“Camp changed the way I look at life and really made me appreciate this life I have been blessed to live. I loved cabin time because it opened my eyes to the realities of the world.” —High School Student, Northwest Grand Read more…
Submitted by Maddie Stalheber, Mission Staff with Grand Rapids SouthWest Young Life Taylor* had signed up for camp early on in the semester and had been eagerly awaiting the trip to Castaway. It seemed nothing would stop her from boarding the Read more…
Submitted by JR Roberts After a decade of not sending kids to Young Life camp, East Kentwood Young Life was back this summer, thanks to community members coming together for the youth. It was only a year ago that Young Life Read more…
Meet Jenna Perkins. Jenna is the new Area Director for Central Grand Rapids Young Life, an area that has active clubs in the East Grand Rapids Schools and Grand Rapids Christian Schools, as well as a YoungLives ministry for teen Read more…
When Chris Hall, a pastor and church planter from Wyoming, MI, first heard about Young Life, he called it “an answer to prayer.” Chris Hall serves as the preaching and teaching pastor at Elevation Church, a new but growing church plant Read more…
Just over a month after being hired as the new Area Director for Greater Holland Young Life, Chris Hofland was feeling the love and welcome from local high schoolers at club one night as they happily decked their new AD Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…