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Tips On Leading Young Life From A High School Principal
While this Guest Post was not written by Mr. Belding, it was written by a real high school principal who wishes to remain anonymous. Special thanks to this friend of Young Life who took the time to...
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8 Ways To Give High Schoolers Ownership Over Club This Year
Originally posted fall 2011.One night after club our newest YL leader asked me how it compared with a typical club. "Was it better than normal, average, or not quite as good?"I turned to one of my high...
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Win Kyle Tallman's New Album: 'Coming Home'
This weekend we're giving away 5 copies of Kyle Tallman's new album, Coming Home. Each album also comes with a Kyle Tallman t-shirt! Winners will randomly be selected from those who leave a comment...
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An Easy Way To Make Your YL Club A PAR-TAY!!
Get a high schooler to DJ pre-club and post-club hangout!Last semester one of our high school friends invested in some speakers/turntables so he could start DJing parties/weddings. The beautiful thing...
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The True Tall Tell Of A Wilderness Ranch Guide Named Erin
This guest post is written by Erin Green, a junior at the University of Texas and a Young Life leader at McCallum High School. Erin just finished her first summer as a backpacking guide at Young...
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Jesus Wants The Rose
Being a Young Life leader is hard. As much as we love high schoolers, many of them are just difficult to love. Apart from Christ in us, it wouldn't make much sense to love them. They reject us. They...
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Bro Breakfast: A YL Tradition
Originally posted Aug 2012.Maybe it feels too early in the school year to start an official Campaigners group. If you feel like you don't yet know kids well enough to dive into a Bible study, and you...
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Over 150 Young Life Club Songs For The New Semester
Picking songs for club isn't easy. Hopefully this 'database' below will help...but your best resource when picking songs is your middle and high school friends. We had our first YL band practice last...
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First Club Talk Of The Semester: Jesus Is God
Typically for the first club talk of the year we give a basic introduction to who God is. We always say something like: 'We can tell what God is like by looking at Jesus, and that's what we're going to...
View ArticleA Strange Brand Of Happy: A New Young Life-y Movie
Hey YL leaders! There's a brand new movie hitting theaters nationwide this Friday, September 13th, A Strange Brand of Happy.It's a YL kind of movie and one you can take kids to without feeling like...
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How To Earn A Parent's Trust (As A YL Leader)
I look back at my first year leading YL in college and feel sorry for my poor Area Director, God bless you Bart Scarborough. I'm sure he received many phone calls from concerned parents wondering why...
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A Gathering of YL Friends & Family Featuring Andrew Osenga: October 6,...
If you're in driving distance of Greensboro, NC, you're invited to a gathering of Young Life friends and family on Sunday, October 6th. The evening will feature YL musician Andrew Osenga.Work...
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A Must-See Movie for YL Leaders
This guest post is written by Nathan Goodroe, a WyldLife leader in Clemson, SC.I was searching through Netflix one night looking for something to watch with my father. I naturally headed toward the...
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I'm Not The YL Leader I Want To Be
I often find myself re-reading this C.S. Lewis quote from 'Mere Christianity.' I'm drawn to it because I want to be a 'new man' and I know I'm far from being there. “Already the new men are dotted here...
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Talk Like A Pirate Day: Free Doughnuts At Krispy Kreme This Thursday
This has 'Young Life' written all over it. Thursday, Sept 19th, is the International Talk Like A Pirate Day. In honor of the parodic holiday, Krispy Kreme is giving away free doughnuts. If you show up...
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What To Say When When Your High School Friends Lose
I've spent many evenings watching a high school game, only to wait around after the loss to be ignored by a fifteen-year old in a bad mood. I don't blame him. I've been there too.It's always more fun...
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3 Roles We Offer Seniors In Young Life
In the past we've basically had one way to be involved in Young Life as a senior, by being a 'Senior Leader.' Senior Leaders are 12th graders who help run club, lead freshmen campaigner groups, lead...
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Reverse Charades: An All-Club Mixer/Game
Materials Needed Pre-made powerpoint slides with charades words, stopwatch, buzzer, game show music, scoreboard.Potential Skit Characters Drama teachers, mimes, game show hosts, or you can run the game...
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A New 'Club Games' Section On YoungLifeLeaders.org
How To Win A 'Merica YL ShirtI'm working on building a new 'club games' section on the site and need your help. What games/mixers have you done/seen that have worked really well? If you email in a...
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#YLShirtStory
A guest post from the folks at The Young Life StoreCan you call something a tradition if we’ve only done it two years in a row? It’s that time of year to show off your Young Life pride by wearing your...
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