What a year it’s been for Young Life in the city of Grand Rapids, especially given that almost everything in Grand Rapids City Young Life is new—a new name, new staff, and many new volunteers. But one thing hasn’t changed. For more than twenty years, Grand Rapids City Young Life Read more…
“We are so excited to have Lester as our staff person at Wedgwood. He is uniquely equipped to be a powerful presence in the lives of kids and is a super gifted leader.”
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…
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…
When Chris Hall, a pastor and church planter from Wyoming, MI, first heard about Young Life, he called it “an answer to prayer.” Chris Hall serves as the preaching and teaching pastor at Elevation Church, a new but growing church plant located near Wyoming’s Lamar Park. Hall and his wife have 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…
Madeline Stalheber grew up near Houston, Texas and attended the University of Texas at Austin. She’s a Lone Star State girl at heart, but God had a way of drawing her to the Mitten State through various roles at our region’s Young Life camp, Timber Wolf Lake. Maddie was involved in 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…
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…
We’re pleased to introduce another new Young Life staff member in the Western Great Lakes Region. Casey Blair serves as Staff Associate for the Grand Rapids SouthWest area. Let’s take a moment to get to know Casey and welcome him. During his freshman year in high school, Casey Blair became involved Read more…