The “This Year…” series looks back at lessons learned in the past year of YL. It will feature several posts and guest posts. Here is one from my friend Andi from Elk Grove, CA… We started a new club this year and one of the things that we did to […]
The “This Year…” series looks back at lessons learned in the past year of YL. It will feature several posts and guest posts. Here is one from my friend Dougie in Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island, Canada… We have been working with some higher risk students through contact work and they […]
The “This Year…” series looks back at lessons learned in the past year of YL. It will feature several posts and guest posts. Here is one from my friend Jason in Flagstaff… Don’t set a club start date. Instead set a goal for leaders knowing 100 or 200 kids (or […]
Here is an idea I got from my friend Tanita and Keith. You buy some plastic pink flamingos, then you go put them a friend’s yard (preferably someone with a sense of humor and a connection to YL). Then you leave a sign on one of them that says, “You’ve […]
As the semester draws to a close, we all get a well deserved break. But soon kids will start asking, “When is club?!” One year I was on campus the first day of school in January after the break and a girl came up to me and said, “I have […]
As the summer approaches fast, it is very helpful to look back and think about what we’ve learned. This gives praise to God and all that He has done. It is also being a good steward of our time, there is no reason we should keep repeating the same mistakes […]
One of my favorite baseball players growing up was Darryl Strawberry. I even traded a Ken Griffey Jr. Upper Deck rookie card for a Strawberry 1984 Topps one time (now the Griffey is 10x its value). Anyway… One thing I loved about Darryl was that he hit for power and […]
The long-awaited announcement of the candidates for new president of YL have been announced. Two of the well-known candidates have made official statements which can be found here. But, a third and unexpected candidate has been named… This candidate has built his platform for the YL presidency on his statement […]
It is that time of year when many of us run to the internet to try to find new club songs. I was on that quest myself when I got an email that saved me loads of time. Musician and YL-music-rescue-man S.Martin contacted me and said, “Sean could you use […]
I have two huge boxes full of notes and handouts from my time getting an MDiv in seminary. For some reason I can’t force myself to throw them away, but on the other hand, how often have I pulled them out to find a certain resource?… Maybe once. Maybe less. […]
Over the summer I normally try to post a couple things that I learned over the previous school year. If you have anything you learned from last year that you would like to tell me about, send it my way smcgever (at) pv dot younglife dot org When I first […]
Oh I remember the days of sending out postcards every few weeks to kids to tell them about club. It sure beat calling their home phone number, which was often busy (that is before call waiting!). Then came call-waiting, then you might have to talk to their parents. Then came […]