Beyond the Bag: 

Annual Banquet

Not every child grows up with security, love, and a future they can count on. While many kids in our city have strong support systems, thousands do not. They carry a different kind of baggage—one filled with homelessness, hunger, fear, and trauma.

Beyond the Baggage is a powerful look at youth living in crisis. It’s a journey into the realities of concentrated poverty, childhood homelessness, and transitional-age youth (TAY)—and how these struggles reshape their futures. But more than that, it’s a story of hope, redemption, and God’s unwavering fight for these young lives.

Through firsthand accounts and real-life stories, we expose the hidden crisis affecting Fresno’s most vulnerable children. But we don’t stop there. We reveal the innovative, life-changing solutions that are rewriting their stories—offering safety, opportunity, and the love of Christ.

It’s time to see youth ministry beyond the walls of a church. It’s time to meet the kids who need it most.

Join us. Hear their stories. Be part of the solution.