Young Life Cleveland West

  January 19-21 Cleveland Leaders sojourned to Sawmill Creek for a weekend of fellowship, training, worship and teaching.  Bill Paige, a Young Life leader from inner city New York spoke to us on loving Jesus and loving kids.  We had classic Young Life entertainment, informative seminars for everyone, and a good time of processing together as a Metro. Friday night leaders stayed up all night with hundreds of yearbooks from around the region and prayed for each and every name in those books.  Not one kid was missed!  This night captures the heart of a Young Life leader, as they prayed for some kids who have never have been prayed for before. Lorain County placed a new leader in Avon Wyldlife, Jacob Roe, and it has been awesome.  Cleveland will be doing placements later this spring.  Late night Applebee’s was also had by many, and some committee folks came up for the day on Saturday for some great training to grow our committee’s in Cleveland and Lorain.  We can’t wait until next ye

Every Super Bowl Sunday for the last 4 years, Young Life leaders and kids from around the area all gather at Bay's Memorial field for a friendly, relational game of football.  The rules are simple... run hard, get open, hit hard (unless you want to declare only two hand touch) and win! The year Tony Alexander's team and Alex Meyer's team squared off for the showdown of showdowns.  Although the teams were random and not just Lorain County vs. Cleveland West, the play was real.  Cale LaRiccia (all time QB this year due to a recent surgery) threw for 19 touchdowns to Alex's teams scant 17 touchdowns.  Players ages ranged from 16- 51, but many of the old guys still got it!  Our leaders play football just like they follow Jesus.  They pursue, they tackle, they huddle, they are open and available, they catch, and most importantly, they stick around after the play.  Kids around Cleveland know these characteristics to be true of their Young Life leaders, especially