LET’S PLUG BACK IN
Every student on the spring break trip was challenged to grow in some way. One of those students was “Rob.” I didn’t know Rob until he showed up to the Campus Life kickoff in February after being...
View ArticleHEARTS ARE CHANGING
We recently took 30 of our City Life kids down to Panama City, Florida, for spring break, along with over 200 more from other YFC sites. I was skeptical as to why YFC took kids on “vacation” and how...
View ArticleTHE POWER OF RELATIONSHIP
“Adam” is kind of a loner. He is a nice kid, into magic card tricks, but is kind of shy. About 18 months ago he had a burning passion to share his love for Jesus to all of his friends, but somewhere...
View ArticleFREEDOM IN CHRIST
A student specifically told me she was just going on the spring break trip to be with friends. She had too much darkness in her life to even consider Jesus as an option. Her mother was addicted to...
View ArticleWHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO
Jesus is winning! Here is what one teen wrote after experiencing God while he was on our spring break Florida trip. “Jesus, you are turning me into a full Christian. You are helping me and everyone...
View Article“YES” TO JESUS
This year’s spring break trip was a new adventure to a place we had never been before, Gulf Shores, AL! We stayed at a beautiful retreat center right next to the ocean. For many students, this was the...
View ArticlePULL THE LEVER
The Son is still shining in the hearts of young people and awakening them to new life! Kale is a young man who came on our spring break trip and had a great time but left and went back home still...
View ArticleFINDING REST IN JESUS
Approximately 80% of the boys and girls who come into the jail had an event in their lives that wrecked them. Many do not realize the impact this trauma has caused them. They do things to cope with the...
View ArticleYFCNIN receives $10,000 in Grant Support from the Mary C and Perry F Spencer...
Youth for Christ of Northern Indiana (YFCNIN) announces a generous contribution of $10,000 made by the Mary C and Perry F Spencer Foundation in support of YFCNIN’s Campus Life programs in the Leo, New...
View ArticleLIVES ARE TRANSFORMING
Typically, hearing my phone ‘ding’ late on a Saturday night would inflict panic. Lately, however, it has become one of my favorite occurrences. This past summer, more and more, I have grown used to...
View Article“WILL YOU MENTOR ME?”
At YFC, we love celebrating when a student makes a decision to follow Jesus for the first time. We are all about creating lifelong followers of Jesus, and seeing a student take the first step on that...
View ArticleGOD IS MOVING
I have been serving with JJM for about a year, and it has been a great opportunity to meet young men who need encouragement, coaching, love, and Christ. In my first few months going into the...
View ArticleHOW THEY SEE JESUS
On the final night of YFC Camp, I stood in a bathroom with three other YFC women from all over the country picking hundreds of lice out of Sami’s hair. This is how I met Sami; truly the Gospel being...
View ArticleLOVE IS THE OPTION
Alright, I’m going to say something we all intuitively know. Something we have just started to accept as an absolute reality. Maybe even something that feels uncontrollable. Here it is - this...
View ArticleLOVED NO MATTER WHAT
Brittney recently lost her Mom to cancer. She struggles knowing what family really looks like and wrestles on and off with her relationship with God. Her friends are all in the party crowd, and she has...
View ArticleDEATH TO LIFE
Izzy wasn’t on my radar to invite to YFC Camp: She isn’t one for lots of people and high activity, nor the outdoors. But a student who had fallen in love with Jesus earlier this year, invited her and,...
View ArticleFIRST STEP OF THE JOURNEY
I love how at Youth For Christ we don’t simply share the gospel and duck out. We celebrate when a student chooses to follow Jesus, but we also fully understand that a one-time decision doesn’t always...
View ArticleSET FREE IN CHRIST
YFC Camp was amazing this year for our students! It was encouraging to go in with solid relationships with the students attending, and to know the leaders also had amazing relationships with the...
View ArticleTRUSTING HIS TIMING
This summer was a great time to get to know new students but also invest in some of those students already plugged in with Campus Life. One of those students that God continued to place on my heart and...
View ArticleI HAVE A CHOICE
I HAVE A CHOICE Our ministry leaders are diving head first into relationships with students during this pandemic. Huntington North Campus Life’s intern this year, Brooke Richison, has been passionately...
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