{"id":294,"date":"2021-01-13T15:45:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T21:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/winnipeg\/?post_type=team&#038;p=294"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:04:12","slug":"deb-richards","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/winnipeg\/team\/deb-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"Deb Richards"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"y-intro guten-block \">\r\n\t<div class=\"y-intro--upper\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--upper--row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--upper--left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"y-intro--title\">Deb Richards<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--buttons\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button primary\" href=\"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/winnipeg\/donate\/?category=Missionary%20Support&#038;missionary_des=Richards%2C%20Deb-5175\" target=\"_blank\">Partner Today<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button secondary\" href=\"mailto:deb.richards@yfcwinnipeg.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Email Deb<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--upper--right\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-c-img extend\">\n\t\t<div class=\"y-c-img--extend medium\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/yfc.ca\/winnipeg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/04\/IMG_0277-scaled.jpg);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"y-c-img--contain\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/winnipeg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2026\/04\/IMG_0277-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"y-intro--lower\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-narrow\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--lower--left\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"y-intro--lower-content\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deb joined the YFC Winnipeg staff in April of 2018 as the Director of New Hope (now Young Parents).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a young adult, God placed a passion within Deb to support teen parents, and she has served as a volunteer with YFC teen parent programs for many years, as well as at Crisis Pregnancy Centre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After some time away raising her own family, she sensed God calling her back into this ministry with an even deeper passion for supporting young parents on their journey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deb believes deeply that young parents need to be seen, known and loved, having a safe place to belong. She knows that Jesus provides that \u201cbeloved\u201d identity for them if they choose, and longs for them to flourish in their God-given potential and gifts, knowing that they can become a transformative presence in their own families and communities also.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deb loves to cook and try new recipes, and is always anticipating the next family road trip. Together, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with her husband Dory and their three children, they have enjoyed and explored many different places <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Canada and the U.S., appreciating the journey as much as the destination. Now that their kids are\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">grown, Deb and Dory and finding their own new adventures!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":8396,"parent":0,"template":"","department":[25],"class_list":["post-294","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/winnipeg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/winnipeg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/winnipeg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/winnipeg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/winnipeg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/winnipeg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/winnipeg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yfc.ca\/winnipeg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}