I (Faith) am back from a 5-week sabbatical after 9 years of ministry with SCYM, and wanted to give you a quick update. I’ll try to be brief! 1) I’m not resigning! (Supposedly there is some stereotype that people resign when they get back from sabbatical?) Actually, I’m energized and ready to jump back into […]
This past week in Springfield a young man—a football star, well-liked by his teachers and his peers—had his life snuffed out by a bullet while trying to stop a fight. His young life impacted many. There is a ripple of shock and anger that a young man who was making many positive choices could have […]
Tote bag season is here! Would you like to bless a Springfield kid with some summer fun? We’re looking for some folks to fill a tote bag (like the ones pictured here) with “summer survival gear” for a STARS kid in grades K-6. What goes in a tote bag? – Something educational (a […]
If you were at the SCYM Spring Dessert last week, you heard some statistics about Springfield and Clark County kids. These statistics aren’t easy to hear. In fact, most are pretty hard for us to hear. But all of these statistics are things the Church and community in Clark County need to know, and work […]
We asked Dwight Dobbins, a SCYM supporter and local business owner, who or what had made his future brighter as a young person. He responded with this story: “A little league baseball coach made my future brighter. He drafted a fat, slow, white kid onto his tournament-winning baseball team. He saw the potential in kids, […]
Sometimes I struggle with how to paint a verbal picture for you of what I hear and see every day at SCYM. There are little moments that happen in ordinary spaces with ordinary people, and stories that unfold over a long haul, that you know are eternally significant because hope has entered. At SCYM we […]
In honor of the National Day of Prayer tomorrow, it’s a great time to examine how we can pray for Springfield and specifically for kids. Would you join us for one week this month praying for God to move powerfully in our city to rewrite kids’ stories? Here are seven things you can pray for. […]
From a very young age I have fond memories of my grandmother looking me in the eye and saying to me with a big smile, “I can’t wait to see what you grow up to be!” My grandma was a great Christian lady, and though she went home to be with the Lord before […]
From a very young age I have fond memories of my grandmother looking me in the eye and saying to me with a big smile, “I can’t wait to see what you grow up to be!” My grandma was a great Christian lady, and though she went home to be with the Lord before […]
Accountant, SCYM Board President, and newly-minted dance champion Blake Shaffer “crushed it” on the dance floor to help SCYM kids crush the odds last Friday! SCYM was selected to participate in the 3rd annual Dancing with Clark County Celebrities with six other charities, and with Blake’s drive to dance (and the votes of many), he […]