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UNCONDITIONALLY, Katy Perry, and Young Life
Katy Perry's new song, 'Unconditionally,' debuted a few weeks ago and is quickly climbing the charts (along with 'Roar' and 'Dark Horse.') Teenagers love Katy Perry. The lyrics she wrote in...
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Turkey Club + Bacon Club= Turkey Bacon Club
Because it's just not right to celebrate Thanksgiving without bacon.Instead of our typical 'Turkey Club' around Thanksgiving, we're switching it up and adding another meat item to the theme this year....
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Young Life Christmas Gift Ideas
Originally posted in November 2012.If you're a staff person looking for Christmas gift ideas for committee or leaders... If you're a volunteer leader looking for ideas for your high school friends......
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A Guest Post From An 11th Grader In California
My name is Enrique Lopez, I am a junior in high school, and a Young Life kid at LAX YL. This is my sixth year going to Wyld Life and Young Life club. I am so blessed to get to be a leader this year for...
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The 12 Spikeball Sets Of Christmas: A Give-A-Way
Over the next few weeks we're giving away 24 Spikeball sets! In each of the next 12 posts you'll have a chance to win. Winners get a set for you personally and a set for your YL club! That's a $100...
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What I Wish I'd Known Before Becoming Team Leader
An Incredibly Helpful Guest Post For Any Team Leader, Written by Emily May. I was only 19 years old when I became our Young Life Team Leader. I felt completely incapable and inadequate. I had barely...
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How To Take Your Campaigners Group Deeper
A friend recently sent me this email below. I thought it would be a helpful discussion for all of us who lead Campaigners. Drew,I'm currently leading a Campaigners group of around 15 guys. We meet...
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The Danger Of Compliments: A Guest Post From Emily Gurnee
A guest post from Emily Gurnee, a sophomore at Purdue and Wyldlife leader in Greater Lafayette, IN. As a Wyldlife Leader, most of my contact work happens in the lunchroom at the middle school. When I...
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The Young Life Mr. Christmas Tree Pageant & Christmas Club Ideas
We're celebrating Christmas early in our area and holding our 4th Annual Mr. Christmas Tree Pageant next Monday. The early date is mainly to accommodate our college leaders who start exams the...
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A Quite Unusual Thanksgiving Prayer
Happy Turkey Day! In an effort to be more present with my fam (and so my brother-in-law will stop kidding me about my iPhone addiction) I'm hitting the pause button on The Young Life Leader Blog over...
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Camp Reunion Club: What Worked Well & What We Learned
Last weekend we went to fall camp at Rockbridge in Virginia. The day after camp, instead of having club, we all just gathered at a local restaurant to hang out. It felt like too much to pull off an...
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8 Minutes Worth Of Dance Party Music For Club
Blaine Sledge shared this 8 minute dance track he made for his area's weekend camp. It switches songs every 30 seconds or so and would be great to use for a 30 second dance party, filler music in...
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Young Life Leader Interview Questions
I recently received an email asking for questions to use when interviewing potential Young Life leaders who have gone through Leader Training. Below is a compiled list from a few friends on YL staff...
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Questions To Help Your Young Life Team Celebrate & Evaluate The Semester
One of the most valuable, but often neglected, activities we can do as a Young Life team is to regularly celebrate and evaluate. Since we just had our final club of 2013, our YL team is getting...
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We Have A Few 'Merica YL Shirts Left If You Want One
WE ARE CURRENTLY SOLD OUT of the 'Merica YL shirts we made for our local YL club. I had to order additional shirts and they should arrive to all of you who have ordered them by Tuesday Nov 12th....
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Parker Stuckey, YL Area Director in SW Austin, TX, recently shared this Instagram video below. They edited down the original Frontier Ranch promo video to just 15 secs to make it easy to share on...
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2 Ways To Reconnect With Your 'Old YL Kids' In December
If you've been a Young Life leader for a few years, some of your former 'high school friends' are now in college. Here are two easy ways to reconnect with them in December. Exam Care PackagesWhen...
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Elf On The Shelf Theology
At our Christmas Club last week I had the privilege of giving the final talk of the semester. During most of my talk I held up this creepy looking Elf doll.When I asked who had an ‘Elf on the Shelf’ in...
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Rain For Roots: Music From Ellie Holcomb & Sandra McCracken
Many of you are familiar with the music of Young Life camp musicians Ellie Holcomb and Sandra McCracken. Ellie and Sandra are part of a new group called Rain for Roots, along with their friends Katy...
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Congrats To These 12 YL Leaders Who Won Spikeball Sets
The 12 Days Of Spikeball Giveaways have concluded. Congrats to the following folks on winning two sets each, and thanks to Spikeball for their generous donations! Spencer Vanderheide, MIWill Orr,...
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