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…
Six years ago a dream to rebuild Kentwood Young Life was being rekindled by some key community leaders, including the Mayor of Kentwood. You may remember from a previously featured story how that dream became reality in 2016 when JR & Natalie Roberts moved to the area and joined the Read more…
Little Traverse Bay Young Life welcomes Mia Matchett as new Area Director Growing up on a family farm in Charlevoix, Mia Matchett developed a deep love for the great outdoors and for her Northern Michigan community. She spent much time outdoors with her three siblings, playing sports and reading. After Read more…
In the neighboring cities of Muskegon, Spring Lake, and Grand Haven, Young Life has been introducing kids to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in faith since the 1970’s, starting first in Grand Haven, then Spring Lake, and finally moving into the Muskegon Oakridge community five years ago. Over the summer, Read more…
Meet Jenna Perkins. Jenna is the new Area Director for Central Grand Rapids Young Life, an area that has active clubs in the East Grand Rapids Schools and Grand Rapids Christian Schools, as well as a YoungLives ministry for teen moms in the Godwin Heights, Wyoming and Kelloggsville schools. Jenna Read more…
Just over a month after being hired as the new Area Director for Greater Holland Young Life, Chris Hofland was feeling the love and welcome from local high schoolers at club one night as they happily decked their new AD in the face with pie. Thankfully, Young Life’s crazy club Read more…
Jay Lindell was recently honored for 35 years of service on staff for Young Life, the past twenty-five of those years were as the Area Director for Greater Holland Young Life. Jay recently stepped out of the YL Area Director roll and accepted a new position as Executive Pastor of Christ Memorial Read more…
Do you remember the amazing story we shared earlier this year about Kenowa Young Life? How in just a few months time, a volunteer-led Young Life club at Kenowa Hills High School had tripled in size from 55 to 175 kids? It was the kind of growth that only God Read more…
High school football games. Dairy Queen stops after Young Life club. Sneaking out of the cabin after “lights out” for an important one-on-one. The smile on a kid’s face when the fireworks explode after the camp carnival. Watching a leader “get it” for the first time. Swaying to Free Fallin’ Read more…
Growing up in West Michigan as a pastor’s kid provided Caryn Schierbeek with opportunities early on in life which fostered her spiritual growth and prepared her for a future in ministry. “I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to attend the middle and high schools that I did and Read more…