LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING: THE GIFT OF THE DAILY EXAMEN
The first time I heard the phrase was from my parents. The second time, it was a teacher. Later, crossing guards and others burned it into my memory. The instruction was simple: look both ways before...
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What’s Our “WIG”?
Most of us “Young Life people” are pretty familiar with wigs. We have to be one of the few organizations to wear them regularly. Mullets, rasta dreads, game show hosts, and more. But this is about a...
View ArticleGet Connected to Your Catholic Community
You are not the only Christian working with youth in your community. There are perhaps dozens of Protestant and Catholic youth workers who focus on serving the teenagers in your hometown. And while...
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Hill Twins’ Birth Update
It’s Saturday evening, August 7th, and today has been absolutely nuts. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for praying. I’ve not been able to reply to most of my texts today, so I’m writing up one...
View Article5 Things You Need to Do to Restart Your Club This Fall
It’s been said that you never get a second chance to make a good first impression, and the same is true for your first club. With our world opening back up again, this first impression is more...
View ArticleContact Work Feels Different
After a year of connecting through screens and meeting up while masked, many of us are finding Contact Work a little more clunky than before. Thirteen months of living with some degree of isolation...
View ArticleThe One Question We All Want To Be Asked
Jesus asked great questions. He didn’t mince words and was masterful at getting to the point. He listened well, created safety and space, and was absolutely the best at the “mic drop” question. He...
View ArticleHe Had Eyes To See
Last week I had to mail a big, heavy package for overnight delivery. So I went to everyone’s favorite place: the post office! There was a long line of 15 people so I waited for a while. Like, a long...
View ArticleThe Real World: YL College Welcome Week
After a month on assignment and an actual real vacation with dear friends, acclimating to the “real world” is harder than I remember. It is darker than I recall. Days are shorter (and sometimes seem...
View ArticleThe Best First Week of College Ever
If you’ve done College Young Life for a minute, you’ve most likely learned the importance of the “Welcome Week” on your campus. Below is an example of our welcome week schedule. I’m sure not all of...
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YL College Podcast – Welcome Week Part 1
28. Welcome Week: Student Leadership Edition with Brad Akin, Alyssa Beaubien and Grace McKissick Get your student leader team together to listen to this special episode! Is your team recruiting...
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YL College – Welcome Week Part 2
27. Welcome Week Best Practices with John Byard and Billy Jack Blankenship This episode features a Welcome Week presentation by John Byard (Divisional Coordinator) and Billy Jack Blankenship (San...
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5 Bikes + 1 Country
A story of 5 Young Life leaders who biked across America to help start Young Life Capernaum in Charleston, SC. The question: What do you get when you add: 1 country + 5 friends + 10 inflated tires +...
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The Four Stages of Club Ministry
As the school year starts back, it’s helpful to remember the order in which ministry happens. Young Life is not about getting kids to come to events. We’re about Jesus, and doing what Jesus did-...
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A Fun & Simple Way To Train, Unify and Inspire Leaders
I still remember the exact moment I knew I wanted to become a Young Life leader. I was sitting among fifty freshmen in the lounge of Winston dormitory on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. We’d been...
View Article10 Ways To Find New Leaders
The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Matthew 9:37 The beginning of a new school year is a great time to connect with potential new leaders to join your Young Life team. 10 Ways To Find...
View ArticleThe Most Important Text Message You’ll Send This Semester
Many of our friends recently graduated high school and are now starting college. What happens during those first weeks of college will significantly influence, not only their next four years but the...
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Beyonce, the Netherlands, and unexpected grace
Happy end-of-summer, folks! My name is Ginny and I am a Young Life Area Director for international schools in The Netherlands. I moved here right before the pandemic to start Young Life and am...
View ArticleWho Owns the Work?
I’ve always loved the parable of the sower in Mark 4 and have taught on it more times than I can count, but about 10 years ago I noticed something significant about this passage that has encouraged me...
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7 “Socially Distant” Club Games
We gathered a few suggestions from our Alongside: Young Life Leaders Facebook group for socially distant games and compiled them here for you! Slugfest First, we played a few innings of Shaving Cream...
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