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Thanking The School
5/14/2013 By adminBy: Matt Coppess Before you begin thanking teachers, administrators, security guards, and lunch ladies, ask yourself this question, "How well do you know them?" Do you know that the head security guard's son just left the Army and was K9 military policeman and after 2 tours in Iraq is fighting to keep his dog? Do you know that the chemistry teacher just had twins after struggling for
MorePractical Ways To Thank Your Volunteer Leaders
5/8/2013 By adminBy: Matt Coppess Chances are you really need your volunteers. Hopefully you can see the impact they have had on students. No matter their role, age, and ability, we should greatly appreciate our volunteers and the irreplaceable impact they have on teens for Christ. Other than cutting them a huge check, how do we adequately express our thanks? The end of the school year seems like
MoreBalanced Life: Emotional
4/30/2013 By adminBy: Allison Johnson Kids are more messed up than ever before. One in five preteens – children aged six to 12 – have been medically diagnosed with either ADHD, anxiety, depression or bipolar disorder 11 percent of all Americans aged 12 and older are currently taking SSRI antidepressants Add to that the tens of millions of users of all other types of psychiatric drugs,
MoreBalanced Life: Social
4/23/2013 By adminBy: Allison Johnson I had no friends. A few years back I resigned from YFC. For a couple years prior to leaving I had become aware that much of my identity and community was found in Campus Life. I did what I could to make new friends and share life with others, but as an adult, finding “community” is not always easy. I left YFC and I had few to no friends. I mean, my YFC friends
MoreBalanced Life: Physical
4/15/2013 By adminBy: Ken Schmidtke Midnight has been coming to our door wanting to bike ride with my son. Cali’s family needs food to make meals for the coming week. Daniel, a parent of a couple Campus Life students, let me know that his wife left him this past week. Max is failing a couple classes and is not likely to be promoted to high school if his grades do not improve. All four of
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