In early May, a group of 30 students from Grand Valley State University traveled to Israel. The trip was led by Ben and Stacie Post. Ben serves as college director for Eastern Ottawa Young Life and leads the Young Life College team at GVSU. The group delighted in traditional buffet-style Read more…
Young Life’s Western Great Lakes Region is pleased to introduce another new staff member: Bryan Jackson, church partner at First CRC of Grand Haven. Let’s take a moment to get to know Bryan and welcome him into this new role. (Note: If you’re curious about what the Young Life church Read more…
On the blog today we’re shining the spotlight on this dynamic duo: Tom Huissen, Teacher Staff from the Fremont area and his daughter, Kaitlin Huissen, Staff Associate for the Northeast Grand Rapids area. “You can call me Tom.” Tom has been with Fremont Young Life for 25 years. In the course Read more…
Last month, the Committee Chair of Traverse City Young Life, Dr. Sherry Small, was able to announce that Erin Iafrate had been hired as Traverse City’s first-ever Area Director. The Western Great Lakes Regional staff is thrilled about the addition of Erin to the team. Erin comes to this new position having faithfully served Eastern Ottawa Read more…
This June I had the incredible privilege of speaking at Young Life’s WyldLife Camp Michindoh. We got to tell close to 1600 middle school kids the amazing news about how Jesus loves them and the life He imagines for them! My favorite moment each week was being a part of Read more…
Today we are excited to share with you a blog post from Eastern Ottawa Leader Lindsay Sall about her experience at Timber Wolf Lake. Check out her amazing photography blog here. It’s been one whole week since I’ve been plopped back into the busyness of life after spending 6 beautiful days Read more…
Eric DeVries just finished his senior year at Grand Valley State University, he’s recently married to Lindsey and is the WyldLife co-team leader at Allendale Middle School, where he has been for the past four years. Eric became involved in WyldLife after high school as a result of his involvement Read more…
Grand Rapids had me a little wary. I grew up in Grand Rapids and went on to Hope College, a not-so-distant land that always felt different enough. Upon graduating, my soon-to-be husband and I intended to return to Grand Rapids, but I was timid about starting adulthood amongst the tottering Read more…
This past month Young Life’s Western Great Lakes Region brought on three new staff members and we’d love to introduce them to you. We couldn’t be more excited to have these three strong, passionate women join our team. Alaina Smith: Area Director, Little Traverse Bay Area — Alaina Smith is the new Read more…
This month’s Volunteer Spotlight leader is Nick Bartlett, a Young Life leaders with our Northeast Grand Rapids area. Nick has been leading in the Forest Hills Central school system for four years, and has served as a co-team leader for the past two. Through his time with students through Young Read more…