Posts by Young Life Leader
Conway, AR: Club-In-A-Minute
Take a minute and e-visit this Young Life club in Conway, Arkansas. Pretty sweet video! Thanks to Jillian Jainga for sharing & to Hunter Sample for his editing skillz. Young Life 4/23/12 from Sample HD Productions on Vimeo.
Read MoreA Funny Filler: The Impossible Challenge
Need a random idea to fill a few minutes? Summer Camp bus ride hitting a lull? Stalling while the skit characters are changing clothes? Below is an email forward from my pops. It frustrated me for a solid 90 seconds before I gave up. I think it probably is impossible. If so, it’d be worth…
Read MoreCampaigners Training: A Helpful New Site For Young Life Leaders
Todd Pinkston, the YL AD inRichardson, TX (along with other Texas YL folks)has recently created a helpful new site for Young Life leaders, CampaignersTraining.com CT has many helpful resources such as a 4-Year Campaigner Plan, How To Prepare a Bible Study, and lots of training videos. Here’s one of the videosyou can find on the…
Read MoreA Rite Of Passage For Graduating Seniors
This post was originally published in March 2011. Fairly soon the seniors in your Young Life club will be graduating. What’s the best way to honor and celebrate them? Some male leaders in our area have a tradition of holding a “Blessing Service”for the graduating senior guys. They got this ideafrom a book called The…
Read MoreThe Best Two Young Life Leaders I Know
The best two Young Life leaders I’ve ever known are both women. I met one of them 34 years ago in a hospital room. Lolli & Pops with their grand kids, our daughter Honey & my nephew Kessler. I met the other 10 years ago at a Young Life leader training day. Natalie is due…
Read MoreHow To Get Kids To Young Life Camp: A PDF Download
Below is a downloadable PDF of the last 5 posts: ‘Getting Kids To Young Life Camp: Eliminating The Five Excuses.’ Feel free to share it with other leaders in your area. Click here for a free downloadable PDF from Google Drive. Getting Kids to Young Life Camp: Eliminating the Five Excuses
Read MoreWhy Kids Don’t Go To Camp: Fear
Part 1: Friends Part 2: Money Part 3: Parents Part 4: Schedule Conflicts Part 5: Fear Of The Unknown Remember the first time you got on a school bus? I was excited, but nervous, wondering who I would sit beside. It ended up being a 1st grader named Shane who grossed me out. He sucked…
Read MoreWhy Kids Don’t Go To Camp: Schedule Conflicts
Part 1: Friends Part 2: Money Part 3: Parents Part 4: Schedule Conflicts Part 5: Fear Of The Unknown “I can’t go to camp, I have to work this summer to pay for car insurance.” “My coach will bench me if I miss summer practice.” “My family is going to the beach that week.” We’ve…
Read MoreWhy Kids Don’t Go To Camp: Parents
Part 1: Friends Part 2: Money Part 3: Parents Schedule Conflicts Fear Of The Unknown Fifteen years ago Young Life leaders generally had much better relationships with the parents of their high school friends. Why? Because teenagers didn’t own cell phones, so in order to contact them a leader had to call the home phone.…
Read MoreWhy Kids Don’t Go To Camp: Money
A big stressor in most teenagers’ lives is MONEY. When they see camp flyers they often skip right over the description promising “The Best Week of Your Life.” Their eyes focus right on the $$$. “There’s NO WAY my parents can afford that!” “I’m already saving for a car.” “I still owe $300 for…
Read MoreWhy Kids Don’t Go To Camp: FRIENDS
Odds are there are still unfilled camp spots in your area. What does that mean? It’s NOT TOO LATE to get your friends signed up for the BEST WEEK OF THEIR LIVES! Yesterday we looked at the Top Five Excuses kids make for not going to camp. Today we look at how to respond to…
Read MoreWhy Kids Don’t Go To Camp: 5 Excuses
Most of us are convinced there are few better ways to introduce our friends to the Gospel than at Young Life camp. Most of us are also currently discouraged because many of our friends will not get that chance this summer. Why not? Why are kids not going to camp? Over the years I continue…
Read MoreThe Dale House Project
I first shared about The Dale House last November, but just found out they have 2 male positions open for this June 1st and 2 male positions starting September 1st. If you’re a college grad still trying to figure out what to do with this next year, I can’t think of an experience I’d more…
Read MoreGoose Eggs
Originally posted May 2011. I received this email from my friend Charlie who leads at another school in our area. He has two kids, works full time, and has been volunteering at the same high school for 9 years. May you be blessed by his honesty. Friends, Monday night we had Senior Club. Zero, that’s…
Read MoreHow To Create Camp T-shirts Kids Will Love To Wear
Originally posted on 4/27/11. Odds are you still have that long sleeve ‘Northface knock-off’ Young Life shirt you got at Winter Camp your first time as a camper years ago. There’s something special about a YL shirt. You see someone wearing one in the airport when your miles from home and all of a sudden…
Read MoreWhat You Missed In April
For those of you who are new to this online community of Young Life leaders, welcome! My name is Drew and I’m a volunteer leader in NC. (About Me) This site was created to be a place of sharing ideas, encouragement and resources. Currently thousands of Young Life leaders around the globe interact here on…
Read MoreStaggering Toward Slaughter
A seasoned volunteer leader in our area sent the following email to his team last week. It was forwarded to me and he’s given permission to share it with you. Why do we care about high school people? Why do we ‘do’ Young Life? Proverbs 24:11, “Rescue those being led away to death; hold back…
Read More7 Keys To Having A Rockin’ Young Life Club Band Next Fall
This was originally posted on 4/11/11. During these last few clubs of the year, it’s key to begin thinking about next year. How do you give the rising upperclassmen ownership? One way is to begin encouraging kids to sign-up for the “Young Life Band.” If only one leader played guitar at club this year, consider…
Read MoreWhen The Team Leader Is Gone
Fifteen Valuable Lessons I Learned Running Club The Week Our Team Leader Was On Vacation (These helpful pointers were shared anonymously by another YL leader.) 1. Get the sound system up and running earlier. 2. Don’t be late to pre-club mtg. 3. Finish the powerpoint the day before club (it takes longer than you think…
Read MoreLearning To Lead
This guest post is written by Kyle Holt. Kyle is a Young Life leader in St. Joseph, Missouri. He’s majoring in economics at Missouri Western State and enjoys sports, Chipotle, and has recently renewed his love for “Saved by the Bell.” I remember sitting at Crooked Creek during Work Week in 2011 and half-listening to…
Read MoreThe Truth About Contact Work: Part 2
That awkward moment when a Young Life leader forgets your name. The Truth About Contact Work: Part 2, a 2 minute video. If you missed the first one, here’s the link to ‘The Truth About Contact Work: Part 1.’
Read More‘We Are Young’ Mashup
Thanks to Travis Boatright for sharing this mashup of We Are Young/Fresh Prince/Party in USA. Chords are on the bottom of the PowerPoint slides. We Are Young Mashup ppt with chords
Read MoreKill Ball
YL leader Joey Colletti recently shared this pre-club game idea. Sounds painful and hilarious! “Every week we play KILL BALL with a group. You get a volleyball and line up in a circle. You volley and who ever doesn’t keep it going sits in the middle. The game continues with you volleying 3 times and…
Read MoreClub In A Minute: An Idea You Should Steal
This idea is brilliant! I can’t wait to steal it. Check out this video from Kevin Chao and Young Life in Greenwich, CT. Kevin writes, “To help kids and people understand exactly what happens during YL each week we do a time-lapse video of every club.” Post that baby online. Link it to Twitter/facebook. Let…
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