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...
Meredith Domanico’s best memory from summer 2022? When the power went out in Baraboo, Wis. It was the third night of Summer Camp for about 75 high school and middle school students from First Free Rockford. Just as the students and adult leaders had all gone into the...
Part 1 of this conversation focused on students’ recent experience at Summer Camp. As the conversation continues, we talk about opportunities and challenges of student ministry today. Jim Killam: I know it’s different today than it was 14 years ago when you...