Bridges New Travel/Shopping Site

Bridges has a new funding resource that can save you time and money and help out our ministry. "Travel by Bridges Outreach” is our new one stop shopping site that helps people save money on travel, shopping and much more. This site combines all the major sites until one and kicks back a portion (around 7%) of every purchase to Bridges Outreach. It is very similar to Kayak, Expedia or Travelocity, but many times has cheaper rates. Items that can be purchased include: airfare, hotels, cruises, rental cars, vacations, flowers, gift cards, concert/sporting tickets and all kinds of shopping items (technology, gifts, books, food, etc). Please check it out regularly and keep us in mind when you travel and shop.
Thank you! Here is our site that turns vacations into donations:

www.ytbtravel.com/bridgesoutreach

Thanks Again! Enjoy and pass it on to others if you wish.

Switchfoot in Concert

Our students have come to love Indiana Wesleyan University. IWU provides many unique experiences for our students, including their IGNITE conference. For the past couple years we have taken both middle school and high school students to this exciting one-night event at IWU. The conference has relevant speakers and stand-out bands. This year was no different. The highlight for our students was definitely hearing Switchfoot live in concert! They put on an amazing show and our students were able to be right up front in the mosh-pit. What teenager doesn't love that?!?! :)

Dare 2 Share

March 19th-21st BTC (the high school group) took 6 students to Chicago for the Dare 2 Share Blaze Conference (dare2share.org). The weekend rocked our students' lives as they were challenged to not only think about what they believe, but how to better live out their faith amongst their friends. The students were challenged by dynamic, engaging speakers like Zane Black and Greg Stier to go into their schools and share "The Cause" for Christ with their friends. The students had an opportunity to do this while we were at the conference by calling/texting friends. We also rocked out with the band Starfield (http://www.starfieldonline.com/). One of our favorite parts was the two-part skit about heaven and hell...helping us realize that hell is not this fairyland place where people are simply separated from God for eternity, but where people literally are in excruciating torment and pain, while being separated from God for eternity. After the conference was over we spent the day Sunday downtown Chicago attending 2nd Presbyterian Church, eating at Gino's East Pizza, and shopping on Michigan Ave! Here are just a few pics of our fun-filled weekend!!!

Girls Afternoon Out

What a blessing it has been to continue to pour into our students this year! We are always grateful for the opportunities we have to live life alongside the students with whom we work. One new opportunity the high school girls have had this year is to get to know each other during our "Girls Afternoon Out". Every couple weeks we get together to have fun and learn new things about each other. It's always low-key, but always a blast!