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Get to Know Someone Grand Rapids SouthWest YL Staff Spotlight

Staff Spotlight: Casey Blair

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 Read more…

By Western Great Lakes YL, 9 years ago
Camp Grand Rapids SouthWest YL Trips Wilderness

Reflections from the Wilderness

A guest post by Kyle Roskamp, Young Life leader from the Grand Rapids SouthWest area. Whoever invented Wilderness Ranch is stupid. But also amazing. That might be a difficult phenomenon to process, but if you’ve ever watched JR Smith play basketball Read more…

By Western Great Lakes YL, 9 yearsFebruary 24, 2016 ago
Get to Know Someone Regional News WGLR Staff

Have You Met Matt DeHoog?

We are pleased to announce that Matt DeHoog has a new position for the Western Great Lakes Region. He is the new Associate Regional Director for Greater Grand Rapids (Kent County). Matt has been involved with Young Life in this area for fourteen years and previously Read more…

By Western Great Lakes YL, 9 yearsFebruary 4, 2016 ago
Church Partners Get to Know Someone Greater Holland YL

Welcome Christy Eifert, Zeeland’s New Church Partner

Western Great Lakes Young Life is pleased to welcome another new staff member in the region: Christy Eifert, church partner at First Reformed Church of Zeeland. We wanted to share a little bit about Christy so you can get to know her and welcome her. Read more…

By Western Great Lakes YL, 9 yearsJanuary 29, 2016 ago
5 C's of Young Life Club Southwest Michigan YL

Why We Do Club

We’re in the middle of a five-part series on the 5 C’s of Young Life. Earlier we learned Why We Do Contact Work. Today we’re digging into the topic of club. Or maybe we’re just diggin’ club. That too. These kids Read more…

By Western Great Lakes YL, 9 yearsDecember 15, 2015 ago
Central GR YL Get to Know Someone

Welcome Jack Droppers to Central Grand Rapids

We are pleased to highlight another Young Life staff member in the Western Great Lakes Region. Jack Droppers may be new to the position of Staff Associate II in Central Grand Rapids Young Life, but he isn’t new to Young Life in Read more…

By Western Great Lakes YL, 10 yearsNovember 13, 2015 ago
5 C's of Young Life Contact Work Northeast Grand Rapids YL

Why We Do Contact Work

You don’t have to hang around Young Life for long before you begin hearing some of these C-words: Contact Work, Club, Camp, Campaigners and Committee. So today, we’re beginning a five-part series highlighting the 5 C’s of Young Life and why we do Read more…

By Western Great Lakes YL, 10 yearsNovember 2, 2015 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. Read more…

By Western Great Lakes YL, 10 yearsSeptember 30, 2015 ago
Leadership Weekend Timber Wolf Lake

#YLLeadership2015

Timber Wolf Lake hosted the annual Western Great Lakes Leadership Weekend September 11-13, and those who attended raved about it all over Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using the hashtag #YLLeadership2015. Leadership Weekend is designed to bless and equip Young Life leaders—both current and prospective—at Read more…

By Western Great Lakes YL, 10 yearsSeptember 26, 2015 ago
Student Leadership Project

SLP: Developing Spiritual Leader​s for a​ Multicultural World

A guest post by Lyn Ten Brink, with contributions from Kateesha Adams, Caryn Schierbeek & Sara Webb “SLP has taught me that the kingdom is here, all around us, and if we have eyes to see, we will see it. It Read more…

By Western Great Lakes YL, 10 yearsAugust 18, 2015 ago

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