J O Y ✨ As a region, we’ve claimed this as our Word of the Year for 2023. We’ll be featuring stories of JOY on the blog to celebrate how God is growing this Fruit of the Spirit within us this year. Have a story to share? Send us an Read more…
J O Y As a region, we’ve claimed this as our Word of the Year for 2023. We’ll be featuring stories of JOY on the blog to celebrate how God is growing this Fruit of the Spirit within us this year. Have a story to share? Send us an email! Read more…
Written by Missy Johnson, YoungLives Regional Coordinator At the end of March, our Western Great Lakes YoungLives team had the chance to be together with other YoungLives staff and mentors in Chicago for a divisional Summit with the theme of being Rooted. This mini-conference was full of worship, prayer, teaching Read more…
With excitement and gratitude we welcome Taylor Johnson as the very first Area Director for Lowell-Saranac Young Life, the newest Young Life ministry in the Western Great Lakes Region. Taylor, his wife Nicole, and their four children will move from the Houston area to Lowell at the beginning of June Read more…
As summer comes to an end and the new school year begins, our hearts are filled with joy! Our hearts are filled with JOY because 636 students and leaders from the region were able to experience Young Life, WyldLife, YoungLives, or Adventure camp this summer, albeit with modifications and safety protocols to Read more…
Throughout the summer, Young Life staff and volunteers from the Western Great Lakes Region had the joy of serving at Young Life camps around the midwest (Timber Wolf, Castaway, Northbound, Student Leadership Project) and beyond. For three weeks in early August, many from our region served together on the Assigned Read more…
Q&A with a Northbound Backpacking Guide “From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised.” Psalm 113:3 This summer, Eastern Ottawa Young Life Committee Member Rebecca Steigenga spent four weeks traveling to/from North Manitou Island and guiding high school and middle Read more…
Young Life’s Western Great Lakes Region is thrilled to welcome Luke Trombley as Staff Associate for Manistee County Young Life—the newest ministry in the region. The following article was first published here and is reposted with permission. Young Life has expanded its outreach to Manistee County. As a global organization Read more…
We are very pleased to welcome three new team members to the Western Great Lakes Regional Team. Please give a warm welcome to Missy Johnson, Eli Margaron, and Beth Price. Missy Johnson, YoungLives Regional Coordinator Missy was born and raised in East Lansing, MI, where she first attended a Young Read more…
April 18-24 was National Volunteer Appreciation Week. Volunteers are so vital to the mission of Young Life and we wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate them and show them our deep gratitude and appreciation! Young Life is able to make a difference in the lives of kids because of Read more…