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Your Church Youth Group Doesn’t Have To Suck!
Only about one in four teens now participate in church youth groups, considered the hallmark of involvement; numbers have been flat since 1999. Other measures of religiosity — prayer, Bible reading and going to church — lag as well, according to Barna Group, a Ventura, Calif., evangelical research company. This all [...]
Cabin Time Questions For Ordinary Club Talks
Help for Young Life Leaders NOW has some great advice for weekend camp speakers.
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.
That is outstanding advice, but reading the post gave me [...]
The Psychologist Skit
We just did this skit on Monday. It is my favorite to do and had the kids cracking up.
Mr. Tolson is knocking at the door on the door of Dr. Roberts, the in-house psychologist.
Dr. Roberts: Mr. Tolson
Mr. Tolson: Are you Dr. Roberts?
Dr. Roberts: Yes, come in. Please have a seat. Sorry [...]
Gospel-Centered Everything…Even Topical Discussions
I’ve had some great discussions over the past year or so about making Jesus central to every Young Life talk we do. That’s easy most of the time, but challenging when it comes to particularly the Sin talk – telling kids about our separation from God due to our sinfulness. But still, Jesus is & [...]