Watch & Wait: Reflections on Advent and Christmas by Jim Branch
Many of you are familiar with 'The Blue Book' and have loved reading Jim Branch's writings. Jim was on staff with Young Life for almost twenty years and now directs a ministry of spiritual nurture in...
View ArticleTurkey Club Ideas
Thanksgiving is only 17 days away so here are 10 ideas for Turkey Club!ServeHave kids bring canned goods to club to donate to needy families. You could also ask them to bring supplies for Operation...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of Moises Ruiz
Hollywood Young Life: A Day in the Life from Nick Sammons on Vimeo.This short film was recently shown at the Young Life Hollywood fundraiser. It tells the story of a recent high school graduate who was...
View ArticleWyldLife Wednesday: Campaigners and the One Question
Written by Julie Clapp, National Director for WyldLife.Last year, I got to meet with a group of girls for WyldLife Campaigners on the weeks we didn’t have club. Twice a month, we gathered for snacks...
View ArticleControl: A Great Card Game for Contact Work
If you're looking for a fun game to play with your middle, high school, or college friends- the brand new card game, Control, is awesome! I picked up one of my high school friends from school last week...
View ArticleA Billion Christmas Club Ideas
It's hard to believe that Christmas is only 40 days away! With Thanksgiving next week, it's helpful to go ahead and start planning for Christmas Club now. Below are tons of ideas we've used in the...
View ArticleWyldLife Wednesday - Christmas Tree Scavenger Hunt
Below is another fun Christmas club idea, especially for WyldLife. It's similar to "Bigger, Better, Best!"The Human Christmas Tree Scavenger Hunt gives kids and leaders an opportunity to laugh and play...
View ArticleGreensboro Fellows
If you're graduating from college in the spring, odds are you're already beginning to answer the million-dollar question, "What are you planning to do after graduation.Some of the best advice I ever...
View ArticleRoyalty
It's nearing the end of the semester. Club might feel more like a chore than a privilege. "We've just got to get by and push through to winter break."What would happen if your team heard that the...
View ArticleSocial Media Training Webinar Next Tuesday
Young Life’s Communications team is offering a social media training webinar at 10am MT on Tuesday, November 29th.The online seminar will cover our role on social media as missionaries in a digital...
View ArticleFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Harry Potter Club Ideas
Written by Kaitlyn Wren, Young Life staff in London, England. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has just hit the theaters and if you’re like me and many of our high school and middle school...
View ArticleWyldLife Wednesday: For Moments Like This
Steven was not a “cool kid.” He came every week to WyldLife, but he was never in the center of any group. He’d make efforts to be a part, but because he was a little different than the other kids his...
View Article12 Christmas Gift Ideas for Young Life Leaders
Are you a YL staff person looking for Christmas gift ideas for committee or leaders? A volunteer leader looking for gift ideas for your high school friends? Or maybe just a YL'dly selfish person,...
View ArticleAll I Want for Christmas Is A Mentor
Written by Zach Gurick, Metro Director for Young Life in Soutwest Florida.I remember feeling totally spent, like I had nothing left to give. I had poured out everything I had… It was a feeling of deep...
View ArticleHope for the Over-Achievers
Written by John Freeman.I'm feeling pretty sentimental this week. Five years ago I began Larry Crabb's school of soul care. Sweet memories and great content flowed from that healing week in Colorado...
View ArticleWyldLife Wednesday: Meeting Parents On Their Turf
Written by Nathan Rice, WyldLife Staff, Denton, TX.One of the key elements to any WyldLife leader’s ministry involves a commitment to parents. It's vital to be with parents on a consistent basis, just...
View ArticleFlapjack Fridays
Written by Lindsay Hancock, YL Staff in Wayne Co, NC.This semester we started "Flapjack Fridays" with the girls from Wayne Country Day School. Every Friday I get up extra early and make a zillion...
View ArticleNo One Else
Written by Chris Nichols, Young Life staff with Club Beyond (Young Life military) in England.At our weekly small group Bible study tonight with both the middle and high school kids, we gave out a...
View ArticleWyldLife Wednesday: 4 Ways to Find New WyldLife Leaders
It’s almost Christmas and while I’d love a new sweater, what I really want is some new WyldLife leaders. Maybe you and your team are in the same boat? I want more people who get excited about hanging...
View ArticleWorship Songs for Leadership
Carolinas Region praying for New York.We've just finished up a refreshing Carolinas Region staff conference at Windy Gap. It was a gift to be joined by a few friends on the Young Life staff in New...
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