For Christmas I got a Kindle Paperwhite and I’m a huge fan! As a result, I’m reading a lot more these days. I’d love to get a good list going on here of recommended books for Young Life leaders. I’ll start and would love for you to comment below or email us here with books you’d recommend. Once…
By the grace of God and through His mercy… I. I will work to give ever kid a look at the real Jesus Christ, as well as what living life in a relationship with Him is like, by spending time with them, talking, and praying. I will invite each kid to make a personal decision based on facts…
This week we received the email below from a Young Life committee member: Good Morning! I have recently become the “Leader Care” person on our YL committee. I’m looking for and brainstorming fun and meaningful ways to support and encourage our leaders. Do you have some great ideas of how Young Life and Wyldlife leaders can be meaningfully,…
If you’re seriously considering the call to serve Christ and kids somewhere overseas, come to San Jose, Costa Rica this spring to explore some possibilities! The International YL Information Expedition will be April 4-8, 2013. The cost is $500 + airfare. Fundraising opportunities are available. There are Young Life positions available all over the world. Experience pura…
Listen to Tobias Haglund share his story of working with Young Life Capernaum in San Diego. 3 minutes well spent. Thanks to Youth Specialties for putting together such an encouraging video.
About a year and a half ago my dear friend Curtis Chesney wrote this post about growing up as a Young Life staff kid. After collecting reflections from over one hundred other staff kids, the project has finally become a reality. As a father of two, I’m grateful for this priceless resource. Reading it was convicting and encouraging….
Here’s some help as you’re planning club for this semester. Some of the clubs we’ve done in the past have detailed club plans if you click the links below. My hope is to write out plans as we do each club and post them as the semester progresses. We’d love to hear what you’re planning as well, so…
Thanks to @MichaelAFulton for sending along the link to this hilarious video. We’re for sure going to use it in club this semester, but still debating the best way. I think we might go talk to a local library and stage a similar scene like they did. We’ll take a few seniors to the library one evening before…
Corny Club Ideas We’ve actually never done ‘Corny Club’ but after seeing the How To Eat Corn In Ten Seconds video below, the brain storm started flowin’. Skit Characters Cornelius and Cornwallis, dedicated corn farmers, enter wearing overalls, ears of corn duct taped over their ears, and riding on uni-‘corns.‘ (Take a horse and duct tape an ear…
An Anonymous Guest Post By the time Christmas Club arrived I was done. Burned out. Ready for a break. Not sure I even wanted to give it another go in the spring. Being a Young Life leader is hard on my family, takes so much time, and I honestly haven’t even seen much ‘fruit’ in guys’ lives lately….
My wife and I have a New Year’s Eve tradition we’ve come to love. Dinner combined with a little reflecting and dreaming. We head to a restaurant and bring two sheets of paper. Nat gets one, I get the other. On one side of each paper we write “Thankful in 2012,” on the other “Hopeful in 2013.” We…
Today we remember the moment when creation held it’s breath. God is with us. Merry Christmas from all of us at The Young Life Leader Blog. Gather ‘Round, Ye Children, Come by Andrew Peterson (from Behold the Lamb of God) Gather ’round, ye children, come Listen to the old, old story Of the pow’r of Death undone By…
As you’re preparing talks for next semester, here’s a true story that happened this week in Texas. It’s a powerful illustration of grace. Grace isn’t God saying, “It’s okay that you sin, don’t worry about it.” Grace is God saying “Sin is not okay and you are guilty, but I’m going to pay your fine.” Hayden Carlo,…
Chris Neal recently shared this helpful 6 C’s banquet video from Newburgh, IN. You can find more banquet videos here. If you’d like us to add your banquet video, please comment below with a link. Thanks Chris! Newburgh Young Life 6 C’s from Chris Neal on Vimeo.
This guest post is written by an anonymous leader in NC. Being a Young Life leader pushes us to come out of our shell. To break away from our comfort zone. To step into the darkness. I knew all of this when I started leading a few years ago, and while I am well aware that I…
