge
We recently welcomed Pastor Greg Donald to the Teen Challenge SA board. Greg is the senior pastor of Engage Church Kadina, and he is an ordained minister with Australian Christian Churches. Before this appointment, Greg spent over ten years pastoring in the Northern Territory. In the Northern Territory, he managed four crisis intervention youth centres…
Read MoreIntake procedure now online
With the onset of COVID-19, we have made some changes to our intake procedure. We now have an online intake form on our website. New applicants can make an online application, which is then emailed directly to our intake officer. The good thing about an online form is that when someone decides to consider rehab,…
Read MoreEnd of a chapter for Eddy
After approximately nine years of working with us, Eddy is moving on. Eddy first heard about Teen Challenge SA through his youth work placement. He then started volunteering at the homelessness shelter in Whitmore Square in Adelaide. Like many, Eddy felt the call to the ministry for the lost. He decided that after his placement,…
Read MoreWe are seeking a new home
Building on 38 years of transforming lives in South Australia for people who suffer from addiction and substance abuse, we are seeking a new home. The next decade marks a time where South Australia has one of the highest recorded rates of methamphetamine use globally, coupled with alcohol being the most widely used drug in…
Read MoreFarewell to Dave and Helen
On Friday 27 April 2018, we officially said goodbye to a wonderful couple, Dave and Helen, who have given so many years of service to our organisation.
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