Sometimes we get crazy and raise the bar a bit. We go above and beyond the joys of PowerPoint, and use this sweet free program called Prezi. It is way cool. Trust me. Below are two downloadable Superbowl Trivia games you can use. The first one is for use before the Superbowl (if you’re having a Superbowl party)…
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 for you. It’s intended to be a place of encouragement and resourcing. Currently thousands of Young Life leaders around the globe interact here on a…
Most of you have already put together your club plans for the semester. If not, this linkhas lots of ideas. Here is how we laid out our semester: Jan 23- HOTT CLUB Jan 31- All-City Club Feb 6- Superbowl Club Feb 13- The Blind Bachelor/Bachelorette Club Feb 20- YL’s Got Talent (Talent Show) Feb 27- Game Show Club…
We have a German exchange student at our high school. He went to Young Life camp for the first time a few months ago and was blown away. After watching the program guys at camp, he opened up a ton and volunteered to be in a few skits at club. Andy Thompson, a volunteer leader in Littleton, Colorado,…
It’s crazy how technology speeds up the world. Trends seem to change faster than the weather in Colorado. It’s hard to keep up. Over the last week we’ve looked at how social media can be used as a tool for contact work, but social media isn’t the only technology tool we need to be using. The more we…
My wife and I have been in counseling, both individually and together, quite often over the past seven years. The first thing that sent us to awkwardly sitting on that couch was my addiction to ministry. I led Young Life as a single guy for seven years before getting married. During those years I didn’t set many boundaries….
It’s that time! Time to apply for Summer Staff and Work Crew for this upcoming summer. Only 128 days until first session starts at many of the properties. Summer Staff Info/Application (for college students) Work Crew Info/Application (for high school students/graduating seniors) Please leave a comment below if you’re life was impacted by serving at a YL property….
MLK DAY, 2012 As a 19 yr old new Young Life leader, I was placed in a rural school, heavily divided by unspoken racism. Our YL club was, of course, filled with only upper middle class white kids. We did get pretty excited the time that two black kids came to club and made us ‘racially diverse.’ We…
John 8:1-11 Jesus went across to Mount Olives, but he was soon back in the Temple again. Swarms of people came to him. He sat down and taught them. The religion scholars and Pharisees led in a woman who had been caught in an act of adultery. They stood her in plain sight of everyone and said, “Teacher,…
Thanks to an anonymous comment left on the blog, this semester our club will be reenacting a version of this SNL skit below. We’ll start with a few female leaders, being joined by some high school jocks, guy leaders, and hopefully I can talk my two year old daughter into being the crying finale’.
Wowsahs. Thanks for sharing Keith!
Last summer I posted 39 Theme Club Ideas.This post takes those 39 ideas and adds a “few” more. Hopefully it will help in the marathon-YL-Team-semester-planning-meeting that’s coming up this week. (Apologies that I didn’t get it out sooner for those of you who have already met and planned.) Last January I posted this Spring Semester schedule. Hopefully it…
Mason Rutledge, YL Regional Director of Western Washington, recently shared an article on public speaking to help those of you who will be giving club talks this upcoming semester. The article is written by Eric Schurenberg and adapted from a book by public speaking coach Sims Weyth. You can read ten highlights from the article below and find…
By now, most everyone with pupils has seen this “The Sexy Sax Man” viral YouTube video. But what does that have to do with Young Life? Last semester I was talking with one of my high school friends and the conversation went kind of like this… “Hey man, I know you pretty much run the school now, but…
What do you do if your Young Life club is on Monday nights, conflicting with the desires of many high school girls to watch “The Bachelor” at 8pm on ABC? We haven’t yet started club back after Christmas break, but last night I saw on Twitter that lots of high school gals had gathered together to watch the…
A few days ago I tried to write a serious/humorous combo post for today, the first day of 2012, on 12 New Year’s Resolutions that we as YL leaders could make in 2012. My futile attempt crashed and burned, more so fizzled out…I tried to come up with twelve good ones, but only got seven that were halfway…
These are the ten most popular post of 2011 (according to web traffic). Enjoy! 1. 39 Theme Club Ideas 2. A Ton of Club Song Mashups 3. Who’s Your Eric 4. 8 Things Every YL Leader Needs To Do Before Club Starts 5.When Leaders Cry 6.Questions We Need To Be Asking 7.I Lost Control 8.Why So Many Freshmen…
