banquet informational slides fall '13

Each of our 16 clubs has a volunteerTeam Leader that coordinates their clubs activities

“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

Contact Work: Leaders go to be with students on their turf, these are

football games

PlatinumSenger Roofing, LLC

 Gold

Advantage Physical Therapy & Sports Performance, PCColorquest LLC

Dynamic AviationEastside Church

Rockingham Construction Co., IncYoung Life Committee

 Silver

Ted and Stephanne ByrdDaily News RecordFirst Bank and Trust

Layman and Nichols, PCStoneburner, Inc

Trost Custom HomesUnited Bank

 Bronze

The Law Offices of John C. HolloranLD&B Insurance Agency

Rockingham Cooperative, Inc.Shickel Corporation

 Friends

Brown & Sutt General DentistryDelp Electric

Miller Cupp Associates Architects, PCRockingham 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.

6

Thomas Harrison

7

Did You Know???Can you find

a leader?Among thesestudents atan East RockHS game, our Y.L.leaders are there building friendships

Young Life was founded in 1941 by Jim Rayburn, a church youth leader and recent seminary graduate.

History

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

History

HistoryAttendance increased dramatically when they began meeting in the homes of kids.

Did You

Know???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

“Young Life is a group of people trying to get teenagers to listen to the greatest message in the world.” – Jim Rayburn

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

Did You

Know???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!

Featured Leaders

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

“Everywhere I go I meet people who have had their lives completely changed for the better by Young Life. So inspiring.” 

– Donald Miller, Author

Harrisonburg High School 1st club of the

year

“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

2020

Elkton Campaigners

Featured Leaders

Afia Ukor, a SR leaderat Skyline Middle School, will attend med school next year. She is an amazing photographeras well

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

23

Did You

Know???YoungLives is a ministry specifically to teen mom’s in our community.

PlatinumSenger Roofing, LLC

 Gold

Advantage Physical Therapy & Sports Performance, PCColorquest LLC

Dynamic AviationEastside Church

Rockingham Construction Co., IncYoung Life Committee

 Silver

Ted and Stephanne ByrdDaily News RecordFirst Bank and Trust

Layman and Nichols, PCStoneburner, Inc

Trost Custom HomesUnited Bank

 Bronze

The Law Offices of John C. HolloranLD&B Insurance Agency

Rockingham Cooperative, Inc.Shickel Corporation

 Friends

Brown & Sutt General DentistryDelp Electric

Miller Cupp Associates Architects, PCRockingham Group

Thank you to our

Banquet Underwriters

for making this night possible!

Featured Staff

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

“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

“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!

“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

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

we believe kids were made for adventure in a relationship with

Christ

“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

Featured Committee

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

“No matter where Young Life goes throughout the world, their motivation, methods and ministry are making a difference.”

– Susan Hutchinson, former news

anchorwoman

Each year the Uptown House hosts new freshmen who become

leaders!!

Did You

Know???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.

Featured Leaders

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

Throughout the week, Y.L. leaders meet with students for “discipleship

breakfasts” where they grow in the faith. Mr J’s loves it!

Did You

Know???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.

Featured Leaders

Turner Ashby Leader Jason Cotton is an avid surfer

“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

YL leaders attend football games to meet students

Did You

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

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

History

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

History

History

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

“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

48

Did You

Know???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

Featured students

Turner Ashby Young Lifer Nic Moyers now plays football for JMU, he got a full scholarship!

“What you folks do around the world is

beyond comprehension... I may help save animals, but you help save lives.”

- Jack Hanna

Students at camp love “50’s night”, although many have no idea what

the 50’s were like

“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

Saranac Village - 1969Saranac Lake, NY

54

Did You Know???

Every spring Young Life throws a Prom for our kids with disabilities. The dancing is awesome!

Featured Leaders

Team Elkton drives around 40 minutes to meet with students

422 kids and leaders went to camp this summer!

Did You

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

History

3 YL Presidents + Tom (L. to r.: Jim Rayburn, Bill

Starr, Bob Mitchell and Tom Raley)

Last year we trained, interviewed and placed 63

leaders

“It is a wonderful thing for me to hang around Young Life people.”

– Tim Brown,President, Western

Seminary

Did You

Know???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.

“(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

Capernaum Camp

Young Lives

“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.

Beyond Malibu - 1970Princess Louisa Inlet, BC

Did You

Know???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.

HistoryAs Young Life

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

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

History

HistoryFor many years, Campaigners were given Navigator materials as part of their discipleship.

“I gave my life to Jesus on the ninth hole of the frisbee golf course (at Young Life camp).” 

– Brandon Heath, Recording Artist

7373

Work Crew Testimonies at Summer Camp

74

Young Life Camping includes month long opportunities to serve on Work

Crew and Summer Staff

Did You Know???The Young Life 5K raises thousands of dollars (20K 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

Pence WyldLife

“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

78

Did You

Know???Eastern Mennonite WyldLifeStarted last spring!!!!

“For me, the face of Jesus was in all the

Young Life leaders.”

- Gregg Foxworthy, about her first YL camp

experience

Vida Joven at Lake Champion this year

Follow Us!

@HRockYoungLife

“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

“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

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

Did You

Know???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.

PlatinumSenger Roofing, LLC

 Gold

Advantage Physical Therapy & Sports Performance, PCColorquest LLC

Dynamic AviationEastside Church

Rockingham Construction Co., IncYoung Life Committee

 Silver

Ted and Stephanne ByrdDaily News RecordFirst Bank and Trust

Layman and Nichols, PCStoneburner, Inc

Trost Custom HomesUnited Bank

 Bronze

The Law Offices of John C. HolloranLD&B Insurance Agency

Rockingham Cooperative, Inc.Shickel Corporation

 Friends

Brown & Sutt General DentistryDelp Electric

Miller Cupp Associates Architects, PCRockingham Group

Thank you to our

Banquet Underwriters

for making this night possible!

“(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

“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.

“I go all the way back to gravel slides, when Young Life didn't care

about personal camper safety.”

- Gregg Foxworthy

Rockbridge - 1992Goshen, VA

“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

“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

 "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

"(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

“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

HistoryContact work has remained the hallmark of Young Life around the world.

"Thank you for all you do. Keep doing it. Keep doing it. Keep doing it."

- Jeff Foxworthy, Comedian and

volunteer WyldLife leader

“The first time, ever really, I heard the Gospel presented

clearly.”

- Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee, about

his first Young Life club

“Jesus is not just what Young Life is all about. Jesus is all that Young Life is all about.” 

– Jim Rayburn

Did You

Know???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!

PlatinumSenger Roofing, LLC

 Gold

Advantage Physical Therapy & Sports Performance, PCColorquest LLC

Dynamic AviationEastside Church

Rockingham Construction Co., IncYoung Life Committee

 Silver

Ted and Stephanne ByrdDaily News RecordFirst Bank and Trust

Layman and Nichols, PCStoneburner, Inc

Trost Custom HomesUnited Bank

 Bronze

The Law Offices of John C. HolloranLD&B Insurance Agency

Rockingham Cooperative, Inc.Shickel Corporation

 Friends

Brown & Sutt General DentistryDelp Electric

Miller Cupp Associates Architects, PCRockingham Group

Thank you to our

Banquet Underwriters

for making this night possible!

“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