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Have a desire to invest in the lives of kids? Consider becoming a Young Life leader.
You were made for this.


BASED ON RELATIONSHIPS

Young Life starts with adults who are concerned enough about kids to go to them -- on their turf and in their culture -- building bridges of authentic friendship. These relationships don't happen overnight -- they take time, patience, trust and consistency.

We log many hours with kids, listening to their stories and learning what's important to them, all because kids' lives are dramatically impacted when caring adults come alongside them, and share with them the truth about God's love.

The choices they make today, based upon God's love for them, will impact future decisions -- careers chosen, marriages formed and families raised -- all ripples from the time when a Young Life leader took time to reach out and enter their world.

"I volunteer because my leaders volunteered. It's an amazing feeling to be that person that steps in and says, 'this isn't what life is about; this is what life is about'. That Jesus is what life is about."
-- Krisangela, Young Life leader


A TIME-TESTED APPROACH

Young Life is based on a few time-tested methods for reaching out to adolescents in friendship and hope.

Young Life leaders go where kids are, meet them as they are, and believe in who they can be. We call the persistent going out into their world CONTACT WORK.

Young Life CLUB is the best night of each week for kids across the United States and around the world. It's controlled chaos that's almost impossible to describe, coupled with a simple message about God's love. After all, that's what the celebration is all about.

Kids consistently tell us that Young Life CAMP is the best week of their lives. How else would you describe a week where deep relationships are forged in the midst of mindboggling fun as you experience the greatest love story ever told?

CAMPAIGNERS is a weekly meeting for adolescents who wish to learn more or grow in their faith through study, service and leadership. They're also encouraged to celebrate their faith through participation in a local congregation.


WHAT IS A LEADER?

Our volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds. Like the people you've met on this site, they're moms and dads, college students and working professionals, retirees and other compassionate adults who want God's best for kids. The diversity of our volunteers helps us make an eternal difference with all kinds of kids in all kinds of places.

When you're a leader, you're also joining a community of dynamic staff, leaders and committee. It's not uncommon for leaders to say that they get more out of being a leader than what they give.

Are you interested? Think that maybe YOU were made for this? Then get started by contacting the nearest Young Life office or by e-mailing our Service Center.

"I get so much out of being a leader, more than the kids sometimes. I have people around me who support me. I've learned so much about what it means to follow, to serve others and to know God's love."
-- Dan, college student and WyldLife leader

WHAT ARE YOU MADE FOR?

There is a match for every leader's interest and gifts in Young Life.

Young Life Young Life is the name of our worldwide organization and is also the term we use for our program with high school students, while we call our middle school program WyldLife.

Young Life College is for college and university students.

Young Life's multicultural/urban ministry is focused on kids in diverse cultural communities and those in economically depressed areas.

We refer to our ministry with kids with disabilities as Capernaum and to our work with teen moms as YoungLives.

In a partnership with Military Community Youth Ministries, Young Life reaches military teens through a program called Club Beyond. The Small Town/Rural initiative brings Young Life to communities of fewer than 25,000 people and Amicus is our international student exchange program.