Today is the official kickoff for two of my clubs I lead. Tonight is our big all-area dodgeball tournament. I am doing a new type of talk there, here is one I did before.
But in about an hour we will have our WL club which meets after school. The school is 87% hispanic and all of our leaders are former students there (except me). Below is our club plan for today.
PS I have a bunch of exciting files and ideas that will be coming up on ylhelp soon. Please send me any idea you think is worth sharing also! smcgever (at) pv . younglife (dot) com.
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So what was the “new type of talk”? I feel like my intro talk has been the same the past couple years…please share!
Ashley, thanks for your comment. It wasn’t all that new. I basically had leaders spell out the words “Young Life” with poster board, each with a letter on it. That way I introduced each leader, their club and let them say a quick word, which sets them up with kids from up front and then also keeps it interesting. Here are my notes from the talk. It worked well for a 5 minutes into talk to 250 distracted high school kids! Haha!
Dodgeball talk
Sean: YL is super hard to explain so I’m going to let some leaders tell you…
(Each leader comes out one at a time with a poster with one letter on it. Then the leader gets one or two sentences…. 15 seconds… to use the letter they have to talk about YL. Here are suggestions. Let me know if you have another idea).
Y – (Steve W) You… You are always invited to YL… Yes YOU!
O – (Wil W) Oh my gosh or Outrageous… surprising things happen at YL (throw something at them?)
U – (Ashlee Henderson) Unbelievable …
N – (Alex) Not HW… YL is a break from all the demands of the week, a place to relax and just be a kid
G – (Brittany H)… Guy… Girls… need I say more?
L – (Alli)… Leaders… people to talk to. Not your parents. Just someone who will help and understand
I – (Jake) …Indescribable. You have to see it to “get it”. OR Interesting (something meaningful to think about each week)
F – (Kia)…Friends. Meet great people at YL. Bring your friends. We get to know each other pretty good.
E – Tim)… Everyone is invited. Sportos, Band people, Stugo… it doesn’t matter what clique you are in. Religious, atheist, Christian, Muslim, EVERYONE!
SEAN…
So gives you a little bit of an idea. If there is one thing that ties all this together it is this…
He who has the son [Jesus Christ the son of God] has life. (1 Jn 5:12)
All of us leaders are amazed and in awe of Jesus Christ and we experience life in a whole different way because of Him.
If any one of these things (the letters) interests you then you will love YL.
This is a great idea! Very fun, and a great way to set up leaders and give kids an introduction to YL. Wyldlife Birthday Club this Friday; thanks for the ideas!