Reaching out…

A couple of stories. There is a kid that has been involved with Young Life all year, he is a freshman at Port Townsend High School. He is really funny and we connect through that. His dad has been living with cancer for the last 12 years.  When you figure that a freshman in High [...]

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We have been back from Washington Family Ranch for the better part of a week and the ministry continues. The last day of camp was incredible. We had this incredible shared experience new friends, some from the Basque Country… and we were all heading home. A few snags along the way but for the most [...]

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I have to say, doing youth ministry in this day and age is certainly different than when I began in the late 80′s.  In addition to spending time with kids at school, concerts, games, events and coaching, I find myself spending alot of time texting.  Last night, was no exception.   I have been coaching [...]

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This is why we do Young Life.

These moments make up for every time we feel ineffective, for every time we are tired and wanting to be selfish, for every time we think we are too old for every time we are overwhelmed by the world telling us that we are no enough.

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There is a new Shriner in our world!!! and for the first time in our immediate Shriner family, this one is a little Girl! She was born March 16th and weighed 8lbs 4oz. As many of you know we struggled with a name and we eventually agreed upon Raffaella Jeanne’. The name means “God has [...]

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With cautious excitement, I ventured up to Port Townsend High School last week, and there was that rekindled joy that can only come from serving Jesus Christ.  I ventured onto the campus and met new kids, each passing moment trying to memorize the name and just pray for the kid that I just met.  It [...]

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Hey all,   We just finished up the school year, and I have been wanting to send out an update.   Good things are happening, heavenly, amazing, mysterious things are happening.   Things that we call the “mystery” of ministry. That mystery is cool, really, really fun and cool. There is a teenager whom we [...]

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So I have had a bit of a Renaissance as of late, much to the credit of the willingness of Ky Griffin, our regional director to call me out on things he saw in me that needed a change. I will couch much of this in a pre-Renaissance and a post Renaissance story. OK, so [...]

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All, OK, so the subject of the message is even a little bit shocking, but I had an experience today that perplexed me, and I thought I would share it, as it seem relevant to our season in Young Life on the peninsula. I was at the hardware store picking up a couple of pieces [...]

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