YL Capernaum Everywhere

Summer is here which means camp is in full swing which means that many of our Capernaum Alumni are serving at Work Weeks across the country to help get camps ready for the thousands of kids that will be at them this summer. Our friends are busy bussing tables, washing dishes, planting flowers, spreading mulch, organizing skit closets, praying for campers, growing in their faith, meeting new friends and of course, taking the stage! Enjoy this video from Sharp Top Cove of our friend Clay singing his most favorite song with his most favorite singer!

My name is Avery and I am a junior in high school. I first started attending Capernaum as a buddy just at the start of this year. When I first started attending, the motivation was definitely because I wanted to be able to love my friends with disabilities. However, while I have been trying to be Jesus to them through serving, they have ended up being Jesus to me. I’m going to be honest, when I first began writing and thinking through what I wanted to share, I was completely stumped. It had been a while since I had really put myself in a place of stillness and quietness, and lately I’d had a ton weighing on my mind, so on my drive to school yesterday morning I turned my music off for once and just drove in silence. It was in this silence that I realized something for the very first time: I have not been able to truly love my peers like I am called to because I have not allowed myself to receive that same type of love from anyone else. What I mean is: in order to be able to fully pour

Who in Capernaum doesn’t love bowling?! Yup, we have you stumped! We knew it! Check out this great Capernaum fundraiser that involves the community without our friends in Capernaum having to get sponsors! The area set up a registration site and is charging each bowler $30. This way family, friends and community members can all bowl! A portion of every bowler registration can be applied toward a specific student’s summer camp trip. Bowlers are able to indicate which student they want to support when they register! Thanks for the great idea Brian! We hope your event is a huge success! If you have questions about how they are doing this in Northern Kentucky, contact Brian !

A guest post from Ekow Ankumah…. The past month we have seen the Lord move in powerful ways in Capernaum and at Thomas Jefferson High School (TJ).  Starting a new Young Life Capernaum club in the public school system in Dallas has been tougher than anticipated but it has been really encouraging to see the Lord's faithfulness in the midst of some of our difficulties.  One of our biggest challenges has been our inability to meet parents, and in the past month we have met more parents (6) than we had met from September to March, which was one!   We also have had three students start to regularly attend Young Life clubs and other events where they are he aring about Jesus through our leaders as we walk through the story of Jesus walking on water found in Matthew 14!  At each of our clubs we look at different aspects of Jesus with the disciples on the Sea of Galilee.  Last week at our tennis club we got to hear about how Jesus not only rescued Peter when he was drowning but

Often in Young Life, we can get stuck in only considering how many high school friends are at club or how many leaders we’re needing or what we need to improve in our local ministries.   Sometimes those thoughts can be encouraging and yet sometimes discouraging.   We recently received this update from Amber Lewis in Little Rock, Arkansas and love the way that captures and celebrates so many layers of her Capernaum ministry in one email!   Let’s take time to consider what an update like this would look like from each one of us.   In the end, I’ll think we’ll find great causes to celebrate all that God is doing and how He uses Capernaum not just to impact a group of high school students with disabilities but an entire community! Thanks Amber for encouraging to see our ministries for the whole of what they are! Hi friends! With the school year winding down and clubs ending, it is impossible to not reflect on all that the Lord has done this year through Young Life