Our Mission & Vision
● Our Mission: Enriching the relational, educational, physical, vocational, & spiritual development of youth & young adults in Round Lake; Empowering them with a love for learning & the resources for an abundant life; & Equipping them to become mature mentors & leaders who faithfully serve their families, schools, churches, and communities.
● Our Vision: to be a bridge which engages youth & young adults in their daily lives; instills in them a hunger to excel in life & avoid the pitfalls of destructive choices; and which connects them with the people & the resources in our community which will assist them in their ongoing growth & development.
● Our Vision: to be a bridge which engages youth & young adults in their daily lives; instills in them a hunger to excel in life & avoid the pitfalls of destructive choices; and which connects them with the people & the resources in our community which will assist them in their ongoing growth & development.
Our Values
● We emphasize: the importance of reaching out to youth & young adults with the love of Christ; the priority of relationship-based mission; the effectiveness of working together with families, leaders, schools, organizations, churches, & businesses in our community; and the goal of raising up young people to be leaders in their families & communities who are servant-hearted & responsible in life and cross-cultural & globally-minded in their world view.
● We are guided by: our Christian faith & convictions, which includes loving God & loving our neighbor, through a humble life of faith lived for His eternal glory. We serve & work with people from all different backgrounds, regardless of spiritual interest or religious affiliation, in areas which we find common ground and which are beneficial to the community.
● We believe: in the individual beauty, worth, equality & uniqueness of every person, male & female, from every ethnicity & religious background, because all people are created by God and in His image. We believe every person has fallen short of glorifying God, that we are all sinners who are loved by God & accountable to Him as our Creator & Judge, and that He commands us all to repent & put our faith in His Son as our Lord & Savior. We believe in the life-transforming relevance & power of God's love, the gospel message of Jesus Christ, and the spiritually-enriching relationships offered by local churches. We believe through faith in Jesus we become a new creation in Christ, receive forgiveness of our sins & are empowered with wisdom, courage & hope to rise above our personal flaws & the daily challenges of life. We believe in a holistic mission that offers relational, educational, physical, vocational & spiritual assistance to youth & young adults in the Round Lake area. May the people & families of our community be blessed, and to God be the glory!
● We are guided by: our Christian faith & convictions, which includes loving God & loving our neighbor, through a humble life of faith lived for His eternal glory. We serve & work with people from all different backgrounds, regardless of spiritual interest or religious affiliation, in areas which we find common ground and which are beneficial to the community.
● We believe: in the individual beauty, worth, equality & uniqueness of every person, male & female, from every ethnicity & religious background, because all people are created by God and in His image. We believe every person has fallen short of glorifying God, that we are all sinners who are loved by God & accountable to Him as our Creator & Judge, and that He commands us all to repent & put our faith in His Son as our Lord & Savior. We believe in the life-transforming relevance & power of God's love, the gospel message of Jesus Christ, and the spiritually-enriching relationships offered by local churches. We believe through faith in Jesus we become a new creation in Christ, receive forgiveness of our sins & are empowered with wisdom, courage & hope to rise above our personal flaws & the daily challenges of life. We believe in a holistic mission that offers relational, educational, physical, vocational & spiritual assistance to youth & young adults in the Round Lake area. May the people & families of our community be blessed, and to God be the glory!
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind;
and your neighbor as yourself.”
Luke 10:27b (ESV)
"Let no one despise you for your youth,
but set the believers an example in speech,
in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity."
1 Timothy 4:12 (ESV)
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me
will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
---Jesus Christ ● John 8:12b (ESV)
