WHAT TIME OF DAY DO YOU PRAY???

4 Minute Read

It wasn’t Jim Rayburn — it was Clara Frasher, a kind older woman, who sat on a front porch across from Gainesville High School with her friends praying for the students for years. It would be awhile before Jim showed up to birth Young Life, but those prayers were the beginning.

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD... YOU NEED THIS PERSON

5 minute read

As we unpacked this issue, we discovered just how stretched the staff were in each area. The numbers that stuck out the most to me were 12 staff, 400 volunteers. That’s roughly 33 direct reports for each staff person. From my perspective, we were in desperate need of middle management.

WHAT TEACHERS THINK

ABOUT YOUNG LIFE:

4 minute read

There is a large pool of potential volunteer leaders in your area right under your nose. Many have a vibrant faith, love teenagers and all of them are on campus doing contact work every day.

Who would that be? Teachers!!

EVERYONE HAS ONE...

WHO IS YOUR TRAINER?

6 minute read

The longer you serve on Young Life staff, the more you will be confronted with three simple questions. They are asked at banquets, summer assignments, staff conferences and trainings. They will be posed by adult guests, committee chairs, staff associates, senior staff and peers. On the surface, the questions seem harmless, but if you look closely, they reveal one of the secrets of the mission. Here they are:

"GOD IS ...?" [FILL IN THE BLANK]

Answer Inside!

7 Minute Read

Thanks to the webs and the socials, our world goes crazy for pithy quotes and feel-good mottos that can be blasted across the cosmos in a split-second. Encased in a hipster font... Overlaid on an angsty photo... Accompanied by a looping indie soundtrack...

But followers of Jesus are not nourished by pithy quotes or strengthened by feel-good mottos.

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What is your involvement/experience with the local church?

One Question Survey

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Giveaway Alert!

Brian Summerall's new book is out and it makes a great gift for committees, leaders, and even students. Brian's giving away free copies to the first 20 people to email him and tell him you saw his book here.

Upcoming Trainings

Register for The Student Leadership Project. (Spots limited!) Register HERE
Donor Communications/Story Workshop - February 7 Register HERE
New Staff and Winter Training courses – Registration Closed (please contact Training with questions: 719-381-1877
Practical Training Timeline Courses (intensives in February) Registration Deadline: December 1
Small Town Summit Registration Deadline: December 6
Sundance Film Festival: January 27- February 3 - Waitlist

*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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