Unless you live under a rock you’ve heard the old phrase, “When it rains, it pours”. It did not become one of the best-known and oft-repeated axioms without some serious relevance. Well, here at Youth-Reach Houston, it is pouring.
When Hurricane Beryl hit Youth-Reach Houston, many individuals, churches and small groups came together to provide food and supplies as we worked to restore the campus.
As I write this, I am sitting on the small porch of a small mountainside casita outside a small town in Costa Rica. I am on day 18 of a much-appreciated sabbatical that has been talked about for a year or two and finally came to pass.
The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) is developing a new Leadership Standard designed to bless organizations by providing proactive, holistic care for their leaders. The new standard offers a framework for boards and resources to help leaders thrive.
As part of their grand opening week, our local Nothing Bundt Cakes franchise donated 20% of their sales to Youth-Reach Houston!
For some reason, longboards are popular here at Youth-Reach. When our friend, Doug Stringer, offered us a beautiful, brand-new longboard, we knew that such a treasure would ignite either controversy, a fight or competition. We chose competition.
All of us here at Youth-Reach Houston want to communicate our deepest thanks to Fred Pratt for his many years of service on our board of directors and most recently as our board chairman.
It has been our heart to make the Youth-Reach campus a beautiful oasis within this industrial desert. Recently, when groups have asked what they can come out to do we always answer with, “You can help us plant trees!” We have planted close to forty new trees here on our campus.
In the previous four updates, we have laid out the roadmap for the future of Youth-Reach in Houston, Texas, with a specific focus on the leadership team that the Lord has brought together. For [...]
Last month we began to unpack the ongoing succession plan that is slowly moving Youth-Reach into the next season and preparing this ministry for growth and fruitfulness in a generation that will present fresh and evolving challenges. Here in Houston, I am excited to serve beside and witness the growth of a man uniquely gifted to labor in the Houston area.
