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2020 Regional Update

2020 has been a challenging year. Like each of us, kids are dealing with wave after wave of disappointment and loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many have felt isolated at home, discouraged about things being canceled, and anxious about the future. ⁠⁠This is what makes the mission of Young Read more…

By Western Great Lakes YL, 5 yearsNovember 25, 2020 ago
Regional News Regional Update

Reflections on Ten Years as Regional Director: Then, Now & Moving Forward

Reflections on Ten Years as Regional Director—Then, Now & Moving Forward Editor’s Note: Chris Theule-VanDam is celebrating ten years as Western Great Lakes Regional Director. We asked him to reflect on this significant milestone and where he’s seen God at work throughout the past ten years. Ten years ago. It Read more…

By Western Great Lakes YL, 7 years ago
Regional News Regional Update

Western Great Lakes Young Life Regional Update | 2017

“God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing. We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them.” —2 Corinthians 5:19-20 (MSG) W E L C O M E Read more…

By Western Great Lakes YL, 7 yearsDecember 8, 2017 ago
Regional News Regional Update Regional Vision WGLR Staff

Eight Years Later: Come and See

In 2008, we had a dream. Led by our previous Regional Director, Jeff Munroe, we dreamed of expanding the reach of our ministry to adolescents. We looked carefully at what it would mean to reach every kind of kid in the Western Great Lakes Region. At that time, we set Read more…

By Western Great Lakes YL, 8 yearsDecember 20, 2016 ago
A World of Kids Regional Update Regional Vision

Reaching Every Kid: An Update on our Regional Vision

As we are now into the 2015-2016 school year for Young Life’s Western Great Lakes Region, we have incredible reasons to celebrate! Our Young Life mission is to introduce adolescents to Jesus Christ and help them grow in their faith. Our 8 year regional vision was set in 2008 and Read more…

By Western Great Lakes YL, 10 yearsSeptember 30, 2015 ago
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