Blake Anderson serves as the digital marketing manager for Young Life. Among his many responsibilities, he creates content for the national Young Life Instagram account, so he’s our own social media expert! We asked Blake to share his advice for how we can more effectively use Instagram in our WyldLife areas.Successful social media isn’t random. … Continue reading 3 Tips for Making the Most of Your WyldLife Instagram Account

Put some fun FEAR in your club with this theme! MIXERS + GROUP GAMES: Would You Rather (can use slides or leaders just say from upfront): divide the room in half, ask kids questions (I.e. would you rather have pickles for toes or sardines for fingers) and they either go to the left (for pickles) … Continue reading FEAR FACTOR CLUB

The John Project At first glance, the new discipleship resource from Young Life, The John Project, may seem beyond the interest or grasp of middle schoolers. So many pages. So many words. But after visiting with WyldLife staff who are going through The John Project with their students, it’s clear that first glances aren’t always to be trusted.Middle schoolers … Continue reading The John Project

The Chosen series As WyldLife leaders, we know that middle school kids need repetition and that a good visual is a great way to capture their attention. We started using The Chosen series in Campaigners to give kids a sense of what it may have looked like when Jesus healed the leper, or Peter and Andrew caught all those fish, … Continue reading The Chosen Series

DONUT stress about this weeks club. We've got you covered! (sprinkles included) Serve mini donuts / donut holes as kids arrive. Mixer: Donut Pass  Form 2 or 3 equal teams. Give each player a spoon and line them up in a row. Player one starts with a donut hole on their spoon so when the … Continue reading Donut Club

It's a "NO-BRAINER" that these are the best ideas for a WyldLife ZOMBIE club! Songs: Monster Mash, Ghostbusters Zombie Twister: Twister, but no mat. Instead of using a spinner, print and cut a list of body parts and pull out one instruction at a time. (Right hand to left foot...must be someone else's foot!) Pin the … Continue reading ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE CLUB

Creep it real with these ideas for your WyldLife clubs this Halloween season. STRAIGHT-UP HALLOWEEN GAMES: Toilet Paper Mummy Arrange everyone into teams of four or five kids. Give each team a few rolls of toilet paper. Each team selects a volunteer from the group to be the mummy. The goal of the game is … Continue reading HALLOWEEN CLUB IDEAS

ADVENTURE TIME! Use this vacation club theme to give kids a trip of a lifetime! Submitted by Emily in Oxford, MS. Opening song – your pick of a Beach Boys song! Mixer -  Lei The Leader Everyone gets a lei, divide into 2 teams for relay 2 leaders stand at the front,  there are 2 … Continue reading Vacation Club