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Happy Birthday Jim Rayburn
Today is the birthday of the founder of Young Life, Jim Rayburn Jr. Jim was born in Iowa on July 21, 1909 and lived a short 61 years. The lives he touched and still continues to impact are...
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Young Life Gives Back
Give Back Bracelets - Only at the Young Life Store in July!Purchase these unique 'Give Back bracelets' designed exclusively for Young Life by Doxahology. $10 from each purchase gives back to the newly...
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One Thing I Wish I'd Done
This morning I was looking for some notes from a podcast I'd listened to last year. I wanted to use a specific illustration from the sermon in a talk I'm giving next week. I couldn't remember all the...
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Young Life College: Club Games
Thanks to Stephanie Farmer and a host of other Young Life College folks, we're excited to share with you some 'YL College best practices' over this next week and on Thursdays in the fall. Club GamesAll...
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Young Life College: Mixers
Thanks to a host of Young Life College folks who have shared best practices for doing Young Life with college students. We're excited to share with you some club specific ones over this week and more...
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Young Life College: Club Music
This week we're sharing 'best practices' for YL College Club. Today the focus is on music. Having music can make or break the mood you want to set for club and is a great way to engage your audience....
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Young Life College: Club Talks
This week we're sharing 'best practices' for YL College Club. Today the focus is on club talks. Find more resources for Young Life College here.SpeakersDifferent areas use different approaches when it...
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The Most Important Phone Call You'll Make 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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Young Life College: Small Groups
On Thursdays this fall we'll continue sharing 'best practices' for YL College. These ideas have been collected for YL College leaders all around the country. Today the focus is on connecting small...
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Dancing To His Rhythm: A Guest Post From Jim Branch
A guest post from Jim Branch, author of The Blue Book. Well, it's that time of year again. The time of year when school starts back and the pace and the activity level seems to pick up once again....
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The Story of Nick & Ben
Last summer while serving at Carolina Point we met a dynamic young man named Nick. Nick had been in a horrible car accident earlier that year, losing his leg and having a series of other injuries. We...
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WyldLife Wednesday: Friday Night Lights
Some people think we’re crazy – and we might be – but for many years, we’ve hosted WyldLife club on Friday nights from 10 pm to midnight. After all, if you want to find a middle school kid on a Friday...
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YL College: Small Group Curriculum
On Thursdays this fall we're sharing “best practices” for YL College. These ideas are compiled from YL College leaders across the country. Today our focus is on small group curriculum ideas. Find more...
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Camp Musician Of The Month: Tim Halperin
Our featured Camp Musician for the month of August is, Tim Halperin and his new album releases TODAY! (View other YL camp musicians here.)Tim Halperin considers himself a late-bloomer in Young Life,...
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High School Is Hard: Let Young Life Help.
High School is hard. Let Young Life help.Here's an Insta-squares you can edit, post and tweet out.
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Unlovable.
Being 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 them. They reject us. They...
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10 Ways High Schoolers Can Be Producers Rather Than Consumers
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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YL College: Small Group Leaders
On Thursdays this fall we're sharing “best practices” for YL College. These ideas are compiled from YL College leaders across the country. Today our focus is on finding small group leaders. Find more...
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How To Get Freshmen To Club
Originally posted Sept of 2013.Our area has a tradition of starting each new school year off with an All-City Freshmen Club. I honestly wasn't expecting many freshmen from our school to show, but to my...
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The First Ever Young Life Club: The Burr Nichols Story
Whenever classes and clubs start back each fall I love to read back over the story of the first Young Life club. It's a beautiful reminder of why we do what we do. It's a true story from 75 years ago....
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