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Young Life Returns To <strong>Milford</strong><br />
by Bryan Shupe<br />
students. <strong>The</strong>ir mission is to introduce adolescence to<br />
Jesus Christ and help them grow in their faith. Although<br />
aimed at helping children, Young Life begins with adults<br />
who are concerned enough about kids to help build relationships<br />
that will foster learning in the future. Adults<br />
involved in the program will act as mentors to lead kids<br />
towards making smart decisions in their live.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Young Life website acknowledges that “the decisions<br />
they make today, based upon God’s love for them, will<br />
impact future decisions including career choices, marriages<br />
formed and children raise. All ripples from the time when<br />
a Young Life leader took time to reach out and enter their<br />
world.”<br />
and open to all who would like to attend.<br />
This year Kids from <strong>Milford</strong> Young Life will be joining over<br />
200 high school students from around the state of Delaware to<br />
attend Young Life Lake Champion resort in Glen Spey, NY.<br />
For more information on Young Life visit www.younglife.org<br />
or contact Erin Windsor at erinwindsor@gmail.com or 302-<br />
725-7777. Kids can also find out more about the organization<br />
by looking Young Life up on Facebook.<br />
<strong>The</strong> faith-based organization Young Life is making a return<br />
in the community of <strong>Milford</strong>. Young Life has a rich<br />
history in the <strong>Milford</strong> community and was very active just<br />
a few years ago. Erin Windsor has joined the Young Life<br />
staff with mission of re-establishing Young Life in <strong>Milford</strong>.<br />
She hopes to develop a plan to sustain the ministry<br />
through a strong community ownership of the program in<br />
<strong>Milford</strong>.<br />
“Young Life hopes to build a long history of impacting<br />
students in the <strong>Milford</strong> community. We also hope to develop<br />
future ministry all over Southern Delaware to give<br />
students an opportunity to hear and respond to the Christian<br />
faith in language they understand from an adult who<br />
cares for them no matter their response to the message,”<br />
stated Barry Tolton, State Director for Young Life in Delaware.<br />
Young Life is open to all middle school and high school<br />
Young Life is a non-denominational Christian youth<br />
ministry. <strong>The</strong>y seek to build relationships with kids who<br />
would be considered “unchurched” or “disinterested” to<br />
earn the right to share with them about the Christian<br />
faith. Young Life offers kids an opportunity to hang out<br />
in a positive environment with adults who care enough to<br />
enter into the world of kids. Although kids are free to believe<br />
whatever they want about Christianity, they are challenged<br />
to consider what they believe about God to be true<br />
for themselves. <strong>The</strong> message they hear is from caring adults<br />
who share with them a language they can understand.<br />
On Tuesday, March 15 Young Life will be holding a <strong>Milford</strong><br />
Community Night at the <strong>Milford</strong> Middle School<br />
Cafeteria from 6:00- 8:00pm. <strong>The</strong> purpose of this gathering<br />
will be to inform the community about what the<br />
Young Life organization and ministry is. <strong>The</strong>y hope to inspire<br />
kids to use the talents they have to get involved and<br />
support the ministry. <strong>The</strong> evening will be family friendly
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