In a town in Texas, at the request of his pastor, a young associate pastor named Jim Raybrun began showing young people how much God cares about them by showing up in their world and sharing the message of God's love through Jesus in ways and words they could understand and relate to.
Today, Young Life is a global organization with local focus. You'll find Young Life leaders from diverse cultures, nationalities and backgrounds in over 100 countries around the world.
Whether it's in cities or villages, towns or tower blocks, in countries on every continent, Young Life leaders are working with over two million young people, right in their own neighborhoods.
Since 1941, Young Life leaders have walked with kids and earned the right to be heard in an exhausting and exciting world. In 2018, 348,000 kids were involved every week all around the world.
Our area holds some interesting dynamics. The area operates as 2 separate communities because of the the dam and Lake Murray. Which used to limit our ability to reach kids from all the communities we serve. To ensure that every young person in Irmo, Chapin, and Lexington has the opportunity to experience this life, we have intentionally put a Young Life staff person on each side of the Lake Murray communities. To get the correct information about ministry happening in your neighborhood, click the community you live in below!
Callie Grace- calliegrace124@gmail.com
Matt (staff)- matt@lakemurray.younglife.org
Katie (staff)- katiesmith@lakemurray.younglife.org
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Volunteer your time to work directly with young people.
Support the staff and leaders as part of the local adult committee.
Give resources to start or sustain the financial foundation at the local or national level.