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Tim Keller's Advice For Helping Teenagers Grow In Their Faith
Originally posted July 2013When Tim Keller was asked his best advice for helping teenagers grow in their faith, this was his answer: 'Teenagers have more information about God than they have experience...
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Happy Birthday Jim Rayburn
Today is the birthday of the founder of Young Life, Jim Rayburn. If he was still living today, he'd be 105. Jim Rayburn Jr. was born in Iowa on July 21, 1909. He lived a short 61 years in which God...
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How To Recruit New Young Life Leaders
We're always looking for more Young Life leaders. The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. (Matt.9:37). The summer is a great time to recruit new leaders. Here are 10 ways to do it: Ask your...
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When Young Life Leaders Say Goodbye
Originally posted June 2012.Odds are some of your Young Life team members are entering a season of transition. Maybe they're moving this summer. Maybe they're burned out. Maybe they're called to...
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The Best Thing You Can Do With Your Campaigners Groups This Summer
Last summer I grabbed two of my high school friends with great leadership potential. We went on a car ride and listened to these talks below. I'm convinced that car ride changed the direction of their...
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Better Than A Game Of Mario Kart
#Poetry #NeverGetsOld #JesusChangingLives #BestWeekOfYourLifeThanks to Slate Fluker for sharing this postcard. It was written by a high schooler to YL supporters after a life-changing week at Frontier...
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What To Do After College?
The Greensboro Fellows class of 2014A Guest Post From Tripp Graziano, volunteer Young Life leader in Greensboro, NC and director of the Greensboro Fellows program. It’s hard to believe summer's drawing...
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It's Been A 'Y-L,' But We're Back
Apologies that YoungLifeLeaders.org has been on hold for the past week, but starting tomorrow I'll be posting regularly as the new school year is upon us. I was out of commission this past week as...
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123 Theme Club Ideas To Help Your Young Life Team Plan The Fall
A new school year is upon us! Below are 123 theme club ideas to help you plan clubs for the fall.What new theme club ideas do you have for this fall? Please share any ideas or club plans in the...
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How I Failed On The First Day
Originally posted August 2012.It was 3:15pm, the first day back to school for my high school friends. I was excited but nervous and tried to talk myself out of going to the school. I made excuses."No...
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What I Found At Frontier Ranch
Taken on our assignment at Frontier Ranch this summer.A guest post from Ali Smith. At some point during my three years as a volunteer and my four years on staff, serving with Young Life became a "have...
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The Most Important Text Message You'll Send This August
Many of our friends recently graduated high school and are starting college this month. What happens during those first weeks of college will significantly influence, not only their next four years,...
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10 Ways High Schoolers Can Take Ownership At Club
One night last semester, right after club, our newest leader asked me how it compared with a typical club. "Was it better than normal, average, or not quite as good?"I turned to one of my high school...
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Content Songs For Young Life Club (Download Slides, Chords, etc...)
Below are 40+ content songs to sing at club. By clicking on the links below you can download good guitar chord sheets, slides (PowerPoint & Keynote), mp3s and listen to the song on YouTube. Let me...
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High School Is Hard
High School is hard. Let Young Life help.Here are some Insta-squares you can edit, post and tweet out.
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Jesus Wants The Rose
Originally Posted Aug 2013Being a Young Life leader is hard. As much as we love high schoolers, many of them are just difficult to love. Apart from Christ in us, it wouldn't make much sense to love...
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Stoplight Club: How Wearing A Green Shirt Can Open A Heart
***After talking with quite a few friends about this, I've landed on Stoplight Club not being the wisest choice for us to do in club. You can still use some of the ideas below for a type of 'Love Club'...
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Baby, Backpack, Bunkbed: An Easy, No Prep Mixer For Club
Need a fun, easy, no prep mixer for club? Explain the game from upfront, then ask folks to stand up and mingle while the music plays, similar to musical chairs. When the music stops, a command will be...
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Instagram Tips For Young Life Leaders
When I first became a YL leader we handed out paper flyers to promote club. That was way before everyone had a smart phone. While we still do use paper flyers for special events, word is now typically...
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Advice For Young Life Leaders From A Real High School Principal
This post was written by a real high school principal who wishes to remain anonymous. Special thanks to this friend of Young Life who took the time to share valuable insight with us leaders. Hopefully...
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