Have you ever been touched by the passion to see every young person in your community reached with the good news of Jesus and His love for them? The passion runs deep in the men and women who serve the Youth for Christ (YFC) movement. For YFC, staff who serve in growing cities or metropolitan areas, this passion has driven them to serve entire populations of at-risk youth who live in central city neighborhoods or locations considered "the other side of the tracks" in their community.

In YFC, this growing network of workers has come under the umbrella of the national Core Ministry title of "City Life." Along the way, the work to clarify the best strategy and practices of this Core Ministry has been a struggle. The complex challenges related to working with urban youth and families has stretched the boundaries of more traditional YFC club models. For some ministry sites, this has meant educational initiatives. For others it has meant job training programs or sports and recreational activities. For all, it has included personal relationship building along with the core message of the love of Jesus. At Tacoma YFC, we have five ministries that work under the City Life banner:

• SOZO/SOZO Kids & TEEN LATE NIGHT
• FOSS CITY LIFE
• WILSON CITY LIFE
• Tillicum Youth & Family Center
• Puyallup Youth Investment Center