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WyldLife Club vs. Young Life Club

WyldLife club can and should look different from its high school counterpart for two primary reasons. First, middle school kids are in different places developmentally so club should be planned to meet...

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Camp Musician Of The Month: Tate Kirgiss

Our featured Camp Musician for March is Tate Kirgiss. Tate grew up as the son of an Area Director who also worked on property staff at Castaway, so the mission of Young Life and camping have been woven...

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Club Game Of The Week: Twizzler Tie Up

Supplies5 Twizzlers per Team of 2.How To PlayPlace everyone in teams of 2 and hand each team 5 Twizzlers.The goal for each team is to tie all 5 Twizzlers into a knot (a simple loop that is pulled...

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The Reason For The Spring Slump In Young Life

A guest post from Lindsay Fluker, staff wife and volunteer leader in Griffin, GA. Originally posted March, 2013.Spring is definitely in the air, as yards are bursting with color and and my friends at...

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The YL Leader March Madness Bracket Challenge & Club Ideas

Make your picks! We're hosting the 2nd annual Young Life Leader March Madness Bracket Challenge! Enter your bracket in the Young Life Leaders group on ESPN. The winner will be featured on...

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WyldLife Wednesday: How To Get Kids To Camp

Your middle school friends may be excited about going to camp this summer, but unless their parents are excited too, those kids won’t be on the bus with you. That means you’ve got to get camp...

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Contact Work Cards

Special thanks to YLHelp.com for creating these sweet Contact Work Cards.Written by Sean McGeverContact work is the most distinctive and unique tool in the Young Life tool belt. Few other ministries do...

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Capernaum YL: Name Tag Symbols

 Name tags are helpful to have at your Capernaum club to help everyone (parents included) learn names.Many clubs have started putting this index of symbols on the backs of the leaders name tags as a...

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Club Game Of The Week: Trick-Shot Quarterback

Here's a great club game to play now that it's warming up outside.This game was created in the spirit of YouTube's "Alex Tanney Trick-Shot Quarterback" videos.Set up two extended rows of various sizes...

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We 'Bout 4-5 Seconds From YL'n

HT to @KnapYoungLife for the idea. (The line 'we bout fourfiveseconds from wildin' is from the new song by Kayne & Rihanna & Paul McCartney, 'FourFiveSeconds.') You'll need to do some lyrical...

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10 Fresh Contact Work Ideas: Springtime Edition

Spring has arrived! If you need some fun, fresh, & frugal contact work ideas, you're in luck. Grab your middle and high school friends and make some memories.Putt, Pitch, Punish (The YL-P3 Happy...

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Young Life Camp Work Week Dates For College Students

Come join old friends and make tons of new ones at one of the upcoming Young Life camp work weeks. It's a great opportunity to add another YL shirt to your collection...and to also help prepare summer...

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A Powerful Video To Show At Campaigners

During this season of Lent we've been talking in our Campaigners group about different spiritual disciplines. A few weeks ago we focused on prayer, specifically looking at the Lord's Prayer and the...

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Young Life At The Movies

As warmer weather is upon us, it's a fun option to move club outdoors. Kathryn Tilmes shared this idea of doing a Young Life movie night outside.What You NeedProjector, laptop, DVD, amp, speakers and...

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Join The Young Life Alumni Network

Every spring Young Life encourages college seniors who are about to graduate to register in the YL Alumni and Friends database. The intention is to stay connected and serve our alumni as they enter the...

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Club Game Of The Week: Goin' Fishin

Goin' Fishin' was shared with us by Alli Bixler, volunteer leader in Baton Rouge, LA.Materials Needed2 or more long pieces of rope2 or more buckets2 or more whole fish you can buy from the seafood...

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A Memorable End Of Year Tradition: The Campies

This hilarious & meaningful Campaigners tradition is shared by Tom O'Neill, a volunteer leader in Sammamish, WA.The CampiesFor any fan of the TV show "The Office" you will recognize that this...

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15 Second Camp Promo Videos

One easy way to promote your summer camp week is to put a '15 second camp video promo' on your YL Instagram. You can download a 15 second video for your YL camp here.It's a little tricky to actually...

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Denny OKs Leaders To Date Team Members

The Young Life Service Center released an executive memo today with a policy change regarding dating relationships between Young Life team members. For over a decade there has been a mission-wide ban...

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A Powerful Way To Celebrate Graduating Seniors

Before you know it the seniors in your Young Life club will be graduating. Below is one special way to honor and celebrate them.Some of the male leaders in our area have a tradition of holding a...

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