Last Monday I gave the Resurrection talk. I always like to include a part about what it means to be a follower of Jesus in this talk. I love the resurrection talk. It is often under-stated most times I see it at club or camp. The resurrection is the power […]
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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 […]
My friend Hugh from North Carolina shared a great idea with me. Here is what he suggested… Here’s a quick and dirty pre-club activity: photo booth. Set up a camera, leader, backdrop, and some nutty props (theme optional). As kids arrive at club take pictures of them. Here is a […]
This is the fifth and final post in a series that is a review of the Original Young Life Leader Training Manual from 1942. If you are interested, here is the link to the copy I made of the manual with a letter from Jim Rayburn. Original YL Training Manual […]
I realized the other week that we had not done a kidnap club in a long time. So BOOM! Kidnap club was in full effect. We had about 20 new people and used the great Minute to Win it relay that Emma described. It was a ton of fun and […]
This is the fourth post in a series that is a review of the Original Young Life Leader Training Manual from 1942. If you are interested, here is the link to the copy I made of the manual with a letter from Jim Rayburn. Original YL Training Manual Jan 30th […]
This is the third post in a series that is a review of the Original Young Life Leader Training Manual from 1942. If you are interested, here is the link to the copy I made of the manual with a letter from Jim Rayburn. Original YL Training Manual Jan 30th […]
For those of you who have followed YLHelp for a while, you probably have seen that I have published a booklet for camp follow-up called Cabin Time Continued. It is a series of 10 Bible studies perfect for when you come home from camp. I’ve seen people use it just […]
This is the second post in a series that is a review of the Original Young Life Leader Training Manual from 1942. If you are interested, here is the link to the copy I made of the manual with a letter from Jim Rayburn. Original YL Training Manual Jan 30th […]
Here is the club we are doing tonight. We will have different kinds of cereal out when kids can arrive to make their own bowl of cereal. Kids are dressing up in PJs. We also might have on some cartoons. We’ll see how it goes!
As a part of the Reaching a World of Kids initiative, YL president Denny Rydberg recently announced that YL has acquired a new property in Hawaii and is now shifting camp spots for this summer. Hawaii is a strategic location for reaching a world of kids due to its centrality […]