This year’s Global Day of Prayer is an invitation to rest in intimacy with our creator: God with us. Jesus invites us to “come away with him to a quiet place to rest” (Mark 6:31). He gave this invitation to his disciples after they returned excited, tired, and hungry from their first “missions trip,” and…
Young Life’s fiscal year-end is September 30, 2026. As you receive donations, please be aware of these specific income processing deadlines. Meeting these deadlines will ensure that donations to your mission unit are processed in the correct fiscal year. As you prepare next year’s budget, be sure to remember these financial best practices. For questions, please…
To make required screenings easier to complete, areas can now offer Child Safety training for a group. Just like the Summer Camp Leader Orientation, an area can host a leadership meeting, committee meeting, or other group gathering, watch the Child Safety training together, and then indicate in YL Connect everyone who attended and completed the…
Access the toolkit here! Young Life Marketing and Global Field Development have partnered to help you reach your year-end fundraising goals during the most generous time of the year! 🎉 Our 2026 theme is “With Us,” inspired by Isaiah 41:10: “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your…
Each year, the Marketing and Communications team creates banquet themes and ready-to-use assets, including invitations, table numbers, slide decks, and more, to help you plan with intention and make event logistics easier during a busy season. New banquet themes, plus a few from recent years, are available on your Young Life Canva Enterprise account. Visit the banquet…
As Young Life moves to a new online giving experience, we are also updating our mailed-in donation forms. All mailed-in credit card forms must include the card verification value (CVV). Don’t wait. Start now. Want new forms? Buy or print new forms here. Please avoid using your current forms. In order to avoid potential transaction…
Got some extra time this summer to catch up on your reading? Celebrate Young Life’s history in the pages of this 220-page commemorative book. Revisit the mission you remember. Discover aspects of that you’ve never seen before. Written in 2015, the Made for this Book still makes a great gift for donors, volunteers, staff members,…
As we seek to help keep you connected to the rhythm of what’s going on in the mission, we’re trying some new ways of communicating about Young Life. You can check out an overview of our major communications — where to find what you need to know and how to share it with others!
The Young Life College Summit in Nashville (November 11–13) is designed to encourage, equip, and connect our staff who are working in any capacity with college students. Together, we’ll step away from the day-to-day to experience community, adventure, and significance for ourselves. We will share ideas, worship, laugh (with lots of surprises), train, and learn…
Did you know YoungLives is celebrating 35 years of ministry this year? We have a special opportunity to celebrate God’s faithfulness, share powerful stories of transformation, and invite our communities into the next chapter of ministry. To support staff in YoungLives ministry, we’ve created a 35th Anniversary Field Toolkit filled with plug-and-play resources designed to help you raise…
