We praise God for a successful joint youth fellowship last
September 3, 2011!
The event was entitled Linked, a joint fellowship with the United Evangelical Church of Balintawak (UECB). The fellowship was purposed as a culminating activity for our youth as we tried to put into action the different relationship topics we learned in the previous weeks.
The event was well attended. There were over 60people from our church, and there were almost 40people from UECB plus a handful of outside guests as well.
The night flowed in, and a total of 8 testimonies and 5 song numbers were heard. There were testimonies about the different relationships we have in this world – relationship with the self and being able to understand God's complete acceptance, with a friend who encourages us in the Lord, with siblings who are also great friends, relationship with and the pursuit of a life time partner, and of course, our relationship with God.
The song numbers, sung by selected youth from both churches, were related to the message of the testimonies.
Personally, I am happy with this event. It has been a while since our fellowship has mingled with the youth of another church. We were able to learn from a group of people that are not from our church. Better still, we got to witness God’s grace manifested in their lives in the same way that God has manifested His grace in our fellowship and in our church.
The main testimony giver for the Linked event was Brother Roy Antonio, an invited guest from Kamuning Bible Christian Fellowship. Brother Roy, a Worship Leader and Worship Pastor-in-Training started talking about his love life. It elicited laughter and “kilig” throughout the room. We then realized that the relationship he shared was not the fairy tale ending that we all looked forward to. It was like a bad ending to a movie. However, Brother Roy did not stop there. What we thought was a bad ending to a movie turned out to be the middle part of the movie. Brother Roy turned to God during those depressing times, and it was a beautiful experience for him. His testimony was a reminder to everyone that whatever love we get in this world is nothing compared to what Jesus Christ showed on the cross. Nothing compares to the love our God has lavished on us. It is admirable for Brother Roy to have been able to turn to God in that dark moment of his life.
We ended the night by singing Amazing Love led by Brother Roy. Though it was not Valentine’s Day, we sure did feel the love. Only this time, it was not worldly love that we felt. It was the love of God. “Amazing love how can it be that You my King would die for me? Amazing love I know it’s true, and it’s my joy to honor you. In all I do, I honor You.” Praise God!
Thank you for continually supporting youth.com through prayer, finances, other resources and your encouraging words. We implore you to continue with your support as youth.com seeks to search for God, connect to Jesus, and share this with others. God bless us all!
The event was entitled Linked, a joint fellowship with the United Evangelical Church of Balintawak (UECB). The fellowship was purposed as a culminating activity for our youth as we tried to put into action the different relationship topics we learned in the previous weeks.
The event was well attended. There were over 60people from our church, and there were almost 40people from UECB plus a handful of outside guests as well.
The night flowed in, and a total of 8 testimonies and 5 song numbers were heard. There were testimonies about the different relationships we have in this world – relationship with the self and being able to understand God's complete acceptance, with a friend who encourages us in the Lord, with siblings who are also great friends, relationship with and the pursuit of a life time partner, and of course, our relationship with God.
The song numbers, sung by selected youth from both churches, were related to the message of the testimonies.
Personally, I am happy with this event. It has been a while since our fellowship has mingled with the youth of another church. We were able to learn from a group of people that are not from our church. Better still, we got to witness God’s grace manifested in their lives in the same way that God has manifested His grace in our fellowship and in our church.
The main testimony giver for the Linked event was Brother Roy Antonio, an invited guest from Kamuning Bible Christian Fellowship. Brother Roy, a Worship Leader and Worship Pastor-in-Training started talking about his love life. It elicited laughter and “kilig” throughout the room. We then realized that the relationship he shared was not the fairy tale ending that we all looked forward to. It was like a bad ending to a movie. However, Brother Roy did not stop there. What we thought was a bad ending to a movie turned out to be the middle part of the movie. Brother Roy turned to God during those depressing times, and it was a beautiful experience for him. His testimony was a reminder to everyone that whatever love we get in this world is nothing compared to what Jesus Christ showed on the cross. Nothing compares to the love our God has lavished on us. It is admirable for Brother Roy to have been able to turn to God in that dark moment of his life.
We ended the night by singing Amazing Love led by Brother Roy. Though it was not Valentine’s Day, we sure did feel the love. Only this time, it was not worldly love that we felt. It was the love of God. “Amazing love how can it be that You my King would die for me? Amazing love I know it’s true, and it’s my joy to honor you. In all I do, I honor You.” Praise God!
Thank you for continually supporting youth.com through prayer, finances, other resources and your encouraging words. We implore you to continue with your support as youth.com seeks to search for God, connect to Jesus, and share this with others. God bless us all!
