{"id":289,"date":"2021-01-20T11:28:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T16:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/kawartha\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T11:53:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T16:53:57","slug":"who-we-are-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/kawartha\/who-we-are-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Who We Are<\/h1>\n

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Our History<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The\u00a0Youth For Christ\u00a0<\/i>movement began in the USA and in Canada in 1944. With Billy Graham as its first full-time worker, \u201cYFC\u201d spread like wildfire attracting large crowds to Saturday night rallies. The \u201cRallies\u201d, once a trademark of\u00a0Youth For Christ,\u00a0<\/i>have now emerged into a full-orbed program tailored to meet the needs and concerns of Canadian youth. Since its founding,\u00a0Youth For Christ\u00a0<\/i>has become a worldwide movement active in more than 127 countries.<\/p>\n

On a local level, Kawartha Youth For Christ \/ Youth Unlimited currently serves youth and families in 5 different communities: Bancroft, Haliburton, Lakefield, Peterborough, and the Kawartha Lakes region, which currently includes teams in Fenelon Falls and Lindsay. We have been serving youth in the Greater Kawartha Region since 1978.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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About Us<\/b><\/h4>\n

Kawartha Youth For Christ \/ Youth Unlimited is a chartered member of Youth For Christ Canada, an international, non-denominational Christian ministry who, for over 75 years, has passionately engaged young people to live their full life potential as designed by God.<\/p>\n

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Motivated by our faith, we believe that transformed youth have the opportunity to transform communities, our country and the world.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe see the hope and potential in every young person we meet and reach\u00a0through community specific programs.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

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Our Mission\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n

At KYFC our mission is to see every young person living fully in Christ.<\/p>\n

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What We Do<\/b><\/h4>\n

At KYFC we engage and equip youth to know and follow Jesus.<\/p>\n

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How Do We Do This?\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n

We do this by:<\/p>\n

Caring for the whole person
\nSharing the life-changing message of Jesus Christ
\nDaring them to know and follow Jesus.<\/p>\n

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Our Team<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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Kawartha Main Office<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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Kim Bolton,<\/b> Acting<\/em> Executive Director<\/i>
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Sherry Salminen,<\/b>\u00a0Administrative and Finance Assistant<\/i>
\ninfo@youthunlimitedkaw.com<\/a><\/p>\n

John Coles,\u00a0<\/b>Bookkeeper<\/i>
\njohn@youthunlimitedkaw.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Josh Lott,\u00a0<\/b>Staff Trainer<\/i>
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Satellites Directors<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

Kelsey Watts,<\/b><\/strong> Bancroft Director<\/i>
\n<\/strong>kelsey@youthunlimitedkaw.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Martin Chipp-Smith,<\/b>\u00a0Kawartha Lakes<\/i>
\nmartin@youthunlimitedkaw.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Chris Jones,<\/b> Lakefield Director<\/i>
\nchrisj@youthunlimitedkaw.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Kyle Young and Leanne Young<\/strong>,
\nHaliburton Directors
\n<\/em>kyle@youthunlimitedkaw.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Katie Gibbs<\/strong>, Peterborough Director
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Board Members<\/h4>\n

Kim Bolton,<\/b> Chair<\/i><\/p>\n

Evan Grieger<\/strong>, Vice Chair<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/b><\/b>David Rivers,<\/b>\u00a0Secretary<\/i><\/p>\n

Jelle Visser, <\/b>Treasurer<\/i><\/p>\n

Emil Remark<\/strong>, Member<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/b>Jason Rogers,<\/strong>\u00a0Member<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":545,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-289","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}