Midlands Young Life

06/03/2024

Columbia Young Life lost a hero over the weekend. David Poole (here in the Clemson sweatshirt throwing up some bunny ears) selflessly served our staff and volunteer leaders for over 40 years. Often he was behind the scenes doing thankless work for the sake of kids (including myself and Crystal when we were in high school). He was the YL board chair when we were kids and I had no idea such a thing even existed haha. But we had a YL leader because of him! Most recently he helped us pioneer a brand new ministry to incarcerated teens (how cool is that). He has now finished the race and it was a race well run! He’s with his precious Lord and Savior, but he is sure gonna be missed here. YL in Columbia just won’t be the same without him. We are praying daily for Leah Poole and the family for sure.

10/06/2020

Come hear more about how you can get involved in our ministry to teen moms here in the Midlands!

Go to https://linktr.ee/midlandsyounglives for the link to join us tonight on Zoom from 7-8pm.

Interested in getting involved in YoungLives?! Join us for a Zoom Interest Meeting TONIGHT from 7-8pm to hear more about our ministry and ways you can get involved this year.

Go to https://linktr.ee/midlandsyounglives for the link to join!

09/16/2020

It finally happened. We threw out the last 2 overhead projectors from the YL stash. It’s the end of an era! If you did YL in the 80s/90s/00s feel free to reminisce and take a trip down memory lane...

08/03/2020

A quick update on our 50th Anniversary Celebration:

As you may know, this year marks 50 years of Young Life in the Midlands. It's safe to say this year has truly been unlike any other! We're adapting as best we can to all the changes. We've retooled our summer camping. We're watching closely to see how USC and the local schools approach the upcoming school year. We'll respond accordingly with creativity and persistence! We intend to run after kids with the Good News of the Gospel - just like YL staff and leaders have for the past 50 years in Columbia.

Having said all that, we do feel like it is prudent to press pause on the 50th celebration we were planning for October 25th. Our hope was to celebrate in a BIG fashion with over 1000 friends, family and alumni in attendance. We will still have local area banquets/fundraisers as usual (so stay tuned for details on those). Hopefully next year will afford us the opportunity to really celebrate with the enthusiasm and excitement we think 50 years of ministry deserves!

07/02/2020

Share a photo from your Young Life glory days at the link below! Submitting your pictures enters you in to winning a Yeti tumbler with our Midlands Young Life 50th anniversary logo!

https://bit.ly/2ZxXpCk

06/11/2020

We've created "Decade Groups" on Facebook as a place where you can reconnect and share pictures & memories of your time with Young Life! Find your Decade picture album today and enjoy a stroll down memory lane!

06/08/2020

Registration for our 50th Anniversary Celebration on October 25th is officially LIVE! Go to bit.ly/registration50th to REGISTER TODAY!

As we look forward to being together in October, we've created "Decade Groups" on Facebook as a place where you can reconnect and share pictures & memories of your time with Young Life! Find your Decade Group today and enjoy a stroll down memory lane.

We can't wait to celebrate with you the legacy God has allowed us to have in the Midlands over the last 50 years and dream with you about what the next 50 years of Young Life here could be!

06/08/2020

These pictures only scratch the surface of Young Life here in the 2010's! We've created these albums as a place where you can reconnect and share more pictures & memories of your time with Young Life.

(Let us know if any of these pictures don't belong in this decade - we did our best to put them in the right place!)

06/08/2020

These pictures only scratch the surface of Young Life here in the 2000's! We've created these albums as a place where you can reconnect and share more pictures & memories of your time with Young Life.

(Let us know if any of these pictures don't belong in this decade - we did our best to put them in the right place!)

06/08/2020

These pictures only scratch the surface of Young Life here in the 90's! We've created these albums as a place where you can reconnect and share more pictures & memories of your time with Young Life.

(Let us know if any of these pictures don't belong in this decade - we did our best to put them in the right place!)