Living with Purpose
Anyone can make a difference in the life of a youth–even if you’re still a youth yourself. It just takes one. One listening ear. One person who cares. One person who remembers a name. And that one can make a life-altering impact upon the life of another student. I serve in the youth group at […]
You Won’t Go Alone
There’s a boy who’s homeless and is currently sleeping in a car. Another boy has a home but it consistently gets shots fired at it–it’s not safe. There’s a girl who is entering her junior year of high school and just found out she’s pregnant. Another girl has been abandoned by her family and couch […]
Going Back
In a few weeks the annual return of students back to school commences: welcome to the new incoming freshman and 6th graders as well as the returning upperclassmen. It is a moment of nervousness and excitement and the faces of students (and parents) display both! The new year is ahead; students hopeful for class subjects […]
Don’t Make It Weird
Does connecting with teenagers in your life feel like learning a foreign language? One youth worker shares 5 great tips to get you started! My wife and I were having dinner with another couple that attends the same church as us. As the evening progressed we talked, laughed, shared stories and basic information about ourselves. […]
When Fun and Games Are Not Enough
Root beer floats, pizza, a hundred relay races, and thousands of types of tag…at Campus Life Club, we keep things FUN. It’s how we draw kids in at first and bring them back over and over to hear the message of the love of Jesus Christ. Lydia first came to Campus Life at Frontier Middle […]
Why Tacoma YFC?
This is the question I have asked myself over and over in the last 9+ months. I keep coming back to this answer: because I was a lost 11-19 year-old and needed a caring adult in my life. When I was that age I believed in my soul that there had to be more […]
Am I the only one?
“Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him” (1 Kings 19:18 NIV). After 12 years of working with youth in the Hilltop and City Life, my role has changed to connecting in communities around Pierce County, and bringing like-minded people […]
