About Us
Hello,
RYFO began as a college-dorm-room dream in January 2004, and was made a reality in January 2009 with the launch of our first website. Since January 2009, the RYFO NETWORK has served the needs of hundreds of touring musicians with free meals, beds to sleep in, care-packs, prayer, and counsel. So many have found community and care through the collective efforts of Jesus-followers all over. And with the November 2011 launch of this website, we hope to continue seeing the love of Jesus unavoidably experienced by every touring artist through the loving support and care of the RYFO family.
We believe that the Jesus of the Bible is real and that he loves people, and that He wants everyone to receive Him for all that He said and is. And because of that, we want to share His love and all that that means with both Christian and non-christian artists. Our organization and network is not so much interested in supporting any particular genre as it is in supporting the people behind the art, and the needs they have; physical, emotional, and spiritual. We want touring artists to know that they have an international community around them that they can be a part of, that understands them, loves them, appreciates their artistic differences, and longs to serve their needs as Jesus would have. We want them to know the real Jesus and His genuine followers. And we want them to know and embrace the Good News Jesus came to earth to share. Will you join our family and experience this with us?
Serving the voices,
Nick Greenwood
President/Founder
MISSION
Connecting touring artists to the love of Christ through a network of support.
Serving the voices.
VALUES
Collaboration
Community
Care
SITE METRICS (Since November 2011)
64 Host Homes
662 Community Members
191 Bands Represented
59 Prayer Requests sent
51 Host Home stays
PROGRAMS: RYFO Recognized
1. Praying Fans
Romans 15:30 says, “Join with me in my struggle by praying to God for me, do this because of the love you have for me given to you by the Holy Spirit. (NLT)” Paul pleads with the Church to participate in his ministry, by praying. It’s simple. So, we created a platform for fans to adopt artists so that they can participate in the artist’s lives, by following the artists, praying for the artist’s posted needs, and bringing care-packs to their shows. Not only do these fans serve the Christian musicians, they show the same love to the unbelieving artists they adopt through RYFO.ORG as well. These fans are called “FifteenThirtys” (Romans 15:30), and together with the artists, they make up the RYFO NETWORK.
2. Host Homes
RYFO Recognized Host Homes are held to a code of sacrificial service. It is very important to us that RYFO Recognized Host Homes are able to be places of rest and refreshment, void of super fans. They welcome artists in to their homes because they understand how affective loving someone through hospitality can be to furthering someone’s relationship with Jesus. One must be willing to lay down their carefully-protected kingdom to further God’s Kingdom.
Still to come…
3. Venue Chaplains
4. Partner Churches
5. Road Bros
LEADERSHIP & STAFFING
Overseen by a board of directors, RYFO is run by a volunteer and donation-dependent staff out of San Clemente, Calif.
Nick Greenwood
President/Founder
nick@ryfo.org
Simeon Lohrmann
Director of Operations
simeon@ryfo.org
Holly Boldt
Communications Assistant
holly@ryfo.org