In all of our ministries, we value going to where young people are—schools, the YMCA, the juvenile detention center.

Our team at YFC just enjoyed a life-giving, insightful weekend together at the Youth for Christ Regional Leadership Conference. Here are a few key takeaways:

Ministry is not always easy.

Leaders often run dry on energy, encounter family struggles, and face the weight of spiritual battle. Externally, ministry leaders can appear is if they have everything together, but internally it can be a grind.

Below are the "Big 3" October updates from Youth for Christ!

In my previous post, I discussed the art of practicing lament through learning to "weep with those who weep" (Romans 12:15). 

Sometimes we feel like we always have to have an answer.

When someone confides in us, we seek solutions. When we hear a problem, we try to fix it. When a friend is discouraged, we try to encourage with a timely word.

But when dealing with pain, the above responses do not affirm what we read in Romans 12:15, “weep with those who weep.”

It has been a busy summer for Stateline Youth for Christ. Here are a few summer highlights:

On Monday, August 6th, we enjoyed our annual Golf Outing at Mauh-Nah-Tee-See Country Club. The day turned out to be beautiful despite some early weather concerns, and we even had a hole-in-one by Rick Meier!