CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE TIMES ARE 10AM, 4PM, & 6PM CT

Life Youth is the youth ministry of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. 

We meet every Wednesday in the Youth Center at WOLC at
6PM for Pizza and Hang out time
6:30-8:15PM for a youth worship service and small groups.
Life Youth is for 6-12th Graders.

Wednesdays at Life Youth...

Life Youth Summer Camp

Estes Park, Colorado

July 27-31, 2026

Life Youth Sumer Camp exists to see students have significant, life-changing moments. We are ready for another year of mountain beauty, crazy cabin competitions, deepened friendships, and powerful moments with Jesus. LY Summer Camp is for upcoming 6th graders through upcoming 12th graders. (For graduates - contact Jacob Taylor for information about our summer internship opportunities).

Watch Last Year Camp Recap Video

Hire-A-Camper

Help our campers as they help you! Here's how it works:
1. Complete this form.
2. We follow up with you to confirm details.
3. The job will be sent out to all campers and the first campers to respond get the job!
4. Job is scheduled with you and the work is completed.
5.  You send the donation to the church and we will post the funds to the campers' account. 
*We ask this question in an effort to prevent anyone taking advantage of our students' time and efforts. We want to ensure this is a legitimate opportunity. 

Give To Camp Sponsorships

Camp is $650 per camper. If you would like to help sponsor campers who cannot afford camp, follow theses instructions:
1. Go to the give page by clicking the button below.
2. Click the "Give Online" button.
3.  Choose "Give One Time" tab under gift type.
4.  Choose "Life Youth Camp" under the "Giving Type" dropdown menu.

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Do you want to serve in Life Youth?

Fill out the form below to get started.

Full Life Youth Volunteer Application can be completed at https://forms.gle/oJ6pRz9C6ySDCDfk8

We are Life Youth.

Sometimes, it feels like the darkness is winning. Like the weight we carry is too heavy, like there’s no escape from the emptiness. It's the pressure to fit in. The stress to perform. That voice in your head saying, ‘You’re not good enough.’ We cover it up, hide behind our screens, bury ourselves in distractions… but deep down, we feel it. That ache, that loneliness.

“But Jesus. Jesus has something to say about all of it, "‘The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy; but I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."

Jesus isn’t just offering survival. Just enough. He’s offering life overflowing—
Life that’s bigger than the pressure, louder than the lies, and stronger than the fear.
Life where you don’t have to pretend to be perfect, because you know you’re already loved.
A life filled with hope, forged in faith, and fueled by love.”

“This is the life Jesus wants for you.
And it’s time to remind ourselves—and each other—that we were made for more.

More than anxiety.
More than comparison.
More than just getting through the day.

We were made for life OVERRFLOWING.
And life is what we will do - not alone. but life together.

We are  Life Youth.

Let's find Life...together.