Posts by Young Life Leader
3-in-1 Devotional Plan from @YL_Discipleship
Today, Crystal Kirgiss is sharing with us some encouragement and helpful information about devotional materials available to us and our middle, high school, and college friends. In these days of physical disconnect, it’s as important as ever for us and our students to stay rooted in Jesus the Word by being immersed in the Word…
Read More91 for 91
During the Ebola outbreak in Africa in 2014 health officials were predicting over 1 million people would die in three months. The Lord led them to pray Psalm 91 every day for 91 days and invite others to the same. They did. The very same week they completed the 91 days, an article in the…
Read More8 Ways To Respond To COVID-19
Below you’ll find 8 encouragements in a time of restrictions to retreat and create new rhythms for revival. RECONNECT Focus on relationships in your home. The opportunity to spend more time together with your spouse and kids or roommates can be a gift. REACH OUT FaceTime and call relatives, neighbors and friends, especially those living…
Read More9 Powerful Words
There’s a place in Kentucky called Red River Gorge. A few years back, some friends and I went camping there with our leader, Braylen. I’m the oldest child in my family and I’ve never really had an older brother figure to look up to…until I met Braylen. That particular Friday, we hiked for about 30…
Read MoreFour Five Seconds/I Don’t Care/Circles Mash-Up Club Song
Looking for a fun song to sing at club? This mashup might just be what you’re looking for! Thank you to Ashley for sharing this mashup of the songs Four Five Seconds, I Don’t Care, and Circles that she used at her club! You can get the slides here and the chords here. Join a conversation with hundreds…
Read MoreBasketball Madness Theme Club Ideas
The March Madness has begun with conference tournaments and the NCAA tournament starts next week! If you’re hosting a “Battle of the Brackets” club, below are some ideas to get you ballin’. Attire Encourage everyone to wear gear from their favorite college team, and if they don’t have a college team they love, just wear…
Read More“What if it’s True?” A Song by John T. Martin
We’re excited to share with you a song by John T. Martin called “What if it’s True?“ We think it would be great to play along with a club talk or at Campaigners. You could show the beautiful lyric video below so kids could read along as John T. sings. Read the lyrics here. Download the…
Read MoreAn Easy Mixer for Club: “Stacks”
Need a simple mixer for club that will make people laugh and help them get to know one another? The only catch is that this mixer will only work if you have enough chairs for everyone at club. Supplies A chair for each person How To Play Have everyone grab a chair and set them…
Read MoreNew Content Song: “Best Friends”
Hillsong Young & Free recently released their new single “Best Friends” that will resonate with many of our middle, high school, and college friends and could be a great content song for club. “I think it’s important to note with this song that we are trying to achieve something different here,” says Hillsong Young &…
Read MoreCoaching as Contact Work
Have you ever considered coaching a sport at the school where you lead Young Life? We asked Rhyan Harrison to share some thoughts about his experience. Coaching is my main way of doing contact work and by far my favorite. Before I got into coaching, I knew about four kids, just from when they came to…
Read MoreConstantly Curated Club Songs: Spotify Playlists
WHO NEEDS SOME UPDATED PLAYLISTS FOR CLUB? We have been hard at work creating Spotify playlists that we hope will be a blessing to your ministry. We know choosing music that is appropriate, while also being culturally attractive, is quite difficult! These playlists will be constantly curated and ever-evolving! We would love for you all…
Read MoreThe Whisper Challenge: Hilarious Club Game
THIS GAME IS FUNNY AND EASY! Supplies Noise-cancelling headphones, playing loud music. How to Play This can be played as an up-front game with two players, seeing who can guess the most phrases correctly. You could also play this with a new leader being the one in the hot seat, as part of a new…
Read MoreE + E || For Your Weekend
Today we are continuing our “Equip + Encourage series” with some helpful resources shared by Alex Holroyde. This series is an opportunity for Young Life leaders and staff to share articles, podcasts, videos, books and songs that have helped equip and encourage them- and will hopefully do the same for you! One of the greatest…
Read MoreA New Approach to Young Life Club Music: Just Dance Videos
Finding the right songs for club is a challenge for most Young Life leaders. It can be hard because we want to make sure all of our middle, high school, and college friends are seen and heard. I lead for a high school that is super diverse, so finding songs that are inclusive to all…
Read MoreNeed A Low Prep Mixer For Club? Play Blanket Drop!
This is a great one to help people learn names! Supplies Bring one blanket, sleeping bag or sheet for every 16 people you have at club. How to Play To play Blanket Drop, split into teams of around 8-people, each team sitting on a different side of the blanket. If you have 64 kids at club,…
Read MorePreparing Potential Leaders to be Successful
Young Life teams are always looking for potential new leaders. In this search, it can be tempting to say “yes” to everyone who expresses interest in leading—especially when the demand for leaders is high. Being a Young Life leader is a deeply rewarding experience, but it’s often very different than expected. Young Life leadership can be…
Read MoreDos and Don’ts for Connecting With A Chronically Ill Teenager
As Young Life leaders, we hear from many kids about a lot of hard things in their lives. I don’t know about you, but I never know how to respond to them. How do you show them compassion? How can you be there for them? When should you stay silent? What do you say? It’s…
Read More33 Creative Ways To Serve Your School
Below are a variety of unique ways Young Life leaders are serving the schools where they do ministry in our area. Guitar Club We offered a guitar club for the middle school. We taught kids to play guitar and many leaders were there meeting kids and learning guitar too. The school loved that we were…
Read More10,000 hours by Justin Bieber & Dan + Shay
Thanks to Michaela Otal for sharing with us that 10,000 Hours by Justin Bieber and Dan + Shay is a great club song! You can find the lyrics here, slides here, and the chords in both a word document and a pdf. If you have a club song that your Young Life club loves, email us…
Read MoreLove Club/Valentine’s Club Ideas
Valentine’s Day is next week! Below are a few different directions you can go if you’re planning a Valentine’s-themed club. Call It… Love Club Ms. Valentine’s Pageant Dating Game Club Red Club Ms. Valentine’s Pageant This club is very similar to the Mr. Christmas Tree Pageant done with the guys in December. Get ideas here. Dating Game Club/The…
Read MoreEmmanuel Sanders’ Young Life Story
Check out San Francisco 49er’s wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders’ Young Life Story. Thank you, Rick Lowe, for sharing this with us!
Read More#BWOYL: The Best Week of Your Life
Did you know that more than 100,000 kids attended one of Young Life’s camps last year?! In less than 4 months, we’ll be taking kids back to summer camp. In order to help you prepare, each Wednesday this semester we’ll share a post focused on camp! When we tell kids it will be “The Best…
Read MoreJim Rayburn’s Final Message
Jim Rayburn was the founder of Young Life. Eleven months before he died, in January of1970, the entire Young Life staff gathered in California for a staff conference. Jim was to be one of the featured speakers. Including spouses, there were almost five hundred in attendance – a far cry from the little group of…
Read MoreClub Game of the Week: Jump In, Jump Out
Jump In, Jump Out is a hilarious mixer to get club started and a way to change things up! It works with a small or large group. If you have a BIG club, you could ask folks to get in multiple circles. To play, have kids form a circle, facing the center while holding hands with…
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