Introducing #YLFreshFriday
Two years ago we started #YLTeamTuesday. Since then thousands of you have shared pics of your YL teams, many which have been featured every Tuesday on the @YoungLifeLeader Twitter and Instagram...
View ArticleWhen Young Life Leaders Get Their Wisdom Teeth Out
This video from Sara Neese is HILARIOUS!
View ArticleWyldLife Wednesday: Theme Clubs
Written by Mark Kirgiss, WyldLife Representative of the Midwestern Division.Perhaps one of the most difficult questions for WyldLife leaders to answer is when their WyldLife friends ask, “What are we...
View ArticleCamp Musician Of The Month: John Jackson
Our featured YL Camp Musician for the month of January is John Jackson. If you attended YL75 (or any of the last four staff conferences and three pre-conferences), or if you’ve spent any time over the...
View ArticleYou Can Experience Young Life In Another Culture: YL Expeditions
In all my years leading Young Life, one of the highlights has been the YL Expedition spring break trips I took during college. Hunter Lambeth and Bart Scarborough took a handful of us leaders from...
View ArticleThe Best Training Resource For Young Life Leaders
I absolutely love this video from Steve Chesney. Does it Matter? - Steve Chesney from YL Access on Vimeo.I first saw it a few months back when I was browsing Young Life Access. If you're not yet...
View ArticleWyldLife Wednesday: What's Happening in Their Brains
Written by Steph Raubenheimer, Greater New York WyldLifeHave you ever been listening to Spotify or Pandora when that song you listened to on repeat in seventh grade comes on, and you find yourself...
View ArticleYL Capernaum: Helping Capernaum Friends Lead In Club
Written by Andy Davenport. Training your Capernaum friends to lead in their ministry is crucial. We should view them as the leaders who will one day replace us. Here are a few thoughts and ideas on why...
View ArticleInviting Feedback: A Campaigners Survey Idea
Last week we took a ski trip with our senior guys Campaigners group. While I was on the chair lift I started asking one of the guys about his experience with Young Life over these last 4 years. He gave...
View ArticleYoung Life Super Bowl Club Ideas
Super Bowl 50 is coming up on Feb. 7th and some of you just might be having a super bowl themed club this week. Here are a few ideas you can kick around! The Young Life BowlStart an annual tradition...
View ArticlePracticing Lent With Campaigners
Next Wednesday, Feb. 10th, 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....
View ArticleWyldLife Wednesday: Cabin Time After Club
Written by, Becca Covington, YL Staff, Fredricksburg, VACabin time after WyldLife club gives middle school kids the opportunity to further digest and talk about what they’ve just heard. Middle...
View ArticleBuy New Tunes, Send Kids To Camp
We just heard about a super creative way that Nashville Young Life is raising money for summer camp! A group of volunteer leaders are recording an EP and 50% of all the proceeds support Nashville Young...
View ArticleValentine's Day Club Ideas
Below are a few different directions you can go if you're planning a Valentine's themed club.Call It... Battle of the Sexes ClubMs. Valentine's PageantAnti-Valentine's Day ClubDating Game ClubRed...
View Article11 Helpful Posts for the Beginning of the Semester
Below are 11 posts that might be helpful to your team here in the early stages of this new semester. 10 Ways To Welcome New Leaders To Your TeamQuestions To Ask In Your Post Club Team MeetingHow To...
View ArticleShia Lebeouf "Just Do It" YL Camp Promo Videos
You might have seen this Shia Lebeouf "Just Do It" Young Life camp promo on the @YoungLifeLeader Instagram account. Thanks to the creative genius of Steven Ball, you can now download a "Just Do It"...
View ArticleGetting Kids To WyldLife Camp
Guest post written by Emily Johnson WyldLife staff in Bradenton, FLIt’s not usually that hard to convince a middle school kid to go to WyldLife camp, but it can be more challenging to get their parents...
View ArticleYL Capernaum: Helpful Visuals For Club Talks
Written by Stafford Craymer.Our friends in Capernaum can experience the gospel in deeper ways when we consider engaging as many senses as possible during a club talk. It's for this reason that visuals...
View ArticleWelcoming & Initiating New Leaders
In many Young Life areas around the country it's that exciting time of year when new leaders are being placed on teams. What are some creative ways to welcome, 'initiate,' and introduce them at...
View Article40 Reasons To Pursue Sexual Purity
February has become known as "The Love Month." It's a time of year when the temperature drops and people want to cuddle...especially around Valentine's Day, when loneliness feels magnified. Last night...
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