HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Students from all around NE Ohio at Fall Weekend at Camp Fitch during club We hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving and we wanted to share how thankful we are! There are so many things we are thankful for in Lorain County Young Life. We wanted to spotlight just what the Lord did at our annual fundraising Banquet and our Fall Weekend trip with high school students. Banquet Recap The 2018 Lorain County Banquet was a great success and it couldn't have happened without our great committee & sponsors. We had a room full of adults who care about young people being loved and told about the greatest news that can be told, Jesus Christ and His desire for us. We had an interest in joining our committee and our prayer team. Banquet attendees were able to meet our awesome leaders (Blog post about them coming soon!). While we still have work to do in raising our yearly budget, we were able to raise our financial go...
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 le...
Lorain County Young Life Golf Outing (Picture was taken from Valley of the Eagles website) Lorain County Young Life had its golf outing this year at Valley of the Eagles! Valley of the Eagles was voted Best US Remodel by Golf Magazine in 2018. It is a Jack Nicklaus designed course. Not only did we have this beautiful course to play on, but perfect August weather for our golfers! It was a great day to raise money toward impacting middle school and high school students across Lorain County. (Our winning scramble foursome) We would like to thank all of the golfers who came out to play our scramble style outing as well as our amazing sponsors: Event Sponsor Hole Sponsors Christian Brothers Automotive Howard Hanna - Mike Vonderau Nations Lending - Joel LaRiccia RHammond Construction State Farm Insurance- Robbie Anderson Boiler Specialists Catho...
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