“I don’t know if I’m cut-out for this.” “I feel like a failure.” “It just seems like nothing I do works.” “I feel like I’m letting my donors and people praying for me down.” A few months ago in a ballroom in Florida, Young Life staff from all over the […]
Happy new year! I haven’t posted much on the YLHelp blog recently. I’ve passed along most of my ideas and resources on Instagram (@ylhelp) and Youtube (youtube.com/smcgever). But, I also (finally) finished my PhD in Historical and Systematic Theology (it is strange to be called Dr. McGever now – my […]
It is late on a Monday night. We just finished our kickoff dodgeball event after several weeks of contact work. A week from tonight our traditional clubs will begin again. For many of the clubs in my area we will be turning to the Gospel of Mark for our club […]
My YL team has a lot of new leaders and junior leaders. To add to that, we have another club joining with us temporarily while they re-strengthen their club. All that to say: we gots lots o’ people on our leadership team. But, they don’t all know each other super […]
For the month of May I’m picking up a tradition I had for quite a while on YLHelp: A list of things I learned this year related to YL. My post from last week is HERE and the week before is HERE. If you would like to see my previous […]
For the month of May I’m picking up a tradition I had for quite a while on YLHelp: A list of things I learned this year related to YL. My post from last week is HERE. If you would like to see my previous posts CLICK HERE. The “So What?” […]
I hope your year is wrapping up great! You may have noticed that I haven’t been posting frequently on the YLHelp blog. There are a couple reasons for infrequent posts. I’ve been communicating ideas, resources, etc., quite a bit on Instagram (@ylhelp). I have also been finishing up my PhD […]
Hello friends! I hope your winter “break” has been awesome. I had a great time with my family and got some good chunks of time for the (hopefully) final edits of my PhD in historical and systematic theology before I have to submit it and defend it (in person) in […]
Many of you are quite busy and won’t read everything below, so here is a summary: Jesus is miraculous (in the past and now); however, when we teach Jesus’ miracle stories in the Gospels, we usually miss the real point: they are signs of Jesus’ divinity (proof that Jesus is […]
YLHelp’s aim is to provide resources for leaders to be in relationships. Relationships aren’t scalable, resources are. YLhelp exists to save leaders time so they can be with people. Perhaps nothing is more time-wasting than locating chord sheets and making PowerPoints/Keynotes for club. Do the math… Young Life has currently […]
I’m guessing a lot of you are making your semester plans. Part of my semester planning includes planning out our club talks. You might know that in my YL area we go through an entire Gospel in a year. We cover the odd chapters in the Fall and the even […]
In two previous posts, I wrote about why I love the Jesus Storybook Bible (JSB) and some technical observations about Bible translation and the JSB. In this post, I want to pass along some practical ideas about utilizing the JSB, particularly for Capernaum campaigners (but all campaigners can benefit from […]