Welcome to Youth for Truth and Life!

2018 Winners of the 1st Youth for Truth and Life student essay contest with Dr. Alveda King.

2018 Essay Contest Winners

Muskegon County Michigan 7th - 8th Grade

#1 $500 Winner - Miah Martineau, 7th, Homeschool

#2 $250 Winner - Graeson Lawrence, 7th, Calvary Christian School

Muskegon County Michigan 9th - 12th Grade

#1 $1500 Winner - Isaac Kitchen, 12th, Homeschool

#2 $600 Winner - Adrianna Dreyer, 11th, Montague High School

#3 $300 Winner - Grace Parsekian, 12th, Mona Shores Public School

Guest Essays 7-12th

#1 $150 Winner - Jaela Norkol, 12th, Highill Homeschool

#2 $100 Winner - Elizabeth Prins, 12th, Spring Lake High School

Arline Helms - Coordinator for Youth for Truth and Life

Dr. Alveda King

Deb Null - Executive Director Muskegon Pregnancy Services

If you are on a quest for TRUTH, you’ve come to the right place. If you value LIFE from the moment of conception to ones natural final breath, you’ve come to the right place. If you are interested in growing and learning about the good, the beautiful, and the true., you’ve come to the right place!

Learning should never be confusing, it ought to be enjoyable, pleasant, and it ought to add a richness to your life. We hope you find YFTAL a place where learning and growing is done with grace, dignity, and honor.

As a YOUTH you will continue to grow, so will YFTAL, we hope you stay with us and let us help you find your potential and let’s grow together seeking TRUTH for LIFE!

2019 Student Essay Contest

THE QUESTION IS:
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." Galatians 5:1 NIV. What does the phrase, “It is for freedom that Christ has set you free.” mean to you?

DEADLINE for essay submission is Tuesday, September 17, 2019 by 5:00 pm.
For contest rules and requirements click here: Essay Contest Rules >
Writing workshops are available. Click here for details.
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Student Writing Workshop

Writing American Exceptionalism Workshop with Author Larry Schweikart

April 22, 2019 - 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm

ATTENTION STUDENTS!!!

If you are planning on attending both events BE ONE OF THE FIRST 30 STUDENTS (must be in 7-12th grade) TO REGISTER AND RECEIVE A COMPLIMENTARY BOX SANDWICH MEAL. Thanks to a sponsor IN MEMORY OF A LOVED ONE.

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HERE ARE THE TWO TOP WINNERS OF 1st YOUTH FOR TRUTH AND LIFE STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST HELD IN 2018

ISAAC KITCHEN 12th Grade WINNER OF THE $1,500.00 cash prize.

MIAH MARTINEAU 7th Grade WINNER OF THE $500.00 cash prize.

Will you be one of the winners for the 2019 YOUTH FOR TRUTH AND LIFE STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST?

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“The source of all potential is God. Everything in life was created with potential and possesses the potential principle. Creation abounds with potential because the Creator Himself is the potential principal.”
-Myles Monroe

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“The source of all potential is God. Everything in life was created with potential and possesses the potential principle. Creation abounds with potential because the Creator Himself is the potential principal.”

–Myles Monroe

“Everything in life has the potential to fulfill its purpose..”

2 Timothy 4:5-7

"A primary object should be the education of our youth...what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country?”

–George Washington

“Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.”

–John Adams

"The God who gave us life gave us a liberty at the same time…The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us."

–Thomas Jefferson

“Truth is proper and beautiful at all times and in all places...”

–Frederick Douglas

"Always choose TRUTH for TRUTH always wins."

–Arline Helms

"The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws."

–Noah Webster

"When TRUTH speaks it gives LIFE."

–Arline Helms

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

–Augustine of Hippo

"Truth demands confrontation. It must be loving confrontation, but there must be confrontation nonetheless."

–The Great Evangelical Diaster, Francis A. Schaeffer

“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.”

–William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"The world does need changing, society needs changing, the nation needs changing, but we never will change it until we ourselves are changed."

–Billy Graham

"Let virtue, honor, the love of liberty...be the soul of this constitution, and it will be the source of great and extensive happiness for generations,"

–John Jay, First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

“Everything in life has the potential to fulfill its purpose..”

2 Timothy 4:5-7

“Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.”

–John Adams

"The God who gave us life gave us a liberty at the same time…The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us."

–Thomas Jefferson

“Truth is proper and beautiful at all times and in all places...”

–Frederick Douglas

"Always choose TRUTH for TRUTH always wins."

–Arline Helms

"The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws."

–Noah Webster

"When TRUTH speaks it gives LIFE."

–Arline Helms

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

–Augustine of Hippo

"Truth demands confrontation. It must be loving confrontation, but there must be confrontation nonetheless."

–The Great Evangelical Diaster, Francis A. Schaeffer

"The world does need changing, society needs changing, the nation needs changing, but we never will change it until we ourselves are changed."

–Billy Graham

“Everything in life has the potential to fulfill its purpose..”

2 Timothy 4:5-7

“Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.”

–John Adams

"The God who gave us life gave us a liberty at the same time…The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us."

–Thomas Jefferson

“Truth is proper and beautiful at all times and in all places...”

–Frederick Douglas

"Always choose TRUTH for TRUTH always wins."

–Arline Helms

"The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws."

–Noah Webster

"When TRUTH speaks it gives LIFE."

–Arline Helms

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

–Augustine of Hippo

"Truth demands confrontation. It must be loving confrontation, but there must be confrontation nonetheless."

–The Great Evangelical Diaster, Francis A. Schaeffer

"The world does need changing, society needs changing, the nation needs changing, but we never will change it until we ourselves are changed."

–Billy Graham

Our Mission

To provide education and resources: student essay contests, workshops, and events that will equip the next generation to preserve the principles of liberty given to us by our Creator.

Our Vision

Engaging, equipping, and empowering today’s YOUTH on a quest for TRUTH, and instilling an understanding of the value of human LIFE from the moment of conception to the final natural breath.

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