South Medford Campus Life

It is a great time to begin planning on attending a summer camp. Youth for Christ will be having its annual Middle School Camp once again this year. This year we will be attending Fir Point Bible Camp in Glendale OR. This camp is about an hour Northwest of Medford and will be an amazing week of fun and fellowship. Our own Dusty Ratclif from Gold Hill YFC will be the speaker. The cost for this event if reserved by May 31 is $100.00 and after that date $130.00. This includes all meals and activities for the week. The date for this camp is July 12-16 2010. Camp starts at 2pm on the 12th and ends at 2pm on the 16th. If parents would like to come early on the 16th they can attend the closing session at 1pm.

Also the annual golf tournament is coming soon and is a great way to earn some money to attend the summer camp. There will be 2 shifts for this event and the kids will be selling mulligans and monitoring several holes to award prizes to the golfers in attendance. This is a great way for the attendees to see the YFC kids in action. The first shift starts at 6am and ends at noon. And the second shift starts at noon and ends at 6pm. Meals will be provided. The banquet after the evening round can be attended by the kids and always is a great meal. This years tournament is at Eagle Point Golf club.

For further info on either event you can reply to this blog or call me.

Bob Stapp

South Medford Area Director

Recently I had the chance to meet a young man I’ll call Jake. He is an 8^th grader and his life is not unlike most teens. He has had a very tough home life and he seems to get picked on a lot in school. Because of this he got involved with a group of kids that like to cut themselves. I got to know Jake while on a school field trip and we began to talk about the things he liked to do. While at lunch, he started to tell me about his struggles and I noticed the scars on his arms.

He has started coming to club and has since stopped hurting himself. We talk about it still and he continues to open up to me. The recovery will take time and the scars will remain there to be a constant reminder of what he left behind, the life that God helped and continues to help him overcome. There are a lot of kids out there like Jake who need your help to overcome the pressures to fit in and to have meaning.

In our efforts to reach more kids like Jake, we are building a strong foundation with the Ministry at McLoughlin Middle School. As we continue to grow, we are in need of adults to get involved in the lives of these kids. There are new opportunities for volunteers to make a difference by praying for these kids and the ministry or even mentoring a kid or two.

As with everything else our ministry costs money- our budget right now is the equivalent of 160 faithful supporters giving $25 a month. At this time, we need the equivalent of 104 faithful supporters to join our team. Simply stated, your involvement along with others will bring a more stable funding base, which will allow me to focus my energies on reaching more kids. Would you please consider how you could be a part of this ministry and the life changing work we do with kids like Jake.

Thank you for prayerfully considering this.

In Him,