Young Life Cleveland West

Bay and Rocky River H.S. on the way to Saranac Lake Fairview H.S. at Lake Champion Lakewood H.S. at Timber Wolf Lake Young Life camp can often feel like the finish line of a year of running hard after students. And, in a lot of ways, camp does demonstrate the results of months of showing up at the school, putting on weekly clubs, taking kids to get food, playing games, and having leaders feel like they're starting their own mulching business to get every last kid on that bus to camp. But, as is often true, things looks a lot different when viewed from a spiritual perspective. For example, camp trips begin to look a lot more like the starting line than the finish line. For many of the 90+ students we took to camp this summer, they unplugged from their phones for the first time in a long time (something parents often get excited about). They talked about very real things and about Jesus with their friends every day for an entire week for the first time. Some student...

Young Life Cleveland Donut Dash WHEN: June 01, 2019 at 8:00 AM WHERE: Kopf Family Reservation 32649 Electric Blvd Avon Lake OH 44012 CLE West Runners! Young Life Cleveland Donut Dash 5K Run/Walk In Partnership With: Peace, Love and Little Donuts SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 RACE DAY REGISTRATION: OPENS AT 7:30 AM 5K RACE/WALK STARTS AT 8:00 AM REGISTRATION /RACE LOCATION/COURSE :  Race day registration will be held at the Kopf Family Reservation. 32649 Electric Blvd, Avon Lake, OH 44012. The run/walk starts behind Avon Lake Library, through the library parking lot, using surrounding trails with one water stop on course. Course is accurately measured. AWARDS: Awards will be presented for multiple age brackets in male and female divisions. SHIRTS, REFRESHMENTS, AND OTHER INFO: All pre-registered participants will receive a t-shirt. A limited number of shirts will be available on race day. Donuts, bananas, and water will be pr...

Cleveland Young Life 19th Annual Golf Scramble WHEN: July 12, 2019 at 12:00 PM   WHERE: Valley of the Eagles 1100 Gulf Road Elyria OH 44035 Do you like golf, or like Young Life, or both? Then the Young Life Cleveland Golf Tournament is for you! On behalf of Young Life, please join us for the annual Young Life Golf Tournament.  The format will be a four-player scramble.  This event supports the work of Young Life. Young Life is a nondenominational, international Christian outreach for teenagers. Its purpose is to introduce adolescents to Jesus Christ.  So come and join us for a great day of golf, friendly competition, good food, and fun…  all while supporting a great cause!  Click here to register or to receive more information!

Come join the party! It's a "Party with a Purpose!" Sunday April 14, 2019 Double Tree Inn by Hilton 1100 Crocker Road Westlake, OH 44145 5:30-7:30 pm Attire: Snappy Casual Party Attire! No cost to attend. Donations cheerfully accepted! Silent Auction will be online before the event, and then bidding will continue at the event. So come early and bid a lot! Young Life has been in Cleveland for almost 50 years, reaching adolescents with the truth about Christ and helping them grow in their faith. Today, we are in 5 west shore communities, equipping and training 19 volunteers and employing 5 staff people. This event is the primary fundraiser for the $200k annual budget, raising over 30% of these much-needed funds. Money raised at the banquet goes entirely to local support. In the past, the silent auction raised up to $4,000 of that support. Click here to register! Can't come but want to contribute. Click here to contribute!

Campaigner Overnight. February 9-10, 2019 You would think we'd get tired of Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron, but somehow we don't. Just two weekends after our committee/ leader weekend there, we came right back, but this time with some of our high school friends. "Campaigners" is the name of the weekly bible study each community has, where students have a safe space to learn about their faith and ask questions. Students that attend campaigners range from go-getters who practically serve as volunteer leaders with us all the way to students who know almost nothing about the Christian faith but came because a friend invited them. At campaigner overnight, we had just that mix, and it was incredible to get them in a room with 150 other students from all over northern Ohio who are asking the same questions and dealing with the same challenges as them. One story: A freshman student (we'll call him Andrew) from Lakewood, who is very new to Young Life and wouldn't ...

Our leaders and committee gearing up for the next season of Young Life. The Sawmill Creek retreat is one of our three annual retreats with our volunteers. It is a great opportunity to get away and dream about what might be in store for the coming semester. This year we celebrated the commissioning of two new volunteers who will be serving in Rocky River (Liz) and Cleveland State University (Evan). What's exciting beyond thinking of the numerous lives that will be impacted by these new volunteers is our shared conviction, as they are joining our community centered around the common mission of sharing the love of Jesus with adolescents who don't know Him yet. Each of these volunteers, whether committee or leaders, are helping to do just that. It is a privilege to get to retreat with them for a short bit so we can head right back out, encouraged to reengage in the mission.

Metro Christmas celebration with our volunteer leaders and committee. What comes to mind as you reflect on the Year 2018? We recently sat down with our leaders and got to share many of the great victories, tough losses, and examples of faithfulness we've seen this year. One of the major highlights has been the growth of adult involvement and support for the Young Life ministry on the near west side of Cleveland. In case you're new to Young Life, one thing that makes it unique is that many of the local ministry leaders are volunteers who have been trained by the local staff. These volunteers sacrifice a lot of their free time after working full-time jobs to meet with and mentor students at their local school. Needless to say, we love opportunities to honor and encourage these volunteers. Our committee did an incredible job of doing so at our recent Christmas celebration. Our leaders were shocked as they left not just with some goofy "white elephant" presents, ...