Originally posted August 2012. It was 3:15pm on the first day back to school for my high school friends. I was both excited and nervous. I tried to talk myself out of going to the school. I made excuses. “No other leader can go today. It’s not worth it to drive all the way out there alone. I…
Our Young Life team asked the seniors how they wanted to kick off the semester and it was unanimous, ‘Merica Club. We’re still finalizing the details, but here’s our working list below. Please chime in and share your ideas in the comments section. Our first club is Sept 17th. Afterwards, I’ll post pics and let you know what…
Maybe it feels too early in the semester to start Campaigners. If you feel like you don’t yet know kids well enough to dive into a Bible study, and you want to wait until after fall camp to kick it off, here’s an idea for you. A leader in our area recently told me about a tradition he…
Below are 111 theme club ideas. Around 70 of them have a link you can click that will give you the details you need to pull off that club. These theme ideas are completely stolen from many of you, so thanks for sharing! Special thanks to Sean McGever and YLHelp.com for sharing these 77downloadable club plans. Happy fall…
Congrats to Rika Friedrich, in Cape Girardeau, MO for winning the final book in our Campaigners Resources series from Kristen Baird and the kind folks at Thomas Nelson Publishing. Rika, email us how many copies of Wild Grace you need for your Campaigners group and our friends at Thomas Nelson will send them along. Keep your eyes open…
Check out this video from Brandon Heath on being a YL leader:
Yesterday I made a grown man cry. My passion to succeed wounded a friend. Through his tears, he uttered words that hit the pause button on my heart. “Drew, God’s extravagance was never at anyone’s expense.” Never anyone other than Himself or His son. It’s probably insecurity that drives me. It pushes me to perform, to succeed. A…
WIN MORE FREE CAMPAIGNERS RESOURCES BY COMMENTING BELOW. Through a random drawing we have chosen our winners from last week’s post. Erin Green in Austin, Texas has won as many copies of “A Girl’s Guide To Life’ as you need for your Campaigners group. Derek Babb in Wheaton, Illinois has also won as many copies of “A…
One of the highlights of being a Young Life leader is the privilege to watch your middle and high school friends encounter Jesus…and then tell everyone about it. This summer many of us got to watch that happen on the last night of camp at the ‘Say So.’ Psalm 107:2 says, “Let the redeemed of the Lord say…
Would you like the opportunity to: -Experience deep community and friendship after college? -Get experience working in the business world? -Get experience working in a church? -Get seminary/Biblical training? -Get world renown Leadership training? -Get to be a Young Life leader? -Experience a Mission Trip to Africa? Have you recently graduated college and seem to be wondering…
I’ve failed miserably. I’ve invested countless hours into my high school friends and then let them go off to college without any spiritual support around them. The post below is an encouragement to you and a means of accountability for myself. I don’t want to make that same mistake again. Many of our Young Life friends recently graduated…
WIN FREE CAMPAIGNERS RESOURCES BY COMMENTING BELOW. Today’s guest post was written by Kristen Baird. Kristen has been a Young Life leader in Nashville, TN for five years. She led throughout college and is now a career leader. Kristen works in Christian book publishing, and has some awesome resources to share with us for Campaigners studies. Chat…
While it’s so important to spend time together as a Young Life team, it seems almost impossible to find a time that works for everyone’s schedule. To help you find a time for that upcoming fall planning retreat or just a time that works for a weekly team meeting, I’d suggest using WhichDateWorks.com. It’s an easy method of…
A worthwhile read from Tim Keller’s Blog on how the Gospel changes our apologetics: At some point you need tell the Christian story in a way that addresses the things that people most want for their own lives, the things that they are trying to find outside of Christianity, and show how Christianity can give it to them. Alasdair…
We’re praying for four new leaders to join our YL team before club starts this fall. Here are ten ways we’re hoping to find them: Asking our high school friends if they have any older siblings/friends/teachers/coaches they think would make good YL leaders. Asking the parents of our high school friends if they know any college grads moving…
