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30 Items Leaders Can Pack For Summer Camp
Download a printable PDF of the packing list.BiblePsalm 119:105- "Your Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."Mini Notepad/PenTake notes in the leader meetings, write down the schedule,...
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Summer Contact Work with a Mission
Our hope as Young Life leaders is to bring kids face-to-face with Jesus.And as we look at Jesus, it's pretty clear that his strategy for transforming the world involved a band of ragamuffins. After...
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Bus Trivia Questions
If you have a LONG bus ride to summer camp, here are tons of ideas to help fill the time. Another fun bus activity is to simply play BUS TRIVIA.Below are 10 things I usually do when we play on...
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We're Giving Away 100 Books!
Last summer we asked you what books you recommended to add to our summer reading list. This summer, we wanted to give some of those books away! Each of the authors below is generously donating 10...
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Table Questions For Meals At Camp
During a week at Young Life camp we get the privilege of eating around 20 meals with our middle and high school friends. For most of those meals, we're seated at a round table for the very purpose of...
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Spiritual Disciplines of a Leader
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the...
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How To Lead Cabin Time
Cabin time is one of the highlights of a week at Young Life camp. If you've never led cabin time before or if you're just feeling nervous as you prepare to do it again, below are some ideas that will...
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An Easy, Fun Game for the Summer
Need an easy, fun game for the summer?Place three tables with a watermelon on each table along with a couple hundred rubber bands. Place the watermelon in a wide base, like a bowl to keep the...
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How To Do Camp Follow Up by Susan Nixon
If you’ve ever led at a week-long summer camp, you know the exhaustion, both mentally and physically of the ride home. It feels like you’re crossing the finish line of a year investing in students and...
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Spiritual Disciplines of a Leader: Eliminating Hurry
This is part 2 of our summer series, The Spiritual Disciplines of a Leader. Have you ever felt like you keep saying "I don't have enough time?" Me too. I was reading The Blue Book where Jim Branch...
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Summer Reading Giveaway: Winners
Thank you to all who entered our Summer Reading Giveaway! Our Grand Prize Winner, who won a copy of each of the ten books, is Derek Walne! Congratulations Derek! Our 90 winners are listed below with...
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The Most Helpful Ways To Prepare for Being a Leader at a Young Life Camp
You are getting ready to take your friends on the trip of their lifetime. You've promised them the best week of their lives. You're praying and fundraising and preparing every way you know how! Whether...
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A Great New Tool for Discipling Students After Camp
The Young Life Discipleship Department is rolling out resources for both camp follow-up and ongoing discipling (watch for more exciting news this fall about our collaboration with The Bible...
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Spiritual Disciplines of a Leader: Sabbath
Today is part 3 of our summer series, The Spiritual Disciplines of a Leader. If you'd like to read the previous posts in the series, here is part 1 and part 2. The Sabbath. It’s one of the ten...
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Easy Mixer: Cup or Down
Need an easy game for club or a post-camp gathering?For this game, all you need is a pack of solo cups and music!The setup, place half of the cups right side up and half upside down. Then divide your...
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Spiritual Disciplines of a Leader: Solitude
Today we have part 4 of our Spiritual Disciplines of a Leader series: Solitude. Previous posts in the series include Spiritual Disciplines of a Leader, Eliminating Hurry, and Sabbath.A healthy,...
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When Kids Back Out of Camp
I met Alex in August of 2011, his freshman year of high school. He was a stud athlete and undercover smart. He would show up every now and then at club, but was mostly consumed with school and sports....
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Free Chick-Fil-A: Cow Appreciation Day
Grab your middle, high school, and college friends and head to Chick-fil-A next Tuesday, July 9th, for Chick-fil-A's annual Cow Appreciation Day. If you partially dress like a cow, you get a free...
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Spiritual Disciplines of a Leader: Prayer
Today's post is part 5 of our Spiritual Disciplines of a Leader series: Prayer. Previous posts in the series include Spiritual Disciplines of a Leader, Eliminating Hurry, Sabbath, and Solitude.During...
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The Highest Highs and The Lowest Lows
How do you tell the story of an entire year of ministry in a Young Life area? This year our weekend camping was record-breaking, we saw new ministries opened, older ministries revamped, and some...
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