Accommodation at Young Life College

Household

Everyone who lives at the Young Life College is not simply a tenant or a resident, but actually a member of a loving, worshipping and praying family, who love Jesus, who have fun together, and who do ministry as a team. The household consists of full time Abide trainees, Uni students, and highly committed Young Life leaders, who are led by the residential mentors.

A 10 minute walk from the Young Life College takes you to the Armidale CBD, including Coles and Aldi, where shopping for necessities can be done. Once at the edge of the CBD, busses leave for UNE at intervals of 30 minutes throughout the day. And additional 10 minute walk gets one to TAFE. These reasons make the Young Life College ideal student accommodation in the town.

Rooms

Young Life College provides both single and shared rooms. There is one large shared bathroom, and additional separate toilets, a shower, and an accessible en suite bathroom. The rooms include basic furniture, study corners and have ducted air conditioning. All residents will use the shared lounge and kitchen.

Please click on the volunteer and leaders tabs to see the different pricing structures.

Discipleship

Staff at the Young Life College take the mission of the College very seriously: to train young leaders for spiritual maturity and effective youth evangelism, in a caring Christian community.

To this end, regular household discipleship activities include

Community meals, especially Thursday cooked dinners, which is followed by ½ hour devotions;
Gender specific breakfast Bible studies, run by the residential mentors, fortnightly.

In these Bible studies, some the following content is covered, depending on the needs of the residents at the time:

7 Basic Bible studies
Swedish Bible study method – Romans
Evangelistic Training, for example ‘Two ways to live’
Training on reading the Bible one-one
Gender specific studies

Training

Residents of Young Life College have a number of Young Life training options available to them.
The Young Life online learning platform, YL Hub, hosts all the basic Young Life training courses. These enable people to become familiar with the principles of Young Life ministries. Resident leaders and volunteers work through these courses to equip them further in the ministry they are doing. Regular discussion groups are held at the Young Life College that unpack these principles, and are attended by residents and non-resident Young Life volunteers.

Young Life Internship coaching is available for residents at the Young Life College, which explore Young Life methods with more scrutiny, while feedback and grading is given for assignments.

Most importantly, all Young Life leaders and volunteers are observed and coached in practical hands on ministry by experienced Young Life staff, learning by doing, the Young Life way.

Ministries

Everyone who lives at the Young Life College has the opportunity to be involved in local Young Life ministry in some way.

Local Young Life ministries include a teen girls Bible study, teen boys Bible study, serving pancakes at local schools, lunchtime contact work at high schools, and chaplaincies in two local primary schools. Young Life also has ministries in two nearby towns, Uralla and Guyra.

Young Life volunteers and leaders also attend and serve at camps like the Wyld Life Camp, Summer Camp, Study Camp, and ski missions.

Leaders

Residents who want to be Young Life leaders commit to 6 hours of Young Life ministry per week. They also commit to serving on at least one Young Life camp per year.

Rental prices for Young Life leaders fall within the following ranges, depending on the room size and whether the room has an en suite or not.

Shared accommodation: $95 per week

Single Rooms: $140-$160 per week

The above prices include utilities and internet access.

Volunteers

Residents who have less time available are only required to commit 2-3 hours of Young Life ministry per week. They also commit to one Young Life trip away per year.

Rental prices for Young Life volunteers fall within the following ranges, depending on the room size and whether the room has an en suite or not.

Shared accommodation: $110 per week

Single Rooms: $165-185 per week

The above prices include utilities and internet access.

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