Some of us have LONG bus rides to summer camp. Instead of just enduring the ride, why not make it one of the highlights of the trip? If you haven’t read the 4-part series “A Better Bus Ride To Camp” you can find it at these links below: A Better Bus Ride To Camp: Part 1 A Better…
This video might moisten your pupils, but only because you’ll be looking in the mirror while watching it. It was created for youth pastors, but translates quite well to the role we play as Young Life leaders.
Tim Keller spoke at the Young Life All Staff Conference in January. He preached from Mark 10 and powerfully shared the Gospel, answering these three questions: What did Jesus come to do? Why did He come to do it? How should this change us? You can watch/listen to the 35 minute talk here.
Over 50,000 of you have already seen this, but let’s be honest…it’s worth watching again. Here’s to another incredible summer filled with thousands of Young Life campers blobbing! Related Post:The Blob World Record
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“Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. Success, popularity, and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive quality often comes from the way they are part of the much larger temptation to self-rejection. When we have come to believe…
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.
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 offering a free…
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 Blessing by John…
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
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 on and ate…
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. This often resulted…
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 the first. My…
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 highly recommend! When…
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 right a big…
