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For parents

For Parents

A summer designed to help students grow in faith, character, leadership, and service.

LT is run by Collegiate Church Network and administered by Reliant Mission. Students live and work at YMCA partner sites while participating in discipleship, worship, and mission.

What students experience

A structured summer with real responsibility

Students are expected to work, participate in scheduled LT gatherings, live in community, and receive discipleship from leaders connected to Collegiate Church Network churches. The goal is a summer that is both formative and practical.

Leadership Training campus in the mountains

Outcomes

What LT is designed to produce

Deeper love for Jesus

Students practice spiritual rhythms and learn to follow Jesus in daily life.

Clearer character

Work, community, and discipleship create a setting where maturity can grow.

Mature service

Students return home better prepared to serve their church, campus, and peers.

FAQ

Practical details parents usually ask about

No. Acceptance into the LT program does not guarantee employment with the YMCA partner site. Participants are expected to apply for and secure employment through the appropriate YMCA process.

A car can be helpful, but it is not required for every participant. Housing, work, and program activities are located at the YMCA partner sites. Participants are responsible for arranging transportation to and from LT.

Participants live in housing supplied by the YMCA partner site. Housing is generally dorm-style, with multiple people per room.

Yes. Students are expected to work full-time through the YMCA partner site connected to their LT location.

Students and parents should connect with their campus ministry leader, church staff contact, or the LT program team for more information.

Have questions before your student applies?

Start with your student’s campus ministry leader or church staff contact to confirm the LT location connected to their campus.