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Friday, June 13, 2008 @ 2:01 PM
Hi all.As the chairWOMAN of the youth.
I shall start with the first post.
Its in the middle of the year already.
So definitely there would be PLENTY to blog about.
So reasons for the creation of this blog:
1. To share experiences with others.
2. To update those who have been missing.
3. Prayer requests.
4. Announcements on up-coming events.
5. Uploading of photos.
Bethel Combined Family Camp @ Holiday Inn Batam
This goes out to those who werent around ):
Camp Theme: Becoming a Disciple-Maker.
Throughout the camp we have learnt many important things in becoming a disciple-maker.
Sermons
We learnt that discipleship is a life-long process.
God's Salvation, our Christian Identity and Mission is something that is ONE.
We have to be the salt and light of the world.
And if we are not salty or bright anymore that would be very sad ):
''You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses it's saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on it's stand, And it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds ad praise your Father in heaven."
-Matthew 5:13-16.
So after this we were left with questions to ponder about.
Are we committed disciples?
Or are we just mere followers?
This question made some of us reflect on our purpose of coming to church.
And it made us wonder would we follow Him to the ends of the earth or are we just believing and not doing anything about it?
Why not you reflect upon these questions too!
The second sermon was rather lengthy but the main point is that,
God is the vine and we are the branches.
We're rooted in God (the sturdy vine) and we are like the branches that spread out and make disciples.
Another main point was,
We are IN the world BUT not OF the world.
It means that we do not conform to the ways of this world.
[Anti-conformity!] (:
Youth Forums
This is THE FUN part (:
For the first forum,
we learnt how to spread the gospel in a more creative way.
Rather then just JOHN 3:16.
There are 5 ways to do it:
1. The Fingers (what they each represent)
2. The Three Golden Strings (equality)
3. The Magical Strings (red/blue/white) [OOOOHHH!]
4. The Number Trick Cards (God can read your mind!)
5. Paper Tearing (Chinese Words)
And for the second forum,
we learnt to write our own testimony to share God's goodness in our life.
(:
Other than ALL this,
of course there were fun & games.
Some people went para-sailing, go kart, pool, ping-pong, k-box and many many more.
It was an AWESOME time of fellowship. (:
We also saw that many of us looked out for each other,
which is GOOD ! (:
I think that many of us grew spiritually.
Which is also good because ... its GOOD (:
From the Morning devotions that we had together,
it taught us that we have to first LISTEN (to the Lord's calling)
then FOLLOW (Him)
and finally GUIDE (others).
That's pretty much it.
Pictures would be ^loaded soon (:
Peace OUT ! Yozz :D
(written and edited by: rae.)
