After club last week one of our new leaders asked me how Monday’s club compared with a typical club. “Was it better than normal, average, or not quite as good?” I turned to one of my upperclassmen high school friends standing near me and asked, “What do you think Chris?” His response surprised me, in a good way….
I will post more details explaining the different elements below in the future, but wanted to go ahead and share with you our club schedule from this week. It’s funny how much we in Young Life cram into an hour. We pass out copies of this schedule below to all leaders, senior leaders, AV guys, band members, and…
A Guest Post from Curtis Chesney All that I have ever known is the life of a Young Life staff kid. On August 19th, 1969, my Dad walked out of club and surrendered his life to Christ under a starry Colorado sky. Thus began his love affair with Christ and his relationship with Young Life. Twenty-one years later,…
Who’s smarter? Who’s funnier? Who’s better looking? Who has the cutest pair of Toms?Comparison is a thief of joy.And it often steals our joy, even in ministry, even in Young Life, even between teams in an area.”They have better leaders, I wish I was on that team.””Look how many kids they brought to camp.””I saw that video they…
Over the past 6 months I’ve made somewhat of a transition from facebook to Twitter. I still use both, I just use Twitter more frequently. A month ago I read a funny tweet that said “Facebook is for connecting with people you went to high school with, Twitter is for connecting with people you wish you went to…
Yesterday, Tim Schmoyer posted a helpful video clip on his blog, Life in Student Ministry. The 2 minute clip is Taylor Swift being interviewed and asked to define beauty. It would be a great campaigner discussion starter for a female group. Possibly even a guy’s group as well, as it’s quite obvious that both guys and gals have…
Below are some newer club song suggestions. They might be old to you, but most will be new to our club this fall. I’ll try to continually add songs and update this post throughout the semester. On some songs I tweaked a few words to make them more ‘club-friendly.’ Below each song title are three links: 1. A…
It ought to be so unreachably big that you can only see it through the eyes of Christ by faith. It ought to be harder than you can handle on your own so as to make you more dependent on God. It ought to give you enough disappointments to make you humble and break your spiritual pride. It…
Here is a newly updated sample song schedule that you could use this fall semester.It’s generalized, and not theme club specific, so you will want to tweak it according to the theme of the club you’re doing and the talk you are giving. Here’s a basic structure for how we try to pick club songs.It doesn’t always work…
Here are links to the six most read posts from the past month. If you haven’t had a chance to read them yet, hopefully they’ll be helpful to you. When Leaders Cry Updating Your Young Life Playlist How I Failed On The First Day Our Fall Club Schedule An Anonymous Post From A High School Principle 39 Theme…
Here is our fall schedule. Feel free to steal any ideas that trip your trigger.Creativity is just forgetting where you stole it from.I think I made that up. Sept 12- All City Freshmen Club Sept 19- First Club Carnival Sept 26- Rave Club Oct 3- Harry “Mustache” Potter Club Oct 10- Blue Club Oct 17- Redneck Club (Barn…
Simple idea. Many of you already do it. I wish I had learned to do it earlier. Take pictures at games, practices, concerts, tailgates, anywhere kids are. Not just Young Life events, but school events. Post those pictures on facebook. Tag your friends. Make funny comments. Make sure that your photo privacy settings for those photos are set…
It was 3:15pm and the first day back to school for my high school friends. I was excited, nervous, and scared. I tried to talk myself out of going to the school. I made excuses. “No other leader can go today. It’s worthless going alone. I haven’t made plans to meet up with any kids. They won’t even…
I was a freshmen in college going through Young Life leader training. We met in the lobby of Winston dorm on Tuesday nights. One evening we were handed a yellow sheet of paper. Written on that yellow sheet were words. Words that deeply impacted my life. Words that God used to call me to lead Young Life. I…
On This Day in Young Life History: A Guest Post from Kit Sublett August 24, 1956, saw the summer coming to a close at Frontier Ranch. The final days of camp were a gathering of college students, known as “Leadership Seminar.” The speaker was Young Life’s founder, Jim Rayburn. The collegians had arrived the previous day, a Thursday,…
Our Area Leader Retreat was this past weekend. It was good for my soul. We spent an hour praying together on Saturday morning, but it was weird. Our Area Director asked us to do something I don’t really remember ever doing. He said “Pray for yourselvesout loud. Don’t pray for kids, don’t pray for Young Life, but lift…
Earlier this week I asked for your wisdom in how we can beinclusive without being exclusive. Here’s one of the responses from the comment section: “Do things that are specifically aimed at being inclusive. In our area we have created an Ultimate frisbee league. Even in name its called “The Ultimate League For Non All Stars That Still…
Here’s a link to a post from last semester with some suggestions on how to begin club each week. It includes ideas such as: -Inviting upperclassmen in to the club room early to make a tunnel for everyone else to enter through -Using a chant like (Tonight, Yes, Tonight) to create a place of belonging. -a video of…
