Kentwood YL Regional News
Let’s Throw a Party!
J O Y As a region, we’ve claimed this as our Word of the Year for 2023. We’ll be featuring stories of JOY on the blog to celebrate how God is growing this Fruit of the Spirit within us this Read more…
Regional News YoungLives
Rooted & Renewed: A YoungLives Update
Written by Missy Johnson, YoungLives Regional Coordinator At the end of March, our Western Great Lakes YoungLives team had the chance to be together with other YoungLives staff and mentors in Chicago for a divisional Summit with the theme of Read more…
Regional News
Lowell-Saranac Young Life welcomes Taylor Johnson as Area Director
With excitement and gratitude we welcome Taylor Johnson as the very first Area Director for Lowell-Saranac Young Life, the newest Young Life ministry in the Western Great Lakes Region. Taylor, his wife Nicole, and their four children will move from Read more…
Camp Summer 2021 Series
Filled with Joy: Summer ’21 Highlights
As summer comes to an end and the new school year begins, our hearts are filled with joy! Our hearts are filled with JOY because 636 students and leaders from the region were able to experience Young Life, WyldLife, YoungLives, or Adventure Read more…
Castaway Club Summer 2021 Series
Backstage Pass at Castaway
Throughout the summer, Young Life staff and volunteers from the Western Great Lakes Region had the joy of serving at Young Life camps around the midwest (Timber Wolf, Castaway, Northbound, Student Leadership Project) and beyond. For three weeks in early Read more…
Eastern Ottawa YL Reflections Summer 2021 Series Wilderness
Where God Guides, He Provides
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 Read more…
Manistee YL Regional News
Young Life ministry launches in Manistee
Young Life’s Western Great Lakes Region is thrilled to welcome Luke Trombley as Staff Associate for Manistee County Young Life—the newest ministry in the region. The following article was first published here and is reposted with permission. Young Life has Read more…
Get to Know Someone Regional News Staff Spotlight
Introducing Three New Regional Team Members
We are very pleased to welcome three new team members to the Western Great Lakes Regional Team. Please give a warm welcome to Missy Johnson, Eli Margaron, and Beth Price. Missy Johnson, YoungLives Regional Coordinator Missy was born and raised Read more…
Volunteer Spotlight
Volunteer Appreciation Week 2021
April 18-24 was National Volunteer Appreciation Week. Volunteers are so vital to the mission of Young Life and we wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate them and show them our deep gratitude and appreciation! Young Life is able to Read more…
Reflections
Learning to Lament
Written by Steve Winkle, Associate Regional Director for Young Life’s Western Great Lakes Region. Originally given as a high school chapel talk, adapted and shared with permission. It was the summer of 1979 as my senior year approached. I had Read more…