Rebuilding Life After Addiction

Ashley and I sat down during a rainy work day at the center to talk honestly about where things stand with the ministry, the building, and this next season. Support the 6043 Broad project: https://svtc.info/6043-broad For the first time in ministry, I don't have a clean five-year plan. We thought we were coming back to restart the residential program. That didn't happen the way we expected. Then we listed the building for sale. It didn't sell. Then a gift came in that changed the direction again. So now we're painting rooms, planning monthly worship nights, working toward groups, finishing the studio, and trying to take the next step in front of us. The calling is still clear. The model is not. This conversation is about faith, uncertainty, obedience, ministry, sustainability, and what it looks like to keep saying yes when you don't fully know what the outcome will be. Thanks for following along as we rebuild this in real time.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

In February 2025, historic flooding tore through McDowell County, West Virginia. Sandy's basement filled with five feet of water. Her daughter lost everything. The food pantry she had been running for nearly a decade was destroyed. And while her own home was still under water, Sandy helped coordinate over 50,000 hot meals for her neighbors.That sentence alone tells you most of what you need to know about this conversation.Sandy came to Jesus on her own couch in Statesville, North Carolina, after a pastor named J.B. Parker Jr. knocked on her door every Saturday until she finally let him in. She grew up in a home where the family Bible was decoration. None of that disqualified her from the work God put in front of her. It built her for it.In this episode, Sandy talks about what she calls real church versus play church. She tells the story of a man who walked into a service with a beer can in his shirt pocket and the woman who scooted over to make room for him. She talks about why stateside ministry gets passed over when there's still a harvest field in our own Jerusalem. And she names something most ministry leaders feel but rarely say out loud: the people you keep showing up for will not always meet you in the middle. You feed them anyway. You plant the seeds. You let God give the increase.If you serve in ministry, lead a church, or you've been quietly wondering if your work matters, this one's worth your time.Full Show Notes: https://svtc.info/podcast/she-fed-50-000-meals-after-the-flood-took-her-own-home🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

He watched God work what felt like miracle after miracle in the NICU. And then, the moment he crossed back home, everything unraveled. Jeremy puts words to a moment many people recognize but rarely admit: the split second where faith feels distant and the old escape routes feel close again.We talk with Jeremy about the grief of losing his infant daughter, the slow drift from trying to cope into prescription drug addiction, and how clonazepam left him numb and chasing relief. From there, his story moves into meth addiction, the strain it put on his marriage and parenting, and how relapse tends to come back worse. He also speaks honestly about NICU trauma during COVID, financial pressure, isolation, and the role community played through prayer, texts, and practical help.Then we get into consequences and rebuilding. Jeremy shares what happened after his arrest, why prison became more than a temporary wake-up call, and what it looks like to live recovered while staying aware he's still one bad choice away. We also talk about daily sobriety practices, Christian recovery, staying spiritually rooted, and how he now uses his addiction recovery leadership training to help others through 5:17 Ministries.If you or someone you love is battling addiction, grief, or relapse, this conversation offers clarity and hope. Subscribe for more stories like Jeremy's, and share this with someone who needs it.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Yes, his name is Bill Gates. No, not that one. This Bill is from Boston originally, lives in Port Saint Lucie, Florida now, and spent twenty years of his life absolutely convinced there was no God.Then life fell apart. A divorce he didn't want. A rebound relationship that broke his heart. Friends who kept inviting him to church week after week, and his answer was always the same. Whatever the answer is, that isn't it.One Sunday night there were no ball games on TV, and he decided to go with them just to not be alone. A young youth pastor named Joe Keefe was preaching that night, filling in for the senior pastor. His message was about letting Christ into your life and trusting Him to bring the right person too. Bill sat there running the math on whether his friends had set him up to hear that exact sermon. When he couldn't make the numbers work, he had to admit something else was going on.Twenty-eight years later, Bill and his wife Sunseri are stepping into Living Free together because they've seen what targeted discipleship does that a Sunday morning sermon can't. In this conversation, Bill tells the atheism story, walks through sixteen years of children's ministry he never felt qualified for, and explains why the most effective ministry sometimes happens outside the walls of a formal church.If you love someone who says they don't believe, this one's for you.Full Show Notes: https://svtc.info/podcast/bill-gates-god-retired-me-from-atheism🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Jeff Arp serves as Vice President of US Operations and Training for Living Free. He gave his life to Jesus at four years old. He went through Bible college and seminary. He pastored for twenty years. And for most of that time, he looked at addiction the same way a lot of church people still do. If you have a problem, just stop. Just say no.Then he started working with Living Free, and the whole framework fell apart.In this conversation, Jeff talks about the paradigm shift that changed how he preaches, counsels, and does evangelism. He unpacks what he calls "the trap," the reality that most addiction is people trying to numb pain they never learned how to carry. Emotional pain. Relational pain. Physical and spiritual pain. And he points out something the church rarely names out loud: the things we reach for to numb out are not always drugs and alcohol. Sometimes it's food. Sometimes it's entertainment. Sometimes it's whatever keeps us from sitting with what actually hurts.Jeff also shares one of the hardest conversations he's had in ministry. A pastor once asked him, "Why would I want those people in my church?" His answer was short. Because Jesus would.We talk about the Living Free online academy, the Awareness Workshop, and why equipping family members to minister to their own loved ones might be one of the most overlooked opportunities the local church has right now.If you lead a church, love someone caught in addiction, or you're rethinking what recovery ministry could look like in your community, this one is for you.Full Show Notes: https://svtc.info/podcast/jeff-arp-living-free-trap-behind-addiction🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

In McDowell County, WV, a little girl hides her food kits under the porch so her mom won't find them when she's sober. That's the world Pastor George works in. Bail bondsman, biker church pastor, and missionary to the communities everyone else forgot. This week on Rebuilding Life After Addiction, I sit down with Pastor George. He pastors Home Church in Dayton, VA, a church built for the people who don't fit in anywhere else. Bikers. People coming out of jail. People with addiction and abuse in their past. People who have been turned away from traditional churches and are looking for a place to belong. George also works in the bail bond industry, where he has built relationships with people at their most broken moments. 2AM phone calls, families in crisis, and conversations most pastors never get to have. His work has taken him into homes and situations that have shaped how he sees people and how he does ministry. We also talk about his work in McDowell County, West Virginia, one of the poorest communities in the country, where his team is helping build a women's recovery center out of an abandoned church. He shares what life looks like in Appalachia right now. The poverty, the drug epidemic, the lack of healthcare, and the children caught in the middle of it all. If you have ever felt called to do something outside the box, ministry that does not look like a Sunday morning, this conversation is for you.Episode Show Notes: https://svtc.info/podcast/the-bail-bondsman-pastor-who-shows-up-when-everyone-else-walks-away🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Sometimes momentum matters more than order. I'm at the 6043 Broad Street chapel working on the renovation, and I wanted to talk about why visible progress, even small and out of sequence, keeps you from stalling out. The sober living home page has been up for three days and we've already gotten calls. Monday the painter arrives. And today, I mulched the flower beds before the building even gets painted. If you're rebuilding anything right now, find something you can point to today and say: I moved forward.Full Show Notes: https://svtc.info/podcast/progress-over-perfection-why-i-mulched-before-the-paint-job🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

We recorded this from the empty chapel at Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge. No students, no program, just an honest conversation about what's next. The ministry isn't closing. We're relaying the foundation and building something that serves the community differently.Full show notes and transcript: https://svtc.info/podcast/were-not-closing-were-relaying-the-foundation/🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

How do you honor the past without getting stuck in it? Sitting in an empty ministry building after sixteen years, Justin wrestles with gratitude, nostalgia, and the fear that the best days are behind him.Full show notes and transcript: https://svtc.info/podcast/what-i-m-learning-about-letting-go-and-what-you-might-need-to-hear🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

What if the story you tell about yourself is the very thing holding you back? We sit down with Aaron Gordon—raised in DC during its most violent years, humbled at West Point, and now a leader, speaker, and unexpected children’s author—to unpack how identity gets built, broken, and rebuilt on a truer foundation.Aaron shares candid moments from pickup games on concrete to a chlorine-stung locker room where a 1.8 GPA and a failed swim test shattered the myth of self-made strength. That collapse didn’t end him; it introduced him to the freedom that only structure, discipline, and surrender can bring. Together we trace the danger of low expectations—not just dragging us down, but pushing us into pride—and the subtle ways comparison steals calling. Instead of chasing applause or keeping score, Aaron shows why peace arrives after alignment with design, not after another trophy.We also explore the surprising origin of his children’s book, Cutler’s Wonderful Creations, a clear and charming guide to purpose that speaks to adults as much as kids. From the “spork season” of trying to be everything to the image of plugging into the source, Aaron offers memorable stories and practical cues for discovering design: follow the patterns where grace flows, honor the roles that keep finding you, and let time do its work. The cocoon has to hold until the wings are strong. Separate missions carry equal worth; a spoon is not a failed fork, and your path doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s to matter.If you’re wrestling with transition, comparison, or the ache to prove yourself, this conversation offers a grounded way forward. Listen, share with someone who needs hope, and tell us: where are you sensing alignment these days? Subscribe, leave a review, and join us as we keep amplifying stories that help men and women rebuild with purpose.Full show notes and transcript: https://svtc.info/podcast/you-can-win-at-life-and-still-feel-lost-or-aaron-gordon🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

We share why we’re selling our long-time building and returning to a community-based model to reach more people with sustainable recovery. The mission stays the same—help a few people rebuild their lives with Christ-centered hope—while the methods shift to meet real needs.Full show notes and transcript: https://svtc.info/podcast/going-back-to-where-we-started-the-future-of-svtc-in-2026🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

What if the first year after quitting isn’t about grit, but grace? We sit down with Matt to unpack the overlooked stretch between an altar moment and a polished testimony, and what actually turns survival into freedom.Full show notes and transcript: https://justinfranich.com/podcast/why-sobriety-didn-t-save-me-but-jesus-did🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

A single moment can open a door you never meant to walk through. For one of us, it started at age seven with a neighbor’s video and grew into years of replayed images, false hope, and a mind trained to spiral. The story we share isn’t neat or sanitized; it’s a ground-level tour of addiction’s mechanics and the way faith, fasting, and Scripture can turn the tide. We dig into the spiritual side of lust, the brain’s craving for novelty, and why “it’s not hurting anyone” blinds us to the end we can’t see at the start.Full show notes and transcript: https://svtc.info/podcast/how-porn-creates-strongholds-and-how-to-break-them🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Ever notice how “peace” feels great until life gets loud? We go straight at the counterfeit calm that fades with circumstances and unpack the kind of peace that guards your heart and mind when the storm won’t quit.Full show notes and transcript: https://justinfranich.com/podcast/why-sobriety-isn-t-the-same-as-peace🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Most men don’t fall back because they’re weak; they fall back because stepping into a new identity feels risky.Full show notes and transcript: https://justinfranich.com/podcast/the-real-reason-men-self-sabotage-in-sobriety🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

If you’ve ever stared at the mess of your life and wondered whether anything good could grow from it, Justin’s story will meet you there.Full show notes and transcript: https://justinfranich.com/podcast/im-finally-sharing-my-story-20-years-after-meth-addiction🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Boundaries don’t have to feel like a trap. They can be a bridge back to trust, dignity, and peace when a loved one returns home from a recovery program. We get honest about how to welcome someone back without sliding into control, enabling, or constant conflict—and we offer a practical framework you can put on paper tonight.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

We share how early recovery can hurt more than addiction and why that pain signals healing instead of failure. We move from seeing rehab as punishment to recognizing God’s rescue, and we offer three truths that kept us from quitting.• early sobriety feeling harder than addiction• grief over losing old friends and routines• inner surgery on shame, lies and unforgiveness• shifting from punishment mindset to rescue• three truths on pain, grace and legacy• simple prayer of surrender and fresh strength• encouragement to keep going for your family and futureHey, listen, if this helped you at all, I just want to encourage you not to walk this journey alone. Hit the subscribe button so you can stay connected for more stories and teaching on recovery in faith.Full show notes and transcript: https://svtc.info/podcast/why-recovery-broke-me-before-it-saved-me🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

What if the real battle in the Prodigal story isn’t the wild run away from home, but the quiet resentment that grows in the one who stayed?Full show notes and transcript: https://justinfranich.com/podcast/the-secret-pain-of-the-good-christian🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Your kids don’t need a perfect dad. They need a present one.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Exhaustion isn’t a virtue meter; it’s a warning light. When recovery starts to feel like spiritual probation—constant meetings, perfect prayers, spotless days—you might be trapped in a quiet negotiation to pay God back.Full show notes and transcript: https://justinfranich.com/podcast/how-to-feel-forgiven-when-you-dont-feel-forgiven🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

What if the most powerful gift you give your kids isn’t perfection, but honest hope? We open up about telling our children the truth about past addiction—where the line sits between healthy vulnerability and harmful oversharing—and why the goal is to serve their hearts, not our egos.Full show notes and transcript: https://justinfranich.com/podcast/should-we-tell-our-kids-about-our-addiction🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

A car repair away from missing work. A set of bunk beds away from a safe home visit.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

What happens when a life built on performance finally cracks? Shane Curtis once wore the armor of a D1 athlete, a driven student, and a hard worker who could push through anything.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Two stories, 33 combined years of sobriety, and one driving question: am I focused on God or on myself? We trace the everyday systems that turned fragile early recovery into lasting freedom, from Scripture texts and quiet prayer to choosing a worship night over an old escape and discovering a marriage and a new community on the other side.We talk candidly about what actually holds when life hits hard—grief, loneliness, and the old pull to isolate. Daily habits matter because you don’t rise to the occasion; you fall to the level of your training. That’s why we dig into practical spiritual disciplines, real-world boundaries with money and phones, and how to build friendships that feed your spirit instead of your cravings. You’ll hear how uncomfortable church choices can still be the right ones, why the church is people more than a building, and how serving others becomes one of the strongest relapse guards.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

What if love isn’t about comfort at all—but about telling the truth even when it hurts? We open Matthew 5 and face a hard instruction: don’t bring your gift until you reconcile with your brother.Full show notes and transcript: https://svtc.info/podcast/when-forgiveness-hurts-but-healing-depends-on-it🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Ever tried controlling everything in life—addiction, illness, or daily struggles—only to realize it's exhausting and ineffective?🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Getting sober is hard—but staying spiritually strong in recovery is where the real battle begins. In this episode, Justin Franich sits down with Ashley to unpack the habits that actually help you grow in faith and stay free.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

In this powerful episode, Justin Franich sits down with Rob Reynolds to discuss the real process of rebuilding life after addiction.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Ben Fuller was drowning in addiction when he lost his best friend. One moment in church changed everything. Now his music is reaching millions.This isn't a celebrity puff piece. Ben opens up about generational pain, father wounds, and the addiction that became his escape. He talks about the loneliness that came even after salvation, the unexpected power of prison ministry, and how God used his darkest chapters to birth songs that are now touching lives across the country.Songs like "Who I Am" capture the struggle of identity in recovery. His duet with Carrie Underwood, "If It Was Up To Me," reflects the surrender that made freedom possible. If you're fighting your own battles or praying for someone who is, Ben's story proves redemption isn't about perfection. It's about surrender.Full Show Notes: https://svtc.info/podcast/ben-fuller-testimony-addiction-recovery-and-finding-god-in-nashville🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

In this episode, we dive deep into the battle within—the fight between our flesh and our faith. We’ll explore what it means to truly surrender to God, take every thought captive, and tear down the strongholds that hold us back.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

In this video we sit down with Ashely Marner, a recent graduate of SVATC and he shares his journey out of addiction, to relapse, and ultimately finding his way back. Welcome to Rebuilding Life After Addiction.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

In this episode, Ashley and I sit down for an inspiring conversation about our transition from pastoring to leading a recovery ministry with Teen Challenge.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

We have a conversation with Rob and Jason about  harvest moments in their lives and how the transformative work God by leading them to  ministries. Rob shares how God has led him back to the very jail where he once served time, now as a minister of hope and salvation.Full show notes and transcript: https://justinfranich.com/podcast/from-inmate-to-minister-how-robs-encounter-sparked-a-jail-revival🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Have you ever looked at your life and wondered, ‘How did I get here? ’ That’s exactly where Matt Cross found himself—until God stepped in.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Addiction is serious. It doesn't matter what it is.Full show notes and transcript: https://justinfranich.com/podcast/addicted-alone-and-angry-until-one-prayer-changed-everything🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

"What happens when a life of crime meets the grace of God in the back of a police car? "In this riveting episode, Rob Reynolds and Justin Franich sit down with Joe from Crossroads Freedom Center, a man who once lived a life entangled with crime, addiction, and darkness.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

What happens when a life shattered by addiction encounters the life-changing power of Jesus? In this gripping episode, Justin Franich and Rob Reynolds talk with Curtis Pulaski as Curtis shares how his darkest days of drug abuse were transformed by a single moment of surrender to Christ.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Discover how these young adults traded ordinary lives for extraordinary mission! Join Justin Franch as he talks with part of the Eddie James Ministries team who've answered the call to something more.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Struggling with Addiction? Find Hope Here!🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Imagine hitting rock bottom after a painful divorce, only to find the strength to rise again through faith and community. That's the transformative journey of our guest, Chipo Mathis, who candidly shares how moving to Winchester and engaging with her local church set her on a path to healing.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

How does one rise above the depths of addiction to find a renewed sense of purpose and identity? Today, we’re honored to share Jeff’s gripping journey from struggling with low self-esteem and destructive choices to discovering a life enriched by faith and community.Full show notes and transcript: https://justinfranich.com/podcast/from-prisoner-to-purpose-katie-s-faith-based-recovery-journey🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Check out our newest episode featuring a candid chat with Rigo Rodriguez. In this episode, we discussed identity and family.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

Have you ever pondered the formative power of our missteps and the resilience of faith? This episode welcomes back John, who opens up about his transformative journey that led to the creation of a youth group, providing a sanctuary for young people to discover their identity in Christ.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

In this conversation I sit down with Rob Reynolds and we discuss the keys to living 13 years of free of relapse.  Rob Reynolds shares his journey from a 17-year drug addict, alcoholic, and struggling with mental health issues to finding freedom and transformation through his faith in Jesus Christ.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

In this episode, Ashley opens up about her personal experience of hearing God's call to ministry and how saying "yes" to God has shaped their lives and marriage.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

In the episode, we sit down with  Daniel Deschenes to discuss his journey in navigating life after addiction.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

In this episode, Ace, a recovered addict and author, is invited to share his journey from addiction to sobriety and beyond.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

In this episode of the podcast, the host talks with health coach and fitness expert John Higginbotham about the crucial role of diet and exercise in the process of recovery from addiction.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571

In this discussion, Katie shares her transformative journey from substance addiction to directing the Adult and Teen Challenge Pacific Northwest Alaska Women and Children's Center.🎙️ Host: Justin Franich | Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge🌐 Full episodes + resources: https://svtc.info/podcast📖 Faith-based recovery guides: https://svtc.info🙏 Support this ministry: https://svtc.info/donate📞 Need help? Call us: 540-213-0571