“…Jesus Christ is our greatest
need…He is far and away the most important and attractive person in the world
and every high school fellow and girl needs to find that out.” –Jim Rayburn,
Founder of Young Life
Giving your attention, time, and
love to someone whether you think
they are worth it or not is a big part of missions. God created every single
person and he thinks they are worth
it. Christians are called to accept someone no matter where they come from,
what they’re involved in, or how much money they have. Christians are called to
love the broken, the lonely, and the poor in spirit. Why are Christians called
to love? So that through loving someone unconditionally Christ’s love will be
made known.
“Young life is a group of adults
reaching kids for Christ through personal relationships, using the model of
Jesus Christ to love them unconditionally and meet them on their own turf.” Young
Life is an organization that is centered on loving high school students because
Christ loved us first. Our leaders are to love on these kids unconditionally,
meaning no matter what kind of life they live. This is a picture of some of our
boys having a blast at our Monday night Young Life Club, which is just a small
piece of Young Live. Club is an opportunity we have to make these kids feel
important, wanted, and to just have a blast. Their home life may or may not be
crap, but when they come to Club they get to forget their troubles for a few
hours. Club is only where we begin our relationships with the students. We draw
them in with the fun and games, bond a little while, and get to start reaching
out to them in other ways. I truly believe Young Life, when done the way it was
originally created, is something that reflects the heart of God and his
Mission.
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