With Lafayette’s abundance of clubs, it takes a lot to stand out as an organization. Though the club isn’t run through Lafayette, the Young Life branch of Lafayette High School sets out to serve the students of the school while differing from the other Christian-based clubs of Lafayette. With the unusual start times and crazy themed meetings, Young Life is changing the game for clubs.

Alex Jaeger, leader of the music in the meetings, describes Young Life as an introductory youth group for kids with the purpose to have a good time with a ton of friends and a meaningful discussion about God.

Each Thursday, the club meets at student Emily Blair’s house at exactly 7:17 p.m. Why this specific time? It refers to the verse of 1 Corinthians chapter 7 verse 17: “Only let each person live the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.”

This verse is very important to the group, as it says for everyone to be who God created them to be because God made each human perfectly.

An average meeting for the group is composed of multiple games, music, food and a five to ten minute bible study. The group also holds various themed meetings every once in a while, like ugly Christmas sweater parties or dressing like twins to make the meetings even more fun.

Their mission overall is to be a welcoming environment for all levels of Christians.

“Other Christian-based clubs move at a more rapid pace with a more intense Bible time than us, which is great, but we want to go at a good pace where kids feel open enough ask questions and understand the verse,” Jaeger explains, “We also don’t want them to feel intimidated by the club.”

Jaeger says his favorite part about the club is how much fun the group has together and the connections made.

“I love the relationships we get to build with other people through Young Life. It’s a very consensual group, and we get to grow as a community of people that we wouldn’t normally have at school,” Jaeger said.

Jaeger also enjoys getting everyone to participate in the music that he leads and the conversations about God that the discussions provokes.

The next meeting for Young Life is Feb. 5 at 7:17 p.m. Anyone who is interested in the Young Life club can follow the Twitter account @YoungLife_LHS or talk to any Young Life members at school.