As summer slowly fades into fall, we wanted to share some highlights from this very different yet unforgettable summer. When most of our initial summer plans were either canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Young Life staff and leaders stepped up their game and discovered new ways to Read more…
Meet Greg Bird. Greg is the new Area Director for Rockford Young Life, a ministry established in the fall of 2014 to reach students at Rockford High School with the good news of Jesus Christ and to help them grow in faith. What began with a weekly club for high Read more…
Young Life’s Western Great Lakes Region is celebrating 30 years of connecting kids to Christ through the Church Partnership Program. The Church Partnership Program is a different approach to youth ministry that seeks to bridge the gap between the church and Young Life. Participating churches have described the program as Read more…
Today we celebrate Jay Lindell’s 40 years of service in the mission of Young Life. In recognition of this remarkable milestone, we are reposting the following tribute written a few years ago in celebration of Jay’s 35 years of ministry, twenty-five of which were spent as Area Director for Greater Read more…
NOTE: This story originally appeared in the Winter 2020 edition of Young Life’s Relationships magazine. Young Life camps love to shine a spotlight on campers. Bringing campers up front at club or on the stage in the dining hall gives them a chance to receive the cheers and applause of leaders and Read more…
Over the last half-year, we’ve had the joy of welcoming another 10 new Young Life staff to the Western Great Lakes Region. We give thanks for the women and men God is raising up to lead in various roles around the region. Take a moment to get to know them Read more…
In case you missed these stories throughout the year, here are our top blog posts of 2019.
Today we’re shining the spotlight on one of our volunteer leaders, Rachel Matuszewski. Rachel is a junior at Grand Valley State University and a Young Life leader in the Eastern Ottawa area. Thanks, Rachel, for writing and sharing your #YLstory with us. I first felt the call to be a Young Read more…
We close out the Summer 2019 blog series with a few final highlights and pictures from camp. Whether it was at a high school outreach camp, WyldLife camp for middle schoolers, YoungLives or Capernaum camp, wilderness backpacking, or Young Life discipleship opportunities, kids and leaders continue to tell us how camp was Read more…
A guest post by Becky Bagnall, YoungLives Coordinator for Central Grand Rapids Young Life Our YoungLives camp week was quickly approaching and we had 4 teen moms signed up from Central Grand Rapids. The girls were slightly apprehensive but overall excited about having the best week ever. We had plans Read more…