A story of being faithful to God’s gospel, listening to His direction, and following His lead. By Abby Deters Like many Young Life stories, Glen Lake Young Life’s story began with a passion, a group of people, and a prayer. A passion that believes every kid deserves to hear the gospel […]
Jay Lindell was recently honored for 35 years of service on staff for Young Life, the past twenty-five of those years were as the Area Director for Greater Holland Young Life. Jay recently stepped out of the YL Area Director roll and accepted a new position as Executive Pastor of Christ Memorial […]
High school football games. Dairy Queen stops after Young Life club. Sneaking out of the cabin after “lights out” for an important one-on-one. The smile on a kid’s face when the fireworks explode after the camp carnival. Watching a leader “get it” for the first time. Swaying to Free Fallin’ […]
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 the region. He comes to Grand Rapids after pioneering Young […]
Eric DeVries just finished his senior year at Grand Valley State University, he’s recently married to Lindsey and is the WyldLife co-team leader at Allendale Middle School, where he has been for the past four years. Eric became involved in WyldLife after high school as a result of his involvement […]
Last summer the Little Traverse Bay Young Life Area found themselves with a problem: they had high school girls signed up to go to camp but found themselves struggling to find a female leader to accompany them. Through a series of circumstances, the student’s usual leaders weren’t able to make […]
Ministry is a blend of dreaming and obedience, of listening and following…but never does it end up where we think it will. God’s ways are not our ways, nor are his thoughts our thoughts…nor are his plans our plans. About twenty years ago Rosemary Nuland and group of people from […]
Both Young Life and Calvin College have very similar goals for young people: Introduce them to a life in Jesus Christ and help them to grow in that faith. For this reason we are in our 4th year of collaboration on behalf of kids and young adults. There are over […]
Written by: Eric Kuiper When we hear the word training, we often associate that with the idea of teaching people how to do something. If you get job at Starbucks, they train you to make lattes and frappuccinos. It’s about technique and repeatability. If the hope is simply that you […]
Chris Theule is the Regional Director for the Western Great Lakes Region of Young Life. He loves Young Life’s focus on Jesus and how it connects with kids through caring Christian adults. He’s been in Young Life since high school in the 80’s and has been in some sort of leadership role […]