Jared Mortley Serving with Inter-Varsity High School

05/19/2026

Good morning,
Hope you had a wonderful long weekend.
Please pray for the staff and students this week as we finalize plans to host our last worship night of the school year on Saturday!
I am working on my message, a few students are sharing testimonies, and the worship team is still coming together.

Looking forward to having students with us from number of different schools and youth groups.
If you know any highschool students or students about to go into high school feel free to lass along the details from the picture.
The theme is "Salt and Light". We will also be praying for the many grade 12s graduating.

Thank you for your prayers.

05/17/2026

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One of the reasons I love working with InterVarsity is getting tonwork at camp. I am done in my role directing LIT but I will still get to help this summer. Here's an update from camp.

It is good to sit awhile and share with you just how it feels here in Muskoka as the seasons again change at camp! The slow arrival of spring weather means we are beginning to see the summer in clear view. The loons are active and chatty on Clearwater Lake, especially after midnight these days. The....

05/14/2026

Please pray right now for students meeting in Kitchener. We are getting to be part of a Christian Student Leader conference at one of the local high schools hosting studenr leaders from 15 high schools.

Please pray for students to be encouraged and equipped. There is so much potential for the clubs and the impact they can have.

Pray that God's presence would be here and so obvious. Pray for the speakers and for all the things that happen today.

Also please pray for the following up and the impact students can have as they go back and lead clubs in their high schools.

Thank you for all your support and prayer.

05/11/2026

This is going to be a full week!
Today I'm at club, tomorrow I visit another club and get to attend a prayer meeting for the schools organized by some local churches. Wednesday Im visiting a youth group and then on Thursday I finally get to go participate at the big student conference in the Waterloo school board.

Please be praying for the stydents and club meetings me this week and for me as I get to meet with students and supporters that I'd be open to God's leading in conversations.
Please also pray for my driving all over the GTA.
Finally Please pray for Leah and the kids at home while I'm away all week. Theo especially was sad Id be away a few days.

Thanks for all the prayer and support. Looking forward to telling you about how God works through all these things going on.

05/08/2026

Good morning everyone,
As many of you know, as a full-time missionary with InterVarsity I raise my own ministry budget and salary through the generosity of supporters who believe in reaching students with the Gospel and helping them live for Jesus in their everyday lives.
Over the next few months I'm increasing my focus on fundraising as I work towards reaching my budget goals for 2026.
I need to raise another $1,300/month in ongoing support or the equivalent in one time gifts. This support helps make ministry possible — from mentoring students and leading Bible studies, to developing resources, running outreach events, general discipleship, and creating spaces where students can encounter Jesus and grow in their faith.

Check out the graphic with a helpful breakdown of potenital gifts. Anything wil help to reach my goal.

I’m so thankful for all of you who already pray, give, encourage, and partner with this ministry. Your support genuinely makes a difference in students’ lives.
If you are interested in partnering financially, maybe increasing your current support, or simply hearing more about what God is doing in the high schools, I would love to connect with you. Please feel free to message me directly or email me at [email protected]
To give online you can go to https://ivcf.ca/donate/jmortley

Thank you all for being part of this ministry journey with me.

05/07/2026

Today was a first! After almost 13 years in the high school ministry. I got to speak to club in Temiskaming Shores about 5 hours north of Toronto but for the first time I lead the group Bible study over a video call! It was great to see the students enjoying pizza that Intervarsity has helped provide in partnership with some local churches. Every week they have pizza and invite friends to learn about Jesus.
Today we talked about how as Jesus' disciples he gives us purpose and 2 of those purposes are to be salt and light!
1)To preserve the world around us and keep it from rotting, to bringout the "good flavours" of God's goodness and to not get watered down.
2) As light to share the light that comes from knowing Jesus, with our friends who are in dark places and to bless the school with good deeds that shows them how good God is.

When we talked about how they could do this as a club one student shared that the group should keep welcoming people who don't know Jesus yet. She said she actually came and stayed in the club two years ago because of how they welcomed her and through the club she became a follower of Jesus!
Praise God!

I also shared with them how they can connect with our campus minstry in University and there were lots of questions about that. I am hopeful the students will continue to be involved with good christian community.

Please be praying for this high school group, all the other groups and the teacher sponsors as they follow Jesus in their schools, pray they can have a lasting impact and help others become disciples of Jesus.
Thank you for your prayer and support as always,

04/24/2026

I am about to walk into York Mills Collegiate for the Christian Fellowship meeting.
I am leading a discussion on the John 13:34-35 and John 15:12-13 about Sacrficial love and how this is a countercultutral idea. Loving others like Jesus loved us is hard. It can open us up to being hurt but as Christians we believe it's worth the risk and loving like Jesus, changes the world. Our world often says that one of the highest values is personal autononomy but to truly love others deeply and have strong, healthy, life changing Christian Community we won't always get our way and that's good for us.

Please pray for me as I speak, for the students who come to the meeting and that the club would continue to share the life changing message in their school.

Thanks everyone.

04/22/2026

Good Morning everyone,
Here's my latest ministry update. There are so many good things happening. IF you'd like to get these straight to your email you can sign up through the link as well.

Since I was a kid in church, I’ve always loved this greeting on Easter Sunday. It felt like I was part of some secret club with a code—one that none of my non-Christian friends understood. They didn’t know who “He” was or why it mattered that He had risen. In working with students, I’ve ...

04/16/2026

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Good morning, everyone,
I just got off a video call with a teacher and there are some exciting things going on that I wanted to let you know about and some real tangible things to be praying for.

14 high schools in the Waterloo Region are gathering to host a Christian Youth Conference for student leaders running Christian Clubs at their schools.
It’s happening at a school during the school day, and they will be having worship, student leader training and a speaker.

I love hearing stories like this! The teachers asked the administration said yes!
1)Pray for more boldness and openness like this.
2)Please be praying for the plans coming together,
3)The theme of the conference this year is "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made". pray for the keynote speaker as he prepares his talk and that people hear the good news of how God has made us for a purpose!
4) InterVarsity is figuring out some ways we can support them and encourage the good work and momentum. Pray for good partnership to make this an impactful and encouraging event.

Thank you for all your support and prayer. God is doing awesome things in Ontario!

04/10/2026

Last week I got to take part in our new staff training for new staff joining Intervarsity Nationally. It was held at Intervarsity's Circle Square Ranch in Brantford. Please be praying for all of the new staff who were there for training and are going into ministry across Canada and fundraising for their work.
A highlight of the week for me was while passing through Hamilton I got to visit some of my former students who were in my LIT small group at camp way back in 2015! It's crazy to think It's been more than 10 years since I first met them at camp and one of them is expecting a baby in a few weeks.
They have both continued to follow Jesus, served at camp and helped in youth groups at churches. I am so glad to be part of their walk with Jesus.
Thank you for supporting this ministry to help young people follow Jesus for their whole lives.

03/25/2026

Good afternoon everyone,
I hope if you were able to take some time off at March break it was restful for you.
In the high school ministry we are making plans for the rest of the semester and thinking about the summer.
I was able to meet with Larry Offner who many of you may know. He worked with Intervarsity for about 40 years and specifiaclly the high school ministry in the 70s and 80s. He gave me some great insights as we are working to grow the ministry across Ontario.
Larry let me borrow a copy of the "Orange Binder" that student leaders all used or many years.
Were any people here involved with Inter School Christian Fellowship? Do you have any great memories from that time?

Please be praying for me and our team of staff and volunteers as we ask God to show us what are good steps to be stragtegic as we support high school students across the province.