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3 Questions To Help You Choose Club Songs
By Tim BranchYou may have noticed it before…The round table your cabin sat around as you ate a meal at camp.That perfectly hospital-cornered bed you nestled into after the carnival and square dance.The...
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Wyld Life Wednesday: Wyld Questions For Campaigners
Our friend Sean McGever at YLHelp.com just put together this new booklet to help with WyldLife Campaigners. You can download an excerpt and order one here.Here is part of the introduction Sean wrote...
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Practicing Lent With Your Campaigners Group
Next Wednesday, Feb. 18th, is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. I didn't start practicing Lent until college when our Regional Director taught on the spiritual practice at a YL leadership meeting....
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Club Game Of The Week: Sticky Face Wrestling
Here's a new game we played at club a few weeks ago that went really well! YL leaders Josh Shipman and Ryan Rainey sold the game as Wrestling Recruiter skit characters. They had other leaders in the...
View Article10 Ways To Welcome New Leaders
In many Young Life areas around the country it's the exciting time of year when new leaders are being placed. Our team is fired up because we get new leaders this week!What are some good ways to...
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Camp Musician Of The Month: Justin McRoberts
Our featured camp musician of the month is Justin McRoberts. Justin first connected to Young Life in 1988, when he started going to club in junior high. He followed his YL leader into a relationship...
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Worth The Wait?
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."~ R.W. Emerson.An anonymous guest post by a college student who is currently wrestling with discouragement as a YL leader. I’ve moved beyond the...
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Alternative Dodgeball For WyldLife or Capernaum
Looking for a fun alternative way to play dodgeball with your WyldLife and Capernaum friends?Instead of using regulation dodgeballs, substitute something smaller like:ping pong balls (you can buy in...
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Club Game Of The Week: Hashtag Battle
We found this game on DownloadYouthMinistry.com.You can buy pre-made slides from DYM here for only $3 or you can make up your own version of the game. This can either be a mixer or an up front game. If...
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How To Host A 1000 Wing Eating Contest
A guest post by Jason Talley, volunteer leader in Garland, Texas.As a fun way to launch the new semester we recently put on our 2nd annual '1,000 Wing Eating Contest.' I've received several requests as...
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7 Keys For Effective WyldLife Club Talks
What are the keys to giving a great WyldLife club talk? Knowing your audience. Middle school kids hear and process information differently from older adolescents so you need to be prepared. The Gospel...
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The Top 40: Helpful Posts From Jan/Feb
To help you up catch up on what you may have missed over the last 2 months, below are links to the most popular posts from January and February, organized by categories. Leadership10 Ways To Welcome...
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Club Game Of The Week: Real Life Hungry Hippos
Supplies4 Roller boards4 baskets (i.e. laundry baskets)Long elastic or rope to tie around waist of kidplastic ballsHow To PlaySimilar to the old age game Hungry Hippos, strap 4 kids belly down on the...
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FREE Pancakes At IHOP Tomorrow
If you're looking for a free & tasty way to hang out with your middle and high school friends this week, here's the answer. This Tuesday, March 3rd, is FREE PANCAKE DAY at IHOPs nationwide!Last...
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St. Patty's Day Club: 10 Ideas For A Sham-Rockin' Club
This year, St. Patrick's Day falls on a Tuesday, March 17th. 1. Host a "Ms. Shamrock" competition for the ladies similar to the "Mr. Christmas Tree" for the fellas, just tweak things to be "shamrock-y"...
View ArticleMusic Tracks For Urban & Multicutural Young Life
Below are a ton of great YouTube tracks for Multicultural/Urban club camping, shared by John Jackson. Let There Be Light - John Jackson Leading Music At Windy Gap -Multi-cultural track with lyricsLet...
View Article12 Commitments Of A Young Life Leader
-Adapted from Henrietta MearsI'll never give up on a kid as 'unreachable.'I won't think my job is done when a kid has made a decision to follow Christ. I'll help them realize how necessary it is: To...
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Club Game Of The Week: Baby Food Roulette
Depending your club size you could have everyone create circles of 8-10 people and pass a spoon around as music plays. When the music stops, whoever is left holding the spoon must eat a spoonful of...
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Sibling Club
This guest post was shared with us by Sarah Wright, YL leader at Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, IN.The idea behind Sibling club is to get high school kids to bring younger siblings that...
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Promposals: Creative Ways To Invite Her To The Prom
Some of your high school friends are beginning to ask dates to the prom. Pictured here are a few fun promposal ideas you can pass along. One of my high school friends wrote a letter to Roy Williams,...
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