Fuzionz Magazine and TV Summer Issue 2013 | Page 4
Can you share with us a little about the youth outreach program at Victory Outreach and
what your part is?
This interview is proof that young people are working to reach out to other young people. Twentytwo year old Jessie Perez, Jr. works in the youth ministry at Victory Outreach and he is definitely
making a difference. I asked Jessie to tell me about the youth outreach program and here’s what
he said, “We’ve been here for sixteen years. Our G.A.N.G. (God’s Anointed Now Generation)
program started in 1992. Victory Outreach’s founder’s (Sonny Arguinzoni, Sr.) son, Sonny Arguinzoni,
Jr. started the program. God gave him a vision to start a youth ministry and it went international.
We are also in history books and in Bible Colleges. They know about Victory Outreach, they know
about G.A.N.G. and about how the ministry started. We’ve embedded in the people at our
church that the young people are the “now generation” youth. I am twenty-two years old and I
started going when I was around twelve years old. We have good worship and young people
who are on fire. We hit the schools. We have skits, icebreakers, things that help with our young
people. We try to make it exciting, to motivate them and to encourage them. We see such a
need. I’ve seen such a need, even in my own friends that grew up in the ministry and some who
have also strayed away. At the same time, I know that there’s a seed planted in them and they
know where we are. We’ve always continued to stay going strong. The ministry is still growing. The
G.A.N.G. is growing and more people see the vision for it and the vision is to reach out to all the
young people that come across our paths.
I personally feel that it is a wonderful thing when young people want to get out, get involved and
give back to the community by helping other youth and adults, as well. We at Fuzionz Magazine
and TV will be following up in the future with Jessie Perez, Jr. as he continues to work in the
G.A.N.G. program and give back to the community. These young people that work in this
program deserve to be commended, as they are dedicated to reaching this generation of young
people, who are plagued by so many issues.
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