i’m still processing everything that he said and what god said through him to me. my wife and i have started to dialogue about what it is that we hear god saying to us. this is not an over-night fix or decision that radically changes everything in our lives, but it is a process. from what i’m hearing from god and talking with my wife about right now, i’m nervous.
it’s a re:birthing. there will be pain, stretching, discomfort, urges, cravings, desires, hopes, emotions, newness, never normal, new normal, etc…
The Power of Choice day will be a dynamic and interactive experience elaborating on our “Justice and Mercy” theme for this conference. Walk with a Latin American farmer as he struggles through the loss of his crop and witness the impact this has on the choices he has for his family’s health, education, safety, and future. Stand in the shoes of a Christian being persecuted for his faith as he struggles with choices about bringing his family to safety.
This was a great kick-off to our Global Outreach Conference.
Phone call to one of our missionaries in Poland who is just recently on the ground and what they are experiencing and what they are being challenged by God as they start out. 0.2% of Poland is Christian (that’s less than Saudi Arabia.)
Krystall this award-winning group have a story that will leave you speechless and in awe of God’s mercy and grace.
the only way that you will experience true happiness will be when you learn to serve others. our love relationship with God is based on righteousness, the way we love others is based on justice.
i was challenged by God today. i was challenged in my relationship that i have with my neighbours. also in the injustice issues that are in my own community and country. if i want to become passionate about helping solve injustice issues around the world but do not care about my own community, do i have any right to care for other injustices around the world?
ultimately, if i love God (through a righteous relationship), i am then required to love others (seeking to right any injustices that may exist).
am i doing all i can? i struggle with two paths of thinking each day in my life.
today we have over 100 kids doing the 30 hour famine to raise money for special projects that world vision is focusing on. i will give a full update on this event as it unfolds or as my mind allows me to focus. as a youth ministry we are kicking off our church wide global outreach conference from April 11-26, for the next three weekends.
the next two weeks are going to be really intense but well worth the effort of having the whole church come together as one body around our theme verse of micah 6:8
There is a tension between two sides of the lives of students when it comes to justice, mercy and reconciliation. That tension is in their ability to care about others and their ability to care about themselves can be pictured in a set of scales that wavers between selfishness and selflessness.
Selfishness
Selflessness
Think about SELF
Think about OTHERS
Service equals EVENTS
Justice equals LIFESTYLE
Tony Campolo says:
It’s ultimately the Holy Spirit who moves the scales for kids. Yet the Holy Spirit often works in and through (and though we hate to admit it, sometimes despite) us as kingdom people. When we as youth workers NOW try to create an environment in which the Holy Spirit is more able to move students from doing kingdom things to being kingdom people, we tend to resort to a few typical strategies.
What would your typical strategies be at this point?
a man who has been my mentor for many years said this about teenagers, “if they are hanging around friends who are doing it, they are doing it as well.”
if slavery happened then, does that mean it is still happening today?
this movie will be showing at peoples on friday, april 18th.
An epic movie about William Wilberforce and his heroic efforts to abolish the slave trade in the British Empire. You won’t want to miss this!
