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…
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…
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…
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…
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 Read more…
Young Life’s Western Great Lakes Region is pleased to introduce another new staff member: Bryan Jackson, church partner at First CRC of Grand Haven. Let’s take a moment to get to know Bryan and welcome him into this new role. Read more…
On the blog today we’re shining the spotlight on this dynamic duo: Tom Huissen, Teacher Staff from the Fremont area and his daughter, Kaitlin Huissen, Staff Associate for the Northeast Grand Rapids area. “You can call me Tom.” Tom has been Read more…
Last month, the Committee Chair of Traverse City Young Life, Dr. Sherry Small, was able to announce that Erin Iafrate had been hired as Traverse City’s first-ever Area Director. The Western Great Lakes Regional staff is thrilled about the addition of Erin to the team. Erin Read more…
This June I had the incredible privilege of speaking at Young Life’s WyldLife Camp Michindoh. We got to tell close to 1600 middle school kids the amazing news about how Jesus loves them and the life He imagines for them! Read more…
Today we are excited to share with you a blog post from Eastern Ottawa Leader Lindsay Sall about her experience at Timber Wolf Lake. Check out her amazing photography blog here. It’s been one whole week since I’ve been plopped back Read more…