I am so excited about this year in Young Life, I can hardly contain it!  We are going to be doing things differently this year, and I hope you will join us.  Our goal is to reach as many kids as possible, so that they can be invited into a relationship with Jesus.

CLUB- Club will be once a month.  It will be an outreach event with pizza and t-shirts.  We recently met with some of our core high school kids and asked them what would draw more kids to club.  They said FOOD, t-shirts, and great music.  With that in mind, we will be giving them physical food as well as spiritual food.  We have one generous donor for pizzas already, but we need more!  ($100 for pizzas at lunch, $100 for pizzas at club.) On the day of club we are going to go to Madison High with 20 pizzas and set up a table.  Each kid that comes by will get a slice of pizza and a flier for club that night.  We will introduce ourselves and personally invite them to club.  Our core kids will be involved in this as well- and all have a matching Young Life t-shirt to wear to school that day.

Imagine you are a student at Madison High school. You come to school one day and see about 30 kids wearing the same red t-shirt that says Young Life.  At lunch, you get a slice of free pizza and a flier, you are greeted warmly and INVITED.  You are told that the first 30 kids that come to this Young Life event will get a free t-shirt! Not only are you invited, but you will feel INCLUDED.  The more Young Life t-shirts we have out there, the more kids will know about it, and the more kids will come and be INVITED into a relationship with Christ!  As a high school student, is there anything better than feeling invited and included?  No way! We still need a T-shirt sponsor for our first club- 30 t-shirts at $220.

“What else can I do to help with CLUB on Sept 29?” Just being there and observing is a great first step!  I would love to have more of a Northminster presence at our Young Life clubs.  Leaders will arrive at 6pm to set up and pray.  At 6:45pm kids will start arriving and eating pizza.  At 7:15pm the doors will open and the controlled chaos will begin!  Special guest Clister will perform some of the songs he wrote.  Around 8:10 Nate Landis will give a “Club Talk” that you don’t want to miss.  We are praying for an amazing response from kids- that this might be the night they accept Jesus into their lives for the first time!

I really hope you can make it.  Please feel free to call me any time if you have questions.

Become a leader! We are always looking for more Young Life and Wyldlife leaders.  If you are interested in becoming a leader, come with us on our Leadership Weekend at Knotts Berry Farm Sept 26-28! Cost is $150.  Fun, fellowship and training- please let me know ASAP if you are interested.

Become a Mentor for a Leader! Leaders will all be paired with a mentor, and they will meet for ONE hour each month to encourage that leader, pray for them, and ask a set of accountability questions.  We still need 5 male mentors and 3 female mentors.  One hour information/training meeting TONIGHT, Sept 21, from 5pm-6pm in the youth room! If you can’t make it to this meeting, but still want to be a mentor just let me know.

Preschool Potluck- we need helpers! The Preschool is having a parents’ night THIS Thursday, Sept 25.  Young Life is in charge of child care from 5-7:30pm.  We need 8 more helpers for this event. Please let me know if you are available.

I thank all of you for supporting this ministry. God Bless- Chelsea