Charleston Living Magazine Nov-Dec 2021
We end the year with a bang - festive holiday tablescapes to help set the table for entertaining, and holiday fashion for the latest trends in what to wear this season. We also showcase our top picks for dining over the holidays.
We end the year with a bang - festive holiday tablescapes to help set the table for entertaining, and holiday fashion for the latest trends in what to wear this season. We also showcase our top picks for dining over the holidays.
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BUZZ | NEWSMAKER<br />
A Wando High School Young Life<br />
trip to Windy Gap Summer Camp<br />
in Weaverville, NC.<br />
T<br />
On Their Own Terms<br />
<strong>Charleston</strong>’s Young Life fosters independent leaders<br />
There is no membership. There are no mandatory meetings.<br />
Leaders of this special group realize today’s youth is pulled in<br />
many directions due to educational, social, and athletic obligations.<br />
Their goal is simply to reach out, build relationships with kids and<br />
model positive behavior.<br />
Part of a national non-profit headquartered<br />
in Colorado Springs, Young Life’s <strong>Charleston</strong><br />
chapter took shape about 25 years ago. Today,<br />
they have a staff of six, 75 volunteer leaders,<br />
and local outreach in eleven high schools and<br />
four middle schools, as well as a presence at<br />
The College of <strong>Charleston</strong>, The Citadel and<br />
<strong>Charleston</strong> Southern University.<br />
40 | <strong>Charleston</strong><strong>Living</strong>Mag.com<br />
By PAMELA JOUAN<br />
Young Life has dedicated teams that go<br />
into high schools with the sole purpose of<br />
building relationships with students, sharing<br />
value and deepening their relationships with<br />
Jesus. Leaders might coach a sport, become<br />
a hallway monitor or help out during lunch.<br />
Sometimes parents initiate a need for ministry<br />
at a certain school by inquiring about it.<br />
Reagan Carter, metro administrator for<br />
Young Life <strong>Charleston</strong>, pointed to Hanahan<br />
Middle School as a prime example of organic<br />
growth in the youth community.<br />
“Once there is interest, we get leaders in<br />
place and go from there,” she said.<br />
Call them missionaries in disguise,<br />
Young Life leaders simply want to connect,<br />
and the best way to do that is by being a part<br />
of the community they want to reach.<br />
Often, the youth become empowered to<br />
take on initiatives on their own.<br />
A subset ministry called Young Lives<br />
serves teen moms, while the new Young Life<br />
Capernaum fosters relationships among kids<br />
with special needs.<br />
Young Life Capernaum took off earlier<br />
this year when a group of five young men<br />
participated in “5 Bikes +1 Country,” an ambitious<br />
bike ride across America in summer<br />
<strong>2021</strong> to raise funds for the new program.<br />
They cycled 100 miles a day for 44 days<br />
straight, following the TransAmerica Bicycle<br />
Trail from Astoria, Oregon to Yorktown,<br />
Virginia. It was no easy task and they relied<br />
heavily on their own relationships with God<br />
to give them the strength to persevere.<br />
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY YOUNG LIFE CHARLESTON
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