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The Strategy of Jesus
"A society of genuine loving souls, set free from the self-seeking struggle for personal prestige...would be something unutterably priceless and powerful. A wise person would travel any distance to...
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A New Book For Dads, Written By Young Life Staff
Looking for a Father's Day gift?Alan Smyth & Kristy Fox, Young Life Regional Directors in California, have recently published a new book for dads of daughters. You can order it here and read more...
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If A YL Leader Were To Give The Graduation Commencement
I'd love to give the graduation commencement speech for the high school where I lead Young Life. It hasn't happened yet, but it's on my bucket list. When preparing, I'd take some pointers from Rhett...
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New Mashup For Summer Camp 2013
If you're doing music at a Young Life camp this summer, check out this NEW MASHUP from Cameron King at WVU. He put it together for the first ever YL College Week at Rockbridge last week. Word is that...
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More Pics From #YLWorkWeek
Now that Memorial Day is behind us, many Young Life summer camps have already begun...and thousands of campers will never know who it was that spread that mulch and scraped the gum that was previously...
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What You Might Have Missed In May
For those of you who are new to this online community of Young Life leaders, welcome! My name is Drew Hill and I'm a YL leader in Greensboro, NC. (About Me)YoungLifeLeaders.org was created to be a...
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The Complete Guide To A YL'd Bus Ride
Some of us have LONG bus rides to summer camp. Instead of just enduring the ride, why not make it one of the highlights of the trip?If you haven't read the 4-part blog series from last summer, "A...
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Time Capsule: How One YL Leader Spoke Into The Future
A guest post from Jesse Papirio, YL staffer in Clarence, NY. The freshman class at Clarence high school, where I'm a YL leader, buries time capsules every June. This long standing tradition is carried...
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Tips On Saying Goodbye: Make Friends LIKE You're Going To Know Them The Rest...
Originally posted June 2012.Odds are some of your Young Life team members are entering a season of transition. Maybe they're moving. Maybe they're burned out. Maybe they're called to another ministry....
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If You're A YL T-Shirt Fanatic...
If you love Young Life t-shirts as much as I do, you're willing to make one for any and every occasion. Part of the problem, though, is that it can be a lot of hassle! Collecting money from everyone,...
View ArticleWhile We're Away...Read Denny's Summer Blog
The Young Life Leader Blog is taking the weekend off. I'm taking some recently graduated high school friends to Work Week at Carolina Point, one of YL's newest properties. It's on the border of NC/SC...
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How To Fix Your High School Friends
My high school friends often...ask me questions I can't fully answer....bring me problems I can't possibly solve....reveal pain I can never heal. 'How can a loving God torture people in eternal...
View ArticleI Am Yours Lyrics
Here are the lyrics to the new club song I posted earlier. You can download it here.I Am YoursWhen the world around me’s crashing down, would you remind me you are strong?When I feel alone and have...
View ArticleI Am Yours: A New Young Life Content Club Song
Listen/watch the video of 'I Am Yours' on YouTube. In our local YL club, we often have a hard time finding 'content songs' that fit well with talks we're giving during the semester. Typically we have...
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I Lost Control: A True Camp Story
Originally posted Summer 2011Three weeks agoI had a lot of control.I worked hard to get my high school friends on that bus to camp. With enough persuasion and nagging, I could control who went, to some...
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What To Pack For Young Life Camp
Originally posted in 2011.We're almost halfway into the summer camping season...which means half of us still have to pack for camp!Here are a few things I've forgotten in the past, but want to make...
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The Greatest Fears Of Teenage Boys
A few weeks ago I took my Campaigners group on The ManTrip: a wilderness experience in the NC mountains.We measured our chest hair before and after the trip and had an average increase of .4 cm per...
View ArticleCapernaum Young Life Video From Southwind
Here's a beautiful video filmed during the first week of Capernaum camp at Southwind June 15-19. Thanks to @ktallmanmusic for passing it along. Capernaum at Southwind June 15-19, 2013 from Peter Philip...
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A Letter To Young Life Leaders Who Helped Your Friends Raise Money For Camp
Originally posted summer 2012. Dear Young Life leader who helped me fund raise for camp,Thank you. More than you'll ever know. I know you have better things to do than to sell popcorn door to door with...
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Free Chick-Fil-A This Friday July 12th: Cow Appreciation Day
Grab your high school friends and head to Chick-fil-A this Friday, July 12th, for Cow Appreciation Day. If you partially dress like a cow, you get a free entree. If you dress in full cow gear, you get...
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