Branded By Fire YM

07/25/2026

Basketball Coach was Curtis, assisted by Amito and Serenity 🤣🤣🫡

07/25/2026

Stop measuring yourself by the size of the giant. Start measuring your life by the faithfulness of the God who brings giants down.

07/25/2026

07/25/2026

What a week at Invasion Youth & Young Adults Ministries 🙌🔥

This year was truly life-changing. The atmosphere was different—there was a genuine hunger for the presence of God. These young people came with expectation, and they drew on the anointing.

We witnessed healing, deliverance, freedom, and lives being transformed. Faith was strengthened, spiritual gifts were stirred, callings were awakened, and a fresh fire was ignited in this generation. Now they’re returning home ready to serve, love, and boldly proclaim the Gospel in their churches, schools, and communities.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” — Matthew 5:6

“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers…” — 1 Timothy 4:12

“For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God…” — 2 Timothy 1:6

God is raising up a generation that isn’t content with going through the motions; they want Jesus, and He’s meeting them in powerful ways. To God be all the glory! ❤️🔥

More pics to come!

07/21/2026

And we’re off to Invasion Youth & Young Adults Ministries 2026- Legacy!! 🔥🔥 ready to receive all God has for us, we’re hungry, we’re expecting!

Also huge huge thank you to cornerstone Baptist church and prayer & praise church, for patterning with us and allowing us to use their church vans! This is such a huge blessing to us, we’re so thankful for the body of Christ in our town!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

07/13/2026

Such a fun and successful fundraiser. This year being “Pie That Couple” 🥧🤣

Thank You Valerie Benavides for making this video!

07/13/2026

Wow we just had a powerful youth service tonight! 😮‍💨🔥God was moving. These teenagers showed up with expectation and a heart hungry for God. And the fire of God came in the room tonight.

This is just a short glimpse of what took place tonight. There was freedom that broke out. Songs of the spirit and prophecy. The word of God being preached and becoming alive on the inside of us. There was an anointing for gifts and expansion in our lives. Thank you Lord for meeting us here tonight, Your presence falling fresh on us. We will steward what You’ve done tonight! 🙌🏼

This Is a generation Branded By the Fire of God! This IS who we are!

07/09/2026

🥧 PIE THE COUPLE! 🥧

Come out THIS SUNDAY, July 12th at 12:00 PM (shortly after service) and support our Living Word Church Youth Group at 301 N. Jebavy Dr., Ludington, MI!

Want to see your favorite couple get a pie in the face? 😂 Here’s your chance! For $20, you can pie one of these couples:

🥧 Lexi & Curtis
🥧 Mario & Valerie
🥧 Brandon & Katrina
🥧 Jaime & Crystal
🥧 Miriam & Rick

If you know any of these couples and would love to see them take a pie to the face for a great cause, come join the fun! Every pie helps support our youth and the incredible things God is doing in their lives.

Can’t make it but still want to support our youth? We’d be so thankful for your donation! ❤️
You can give through our church’s Cash App ($LudingtonLWC) and simply put “Youth Group” in the memo.

📍 Living Word Church
301 N. Jebavy Dr.
🗓️ Sunday, July 12
🕛 12:00 PM (shortly after service)

Let’s make some sweet memories while investing in the next generation. We hope to see you there! 🎉

07/03/2026

Attention! 🗣️ We are collecting pop cans & pop bottles before we’re off to our annual youth conference coming up in just a few weeks!! Help support our youth group by letting us take your pop cans/pop bottles off your hands. 🤗

We will be going around collecting them July 15th. Anyone interested in helping us, can message Curtis Shepard Jr. for more information. Thank to everyone who has supported Branded By Fire YM‼️🙏🏼

06/27/2026

We are gearing up for our youth groups car wash, yard sale, and bake sale!! Come on out tomorrow morning & afternoon 9am-2pm Word Church Ludington, MI 301 N. Jebavy. Get your car washed🧽🫧, shop around and buy something sweet 🍪
You don’t want to miss‼️

Here’s a little sneak peak of some stuff we have set out.