What is rekenekt?

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Now that you know a little about my professional background and services, I would be remiss not to share with you my deepest passion and what drives my life. In my free time, you will find me happily working on articles and resource development for women, youth, and families.

My original intent in the 70’s was to pursue a career as a social worker. I was a freshman in college following my heart into the helping professions when I took a semester long internship at the welfare office. I worked there a total of two weeks. Every day I would take lengthy interviews from hurting families and pass my findings to an uninterested administrator who stamped my files with numbers and heartless approvals or denials. I went home every night sick and grieving for the senseless suffering of it all. I quickly decided I was not strong or brave enough to work with people in pain.

As I began to sort through the rubble of my own broken life in 1988, I began to experience a renewed sense of longing to use my story to help others. I began sharing my life experience with people publicly in 2003. Terrified of public speaking and certain no one wanted to hear what I had to say, I listened to the still small voice that told me to grab the microphone and step into the ugliness of life with others.

That is when the concept of rekenekt was born. Rekenekt is an organization, which exists to reconnect people with Hope across generations. In the form of conferences, retreats, youth sessions, parent/teen facilitation, and resource development, rekenekt reaches into the hearts of families to restore relationships and renew hope.

I am a Christian woman and unapologetically follow Biblical principles for my life, so rekenekt is a faith-based organization. Fully respecting the need for division between church and life in some cases, many of the programs I develop for faith-based settings are also adapted to fit into public school and corporate settings.

Hard-hitting issues like bullying, teen suicide, substance abuse, divorce, sexual abuse, and broken families are destroying this generation, and teenagers are looking toward the adults in their lives to speak truth and hope into their situations. Sometimes the adults in their lives need a little help understanding the confusing culture and embracing their role as parents.

Taking a multi generational approach, rekenekt sessions and resources are available to help parents and other adult caregivers connect with the issues teens face and provide opportunities to reconnect multi generational relationships in practical, life-changing ways. Rekenekt youth sessions help teens understand adults and provide practical tools to help them strengthen relationships with God, parents, and other adult mentors and caregivers.

The rekenekt graffiti wall is a life-changing visual reminder that gives students a voice in a safe, anonymous, and powerful way to express themselves to their parents. The rekenekt graffiti wall travels and is available to schools, churches, businesses and youth organizations. The wall can be adapted to whatever type of youth or family program that might benefit from reconnecting parents and teens.

Maybe you are involved with a group or organization that could use some reconnecting. Let’s connect to see how we can reconnect people with Hope across generations in your community.