Help for Young Life Leaders NOW

I recently spoke at a YL weekend camp. One of the best pieces of YL camp speaking advice I ever received was to plan your cabin time questions before you plan your talk. Obviously you tweak them after you study the scripture and the rest of the talk planning process, but you really want to begin with the end in mind.

Even as a speaker, I feel the most critical part of the gospel proclamation and formation is in the cabin time discussion. I’m sure you have seen miracles happen in front of your eyes in the midst of cabin time, I know I have.

I have posted cabin time questions before here, and below are the ones I recently used. If you are interested in more cabin time type questions you can also look here.

Here are some of the top posts on YLHelp.com over the past months.

They tell me that leaders are looking for help with campaigners, with club, with situations with kids, and a lot with club talks.

Very soon I will be telling you about a bunch of help we will post about club talks and campaigners. It is very exciting and a lot of people are working on it.

1. TalkPrep – Message Worksheet – Woman Caught in Adultery – A worksheet that helps plan a talk on the woman caught in adultery.

2. Campaigners Chaos – Getting them to talk: Faces Handout – A fun ready-to-print handout for campaigners.

3. The BEST Talk Illustrations (3 of 5) Video clip and talk idea from Blood Diamond – I am your father who loves you.

4. Entire Semester of Club Plans Download – A full semester of club plans.

5. What NOW? – Female student won’t leave male leader alone – Just one of those things we deal with.

6. Cross Talk Help – A Harmony of the Cross Story – A helpful summary when doing a cross talk.

7. Cabin Time Continued… Campaigners Bible Study – A campaigners booklet you can order with a free chapter to download.

Any posts that you liked? Any topics you would like covered more?

We head off to camp in just a few days. Most speakers will provide a couple questions at the end of their talk for cabin time. Some will go further to tell you them in the leader meeting. Some will even give you a handout with all of them on a sheet (woohoo).

I compiled them over the years and have a bunch of them. This can be helpful for any leader, but especially those who might need some extra help. Also it can help if you don’t ask every kid the same question but you reword the question so they can’t answer "what he/she said". This is especially helpful with junior high kids.

So here ya go… Lots of Cabin Time Questions you can use!