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…
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…
Over the past month, the Western Great Lakes Region had the privilege of welcoming three new Staff Associates to our growing regional team. We’d love for you to meet them, so without further ado… INTRODUCING, Andrew Collins. ABOUT ANDREW: Andrew grew up in Fountain, MI and came to southwest Michigan in Read more…
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…
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…
Ministry is a blend of dreaming and obedience, of listening and following…but never does it end up where we think it will. God’s ways are not our ways, nor are his thoughts our thoughts…nor are his plans our plans. About twenty years ago Rosemary Nuland and group of people from Read more…