CONNOR’S STORY

My relationship with the Lord became real through my involvement with Young Life when I went on a summer camp trip to Rockbridge in Virginia. Hearing so clearly about an all-powerful, caring, loving and understanding God who knows and cares for me so personally was what started to fuel my passion for following Jesus. When I started college, I became a volunteer Young Life leader and it grew my faith in new ways, while also planting the seeds for a real passion for ministry. Over the first three years of my college career, I always wondered what it might look like to pursue ministry as my vocation. Entering into my senior year, I felt a conviction unlike any I had before that this is where I belonged, going out into the lives of students and proclaiming the greatest news the world has ever known. Flash forward to today and I have been in charge of running Novi Young Life for the past three years. While there have been many challenges, mainly stemming from the pandemic, I am still excited to have the privilege of running this ministry and walking alongside students in their most formative years of life. My wife Kate (pictured right) and I are fully settled into our life here in Novi and are looking forward to growing this ministry in new ways over the coming years together.