Young Life
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YoungLife is a worldwide, non-profit, Evangelical Christian organization. YoungLife consists of many branches of ministry (see below), but most commonly the name "YoungLife" refers to the outreach arm of the organization directed toward high school
students. YoungLife staff and volunteer leaders build relationships with teenagers through a variety of social interactions, formal and informal events, and group trips in order to evangelize and teach Christian thought.
YoungLife is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado
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High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
students. YoungLife staff and volunteer leaders build relationships with teenagers through a variety of social interactions, formal and informal events, and group trips in order to evangelize and teach Christian thought.
YoungLife is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...
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Young Life Camp
Young life has many camps all over the United States. Young Life camp is known as "The Best Week of Your Life". Kids and Leaders get to experience a week full of fun and games but also a rewarding message and memories to last a lifetime. Many of the young life camps have Go-Karts, Horseback riding, Zip Lines, High Ropes Courses, and much more.Further reading
- Cailliet, Emile; Young Life (1963)
- Meridith, Char; It's a Sin to Bore a Kid: The Story of Young Life (1977) ISBN 0-8499-0043-3
- Miller, John; Back to the Basics about the early years of Young Life including a lot of Rayburn's life.
- Rayburn, Jim III; From Bondage To Liberty – Dance, Children, Dance a biographyBiographyA biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
by his son (2000) ISBN 0-9673897-4-7 - Rayburn, Jim: The Diaries of Jim Rayburn (2008) Rayburn's personal journals, edited and annotated by Kit Sublett Morningstar Press and Whitecaps Media ISBN 978-0-9758577-7-9