The Center for Youth and Leadership

The CYL is on the front lines of developing new and creative ideas for student ministry. We exist to help you be the most prepared to live out your calling. We also want to serve you by providing some of the best services that you can offer the people your ministry impacts.

Our passion is to help you accomplish your mission.

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Your Adolescent and drugs! How soon do we need to worry?

The reason some adolescents try or experiment with substances and are able to walk away, while others become addicted or begin ...

Teenage brain changes dramatically

Research in the last decade has given us some dramatic new insight into the development of the brain. We have learned that ...

Music has role in adolescent development

Adolescents use music in many ways. It helps relieve loneliness, tension and boredom. It uplifts their mood when they feel ...

More World of Youth

One of the Greatest Act of Teen Leadership I Have Witnessed

The following is from my friend Tim Eldred's newsletter for Christian Endeavor. It is a powerful story of getting out of the ...

Riddle Me This?

To the one who solves the riddle, you win this week’s prize (the prize is also a mystery)! After someone solves the riddle, I ...

Brag on them

This weekend my son Riley had the privilege of singing in the regional honor choir for the American Choral Directors ...