For our all area leadership meeting last night we spent a lot of time worship and asking the Lord to put specific names on our heart for summer camp. We were specifically waiting for five names each. After time in prayer, waiting, then more prayer, and then searching through our […]
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I’m going to speak a bit candidly… There was a time in my neck of the woods where there were not enough spots at summer camp for everyone who wanted to go. This meshed nicely with the purpose and intent of YL camp, to introduce people to Jesus (and help […]
Summer camp is right around the corner! Here are a couple things that might be helpful: Camp Ideas and Links Galore I also got a lot of positive feedback from leaders and spouses alike on this great post from my wife: Leaving Your Children at Home While You Go to […]
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 Over the years […]
Another great post from my wife Erin!… While I’ve been the one going to camp as a leader and leaving our son with his grandparents for the week, more often over the past few years, I’ve been at home with the kids while Sean takes kids to camp. It can […]
For anyone out there who has done a summer camp assignment, I could use your input… Tradition at most YL camps is to have a “war room” room meeting in the morning. Usually this consists of a short devotional and prayer (10-20 minutes), then there is a review of the […]
In my YL area we are going 110% on camp prep right now. One of our trips is less than two weeks away and another trip is not long after that. Here are some popular re-posts that might help with your camp prep… Camp unity outfits http://ylhelp.com/2010/05/30/camp-unity-outfits/ Camp shirts http://ylhelp.com/2010/05/01/summer-camp-shirts/
For decades in our efforts to reach a world of kids Young Life has connected with high school kids in our traditional Young Life clubs. “In the past few decades junior high students have been reached with Wyldlife, kids with disabilities have come to love Capernaum Young Life, teen moms […]
In our YL region we do a lot of weekend camps. I remember back in the day I used to haul up a few sound systems in a truck way early, talk the rental property people into the insane plans that we had, pushed play on the cassette or one […]
What do kids like pretty more than anything else? Pictures of themselves! Just check out Facebook… Wait it is called Face book, as in, I want to see my own face. Yes, that is the idea. Random tangent, I almost did a program skit recently that was going to be […]
Last summer I wrote a brief post about camp unity outfits. There were some great comments and ideas send in by you too. Thanks! While I was on assignment last summer I tried to take a few pictures of some of the camp unity outfits I saw, so here are […]
Like many of us I am starting to look for summer camp shirts. You may have noticed the link on ylhelp about Retro Fashions. Ryan and Kylie at Retro have been active in YL for many years and have worked with our YL area to provide great shirts for all […]