50 Years of Teen Quest

Reaching a world of teenagers for Christ, since 1976.

Celebrate 50 years of Teen Quest and help carry the ministry forward through the Legacy Trail, a 50-tree project at the Teen Quest Ranch.

Join the Legacy Trail

$50,000 matching gift available through December 31, 2026. Gifts to the Legacy Trail can be matched while matching funds remain.

What is the Legacy Trail? Ways to Give Honor Someone Share Your Story

A story that spans generations

Teen Quest has shaped lives for five decades.

Camps, rallies, mission trips, Bible clubs, friendships, counselors, and moments with God have become part of the story people still carry with them.

For some, Teen Quest was where faith first became real. For others, it was where they found direction, community, or a place to serve. For many families, it became part of their own history.

As Teen Quest marks 50 years, the Legacy Trail gives friends, alumni, families, and supporters a way to honor that story and help carry it into the future.

The Legacy Trail

50 trees for 50 years.

Fifty trees will line the entrance to the Teen Quest Ranch as a lasting marker of 50 years of ministry.

A full Legacy Builder gift of $1,200 designates one tree. Your tree can carry your name or family name, or be given in honor of or in memory of someone important to you.

You can give the full amount at once or give $100 per month.

Sponsor a Legacy Tree See Giving Options

Ways to take part

Choose the legacy you’d like to leave.

Legacy Builder

$1,200

or $100/month

Designates one Legacy Trail tree
Name, family name, In Honor Of, or In Memory Of
Every additional $1,200 can designate another tree

Become a Legacy Builder

Legacy Sower

$300

or $25/month

Supports the Legacy Trail campaign
Recognized on the shared Legacy Trail plaque
Simple option for alumni and friends

Become a Legacy Sower

Make it personal

A tree can carry a name and a story.

A Legacy Trail tree can recognize someone who helped shape your life, your family, or your time at Teen Quest.

Celebrating Teen Quest's past and looking to the future

Honor a story that matters

A Legacy Trail tree can carry your family name or be dedicated in honor of or in memory of someone whose life is part of the Teen Quest story.

Your Tree. Your Story.

Make the dedication personal

Choose your name or family name, or dedicate a tree in honor of or in memory of someone important to you.

Teen Quest 50th Anniversary Messages

Friends, alumni, former campers, staff, and supporters sent in short messages to celebrate Teen Quest’s 50th anniversary. These videos share memories, gratitude, and stories from people whose lives have been touched by Teen Quest through the years.

From the Teen Quest archives

Listen to Mark Witt talk with his son Joel about the history of Teen Quest.

These two conversations give more of the story behind the photos, programs, people, and decisions that shaped Teen Quest over the years.

Part 1

Part 2

Simple ways to respond

Give online or send a check.

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Use Harness to make a one-time gift or set up monthly giving.

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Teen Quest
293 Rich Road
Somerset, PA 15501

Please write Legacy Trail in the memo line.

50 years behind us. The future in front of us.

Be part of the Legacy Trail.

If Teen Quest has been part of your story, this is a simple way to honor that history and help carry the ministry forward while the match is still active.