We are small in number, but our amazing team of regulars and part-time volunteers is dedicated to community support and helping others. We take our convictions and turn them into action to create life-changing experiences. Ivan's Angels was not created to represent anyone's name, but it became, due to the many times Ivan spoke about the a
We are small in number, but our amazing team of regulars and part-time volunteers is dedicated to community support and helping others. We take our convictions and turn them into action to create life-changing experiences. Ivan's Angels was not created to represent anyone's name, but it became, due to the many times Ivan spoke about the angels that he saw in the spirit. He spoke many times about the size, the colors and the messages. Ivan's Angels provides HIV/STD/STI and drug prevention education as well as helping young and older how to set up boundaries.
Prevention education is a proactive approach aimed at equipping individuals, particularly students, with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to navigate challenges and make informed decisions. It focuses on addressing the root causes of issues such as interpersonal violence, sexual assault, and relationship violence. This type of education employs skills-based instruction and emphasizes healthy decision-making to promote positive behaviors and outcomes. Overall, prevention education plays a crucial role in delivering services that enhance awareness and foster communication between facilitators and participants.
As we start over, our team consists of Deborah Jones, Owner/Founder, and Kevin Jones. We believe you would be a great fit! Get in touch for more information about our volunteer opportunities.
When Ivan became free from drugs and alcohol and was released from a drug program in 1997, he felt as if he was dropped like a hot potato to fend for himself. He had been out of touch with society for over a year and didn't know what to do or really how to survive out in the community because things had changed so much. He was a survivor,
When Ivan became free from drugs and alcohol and was released from a drug program in 1997, he felt as if he was dropped like a hot potato to fend for himself. He had been out of touch with society for over a year and didn't know what to do or really how to survive out in the community because things had changed so much. He was a survivor, but things had changed. At that time, people were using CD's and he was looking for records and 45's. He was lost in time. He was offered 'things' to help him get started on his new life. But 'things' isn't what he needed, or neither what he was looking for. He needed more of Jesus, more encouragement, more love. He wasn't looking for a sponsor per se. He was looking for a 'new life' that was free from the worldly life he was once accustomed to and didn't want to go back to. He didn't want to forget where he came from because he didn't want to go back to that life again. He needed a glue that would stick and never let him go. He wanted more of Jesus.
Hence Ivans Angels Ministries Inc including OUR POWER TO CHOOSE!. An AFTER CARE ADDICTION AND RISK REDUCTION program for those who God has set free from the bonds of addiction but need more, need to be encouraged and loved and pushed to press further. The program itself started as New Beginnings Deliverance Journey where Kevin Jones and Mike Johnson were the facilitators. Once Ivans Angels became 501c3 New Beginnings fell under the umbrella of Ivans Angels. New Beginnings used the 12 step faith based workbook POWER TO CHOOSE by Mike O'Neil and has used it ever since. Once New Beginnings became a DBA the name was changed to Our Power to Choose.
Ivan spent many years in the streets, running afterhours, doing drugs but after years of hardships gave his life to the Lord. He was fortunate enough and spoke many times about the visions he had being about to see angels. Hence: Ivan's Angels Inc.
Ivan W. Brown passed away on December 18, 2000 due to complications of AIDS
We focus on providing strong community support to create life-changing experiences for those around us. Our dedicated members and volunteers drive the momentum that enables us to affect meaningful change. By utilizing data-driven models, we offer solutions that ensure a long-lasting difference while also creating valuable volunteer opport
We focus on providing strong community support to create life-changing experiences for those around us. Our dedicated members and volunteers drive the momentum that enables us to affect meaningful change. By utilizing data-driven models, we offer solutions that ensure a long-lasting difference while also creating valuable volunteer opportunities.
MISSION:
To provide HIV/AIDS prevention education in order to help modify risky behavior through counseling, online Web-based Instructional Technology and networking with other related organizations. We offer psychosocial support to those who are struggling to be free from people places and things. Psychosocial Support (PSS) addresses people's emotional, social, mental, and spiritual needs by helping them cope with stress, trauma, or adversity, building resilience, and connecting them to resources to manage daily life. We provide after school and after care opportunities such as discussion groups those that are still struggling out in the streets and at home, teaching them the importance of staying disease free and helping them create goals and boundaries for their lives and giving them the opportunity to share their life concerns.
VISION:
The community and other communities will be knowlegable and educated on the facts concerning communicable diseases and be able to address issues concerning these preventable disesases without stigma, fear, or hate. Our vision is that no one should be unaware or say "I didn't know". I didn't know is not an option, To address all types of drug abuse with andswers that will help provide the freedom that is needed to successfully succeed in this community
Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals, fund our mission, and improve conditions. It helps in creating life-changing experiences for those in need. Your generous donation will also help to expand volunteer opportunities. Thank you for any amount of donation God has placed on your heart to give.
Feel free to contact us to schedule speaking engagements or for information concerning our next meeting for Our Power to Choose, And Then It was You and The Power of Boundaries.
"This is not a program of change. This is not a self-help program. This is an I can't, God can, I think I'll let Him program of exchange. I'm going to exchange these sins, these defects, and any human condition for God's condition, God's heart, and God's spirit." ~Mike S. O'Neil