Ten years ago, Mark and Sacha Hasenyager founded Community Youth Ministries in Republic, WA. CYM was designed to bring the gospel of Christ to small, rural areas through youth ministry, especially through discipleship. After ten years of ministering to Republic's youth, they have felt led to leave that ministry to pastor a start up church in Montana. Their desire was to see Youth Dynamics assume the youth ministry that they began.Republic has eight very small churches, none of which have youth pastors. There are about 1000 people and 300 teens living in Republic. According to the local newspaper, it is the least churched area in Washington State. The community desperately needed something for teens. So, five years ago, CYM embarked on a journey of building a youth center.The youth center they built ended up being the second largest building in Republic, second only to the school. This 12,000 sq/ft youth center is home to a commercially carpeted gym floor, two-story climbing wall, computer lab, commercial kitchen, and fitness area. In the basement is an apartment and enormous storage area (which has even been used as a bow shooting range).We can honestly say that we have never seen a youth center quite like this one, and they chose to give it to Youth Dynamics. WOW! Mark and Sacha Hasenyager, the faithful couple who established this work, started with a vacant lot and vision. They proceeded to give years of their lives to see the vision come to fruition. Now, they were prepared to turn it over to Youth Dynamics to see others use their gifts in hopes of a great harvest of souls.On March 1, 2004, we assumed the title of this generous gift. But infinitely more important, we have been passed the mantle of reaching Republic's teens for Christ. We are incredibly excited about this new ministry opportunity. We invite you to pray with us for staff, finances, and most importantly, Republic's youth.We are in awe that God loved the kids in Republic so much that He would provide for them in such an incredible way. ...read more