Young Life=it’s all about Faith, Fun & Fantastic Food!
Thank you for your interest in attending Grand Forks Young Life’s third ever Western Themed Banquet.
What: Grab your cowboy hat or western wear as Grand Forks Young Life will have TEXAS ROADHOUSE cater dinner & our UND & High/Middle School students will offer transformational stories followed by an inspirational message provided by Young Life master-story teller, Michael “Ash” Ashburn.
Why: An opportunity to be informed, inspired and make a gift to further the growing mission of Young Life transforming our young people.
Where: UND’s majestic Union Ballroom overlooking campus - free parking in the adjacent ramp.
When: Monday October 21, 2024 6-8pm. Seating begins at 5:30pm.
Who: 30+ Table Sponsors who will help fill 9 chairs and cohost with a Young Life leader placed at your table.
How: Please send a $400 check payable to Young Life to GF Young Life, 1402 Norchip Cir Grand Forks, ND 58201 or pay via the following link: (nd30.younglife.events/banquet) and be sure to provide your nine attendees by 10/8/24 to [email protected] or to one of Banquet Team members. If you wish to sponsor a table but are unable to fill chairs we can help provide attendees.
If you are not able to attend please consider joining our treasured community of monthly or annual donors as the safest, simplest and most effective way to support YL by going to:
- www.younglife.org/give and search for ND30
- Send a check to Young Life, P.O. Box 5184 Harlan, IA 51593-0684 & put ND30 in the memo.
Thank you for being a part of our Young Life family. Keith Becker & the Banquet Team:
Alicia Lunski, Joanne Becker, Joan Bengs, Terry Naas, Diane Shervold, Lacy Suby & Kelley Torgerson
Micheal Ashburn -Storyteller, Evangelist, Performing Artist
Mike “Ash” Ashburn comes to us from Fishers, IN. He is currently the special assistant to the president of Young Life, and has been affiliated with that ministry since 1978. “Ash” travels throughout the world with Young Life and has performed in 49 states and over 52 countries. He is author of The Amazing Love Story, a book laying out the Gospel message taken from Ash’s messages at Young Life Camps.
During a four year “retirement” from Young Life 2008-2011, he was president and founder of Gospel Seed Ministries, Inc… a ministry of spreading the seeds of the Gospel through entertainment, humor, storytelling, and speaking. As part of his Gospel Seed Ministry “Ash” was a featured entertainer at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN.
He has also performed for/with Chuck Colson, Chuck Swindoll, Jim Dobson, Bruce Wilkinson, Larry Crabb, Joni-Erickson-Tada, Howard Hendricks, Tony Compolo, Jack Kemp, Tony Evans, Joe Stowell, Tom Landry, Os Guiness, John Stott, Bob Buford, Robert Wolgemuth, Wintley Phipps, Bebo Norman, Allen Levi, Michael W. Smith, Alistair Begg, Leighton Ford, Rick Warren, Ed Diaz, Walt Wangerin, Earl Palmer, G. Harvey, Truett Cathy, Franklin Graham, Joe Gibbs, Michael Card, Stephen Curtiss Chapman, Focus on the Family, Prison Fellowship, Navigators, the National Prayer Breakfast, First Century Voyages, Spring Hill Camps, Search Ministries, Icthus Ministries, World Relief, and several corporate functions including Saab, Parnell-Martin, CP Morgan, Vantage Mobility International, Helzberg Diamonds, CAbi, Learfield Communications, Oxford Financial Group, Chorus Consulting, YMCA Indianapolis, Bethany Adoption Services, The Aspen Group, Lackey Free Clinic, and YPO International.
He is father to four and a grandfather! His hobbies are hunting, fishing, frog gigging, and puttering around the garage… his favorite thing to do is being with his family.
