“Just wait until you get into the real world…” As a teenager I heard that statement more times than I could count. However, the truth is that life on a junior high or high school campus is about as real as it gets. Students walk the halls with deep secrets. Many are overwhelmed with life. Countless numbers of teens are full of hurt and pain. This is reality. Throughout this school year, and especially as the holiday season approaches, let’s be quick to reach out to the lost and hurting on campus. We believe in you! If you have any questions about how to start a campus club, how to make your existing club more effective, or if you just need to talk to someone, the Youth Alive staff is here for you. E-mail me at mglenn@ag.org, or call me at 1.800.545.2766. Mary Glenn Youth Alive Missionary Aide National Campus Club Coordinator You have received this e-mail for either having chartered your club nationally with Youth Alive or for having signed up at www.yausa.com.
	Motivated To Serve A story has been told of a man who pulled up at a large public campsite. His station wagon was piled high. It looked like the Beverly Hillbillies on tour. There was stuff tied on everywhere. When the car stopped at its designated parking space, a bunch of kids jumped out of the car. They immediately began scurrying around untying the camping equipment and other things off the car’s top. They busied themselves setting up the tents, gathering wood and throwing it in the fire ring, lighting the fire and spreading everything out. In less than 45 minutes the entire campsite was set up and ready to go. They looked to their father and said, “Is that okay, Dad?” The dad looked around at everything, noting that indeed everything was in place. He said, “Sure, it’s fine.” The kids ran as fast as they could and disappeared from sight, obviously in a hurry to get where they were going. The gentleman who was camping next to them—who had, after three days, finally gotten his fire right and all his camping equipment set up just like he wanted it—was intrigued as he sipped his coffee and watched what was happening next door. When he saw the kids run off, his curiosity got the best of him. He walked over and said to the father, “How do you do that? When I pull up here, my kids disappear almost instantly. I’m left trying to set up the tent by myself. I don’t understand. How did you develop such teamwork among your kids? How did you achieve so much unity that this job gets done so quickly?” The father smiled and said, “Really, it’s easy. I just tell them that no one gets to go to the restroom until we’re completely set up.” Sometimes necessity creates the unity required for teamwork. Our campus clubs must stay aligned to our purpose and passion. Unity is a powerful thing and it is directly related to servanthood. If you cannot be a servant, you and your club will remain weak and powerless. When you develop a servant's heart, when you make a commitment to teamwork, when personal success is set aside to honor God, then you and your club’s influence will grow stronger. Only servants can create unity. It is the searching and striving for attention that creates division in many campus clubs. Be a servant and guard against it. Catch the Wave Evangelism ideas for your club www.gocampus.org The Wave is a special hour of evangelism in which Christian students are challenged to participate. Beginning on the East coast and proceeding through each time zone, the Good News that Jesus died for us will be proclaimed across our land on selected dates. Here’s how The Wave works: Christian students pray, especially in groups of three or more, asking God to empower, direct, and guide them to others whom He is already leading to begin a relationship with Jesus. These same students then take steps of faith by talking through the questionnaire (links below) with fellow students during their lunch period. Present it interview-style, rather than handing out the questionnaire. This will allow interaction with the person being interviewed, and possibly a lead-in to the gospel. Students can use the Alive in Christ: Guess What Happened to Me booklet to explain how to have a personal relationship with God. The Wave will be sweeping across our nation. Be sure to catch it! Upcoming Wave Dates - 2007 /2008 (set your own dates if these don’t work for you): Oct. 17 - Halloween Wave Nov. 14 - Thanksgiving Wave Dec. 12 - Holiday Wave Jan. 16 - New Year's Resolution Feb. 13 or 14 - Dating Wave March 12 - St Patrick's Day March 19 - Easter Wave May 14 - Year-at-a-Glance You can find even more information at www.gocampus.org. Just enter “The Wave” on the search window and you will find the site to download each month’s evangelism questionnaire.

Club Meeting Ideas We recommend Service as a theme for your club meetings this month. November is a great time to help others in your community and school with acts of service. Find out what it means to serve others with this club inning. To download a free meeting guide, go to http://www.yausa.com/downloads/. Double click on the inning or club meeting of your choice. It will download a printable PDF file onto your computer. Holiday Outreach Ideas The approaching holidays will provide many opportunities for your club to serve your school and show the love of Jesus Christ. Following are some ways for you and your club to serve others over the next few months: Backpack Drive: Fill backpacks with school supplies for elementary age students. Host a Thanksgiving canned food drive at the school. Volunteer at a local homeless shelter. Visit senior citizens at an area nursing home. Operation Christmas Child (Samaritan’s Purse): Take an ordinary shoebox and fill it with small toys, school supplies, and other gifts. Add a personal note and introduce a hurting child to God’s love. Organize a “Toys for Tots” Drive. Ask your school principal if your club could set up a collection bin in the school office. Challenge other students and clubs to drop off donated items as well. Collect toys and bring them to children in the cancer ward of the hospital. Make “I care” kits with combs, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and shampoo for a homeless or battered women’s shelter. Hold a teddy bear drive for foster children, fire victims, etc. Donate clothes to the Salvation Army. Help the janitorial staff. Clean the campus (pick up trash in and around school). Sponsor an Adopt-a-Block/Community Clean Up. Paint the music stands. Clean the gym or stadium after games. A New Resource for Campus Clubs: Campus Club Digisource! This CD-Rom resource contains over 100 tools for both students and leaders, including printable PDF resources. For students: How to start a club, knowing your legal rights on campus, more than a years worth of campus club meetings, promotional posters and invitations, fundraising ideas, and more. For leaders: tips on building relationships with teachers and administrators, networking tools and how to coach a club and more. This must have resource is $25.00 and available in the Youth Alive store at www.yausa.com

Student Stories from Youth Alive Forums www.yausa.com/forums Claire Netzer— “I have also committed to help run our Christian club at school. Previous years, the club wouldn’t do any reaching out to lost students, and this year I volunteered to run it through Youth Alive, and to kind of be president. I’m really excited, but scared as well. Being a campus missionary during the beginning of school is difficult. Not many people want to hear about it. At our first meeting for CSI (Christian Students, Inc.) there were four girls, me included. We have over 2500 kids in our school, and I found the turn out pretty disappointing. But, tomorrow is our next meeting and I pray that many more decide to show up. Thank you guys for being here to guide me as I run our club this year. I don’t know what I would’ve done with out your help!” Let’s Talk! Get in on the discussion.  Share Your See You At The Pole Experience Check it out! Post your own club testimony, get advice, or ask a question from youth leaders and other club leaders from across the nation at http://www.yausa.com/forums/.

Hot Links Check out www.crosswalk.com. There are devotions, Bible studies, articles, and much more to help you prepare and develop as a leader. Help us make sure that your local See You At The Pole experience is included in the international movement. You can submit a quick report of the numbers at your flagpole at www.syatp.com. It is not too late! Until next month, keep building other students’ hope in Christ one life at a time! Your friends at Youth Alive www.yausa.com