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From Larry’s Desk Youth for Christ Office 6427 Oakbrook Parkway Fort Wayne, IN 46825 Vision 2012 Goals Continued Impact 10,000 youth annually Engage 5,000 prayer warriors Enlist 500 adults volunteers who empower Double the collaborate partnerships throughout our four- county area Achieve a 10% growth in ministry sites annually Become a “Center of Excellence” for Urban Ministry Achieve a self-sustaining ministry with a contingency reserve Raise up indigenous leaders and equip them for the work of the ministry Create a culture that fosters energized, empowered, caring, mission-focused and unified staff members. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Continued on page 5 Dana’s life has had a huge ripple effect. One changed life, mine, a career of 34 years of ministry to teenagers. The ripples go on. One life makes a huge difference. Your life, my life, the life of our YFC staff who come along side teenagers everyday. Needed… yes! Wanted…of course! The Lord needs and wants you to be a part of His army. I am praying you will say yes to His call, that you will serve Him well, that you will complete the puzzle by adding your missing piece. Say yes to being a volunteer, sign up as a table host for our upcoming November banquets, send a gift today, share your faith boldly with someone this week. Isaiah 40:26 Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all of these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Piece The Woodlan story Thank you to all of our corporate underwriters for your generous support. Executive Circle Parrish Leasing Brotherhood Mutual Kline CPA Pizza Hut Steel Dynamics LH Carbide Leadership Circle Sweetwater Sound Micropulse Partner Circle Kelley Automotive Team Circle Grabill Bank Kline Farms Professional Parkwest Properties Commercial Warehouse NE Allen Veterinary Services BKD Larson Financial Group, LLC, Friendship Circle Phillips Financial Haupert Financial Services, Inc. Woolman Financial Group Advanced Engineering Hittler Enterprises Ft Wayne Cardiology Clounie Landscaping Qdoba Woodlan Campus Life got started 5 years ago when a grandparent, Stan Hostetler, met with YFC staff to do some brainstorming to get ministry started in his community. What evolved was a group of adults in the community who were so passionately concerned about their youth that they began to meet and pray about getting Campus Life started. The group of adults continued to grow and meet throughout that year, and they began to raise the funds needed to get a staff person hired. In the fall of 2008, Campus Life got started for both the middle school and high school! How Justin got involved Justin Reinig was involved in Campus Life Middle School when he was a student at Leo. It was during this time of his life that he came to know Christ through Campus Life. After graduating from college, Justin was involved in business management for six years. God began to talk to Justin about using his life in another way, reaching out to middle school and high school students, sharing with them the love of Christ through the same ministry that reached out to him, Campus Life. Justin began his work with YFC earlier this year in February. He has done an outstanding job of reaching out to both middle school and high school students at Woodlan. In the words of the man who first helped get Woodlan Campus Life started, Stan Hostetler says, “Praise the Lord for bringing Justin and Kyleigh to Woodlan Jr./Sr. High School. What an amazing couple!” Woodlan’s Student Highlight of the Week “In an appointment with two students last week, I took a quick restroom break five minutes into the meeting. I came out to find that the kids had opened my Bible to John 3:16. These kids are not “Christian”, and it was awesome to see God show up in a crazy way like I had prayed for prior to the meeting.” - Justin Reinig This is where Justin does his best work, reaching out to students at Woodlan Jr./Sr. High School. His passion to reach those that don’t know Christ is the reason he left the business world and now works at Ft. Wayne Area Youth for Christ. PLACE STAMP HERE Needed…yes! Wanted…of course! You are part of God’s army and possibly the missing piece to help YFC reach its goals and mission. Ministry doesn’t happen unless the army is built and employed. We need and want you to be a part of the growing YFC army. It was really easy to think about my message to you this month. This past month I lost my mentor, pastor and the man who led me to Christ. He certainly was part of the missing piece for me. Dana was a man I respected, a man who was honest, bold and focused on winning others to the Lord. It was the fall of 1974 and as I was closing down the bar at 3 am there he was outside waiting. He invited me to softball tournament (which was really a Church family camp...he was clever also) which I went to the next day. It was there on a Friday night sitting around a fire I said yes to the Lord. You will hear that question a lot the next three months from the YFC troops. Are you the missing piece? Fall 2010 From Larry’s Desk To pursue and impact youth everywhere, here are our goals through 2012. (Appearing in Allen County Only.) Are you the missing piece? The 2010 Piece Rally. You will learn about the impact YFC is having at your school and in your community. You will hear about lives that have been changed. Are you the missing piece YFC needs to impact Northeast Indiana’s youth? Find out at the 2010 YFC Piece Rally. If you can’t make one of the events, you can still donate. Go to fwayfc.org. Monday, November 8th @ 7:00 p.m. Huntington County Rally | Huntington North High School Tuesday, November 9th @ 7:00 p.m. Allen County Rally | Memorial Coliseum Thursday, November 18th @ 7:00 p.m. Whitley County Rally |Eagle’s Nest For more information contact Marlas Robrock at [email protected] or 484.4551 x207 Event underwritten. No cost to attend. We will be asking for financial support. to YFC’s largest fundraiser of the year – Doors open at 6:30pm. Enjoy a delicious coffee and dessert bar. You’re invited
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From
Larry’s Desk
Youth for Christ Office6427 Oakbrook ParkwayFort Wayne, IN 46825
Vision 2012 Goals
Pursuing and Impacting youth everywhere.
Pursuing and Impacting youth everywhere.
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Choose which event you would like to attend.
Impact 10,000 youth annually
Engage 5,000 prayer warriors
Enlist 500 adults volunteers who empower
Double the collaborate partnerships throughout our four-county area
Achieve a 10% growth in ministry sites annually
Become a “Center of Excellence” for Urban Ministry
Achieve a self-sustaining ministry with a contingency reserve
Raise up indigenous leaders and equip them for the work of the ministry
Create a culture that fosters energized, empowered, caring, mission-focused and unified staff members.
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Dana’s life has had a huge ripple effect. One changed life,
mine, a career of 34 years of ministry to teenagers. The ripples go on. One life makes a huge difference. Your life, my life, the life of our YFC staff who come along side teenagers everyday. Needed…yes! Wanted…of course! The Lord needs and wants you to be a part of His army. I am praying you will say yes to His call, that you will serve Him well, that you will complete the puzzle by adding your missing piece.
Say yes to being a volunteer, sign up as a table host for our upcoming November banquets, send a gift today, share your faith boldly with someone this week.
Isaiah 40:26 Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all of these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
Piece
The Woodlan story
Pursuing and Impacting youth everywhere.
Pursuing and Impacting youth everywhere.
Thank you to all of our corporate underwriters for your generous support.
Executive CircleParrish LeasingBrotherhood Mutual Kline CPAPizza HutSteel DynamicsLH Carbide
Leadership CircleSweetwater SoundMicropulse
Partner CircleKelley Automotive
Team Circle Grabill BankKline Farms Professional Parkwest Properties Commercial Warehouse NE Allen Veterinary Services BKD Larson Financial Group, LLC,
Friendship CirclePhillips Financial Haupert Financial Services, Inc.Woolman Financial Group Advanced Engineering Hittler EnterprisesFt Wayne CardiologyClounie LandscapingQdoba
Woodlan Campus Life got started 5 years ago when a grandparent, Stan Hostetler, met with YFC staff to do some brainstorming to get ministry started in his community. What evolved was a group of adults in the community who were so passionately concerned about their youth that they began to meet and pray about getting Campus Life started. The group of adults continued to grow and meet throughout that year, and they began to raise the funds needed to get a staff person hired. In the fall of 2008, Campus Life got started for both the middle school and high school!
How Justin got involvedJustin Reinig was involved in Campus Life Middle School when he was a student at Leo. It was during this time of his life that he came to know Christ through Campus Life. After graduating from college, Justin was involved in business management for six years. God began to talk to Justin about using his life in another way, reaching out to middle school and high school students, sharing with them the love of Christ through the same ministry that reached out to him, Campus Life.
Justin began his work with YFC earlier this year in February. He has done an outstanding job of reaching out to both middle school and high school students at Woodlan. In the words of the man who first helped get Woodlan Campus Life started, Stan Hostetler says, “Praise the Lord for bringing Justin and Kyleigh to Woodlan Jr./Sr. High School. What an amazing couple!”
Woodlan’s Student Highlight of the Week “In an appointment with two students last week, I took a quick restroom break five minutes into the meeting. I came out to find that the kids had opened my Bible to John 3:16. These kids are not “Christian”, and it was awesome to see God show up in a crazy way like I had prayed for prior to the meeting.” - Justin Reinig
This is where Justin does his best work, reaching out to students at Woodlan Jr./Sr. High School. His passion to reach those that don’t know Christ is the reason he left the business world and now works at Ft. Wayne Area Youth for Christ.
PLACESTAMP HERE
Needed…yes! Wanted…of course! You are part of God’s army and possibly the missing piece to help YFC reach its goals and mission. Ministry doesn’t happen unless the army is built and employed. We need and want you to be a part of the growing YFC army. It was really easy to think about my message to you this month. This past month I lost my mentor, pastor and the man who led me to Christ. He certainly was part of the missing piece for me. Dana was a man I respected, a man who was honest, bold and focused on winning others to the Lord. It was the fall of 1974 and as I was closing down the bar at 3 am there he was outside waiting. He invited me to softball tournament (which was really a Church family camp...he was clever also) which I went to the next day. It was there on a Friday night sitting around a fire I said yes to the Lord.
You will hear that question a lot the next three months from the YFC troops.
Are you the missing piece?
Fall 2010
Pursuing and Impacting youth everywhere.
Pursuing and Impacting youth everywhere.
From
Larry’s Desk
To pursue and impact youth everywhere, here are our goals through 2012.
(Appearing in Allen County Only.)
Are you the missing piece?
The 2010 Piece Rally. You will learn about the impact YFC is having at your school and in
your community. You will hear about lives that have been changed. Are you the missing piece
YFC needs to impact Northeast Indiana’s youth? Find out at the 2010 YFC Piece Rally.
If you can’t make one of the events, you can still donate. Go to fwayfc.org.
Monday, November 8th @ 7:00 p.m. Huntington County Rally | Huntington North High School
Tuesday, November 9th @ 7:00 p.m.Allen County Rally | Memorial Coliseum
Thursday, November 18th @ 7:00 p.m. Whitley County Rally |Eagle’s Nest
For more information contact Marlas Robrock at [email protected] or 484.4551 x207
Event underwritten. No cost to attend. We will be asking for financial support.
to YFC’s largest fundraiser of the year–
Doors open at 6:30pm.Enjoy a delicious coffee and dessert bar.
You’re invited
For more information contact Marlas Robrock at [email protected] or 484.4551 x207
Event underwritten. No cost to attend. We will be asking for financial support.
“Something clicked for me tonight.” said “Joe” a freshman from Leo High school. “I’ve heard about Jesus and everything He has done for me before, but tonight it just clicked about what it means to put my faith in Jesus Christ.” Joe said this at a Youth for Christ camp he went to this summer. One of the things that I love to see is the moment it “clicks” with a kid and they trust Jesus with their whole life.
In eight high schools and 15 middle schools, our Campus Life staff and volunteers are continuously pursuing and impacting young people with the love and truth of Jesus Christ. Through the simplicity and complexity of relationships, our staff dive into the hurts, joys, and lives of kids across our communities, in hopes that it will someday “click” with them.
Campus Life
With Joe Wright and Ashley Hazel both full-time in JJM, they are able to tackle two juvenile facilities (Allen County Juvenile Center and Youth Services Center), Primetime Community Center (YFC’s youth center), and Whitington (a group home). Between the two of them, they are at these places five days a week, building relationships with kids, helping them make better decisions, and sharing with them the hope they have in Christ.
Recently, we’ve added a mentoring piece to our ministry. Our dream is to have a mentor for every kid. A lot of times, when kids get released from a facility, they will fall back into their old ways due to the lack of accountability. We want kids to have an adult that will hold them accountable and show them what it looks like to know and walk with Jesus. Currently, we are recruiting volunteers for this piece. If you have any interest in this, contact us at www.fwayfc.org.
JJM (Juvenile Justice Ministry) UpdateThe Juvenile Justice Ministry works with at-risk young people that are often outside the scope and reach of mainstream ministry. YFC believes in the power of connecting these hurting young people with caring Christian adults.
We want to say a special thanks to Blackhawk Ministries for the wonderful blessing of our facility.
Family Care Center has a new location: 7404 Turkey Run, Fort Wayne IN. 46815Located behind Blackhawk Baptist ChurchNew Phone number: 260-493-0055Websites: Familycarectr.org Vitalitycareinst.org
Ft. Wayne Area Youth for Christ is looking to get connected with adults and students from all over the Greater Ft. Wayne area. Please feel free to visit our website at www.fwayfc.org. Our national YFC organization is actually helping us to do a facelift with expectations of going live with our updated site in the middle of October.
You can also become friends with us on Facebook at “Fort Wayne Area Youth for Christ”. If you have any questions concerning our ministry, our YFC events, or if you simply want to get involved, call Marlas Robrock at 260-484-4551, ext. 207.
Family Care and Vitality CareThe Family Care and Vitality Care counseling ministries are experiencing great fruit and success. Family Care provides counseling in our community and the surrounding areas. In addition, Vitality Care has provided coaching/ counseling to over 200 pastors, youth pastors, missionaries, and their families in the past year. What an impact and blessing for our greater Fort Wayne community.
We are welcoming Brad and Meredith Boyles to Columbia City to begin Campus Life work at the high school. We have been praying, interviewing and waiting for God to bring the right person/couple to this community to continue the work that has been done in Columbia City annually. We are ecstatic about the Boyles beginning their ministry career with us. Brad has been involved with Campus Life for years as a student, and then as a volunteer. He brings with him lots of enthusiasm and passion to make a difference at CCHS!
In Huntington, a different kind of excitement is being unleashed. The ministry is going to focus on a large group of volunteers leading the ministry at HNHS this year. A part-time staff person, Seth Lochmueller, will be connecting with lots of students at the high school, but he has a host of volunteers, older and younger, to do some dreaming with him this year. It’s been tagged ‘the dream team’ because of the older gang that’s involved.
Look for more on this in newsletters to come, and on the website at www.fwayfc.org.
In the Counties
Get Connected
It is with great excitement that we share with you news from Whitley and Huntington counties.
We have received and accepted an offer on our Hillegas property. Three churches have joined together to become one entity…that’s a praise in itself. We are thankful for God’s provision and perfect timing. If all the paper work goes as planned we will be moving to a property owned by Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company on Ludwig road in the middle of November. The new space will be completely remodeled and give us all the space we need. Because of Brotherhood’s partnership and ministry heart, this new facility will have a significant, positive impact on our annual budget. We are humbled and thankful for like minded partners. Our new address will be 6427 Oakbrook Parkway, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 46825.
We will still be working out of our Primetime center as well at 3701 S. Calhoun St. We are blessed to have a debt free facility with a gymnasium, computer lab, game room and several offices and meeting rooms.
Celebrations •Primetime Task Force that is in the process of being built•407 students who gave their lives to Jesus this past year•YFC finished this past budget year in the black. PTL!•Building being sold and with that, all debt GONE!•All staff who had been moved to part-time are now back to full-time• A board that is very engaged, excited and determined to
tackle the mission of YFC
Needs•Continued wisdom as we move forward into 2011•Sustainability in ALL of our ministry areas for years to come• Hundreds of people to attend our fall Piece Rallys,
helping us grow the army
It has been a rewarding time to be a board member of Fort Wayne Area Youth for Christ. Over the past year or so we have taken a hard look in the mirror, retooled the ministry, and set a new strategic vision that our board is very excited about. God has been faithful to us in the present, just as He has been past, and as He will be in the future.
I help organizations with strategic planning as a profession. Sometimes this involves wading through complex, interdependent issues to navigate a solution that couldn’t have been resolved without outside assistance. Sometimes I am the “master of obvious” where the solution is clear and yet the organization was making the pursuit of direction much too complicated. It is my belief that the most critical component of the new strategic vision for FWAYFC is a significant growth in the number of adult volunteers. For me, it is the obvious answer – the essential element in reaching our vision for the ministry. Our staff is extremely talented and our board is extremely committed. But for us to Pursue and Impact youth Everywhere we must recruit and re-engage those of you who share our passion to see young men and women grow in their walk with Jesus Christ. Please consider volunteering as a Community Support team member or a front-line volunteer in one of our communities, as a juvenile justice ministry mentor, or at the Prime Time Center. Help us raise funds in your community to support the work of FWAYFC on a local basis. I am thrilled with the progress we have made over the last year with the Lord’s help. For us to make the next step – we need you.
Managing PrincipalTRUE NORTH | Strategic Advisors LLC
City LifeThe Primetime Community Center is back in full swing now that school is back in session. Our Economics, after school tutoring, and Positive Life Choices programs are up and running. With the addition of two part-time staff, our sports and recreation programs along with our girl talk program will be up and running as well. Our computer lab has been updated with new monitors and towers and is now serving students who wish to utilize the lab for homework, research, projects, or just plain browsing for fun. Our Primetime facility is open to students every day from 2:30 to 6 pm for them to participate in programming and recreational activities.
Positive Life Choices is held Tuesday afternoons from 3-4 pm
After school tutoring happens every day after school. Our Economics program runs every day.
is a young man who has been a part of our City-Life ministries at the Primetime
Community Center since he’s been in 6th grade. He has since graduated from South Side High
School and has attended some classes at Ivy Tech. Isiah comes into the Primetime Center with
a true servant’s heart! He has picked up trash, washed windows, vacuumed rooms, supervised
areas, and has done anything else we’ve needed done. This young man has truly demonstrated
a heart to help us in our time when we have had a lack of staff capacity. Now, Isiah has come
with an idea of having a video game club. There are some students who lack the athletic ability
to be on the basketball court, so he has voluntarily brought in his own gaming system in an effort
to make his idea a reality. Isiah has been doing a tremendous job in encouraging students to
participate. Please continue to pray for Isiah as he tries his best to make things happen at our
facility. It’s servants like Isiah who really make a difference in what we are trying to do at our
facility. Thank you Isiah!
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