From June 11-15, 85 middle school and high school students took part in First Free’s Summer Camp. Counting staff and volunteer leaders, the group numbered 104. The camp venue for the fourth straight year was Expeditions Unlimited in Baraboo, Wis. We spoke with...
Tables full of donuts. Tables and chairs full of people visiting. Starting this Sunday, a table and hosts featuring a different First Free Rockford ministry every month. What once was flyover land on the way into the Sanctuary now buzzes with community. We spoke about...
Haddon Anderson is executive director of Stateline Youth for Christ, one of the local ministry organizations with which First Free partners. We spoke with Haddon about YFC’s work in our community—and their need for more volunteers. What is your focus as a ministry?...
We spoke this week with Meredith Domanico, director of Student Ministries. Well, it’s the end of the school year and you probably have some reflections. How did it go this year? It’s been a good year because this is year two (after COVID) where we have had no...
“The world has beaten us to our youth,” declares Dr. Christopher Yuan on his website, Holy Sexuality. “Our youth are getting their cues about sex and sexuality from TikTok, social media, and almost everywhere except God’s Word. The question is no longer, ‘Is it too...
On Wednesday, Feb. 8, students at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky attended a routine chapel service. The school’s assistant soccer coach gave a forgettable talk. The music was OK, nothing spectacular. But when the service ended, something remarkable...
