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Youth Unlimited Through The Years
THROUGH THE YEARS
1919 The American Federation of Reformed Young Men’s Societies (A.F.R.Y.M.S) formed
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1920 First A.F.R.Y.M.S Convention
1932 The American Federation of Reformed Young Women’s Societies (A.F.R.Y.W.S) formed
1933 First A.F.R.Y.W.S. Convention
1934 First full-time employee hired, John Hofstra
1957 A.F.R.Y.M.S and A.F.R.Y.W.S. combine to form the Young Calvinist Federation (YCF)
1961 Summer Workshop in Ministries (SWIM) was started as a joint CRC/YCF program
1966 Young Calvinist Federation, Calvinist Cadet Corps, and Calvinettes combined under one central agency called United Calvinist Youth (UCY) (Later changed to Dynamic Youth Ministries)
1971 YCF and the rest of the UCY moved into their Grand Rapids headquarters at 1333 Alger St SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1989 First Summer of SERVE
1993 Young Calvinist Federation changes their name to Youth Unlimited
2011 First Live It!
2019 Youth Unlimited turns 100
