THE COST (and benefit) TO COMMUNITY!

- The Global Cities Fellows - Hong Kong -

6 minute read

When we kicked off the GLOBAL CITIES FELLOWSHIP - Hong Kong we felt like we were getting ready to live a season of MTV’s Real World “Young Life.” We didn’t know exactly what would happen if we put three 22-year-olds from all corners of the earth in one global city to live and work together for two years. It had the potential of getting messy really quick. What happened was nothing less than a miracle and far exceeded our hopes and dreams!

SUCCESSFUL BANQUET?

Ask yourself these 3 questions

4 Minute Read

The area banquet is the one time during the year that Young Life is presented or showcased to the community. How do you know if your banquet did the job it was supposed to? I’ve seen easily over 150 banquets in my more than 40 years with Young Life. It is a good idea to know the evaluation questions BEFORE your banquet. That way you can shape the banquet to be “successful.” Here are my three questions to evaluate your YL banquet.

HOW 5% OF YOUR WEEK COULD CHANGE 100% OF YOUR COMMUNITY

4 minute read

In Young Life, one of the ways we let kids know we love them is through the time a leader gives in contact work. Job descriptions for a Young Life leader often list that contact work commitment as 8-10 hours a week.

What that 8-10 hours a week looks like can look vastly different in various parts of the world:

WHAT'S THE AROMA OF OF

YOUR AREA CULTURE?

(Take our scratch and sniff quiz!)

5 minute read

There are a lot of metaphors about what Christ followers should be and one of those is to be an aroma that others are drawn to. In your Young Life community, that “aroma of Christ” is one of the most powerful and potent elements of your fellowship. If you want to see Young Life thrive in your area, you need to become a culture-shaper. When you do — you can almost smell the difference.

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Who Grew? The Gospel According to Aslan

8 Minute Read

The Pevensie kids are back in Narnia after several years in jolly old England, where unfortunately no one had yet started Young Life. They are their normal ages again, not the adults they’d grown into during their previous Narnian life, which must have been a terrible thing for them. Just imagine having been a king or queen, taken seriously by other adults, engaged in significant and meaningful tasks and adventures, only to have it all whisked away after being dragged back home.

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John Medina's, Attack of the Teenage Brain

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Dr. Medina is a longtime friend of Young Life and will be speaking at the Young Life College Summit in November.

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Upcoming Trainings

Registration for all 2018-2019 courses is now open. Visit the Training page on Staff Resources to learn more and to register.
September 3 - October 15 – Fall 2018 Biblical Interpretation Course (required for all full-time field staff in first 3 years on staff.Offered 4x/year.)
December 6-9 - Small Town Summit
Sundance Film Festival: January 27- February 3: 5 spots left for this experience. Click HERE to register.

*ATTENTION all Supervisors: New Staff training for 2020 will have a new location and new time: Washington Family Ranch, August 21-29, 2019. Look for more information coming soon!

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