The short version: The same great Monday night program for middle schoolers has a new name! Now, the long version! Let’s start with a little bit of SCYM’s history with Young Life:Since as far back as 1999, SCYM has run a middle school Young Life club in Springfield city, independent of (but in friendship with) […]
One of the best parts of working in a nonprofit is that every day we get to work alongside terrific, dedicated, caring, and just plain fun people. They are not just ordinary people; they are volunteers — or as we like to call them, volunteer leaders and mentors. Last year by our best count, 181 […]
Fall is here, and for SCYM that means many Springfield children and youth coming to the doors of our programs. Most of them are looking for something fun to do and a safe place to be – but most of all they are looking for someone. Someone to remember their name, to ask them how […]
During my small group time with the girls one week at Young Life, I took usual requests for prayer. The girls told me they had just had a classmate commit suicide, and they were taking it hard. When I later asked them what I should speak on the following week (it was my turn to […]