Kids & Family
Young Life Cherokee County
We enter the world of high school kids, focusing on what matters to them: fun, adventure, friendship & a sense of significance.
When I was in high school, my favorite night of the week was Monday night because that was the night I gathered with my high school friends in the basement of someone’s home for Young Life Club. For a few hours, we could laugh together, play crazy games, sing our favorite songs, and hear one of our leaders share about God’s great love for us. The positive impact my leaders had on my life is the reason I became a Young Life leader.
Young Life began more than seven decades ago with the simple idea of sharing the truth of God’s love with adolescents. Young Life leaders go into the world of kids, crossing barriers to build bridges of authentic friendship with no expectation of who kids should be, but with every hope for who they can become. Kids’ lives are dramatically influenced when caring adults come alongside them and share God’s love with them. For that reason you will find Young Life leaders cheering with kids in the bleachers on a Friday night at the high school football game, attending high school plays, or sharing lunch with kids in the school cafeteria. This interaction is what we call “contact work” but kids and leaders just call it friendship.
In order to facilitate our vision to introduce kids to God’s love, Young Life offers structured opportunities for adolescents to come together in a safe and fun environment: Club, summer Camp, and Campaigners bible study.
In the past, Young Life has been active in Cherokee County, but currently we do not have an active club. What we do have is a Young Life Committee comprised of adults whose vision is to have a Young Life Club for every high school community in Cherokee County.
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For our vision to become reality, we need parents, community leaders, and other like-minded individuals to join us. Our committee meets the second Thursday of every month at 7:00 pm, and our prayer team meets the third Saturday of every month at 8:30 am. We would love to have you join us. If you are interested, please email me at laraashleysnow@aol.com for meeting locations. You can read more about Young Life at www.cherokeecounty.younglife.org.
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Ashley Snow has been involved with Young Life as a student participant, a volunteer leader, and as a committee person. During the day, Ashley works as a Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney in the Office of the District Attorney in Cherokee County.