Once It Was the Young Men’s *Christian* Association

Y“The organization previously known as the Y.M.C.A. is henceforth to be called ‘the Y.’”

[From Following a Trend, YMCA to Become Simply ‘the Y’ - NYTimes.com]

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  1. Richard Ball wrote:
    July 12, 2010 at 2:08 pm   Link

    Why, indeed.

  2. Karyn Brownlee wrote:
    July 15, 2010 at 12:11 am   Link

    My sadness is less about their change of name and more about their change of mission. Once upon a time, this organization existed to honor Christ and study His Word. The name change, as sad as it is, may be appropriate.

    My commentary: http://www.everydaychristian.com/blogs/post/7708

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