Today’s guest post is from Michelle Prillaman. Michelle is a Young Life leader in Greensboro, NC and part of The Greensboro Fellows Program. A few weeks ago I decided to use the “cup song” idea (from the movie Pitch Perfect) to help my high school friends memorize scripture at Campaigners. We used John 15:5, and essentially rapped out…
Originally posted May 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 idea from a book called The Blessing by John Trent and Gary Smalley. The…
If you are leading a female Campaigners group, this brand new video is a must-watch discussion starter on beauty. Studies reveal that only 4% of the 3.5 Billion women in the world consider themselves beautiful. In this video from Dove, an FBI-trained forensic artist creates sketches of seven women whom he could not see. He uses their personal descriptions…
At first, I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong; so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was there sort of like a picture of a president. I recognized His picture when I saw it, but I really didn’t know Him.Later on when…
Chris Theule-VanDam, Young Life Regional Director for the Western Great Lakes Region (the western half of the state of Michigan along with northwest Indiana), has authored Peter: Rocked by God, with Campaigner groups in mind. This six lesson Bible study series for high school students explores the life of Peter, highlighting God’s faithfulness and the extraordinary way God…
Today’s guest post comes from Chris Cline, a volunteer leader in Missouri. Chris is a lover of sports, reading, journaling, and meeting new people. He also has recently jumped on the Netflix bandwagon, so he’s currently consumed by‘Friday Night Lights.’ As I walk through the Orlando airport, I see the complexity of life. People don’t slow down. Life…
As most of you are aware, today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. I didn’t start practicing Lent until college when our YL Regional Director taught on it at a leadership meeting. With each year, this Lenten season grows more personally significant and is consistently a time of deeper intimacy with the Lord. The term ‘Lent’ comes…
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….
