It’s a Celebration!
YoungLives is 25!
YoungLives
Loving Teen Moms & Babies since 1991
Summit Special Guests & Location
Our Speaker
Cara
Meredith
Our Musician
Tyson Motsenbocker
Our Location
Oakbridge YL Camp
Ramona, CA
In North Central Washington State, Tyson Motsenbocker grew up in the apple orchards and pine forests at the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. It’s the pastoral sound of his childhood that has defined the sound of his music, even among the freeways and fast pace of his new Southern California home. After the release of two EP’s Until it Lands and Rivers and Roads Motsenbocker defined himself as a mature lyricist and accomplished songwriter, sharing the stage with the likes of David Bazan, Vance Joy and James Bay.
In 2013, after the death of his mother and hero, Motsenbocker walked the six hundred mile stretch of coastline to San Francisco in memory of her. In the contrast of loud cars on a dirty highway with the serene beauty of the Pacific Ocean Motsenbocker contracted a new view of life beyond loss, a renegotiated relationship with God and peace inside the turmoil. This walk would become the basis for his debut full length record set to release early next year on Tooth & Nail Records
Why Oakbridge?
Oakbridge is owned and operated by Young Life. Less than an hour's drive from beautiful San Diego, California, Oakbridge Conference Center is a natural escape from the everyday routines of life. It's a place where relationships are built, bonds are formed and lessons learned. Comfortable accommodations, quality prepared meals and beautiful scenery make Oakbridge a perfect setting for this year's summit.
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Our speaker Cara is a former YL Area Director (and camp speaker) and is now a speaker, author and mama of two darling little boys.
Cara is passionate about living life to the fullest, her faith and issues of racial and social justice. And to her, storytelling is the way all of this happens.
Cara shares "So, who else am I? I write and speak and care for my sons. I am a member of the Redbud Writers Guild and part of the Red Couch Book Club team. I am the co-host of Shalom in the City’s monthly book club podcast, and a monthly contributor at She Loves Magazine and The Mudroom.
You can get to know me through my words in this post that went viral, and in A Letter to My Black Son, both of which were featured on Faith It and For Every Mom.