McKinney YoungLife’s focus is to reach every kid, everywhere, for eternity. YoungLife is a non-denominational Christian outreach ministry that reaches out to lost high school kids for the gospel. We want to give hope to kids who live in a world of rejection, impossible standards, and hopeless dreams.  Five years ago a group of people wanted to bring YoungLife to McKinney and had big dreams to do so. That first summer twelve high school kids who had never heard about YoungLife went to a summer camp called Frontier Ranch in Colorado. Those high school kids had the opportunity to experience one of the best weeks of their life and some even met Christ for the first time. Little did they know but they were quickly becoming the building blocks of this young ministry.  Four years later there are now four separate ministries reaching out to kids in McKinney: MHS YoungLife, North YoungLife, Boyd YoungLife and Capernaum YoungLife.

Volunteer Leaders:

Volunteer leaders are the foundation of the ministry. Leaders are committed to being involved with kids' lives -- from supporting them at their sporting events to listening to them talk about what's important to them. Our leaders help kids consider the direction of their lives, and they offer hope for their future. Over thirty volunteer leaders are involved weekly in McKinney YoungLife to reaching out to kids for Christ.

Committee:

If volunteer leaders are the foundation of the ministry then the committee is the backbone. The YoungLife committee implements and maintains the ministry of Young Life in the community. They work in partnership with the area and regional Young Life staff by sharing ideas and providing counsel and prayer support. The committee helps the staff plan the local Young Life program and develop new places of outreach. One of the biggest roles of the committee is that it takes ownership for having Young Life in the community, and organizes a strong financial foundation to sustain local work with kids.

There are 4 “C’s” to YoungLife:

Club – Is what we call our weekly Monday night meetings. These Monday night meetings meet almost every Monday throughout the school year. Club usually lasts for an hour and each ministry meets at different times on Mondays.

Campaigners – This is our small group for kids who want to go deeper with their YoungLife leader. Campaigners meet weekly and places and time vary.

Camp – YoungLife camp is touted as the “best week of kids’ lives”. McKinney YoungLife goes to Colorado each year to either Frontier Ranch or Crooked Creek.
Contact Work (leaders) – leaders are the foundation of the ministry. They go where kids are at…whether that’s football games, baseball games, etc.

Area Director
Scott Rhoades
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