A very important part of our youth group is a person named Anthony Mickel. He is always vibrant and pumping up our youth group. He plays bass on the worship team and is a true rocker. He brings life to the youth group every sunday night.

His hobbies all revolve around music. He plays bass, drums, and piano. He also sings and is learning guitar (maybe to become a one man band?). He loves to worship musically no matter where he is.

When asked what makes him unique he answered, that unlike most teenage boys, he has chosen to follow Christ. He not only has chosen to follow him, but he shows it in every aspect of his life, even around his non-Christian friends. Which can be a very difficult task for a lot of teenagers. He also added that following Christ has helped him grow a lot and that only Christ can make him the man he is. He is also never afraid  of being awkward around other people. He is just going to be his true self (also a very impressive feat).

The following is his testimony of how he came to know Christ:

“When I was younger I was in a really dark place. I had a girlfriend whom when I broke up with her, told everyone that I did it so I could date a guy. So kids called me gay and made fun of me and tore me down. Then from my emotional state, I started gaining weight and I got fat and I was made fun of for that also. Then one night I cried out to God and asked him, “Why am I treated this way? Why am i here? Why am I living?”

He spoke back to me and he said. “Anthony, I love you, and to me you are beautiful. Why does it matter what these kids say about you? If i love you, then why do you care? That night I started following Christ with all my heart.