Get to Know the Collins Family

Ministry Description

The Collins serve churches in Northern Indiana and Western Michigan. With over 30 years of experience, they are eager to collaborate with churches, pastors, and youth leaders in the following ways:
• Customizing Resources: Tailoring Word of Life's resources for each church’s unique youth ministry needs.
• Building Relationships: Establishing trust with pastors and youth leaders, providing ongoing support.
• Comprehensive Yearly Planning: Assisting in planning a complete ministry year with events and goals.
• Leadership Training: Offering training on various topics, including core training, leadership team building, and evangelism.
• Evangelistic Events including:
- Fascar: A fun event where children race Matchbox cars on a six-lane digitized track, with adult competitions for parents. A clear Gospel message is presented during a strategic break.
- STORM: Sending teens out to reach the masses, bringing friends back to youth group for fun and Gospel sharing.
- Archery Tag: Youth leaders and students compete in an exciting game using bows and marshmallow-tipped arrows, with the Gospel shared during a break.
- Nerf Wars: Participants engage in mock battles with Nerf blasters that shoot foam darts, with the Gospel shared during a pause in the action.
- Training Youth in Personal Evangelism: Equipping students to initiate and engage in Gospel conversations with their friends.

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About John

Throughout my whole life, I thought I was a good person and that being good was my ticket to heaven. At 21, I was living a very sinful lifestyle and wanted nothing to do with God. One weekend while giving my brother Matt a ride home, he shared the Gospel with me and I received Christ.

Right after I was saved my brother's pastor recommended I attend a church near where I lived in Webster New York. It was there I met Pam in the singles group, and it was there that I first started working in youth ministry. It was through a mission conference at this church that God called me into full-time ministry. Two years after Pam and I were married God directed me to the Word of Life Bible Institute to study for a year. After graduation we headed to Southern California to start our ministry with Word of Life Youth Ministires.

About Pam

I was saved in Sunday School when my teacher shared with me that I was a sinner. She shared that Jesus paid the penalty for my sins, and I trusted Christ that day. I attended Word of Life summer camp in seventh grade and dedicated my life to full-time service at the campfire that week. I met John at Webster Bible church in the singles group. While we were dating we worked together in the youth group for four years.

Romans 5:8, But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Contact Information

jcollins@wol.org
John - jcollins@wol.org (607) 237-3386
Pam - pamcollins@wol.org (607) 221-5150
PO Box 810, 38 Brookfield Ave, Schroon Lake NY 12870