informational slides

1. Each of our 16 clubs has a volunteer
Team Leader that coordinates
their clubs activities

2. “Young Life's strategy is the
strategy of Jesus. Young Life
goes to kids where they are,
engages them in their world,
loves them in his name and
earns the right to tell them
about Jesus.”
– Tim Keller

3. Contact Work: Leaders go to be with
students on their turf, these are football
games

4. Platinum
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Gold
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Colorquest LLC
Dynamic Aviation
Eastside Church
Rockingham Construction Co., Inc
Young Life Committee
Silver
Ted and Stephanne Byrd
Daily News Record
First Bank and Trust
Layman and Nichols, PC
Stoneburner, Inc
Trost Custom Homes
United Bank
Bronze
The Law Offices of John C. Holloran
LD&B Insurance Agency
Rockingham Cooperative, Inc.
Shickel Corporation
Friends
Brown & Sutt General Dentistry
Delp Electric
Miller Cupp Associates Architects, PC
Rockingham Group
Thank you
to our
Banquet
Underwriters
for making this
night possible!

5. Did You Know???
One of our leaders favorite time of
year is the annual “Leader
Retreat”, where staff lead them to
grow spiritually.
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6. Thomas Harrison
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7. Did You Know???
Can you find
a leader?
Among these
students at
an East Rock
HS game,
our Y.L.
leaders are
there building
friendships
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8. History
Young Life was
founded in 1941 by
Jim Rayburn, a
church youth
leader and recent
seminary
graduate.

9. History
He began a weekly club for kids
where there was singing, skits
and a simple message about
Jesus.

10. History
Attendance increased
dramatically when they began
meeting in the homes of kids.

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Young Life in
Harrisonburg/Rockingham Co is
over 25 years old !!

12. Campaigners is a bible study where kids
can safely ask questions about their faith
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13. “Young Life is a group of people trying
to get teenagers to listen to the
greatest message in the world.” – Jim
Rayburn

14. at Young Life camp,
students process the
Message of Jesus.

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There are nearly 10,000 high school
and middle school students living in
Harrisonburg/Rockingham Co. 10,000
kids making decisions that will affect
their entire lives!

16. Jamie Danehower, a
Capernaum Leader
(ministry to kid’s with
disabilities) plays JMU
Club baseball
Featured Leaders

17. “Everywhere I go I meet
people who have had their
lives completely changed
for the better by Young
Life. So inspiring.”
– Donald Miller, Author

18. Harrisonburg High School
1st club of the year

19. “Anything that we do is about building
relationships. This has been the philosophy
from the ‘40s and I think in some ways it
works better today.”
- Ryan Silvius, Camp Director,
Clearwater Cove

20. Elkton Campaigners
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21. Afia Ukor, a SR
leader
at Skyline Middle
School,
will attend med
school
next year. She is an
amazing
photographer
as well
Featured Leaders

22. Young Life own 23 amazing camps
around the country, where 1,000’s
of kids have the best weeks of
their lives

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YoungLives is a ministry specifically to
teen mom’s in our community.
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24. Platinum
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Gold
Advantage Physical Therapy & Sports Performance, PC
Colorquest LLC
Dynamic Aviation
Eastside Church
Rockingham Construction Co., Inc
Young Life Committee
Silver
Ted and Stephanne Byrd
Daily News Record
First Bank and Trust
Layman and Nichols, PC
Stoneburner, Inc
Trost Custom Homes
United Bank
Bronze
The Law Offices of John C. Holloran
LD&B Insurance Agency
Rockingham Cooperative, Inc.
Shickel Corporation
Friends
Brown & Sutt General Dentistry
Delp Electric
Miller Cupp Associates Architects, PC
Rockingham Group
Thank you
to our
Banquet
Underwriters
for making this
night possible!

25. Anne-Stewart Freeman is
serving as
a Staff Associate for WyldLife
ministries. She leads the
charge on
making sure we are
connecting, teaching, meeting,
and ministering to
middle school students
Featured Staff

26. “At Young Life I started
hearing about Jesus in a new
way, and I asked Him into my
life.”
– Elisa Morgan, President of
MOPS International

27. “We can’t wait for teenagers to come
to us; we must go to them.” - Jim
Rayburn

28. Did You Know???
The Annual Young Life Golf Marathon
will be in it’s 18th year! Some member of
the committee have played every single
year since the beginning!
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29. “The speaker was outstanding...
There were about 300 kids in the
room, and every single one was
listening.”
Eric Chavez, on his first
Young Life camp experience

30. Our Young Life Committee oversees staff, leaders, fundraising, and
communicating with the community! They are a family!

31. we believe kids were made for adventure
in a relationship with Christ

32. “When Young Life goes into any area, we
realize that the movement of God is
already taking place there among His
people... We are joining in that movement.”
- Bill Starr,
Young Life’s 2nd President

33. Deb Zwanzig (Bill and Deb are
committee chair’s) was last year’s
Waterman Elem teacher of the year.
Featured Committee

34. “No matter where Young
Life goes throughout the
world, their motivation,
methods and ministry are
making a difference.”
– Susan Hutchinson, former
news anchorwoman

35. Each year the Uptown House hosts new
freshmen who become leaders!!

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At more than 37 Young Life camps
worldwide, more than 75,000 kids
enjoy the best week of their lives
every summer. Year-round camp
guests total more than 270,000.

37. Vida Joven Leader
Kayla Da Silva speaks
Portuguese and is
hilarious.
Featured Leaders

38. Throughout the week, Y.L. leaders meet with
students for “discipleship breakfasts” where
they grow in the faith. Mr J’s loves it!

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In 1960, Jim Rayburn met with Vice
President Richard Nixon to talk
about Young Life. Nixon asked if he
could help and readily agreed to a
letter of endorsement for assembly
speeches at local high schools.

40. Turner Ashby Leader
Jason Cotton is an avid
surfer
Featured Leaders

41. “When I retire from
seminary, I’m going to apply
for a position on Young Life
staff.”
– the late Howard Hendricks,
Professor, Dallas
Theological Seminary

42. YL leaders attend football games
to meet students

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Broadway leaders pick up students on
the West Virginia line for club, over 1 HR
and 10 min from campus.

44. History
During the 1938-39
school year, Jim
Rayburn started an
after-school meeting
called “The Miracle
Book Club.”
Attendance grew
steadily.

45. History
In 1940, the Club moved from
the afternoon to the evening and
from the high school to kids’
homes.

46. History
The week before finals, there
were 170 kids at the Miracle
Book Club.

47. “We will always be a mission of committed
people who develop meaningful relationships
with kids because they are worthy of honor and
significance”
- Denny Rydberg,
President of Young Life

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Y.L. Club lasts about an hour and is filled
with fun, games, music, and a message
about Jesus. It’s the first entry point for a
student into Young Life
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49. Turner Ashby Young
Lifer Nic
Moyers now plays
football for JMU, he
got a full
scholarship!
Featured students

50. “What you folks do around
the world is beyond
comprehension... I may
help save animals, but you
help save lives.”
- Jack Hanna

51. Students at camp love “50’s night”,
although many have no idea what the
50’s were like

52. “Why should we not present the beautiful
Gospel of the magnificent Lord Jesus
Christ in equally beautiful and first-class
surroundings?”
– Jim Rayburn, founder of Young Life

53. Saranac Village 1969
Saranac Lake, NY

54. Did You Know?
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Every spring
Young Life
throws a Prom
for our kids
with
disabilities.
The dancing is
awesome!
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55. Team Elkton
drives around
40 minutes to
meet with
students
Featured Leaders

56. 422 kids and leaders went to
camp this summer!

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Follow us on Twitter and instagram
@HRockYoungLife for daily updates and
pics of ministry!

58. History
3 YL Presidents + Tom
(L. to r.: Jim Rayburn, Bill Starr,
Bob Mitchell and Tom Raley)

59. Last year we trained, interviewed and
placed 63 leaders

60. “It is a wonderful thing for me
to hang around Young Life
people.”
– Tim Brown,
President, Western
Seminary

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Every student who goes to camp
has a One-on-One with their leader
by the end of the week to discuss
where they stand in their faith and
how they want to be prayed for.

62. “(My Young Life leader)
was the first person who
showed me how
much fun and how
cool it can be to
be a Christian.”
– Aaron Rodgers

63. Capernaum Camp

64. Young Lives

65. “I love Young Life kids...
My wife of 26 years is a
Young Life kid.”
- Jeff Foxworthy,
comedian

66. Did you know?
Area Director Justin Ryder has 2 girls,
and he has never once thought of using
their cuteness as a ploy to get you
involved in Young Life.
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67. Beyond Malibu 1970
Princess Louisa Inlet, BC

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Any aged person can be a Young Life
leader! Talk to us if you are interested.
Tonight’s speaker Scott Hamilton still
leads and is at least 48.

69. History
As Young Life began
to have success in
reaching
disinterested kids,
the staff saw the
obvious need for a
follow up program.

70. History
About this time, Jim Rayburn
became good friends with Dawson
Trotman the founder of The
Navigators.

71. History
For many years, Campaigners
were given Navigator materials
as part of their discipleship.

72. “I gave my life to Jesus on
the ninth hole of the frisbee
golf course (at Young Life
camp).”
– Brandon Heath,
Recording Artist

73. Work Crew Testimonies at
Summer Camp
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74. Young Life Camping includes month long
opportunities to serve on Work Crew and
Summer Staff
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The
Life 5K
last year) to help kids who can’t afford Young Life
camp have the experience. This year’s date is
March 29th at Blue Ridge Christian School

76. Pence WyldLife

77. “I discovered (Young Life) at
Saranac... I fell in love with the
staff, and have enjoyed your boats
and the water that you own... and
the Christ that you display in your
personality and your character.”
– Donald Miller, Author

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Eastern Mennonite WyldLife
Started last spring!!!!
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79. “For me, the face of Jesus
was in all the Young Life
leaders.”
- Gregg Foxworthy,
about her first YL camp
experience

80. Vida Joven at Lake
Champion this year

81. Follow Us!
@HRockYoungLife

82. “My Young Life leader was
the single most influential
person in my life as far as
drawing me closer to the
Lord.”
Rear Admiral Robert
Burt, Chief of Navy Chaplains

83. “I went with 10 of my friends to
visit a teacher who had worked
with Young Life in our high
school... That was the seed
being watered. There was a lot of
planning, commitment and
dedication taking place.”
- A.C. Green

84. History
In 1943, Jim
Rayburn flew to
Chicago to speak at
Wheaton College.
He was picked up
at the airport by a
student named Billy
Graham.

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YoungLives leaders on a club night:
call teen moms, pick up teen moms
& babies, serve dinner, rock crying
babies, lead a game, be in a skit,
give a club talk, hand out diapers,
drop off teen moms & babies, sleep.

86. Platinum
Senger Roofing, LLC
Gold
Advantage Physical Therapy & Sports Performance, PC
Colorquest LLC
Dynamic Aviation
Eastside Church
Rockingham Construction Co., Inc
Young Life Committee
Silver
Ted and Stephanne Byrd
Daily News Record
First Bank and Trust
Layman and Nichols, PC
Stoneburner, Inc
Trost Custom Homes
United Bank
Bronze
The Law Offices of John C. Holloran
LD&B Insurance Agency
Rockingham Cooperative, Inc.
Shickel Corporation
Friends
Brown & Sutt General Dentistry
Delp Electric
Miller Cupp Associates Architects, PC
Rockingham Group
Thank you
to our
Banquet
Underwriters
for making this
night possible!

87. “(Kids) trust you. They love
you. They believe in you.
They respect you. Teach
them how to know the truth
and defend it.”
- the late Chuck Colson,
Founder Prison Fellowship

88. “Young Life was so neat. It
was so cool to sit there with
all kinds of kids, Catholics
and Jews, and just, well...
it was so cool!”
- Joni Eareckson Tada,
after her first Young Life
club, age 15.

89. “I go all the way back to
gravel slides, when Young
Life didn't care about
personal camper safety.”
- Gregg Foxworthy

90. Rockbridge 1992
Goshen, VA

91. “I hold a deep respect for the
ministry of Young Life
because of the way it appeals
to kids right where they are.”
– Joe Gibbs, former coach,
Washington Redskins

92. “It only took one time and
he was really into it. It’s
made an immense
difference in his life.”
- U.S. Open Champion,
Lee Janzen, about his son’s
Young Life club experience

93. "It might sound
funny with our age
difference and all, but
(my Young Life
leader is) one of the
best friends I’ve ever
had."
- Brady Quinn

94. "(Jim Rayburn) was one of the
greatest Christians I ever knew
and he had a profound
influence on my life. It is now
up to us to carry the torch that
Jim so courageously carried for
so many years."
- Billy Graham

95. “Christ is the strongest, grandest, most
attractive personality ever to grace this
earth, but a careless messenger with
the wrong approach can reduce all this
magnificence to a level of boredom.”
– Jim Rayburn

96. History
Contact work has remained
the hallmark of Young Life
around the world.

97. "Thank you for all you do.
Keep doing it.
Keep doing it.
Keep doing it."
- Jeff Foxworthy,
Comedian and volunteer
WyldLife leader

98. “The first time, ever really,
I heard the Gospel
presented clearly.”
- Bill Haslam, Governor of
Tennessee, about his first
Young Life club

99. “Jesus is not just what Young Life is all
about. Jesus is all that Young Life is all
about.”
– Jim Rayburn

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Jordy Nelson of the Green Bay Packers
donated $100 to Young Life Green Bay
for every reception he had in 2012. He
caught 49 passes last year!

101. Platinum
Senger Roofing, LLC
Gold
Advantage Physical Therapy & Sports Performance, PC
Colorquest LLC
Dynamic Aviation
Eastside Church
Rockingham Construction Co., Inc
Young Life Committee
Silver
Ted and Stephanne Byrd
Daily News Record
First Bank and Trust
Layman and Nichols, PC
Stoneburner, Inc
Trost Custom Homes
United Bank
Bronze
The Law Offices of John C. Holloran
LD&B Insurance Agency
Rockingham Cooperative, Inc.
Shickel Corporation
Friends
Brown & Sutt General Dentistry
Delp Electric
Miller Cupp Associates Architects, PC
Rockingham Group
Thank you
to our
Banquet
Underwriters
for making this
night possible!

102. “Young Life showed me
Christ, but it also has shown
me community. It’s
relationships through Young
Life that have encouraged
me in using the gifts that
God has given me.”
– Brandon Heath, Artist