Regional News
A New Perspective
Written by Mike Bredeweg In 26 years on Young Life staff, I have been to camp more times than I can count. I have literally spent a year and a half of my life at Timber Wolf Lake. I have Read more…
Camp Greater Holland YL Guest Blogger WyldLife
Remember at WyldLife Winter Weekend When…
This camp story was written and shared by Mady Riedlinger. Mady is a student at Hope College and a WyldLife Leader at West Ottawa in the Greater Holland Area. Something incredibly special happens every time I go to camp with my Read more…
Community Leaders Regional News Women of the Year
Western Great Lakes Young Life’s Women of the Year | 2017
International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on March 8. On this day, we wish to honor and celebrate women in the Western Great Lakes Region who we see making a positive impact in the lives of kids in our Read more…
5 C's of Young Life Committee Spring Lake YL Volunteer Areas
Why We Do Committee
Over the past year, we’ve dug deeper here on this blog into the 5 C’s of Young Life: Why we do contact work, club, camp and Campaigners. Today we’ll conclude this series with why we do committee. We all know how Read more…
Church Partners Grand Traverse YL Traverse City YL
Following God’s Lead in Glen Lake
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. Read more…
Area Directors Greater Holland YL Regional News
A Lasting Legacy: Celebrating Jay Lindell’s 35 Years with Young Life
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 Read more…
Get to Know Someone Regional News WGLR Staff
Get to Know Mike Bredeweg
We are thrilled to introduce the newest member to the Western Great Lakes Regional YL Team—Mike Bredeweg. Mike is our new Associate Regional Director for Southwest Michigan. He is no stranger to the Southwest Michigan Area, having previously served as Read more…
Guest Blogger Young Life Alumni Young Life Stories
Life in Color
We’ve all seen “before and after” stories when it comes to home remodels, makeovers, weight loss, etc. These things are a hit because of the significant change from start to finish captured in one picture or one 30-minute show. What we Read more…
Regional News Regional Update Regional Vision WGLR Staff
Eight Years Later: Come and See
In 2008, we had a dream. Led by our previous Regional Director, Jeff Munroe, we dreamed of expanding the reach of our ministry to adolescents. We looked carefully at what it would mean to reach every kind of kid in Read more…
Caledonia YL Grand Rapids SouthWest YL Staff Spotlight
New Staff Brings Fresh Start to Caledonia Young Life
Madeline Stalheber grew up near Houston, Texas and attended the University of Texas at Austin. She’s a Lone Star State girl at heart, but God had a way of drawing her to the Mitten State through various roles at our region’s Read more…