The promising seedling is symbolic of Timber Bay’s Christ-centered ministry. Fifty years ago, Timber Bay was born of a simple idea: Help those youth who struggle through adolescence into becoming strong, resilient adults via long-term mentoring relationships — and to do that within the context of both shared experiences in God’s great outdoors and ongoing involvement with kids in their home communities. 

Maybe growing into healthy adulthood has never been easy, but today we are witnessing fast growing changes within our culture that hinder healthy development.  Those values the broader culture once agreed upon — the things that once rooted young people — are now increasingly in a state of flux.  

Some throw up their hands in frustration about our prevailing cultural drift, but we choose to roll up our sleeves and engage struggling youth with life-giving hope found in Christ. While we are currently reaching about 1,200 youth per year, we are compelled to grow to meet the ever growing need for mentorship with the struggling youth in our communities.  We are now entering a season of new growth. 

The Growing Forward Campaign outlines our goals and objectives for increasing our capacity for ministry. We hope that you will take some time to read about our mission and consider your part in helping us reach more troubled youth with Christ’s message of hope.

Please contact me if you have any questions, or if you would like to visit in person about Timber Bay. 

Sincerely, 

Jon Ring

President, Timber Bay/Youth Investment

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