Guest Post written by Jonah Pit, Mission Staff for Eastern Ottawa Young Life This summer I was blessed to be able to take 8 graduated seniors to Castaway Club to serve on work crew for a week. Over their high Read more…
So much of the good stuff of relationships in Young Life centers around food! This applies to campaigner breakfasts, late night pizza runs, shared drive through dinners, big cookies at camp, and impromptu coffee or ice cream dates. Unsurprisingly, many Read more…
Guest Post by Kyle Raak, Area Director for Greater Holland Young Life. During spring break Greater Holland Young Life sent a team of 17 down to the Dominican Republic. They spent the first few days doing homestays in Puerto Plata. Read more…
Guest Post by Melissa Bouma, Staff Associate for Eastern Ottawa Young Life, who served as Co-Camp Director for Fall Weekend in December 2023 WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET TO CAMP? It was last May as all the Camp Directors Read more…
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 Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…