On Monday during second lunch, I was introduced to two freshmen girls I’d never met…and to my pleasant surprise, seven hours later, they came to club for the first time! After club I walked them to the gravel parking lot to meet one of their dads who was waiting in his truck. As we approached, the window rolled…
Last October I posted “Four Keys To A 30 Second Dance Party.” While it’s one of my favorite ‘club elements,’ a problem we encounter is finding bumpin’, yet clean, dancin’ music to play during the 30 seconds. When I recently ran across this video below, I knew we had to play it on the screen during our next…
A funny 2 minutes from Knoxville Young Life leaders! If you make a funny Young Life video and want to share it, please pass it along! Email YL1941 at gmail dot com.
Last Saturday the Wall Street Journal published an insightful, yet heavily controversial article about the teenage mind. In it, Alison Gopnik, Psych prof at Cal-Berkeley, attempts to explain why teenagers consistently make harmful decisions. It is vital for us as Young Life leaders to constantly be learning about teenagers. It’s why I read my Twitter feed. Articles like…
This upcoming Monday, let’s get #YoungLife TRENDING ON TWITTER! If you’re new to Twitter, one of the ways the Twitterverse stays up to date on what’s HOT is by watching what’s trending on Twitter. (Read more about Twitter Trends) Here at the beginning of this semester, let’s all work together to pump up the momentum for Young Life…
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!
