Onward, Christian
soldiers, marching as to war,
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With the cross of
Jesus going on before.
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Amen. And are we going
onward Christian soldiers.
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Yeah. I would like
to invite you to stand
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and join with us as
we sing our theme song
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"stand up stand up for Jesus."
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Stand up, stand up for
Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross;
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lift high his royal
banner, it must not suffer loss.
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From victory unto
victory his army shall he lead,
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till every foe is vanquished,
and Christ is Lord indeed.
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Stand up, stand up for
Jesus, the trumpet call obey;
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forth to the mighty conflict,
in this his glorious day.
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Ye that are brave now serve
him against unnumbered foes;
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let courage rise with danger,
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and strength to strength oppose.
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Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
stand in his strength alone;
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the arm of flesh will fail you,
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ye dare not trust your own.
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Put on the Gospel
armor, and watching unto prayer
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where duty calls or
danger, be never wanting there.
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Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
the strife will not be long;
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this day the noise of battle,
the next the victor's song.
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To those who vanquish
evil a crown of life shall be;
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they with the King of
Glory shall reign eternally.
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You may be seated.
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Hello, GYC. Hello.
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Welcome to the closing
devotional here in Kentucky.
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I don't know I just graduated
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from Southern
Adventist University.
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I have never been so
nervous in my entire life,
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this is crazy. But I
just want to welcome you all
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from the bottom my
heart, I am excited
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to be here at GYC. I
am excited to be a part
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of a moment that's growing,
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I don't know how many of you?
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Is this your first GYC?
Wow! Wow, well I definitely.
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GYC is definitely a
great thing but I just want
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to tell you this has
been the best GYC. Amen.
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And I am just
excited to be a part of it.
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You see all the young
people praying in the corners,
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you see all of the
young people studying
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their Bibles, you see
the young people singing
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from the bottom of their heart.
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And I am just very
thankful to be a part of this
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and I just been very touched
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by the messages that
we've heard from Sebastian,
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that we have
heard from Pastor Finley
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and the all the various seminars
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and from Pastor
David Asscherick.
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The fact that we aren't ashamed
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of the crucified
Christ, we aren't ashamed
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of the Creative Christ.
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And tonight we
learned about why we aren't
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to be ashamed of
the coming Christ and I
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just want to
welcome you once again
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to the GYC and I
thank you for coming out.
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Good evening everyone, let
us kneel and pray. Thank you.
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Eternal Father and mighty God,
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we thank you so
much for the privilege
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of being here today
this evening at the GYC.
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Where we can
come and worship you
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and celebrate you, our Father,
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our God and our redeemer.
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And as Pastor
Asscherick preaches this week
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about the coming Christ, O Lord,
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we know that it is
your heart's desire.
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You who premised
that you have gone
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to prepare a
place for your children
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that where you
are we may be also.
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And it is your
heart's desire to come and
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get your children.
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That they may
live in a world where
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in dwells righteousness.
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Oh Lord, help us to be
ready, help us to be prepared.
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Give us that burning unashamed
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desire and help us to be unified
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because that is
your prayer oh Lord Jesus
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that your children may be one
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and that the World may recognize
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the love of God
in us as we are one.
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We ask for the
blessing of your Holy Spirit.
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We ask for clean
hearts, we ask for conviction.
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We ask for the
wonder of your love
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and the experience
of righteousness today.
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We pray oh Lord
Jesus that everyone in this
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room may meet you in peace,
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that our
families and our friends
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because of your
work through our lives
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may see Jesus and
say this our Lord,
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we have waited for him.
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Lo he will save
us, this is my prayer,
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may be our experience.
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In Jesus name and for
his sake I pray. Amen.
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Good evening GYC. Good evening.
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There is something
that we like to say
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and that is that
something is happening
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and to introduce this something
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is happening
session we are going to be
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watching a short
video and then go into
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our testimonies.
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Everyday the
probation of some is closing,
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every hour some
are passing beyond the
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reach of mercy. You know in
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our North American
cities there are over 97 million
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people who are un-reached,
over two billion people
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in our world
today have no exposure
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whatsoever to Christianity.
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One billion have never
even heard of the name Jesus.
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The greatest work
on earth is to seek
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and to save those who are lost
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for whom Christ has
paid the infinite price
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of his blood.
Around the world today,
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there exists a
movement of young people
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who are excited to
let God's will play out
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in their life. Literally
in every continent of the
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globe there is young
people who aren't content
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with the status quo.
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They are not content
with sitting in the pew
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each Sabbath. They
are not content just
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sitting idly by while people's
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eternal destiny is at stake.
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God needs you,
the church needs you.
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This movement of young people
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led by only God
himself needs you.
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With that philosophy in mind
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GYC launched a
revolutionizing project.
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Our church offers a
lot of institutions that
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do a lot of good training,
but here is the reality.
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Young people
probably don't have the money
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or the time to donate
six months, three months,
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nine months to an
evangelistic school.
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But yet they want the training,
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so we came up
with it, in script,
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you put the
training in their home,
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a young person can get online,
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they can watch the
training and they can go out
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and give the study.
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In this project you
will first find training
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on how to actually
find someone interested
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in a Bible study.
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After that you can go online,
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you can get your new
set of in script studies.
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You go online you
can watch that study
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being marked up
by other young people
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giving a study. You can
go and you can watch tips
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on that specific study
and you can even go online
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find an appeal
and common objections
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and how to answer them
for that specific study.
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So whatever our calling is,
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whatever God has
called you to do as
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a work or as a
profession you're first
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and foremost duty is
to win people to Christ.
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So Chelsea, why don't
you tell me a little bit
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about this project,
I hear you have been
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losing a lot of sleep over it.
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I am so excited
about this project,
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I am ready to
burst. I have been waiting
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till tonight to tell you.
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Did you hear what he just said,
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Amen. There was a problem.
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Young people they're excited,
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they want to go out
and share their faith
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but they don't know how.
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And it's not
realistic for every young person
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to go to a
Bible college although
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I wish we all
could, I enjoyed it.
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But here is thing we sat
down; we talked about it,
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we said this is
what we need to do.
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We designed these Bible studies
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with a fresh look
geared towards young people.
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Different tracks, track
number one on Bible doctrine.
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Something you can
share with your friends.
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Track number two
Daniel and Revelation
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an in-depth study for
Adventist young people.
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Track number three,
lets hit some issues
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that pertain to young people
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in a Bible study
format and so we sat down
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we got excited, we
are working on these Bible
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studies with arise and
Clifford Goldstein from
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GC doing some
editing. We're excited
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but we said wait a minute.
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What if they don't
know how to use them,
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if they take this Bible
study and they don't know
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how to use it, it does no good,
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so let's put
the training online.
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So this is what you
can do you get the study,
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you sit down on your computer,
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you log on and you
can watch somebody else
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give the study. You
can watch it all the way
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through, you watch
tips, here is how you answer
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objections, here is
how you gain decisions.
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You can just sit
down in your home
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for a little bit
and watch a video
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and go out and give
that Bible study. Amen.
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Amen.Imagine
what would happen look
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around, imagine
what would happen
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if every one of you
in this room took this,
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you got the training if
you haven't had it already
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and everyone of us go
out and give a Bible study.
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Can you imagine!
What would happen
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next year? So
August 2010 stay tuned.
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Thanks Chelsea, I
love interviewing Chelsea.
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Now I hear that
there is a movement
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going on in Africa
and I have two beautiful
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young ladies here
tonight to tell me
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a little bit more about that.
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So Thando, why
don't you tell me,
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what is ALIVE? What's
your involvement with it?
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Why do we need to know about it?
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Well, Amy ALIVE is an acronym
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and it stands for Africans
Living In View of Eternity.
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And as ALIVE our dream, our goal
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is to mobilize
young people in Africa
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to reach Africa with the gospel
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and we want to do this because
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we believe that
Africa's problem is spiritual.
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So the poverty, the
disease, the famine,
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the war they are
just symptoms of a deep
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perspiration problem,
that demands an answer that
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is only Jesus and that's
what ALIVE, that's we do.
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Amen, another movement
by young for young people.
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So tell us what
type of evangelism
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have you guys
been doing especially
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in the last year?
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Well, I am excited
about this past year
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because the Lord
definitely blessed
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beyond our wildest expectations.
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In July of last year we went to
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the country of
Zambia, my home country
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and we were there
for two whole months.
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We did a youth
conference with 3000 young
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people came together for
training and inspiration.
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Then we did out
reach, we went out
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and we had two week
long series evangelistic,
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went to the high
school in Lusaka.
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Then we went to the
village, no bathrooms,
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no showers like
the rural village.
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We were there
for a whole 10 days
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door to door
doing Bible studies,
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at the end of our
time there by God's grace
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over 100 souls
were baptized. Amen!
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But the most
exciting part Amy is that when
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we left these young
people kept on doing
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God's work and by
God's grace in Zambia
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alone these young
people who we trained
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and were inspired
by God have baptized
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over a thousand
souls, young people
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just like us in Zambia
and that's why we want,
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we want to see
this all across Africa.
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Young people are
just taking God's work
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and finishing
God's work in Africa.
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Amen. Praise God.
So Cathy, why don't you
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tell us the story of
one these young people?
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Yeah, I was really
exciting is what Thando was
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talking about these
young people are mobilizing.
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They are doing the
work we started off
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a year ago with
this vision thing okay,
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we can hit one
division each year so
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in five years we
will reach the continent.
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We have reached three divisions;
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we are in 15
countries right now all
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because these young
people have caught the vision.
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When we got to Zambia
there was this young lady
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that had come from
Zimbabwe to meet us.
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And she was
like and we asked her
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why did you come?
And she said well,
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someone paid my way;
I thought it would be a
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good idea to check it out
to see what you guys are doing.
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I heard about GYC,
I heard about Campus
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and ALIVE and so she
was kind of indifferent.
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She went through our
youth rally in Zambia
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and she went
through our real mission
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and at the end she
was on fire and decided to
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start her own
mission project in Zimbabwe
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and so that's how
this is happening.
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Young people are just
catching their fire from
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other young people in countries
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and they are going
back to their home country
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and starting it there. Amen!
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Well, Cassandra
Papenfuse doesn't sound like a
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very African name to me.
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Tell me is ALIVE
just for Africans?
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Oh, not at all.
ALIVE is for anybody
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who has a passion for
ministry on the continent,
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we don't care what your race is,
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what your gender is,
what your nationality is.
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We want people
that are committed,
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we want young
people that are going to
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just put their life and
their passion into mobilizing
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young people to
see Christ come back
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and spread the
Three Angel's Message.
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Thank you and how can we get
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involved in this next year?
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Well, we have
four missions coming up
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in April we are
going to go to Kenya,
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June we are going
to go to North Ghana,
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July Liberia and
September to October Ethiopia.
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We are going to be
at the campus booth
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if any of you are
interested in these specific
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missions we also
have opportunities
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for a leadership, if you
have skills and networking,
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communications, evangelism
we would love to use you.
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Come out and talk to us or
go to www.africansalive.org.
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Thank you. Now Michelle,
you are a student at the
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University of
Virginia. Is that right?
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Yeah, that's right. And
this is your second GYC?
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Correct. And last
year was your first GYC?
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Yup. Why don't your
tell me a little bit
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about how you got
there and what was going on
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in your mind before
you decided to come to
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GYC last year? Well, basically
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Amy in the fall of
last year you and I were
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attending school at
the University of Virginia
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and you mentioned to me
the option of canvassing
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the following summer.
And at first I was resistant
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to the idea mostly
because I was culturally
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an Adventist but not
really a converted Christian,
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but then I read
Called, Chosen and Faithful,
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the experience of
the call porters of 2007
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and I just saw how the
Lord was working through
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these young people
to spread the message
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to the suburbs in
Michigan and I was
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just so impressed. I came to GYC
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to find out more and I
went on the outreach after that.
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Amen and so it
sounds like you had
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an impactful
experience at GYC last year,
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did you make any
decisions as a result of that?
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I did, you know when
I went on the outreach
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I saw truly for the
first time the spiritual needs
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of our society today
like I had never seen them
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so clearly before it
was like the Holy Spirit
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had open my eyes to the
fact and I decided to canvas
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that following
summer and it was wonderful.
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Amen! And so for young
people who are here today,
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you know I know many
of us have been making
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decisions at this GYC.
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Many of us have convicted
about different things.
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What words of encouragement
would you give to those
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who have been
sitting in these seats,
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listening to the
messages and their hearts
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have been
convicted, what should they
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when they go home. How should
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they follow through
with those decisions?
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I would say first of all
when you hear the Holy Spirit
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speaking obey his voice.
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Amen. When you hear the
Holy Spirit obey his voice
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and follow through
because the record of your
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commitment is in heaven
and the Lord is expecting
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and counting on you to
follow through with that.
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Amen! Thank you very much.
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I have known
Michelle for a long time,
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well, a year. And I have
definitely seen the changes
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that has happened in
her life over that time.
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As a result of her
personal commitment to God
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and I know that's
an experience that
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each and
everyone of us can have.
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So let's be faithful
in the commitments that
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we make at this GYC and
see how God can use those
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over the course
of the next year.
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Thank you Michelle.
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Now Pastor Asscherick,
I hear you have written
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a book, why don't you tell me
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a little bit about that?
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Well, it's true. I
have written a book
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and its called God,
have you read it yet?
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I have not. Okay,
well I am disappointed.
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I haven't even
heard about it yet.
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Well, the title of
the book is God in Pain
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and it was born out of my
desire to be able to answer
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not just the logical
questions about the existence
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God and the
evidence for that existence.
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Because even if
people believe that God
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exists what about
the question of evil?
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What about the
question of suffering.
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You are on a secular
university campus, you know.
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That's the number one
question that we always get.
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It's the
pre-eminent question isn't it?
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Yes. Sure the
evidence for Jesus,
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the evidence for you
know the cosmological,
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whatever it might
be but if God is so
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good why is the world so bad?
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Why is there so much suffering?
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Right. And it's
a question that I
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have given a lot of thought to.
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Even I think as
Seventh-day Adventists
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we are uniquely
positioned to be able to answer
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that question with
our great controversy
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backdrop in a way that
others are not positioned.
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Amen. And so
what I wanted to try
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and do is take
the great controversy
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and put it in modern language.
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I am not talking about the book
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the great controversy,
but just the concept.
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This warfare motif of scripture
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and put it in language
that I was converted on a
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Secular University
campus. University of Wyoming,
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I was 23 years old and
I was trying to think of
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what would have appealed to me
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as a Secular University?
What would I have wanted?
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What would I have found
persuasive and compelling
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and so I have, I don't
know if it's successful
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or not but I have done my
best to put that into a book.
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That's
fantastic, so it sounds like
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its going to be a resource
that will be not only edifying
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for ourselves but
something we could
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share with our friends.
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Yeah, as it's
presently written there are
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a number of Ellen White
quotes but the Ellen White
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quotes are
always sited not so much
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as authoritative
but as illustrative.
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We are going to be
working on a book that will be
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slightly shorter;
it will be for sharing
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to anyone even if
they are not an Adventist.
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But I would say even
now it's not Adventist
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in an off putting sense I
think it's, I like to think
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it's very logical and
certainly very Biblical.
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Awesome and how can we
get a copy of this book?
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That's a good you go
to the booths I think.
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I don't have one myself but
I'm sure they are available.
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Excellent, thank you, thank you.
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Now, we see
there's tons of resources
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available to us in
order to do evangelism
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and there is opportunities
for us to follow up
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with the convictions
that we have at this GYC,
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lets be faithful, lets not
let it burn out at the end of
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today at the end of
tomorrow but lets carry it
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through the next year
and until Jesus comes.
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Amen. Amen.
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Good morning GYC.
This year we launched
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our small group
session and I have here
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a few of our small group leaders
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and the sessions were small but
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they had many good testimonies.
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I have just a
couple of people here
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that are going to
share, we have Norman
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and Joel McNulty. You guys were
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small group leaders correct?
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Yes, I graded the people
and my husband led the group.
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Alright, so tell
me a little bit about
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some of the experiences
that you had from your group?
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Well, we had a very positive
experience in our group.
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There are lot
other people in our group
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are from the Loma Linda area.
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Many of us go to
Advent Hope Sabbath school
00:20:01.36\00:20:03.83
and yet the people
that were in the group
00:20:03.83\00:20:05.86
had many them had
to manage each other,
00:20:05.86\00:20:07.96
so people were
meeting each other,
00:20:07.96\00:20:09.23
making friendships. In
our first evening we had
00:20:09.23\00:20:12.43
one young man who
during the prayer time
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was praying to God you
know God I haven't prayed to you
00:20:14.80\00:20:16.90
like this in a longtime,
its so good to be reconnecting
00:20:16.90\00:20:20.00
with you and so we
saw real experiences
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where we could come
together and strengthen
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what we had seen
and felt during the day
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and encourage each other.
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So people in the Loma
Linda area they didn't connect
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with each other, hadn't
connected with each other,
00:20:31.80\00:20:33.26
didn't know each other
before this were connecting.
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People all over they
come to GYC have been
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connecting with one another.
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So I have Moises here and he
was also a small group leader.
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Were you excited
about leading out in your
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small group Moises?
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No, to be honest
with you I was not.
00:20:46.23\00:20:48.26
I had so many bad
experiences leading
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young people you
know, so many who
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don't want to anything and,
that was my past experience.
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And I coming was coming to GYC,
00:20:57.63\00:20:58.73
my first GYC
trying to get re-energized
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and I said Lord you know what
you know I don't want to lead
00:21:01.83\00:21:04.23
but I am down for
whatever when it comes to you.
00:21:04.23\00:21:06.60
So my friend Enrique he is like,
00:21:06.60\00:21:08.50
you know he want to
help, I said sure lets do it.
00:21:08.50\00:21:09.63
So I got to the
session and the first two
00:21:09.63\00:21:12.86
people that are
pulled up are two young buds
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I was like oh, Lord
what's going to happen here.
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Okay, we go in
and then another one
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shows up, young,
young girl and then another
00:21:20.26\00:21:23.36
older gentleman
shows up. But as we
00:21:23.36\00:21:26.30
as we began the session you know
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I got to know them a little bit
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but as the days
progressed I realized
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that you know that it
was a confession time.
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You know I told you know guys
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I was not excited to come here,
00:21:35.90\00:21:37.60
I was afraid that you
guys were who didn't want to
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do anything and like you
know what it happens a lot
00:21:39.50\00:21:42.26
but you know what
we are willing to work
00:21:42.26\00:21:43.73
but to my fellow partners
here, they said you know
00:21:43.73\00:21:50.46
what this
session changed my life.
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Before I don't want to
pray now I just want to pray all
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the time and the
girl confessed to me
00:21:57.76\00:22:00.83
she said you know what
Sabbath was a joke to me
00:22:00.83\00:22:03.43
before but now it's, I
want to take it serious.
00:22:03.43\00:22:05.50
It's become a part
of me and I can now
00:22:05.50\00:22:08.70
realize how important
it's to rest in God. Amen!
00:22:08.70\00:22:11.30
And so that testimony
also, you mentioned that
00:22:11.30\00:22:13.73
that helps strengthen
another of the group members who
00:22:13.73\00:22:16.20
were struggling, so we
can see through these small
00:22:16.20\00:22:18.16
small group sessions
that through sharing,
00:22:18.16\00:22:20.23
through prayer to
God the Holy Spirit
00:22:20.23\00:22:22.30
is moving and working
in young peoples lives here
00:22:22.30\00:22:24.73
on an individual level amongst
each other using one another
00:22:24.73\00:22:28.73
to strengthen and
encourage their brethren.
00:22:28.73\00:22:31.56
So, this is the first
launch we had a few bumps
00:22:31.56\00:22:33.96
this year but next
year I am really excited
00:22:33.96\00:22:36.03
we are going to have
a lot more structure,
00:22:36.03\00:22:38.43
its going to be a lot
easier and the convention center
00:22:38.43\00:22:41.70
is already, we are working
with them to have it set up
00:22:41.70\00:22:44.20
and I am really
looking forward to sessions
00:22:44.20\00:22:46.16
next year in
Baltimore. Thank you.
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About five years
ago when I was college
00:23:00.90\00:23:03.43
I ran across some
books and those books
00:23:03.43\00:23:06.20
were counsels on
health and diets and foods.
00:23:06.20\00:23:09.20
As I took a look
through these books
00:23:09.20\00:23:11.30
I began to think
to myself you know
00:23:11.30\00:23:13.46
I should try to apply these
health principles to my life.
00:23:13.46\00:23:16.60
So that year, me
and one of my friends
00:23:16.60\00:23:20.20
decided to try what we
termed the Ellen White diet.
00:23:20.20\00:23:24.80
And so as we tried
our Ellen White diet
00:23:24.80\00:23:28.10
we decided we
would commit ourselves
00:23:28.10\00:23:29.96
for the next year to
following all the principles
00:23:29.96\00:23:33.36
that we read
about in those books.
00:23:33.36\00:23:34.80
Well, as we did I realized
how much clearer my mind
00:23:35.63\00:23:38.86
was and as I did I
realized you know what I want to
00:23:38.86\00:23:41.93
study my Bible more, I
want to memorize scripture
00:23:41.93\00:23:44.40
more and I started wanting
to be a more spiritual person
00:23:44.40\00:23:48.13
and wanting to be closer to God
00:23:48.13\00:23:49.56
and indeed I was
getting closer to God.
00:23:49.56\00:23:51.70
Well, my friend and
I decide you know what
00:23:51.70\00:23:54.13
we need to share these
things with other people
00:23:54.13\00:23:56.56
on our campus;
we want to see them
00:23:56.56\00:23:58.80
have the same experience.
00:23:58.80\00:23:59.86
So we did, we
started having classes
00:23:59.86\00:24:02.90
and we started sharing
these principles with them.
00:24:02.90\00:24:05.60
And soon we saw other
people's lives changing.
00:24:05.60\00:24:07.96
And so made me think you know
00:24:07.96\00:24:10.00
what I want to be
involved in sharing health
00:24:10.00\00:24:13.00
with other
people so that they can
00:24:13.00\00:24:14.33
come to meet
Jesus Christ through it.
00:24:14.33\00:24:16.60
Well now here at GYC we
have our very own health expo
00:24:16.60\00:24:21.16
and last year was
our first health Expo
00:24:21.16\00:24:24.70
that we did. How many of you
00:24:24.70\00:24:25.66
were here for that? Amen.
00:24:25.66\00:24:28.13
Well, it was a great success.
00:24:28.13\00:24:31.03
We had about a 150 people come
00:24:31.03\00:24:33.16
from the
community to the health Expo
00:24:33.16\00:24:35.63
and Kylie was there
helping with the health Expo
00:24:35.63\00:24:38.83
and I just want her
to tell us a little bit
00:24:38.83\00:24:40.63
about someone special
who came to the health Expo.
00:24:40.63\00:24:43.06
At the health Expo a
man named Shubra came
00:24:44.46\00:24:47.46
to the, to the health
fair. And as he was there
00:24:47.46\00:24:51.13
he was learning
about health but somebody
00:24:51.13\00:24:53.03
had asked him if
he wanted to sign up
00:24:53.03\00:24:55.16
for Bible
studies. So he signed up
00:24:55.16\00:24:57.03
for Bible studies.
00:24:57.03\00:24:58.60
And a friend of
mine and I in San Jose
00:24:58.60\00:25:01.30
we are Bible workers
and so we began to study
00:25:01.30\00:25:03.73
with Shubra and at
the first study that
00:25:03.73\00:25:06.90
we had with him we
realized that he didn't know
00:25:06.90\00:25:09.93
anything about the
Bible, he had grown up
00:25:09.93\00:25:12.06
in a Hindu
religion so he knew nothing
00:25:12.06\00:25:14.23
and as we began to study
with him he realized that
00:25:14.23\00:25:17.13
the Bible was the
inspired word of God
00:25:17.13\00:25:19.73
and he invited Jesus into
his life for the first time.
00:25:19.73\00:25:24.33
So he went to this
health Expo thinking that
00:25:24.33\00:25:27.96
he was just going
to learn about health
00:25:27.96\00:25:29.40
but instead he found Jesus.
00:25:29.40\00:25:30.93
Amen. There are
going to be people today
00:25:30.93\00:25:34.20
coming from the
community to our health Expo
00:25:34.20\00:25:36.90
who think that they are
just going to learn about
00:25:36.90\00:25:38.30
health, but we have
something so much more
00:25:38.30\00:25:40.30
to offer them and we are
going to be meeting their
00:25:40.30\00:25:43.13
spiritual needs as
well as their health needs
00:25:43.13\00:25:45.33
and you also have the
opportunity to be a part of
00:25:45.33\00:25:48.20
the health Expo
following the last talk today,
00:25:48.20\00:25:52.76
Chester's charge for
all of us we will be having
00:25:52.76\00:25:55.96
our health Expo in
the Cascade hallway.
00:25:55.96\00:25:59.10
The same hallway
that all of you wait in
00:25:59.10\00:26:01.30
to get into the cafeteria.
00:26:01.30\00:26:02.90
You will see tables
lined up and banners lined up
00:26:02.90\00:26:05.43
and those of you who
have already signed up
00:26:05.43\00:26:07.13
to help run the health
Expo you know where you need
00:26:07.13\00:26:09.20
to be, but I would
like to invite all of you
00:26:09.20\00:26:11.43
to come to the
health Expo and check it out
00:26:11.43\00:26:13.43
you are welcome to
go through the booths
00:26:13.43\00:26:15.06
and see what its like.
00:26:15.06\00:26:16.03
See if it something
that you would like to
00:26:16.03\00:26:17.90
do in your
community at your church
00:26:17.90\00:26:19.96
to reach out to
people with health
00:26:19.96\00:26:21.70
and draw them into Jesus Christ
00:26:21.70\00:26:23.56
and then also you
can meet the people
00:26:23.56\00:26:25.60
from the community who
are there with their different
00:26:25.60\00:26:28.03
health issues and may
be you can talk with them
00:26:28.03\00:26:30.00
and help lead them
closer to Jesus. Thank you.
00:26:30.00\00:26:33.43
Good morning GYC. Good morning
00:26:43.56\00:26:45.70
That was a little
weak, good morning GYC.
00:26:45.70\00:26:49.20
Good morning! How many of you
00:26:49.20\00:26:50.90
have been blessed by
this weekend's conference?
00:26:50.90\00:26:52.96
Yes. How many of you
can personally testify that
00:26:52.96\00:26:55.83
this has been an life
changing experience for you,
00:26:55.83\00:26:58.63
amen. And now how many
of you are ready to go back
00:26:58.63\00:27:02.60
and do something about it. Amen.
00:27:02.60\00:27:05.80
I want to share
something exciting
00:27:05.80\00:27:08.70
with you this
morning, we want to bring
00:27:08.70\00:27:11.86
something special
not just at the end
00:27:11.86\00:27:14.10
of every year but
something to your home,
00:27:14.10\00:27:17.30
closer to your
home throughout the year
00:27:17.30\00:27:20.90
not just at the end of the year
00:27:20.90\00:27:23.50
and throughout the
year we have been receiving
00:27:23.50\00:27:28.00
emails and
inquires and phone calls
00:27:28.00\00:27:29.70
not just throughout the
country but from all over
00:27:29.70\00:27:32.23
the world and let me tell
you if you are not convinced
00:27:32.23\00:27:35.20
this weekend that
this is a global movement,
00:27:35.20\00:27:37.56
I can testify for you
that Spirit of the Lord is
00:27:37.56\00:27:40.60
not just here with us in
Louisville, its all over.
00:27:40.60\00:27:44.03
And we wanted to
share a little bit
00:27:44.03\00:27:46.93
with you about the
vision that GYC has
00:27:46.93\00:27:50.96
and its not to limit
your experience but to bring
00:27:50.96\00:27:54.03
this experience
home to you and Michael,
00:27:54.03\00:27:56.33
can you tell us a
little bit about what this is.
00:27:56.33\00:27:58.80
How many of you
have one of these?
00:27:58.80\00:28:01.40
Yeah, now usually we see
a lot of these in the trash
00:28:01.40\00:28:04.90
can or we see them
all littered around
00:28:04.90\00:28:06.60
the ground or something
at the end of the conference.
00:28:06.60\00:28:09.13
This year I am
asking you to save it,
00:28:09.13\00:28:11.06
'cause there is some
important information about
00:28:11.06\00:28:12.93
the other YC's
that you will see.
00:28:12.93\00:28:15.50
Now for those of you
who have one you can turn
00:28:15.50\00:28:17.70
in your booklet and
there is no page number here
00:28:17.70\00:28:21.60
so you are going to go
to page number intense,
00:28:21.60\00:28:23.43
page number intense is
where you are going to go,
00:28:23.43\00:28:25.76
hope each of you have had
a intense conference here,
00:28:25.76\00:28:30.30
the messages
have been wonderful.
00:28:30.30\00:28:31.63
If you go to that
page you will notice
00:28:31.63\00:28:34.83
that we start
here with intense 2010
00:28:34.83\00:28:37.96
with Peter Gregory.
00:28:37.96\00:28:38.93
You'll have three
pages, this page the next one
00:28:39.46\00:28:43.43
and the next one and
they talk about a regional YC
00:28:43.43\00:28:46.46
in your area these
are affiliates of GYC,
00:28:46.46\00:28:49.73
so for those of you
who have family and friends
00:28:49.73\00:28:52.30
back home and you say I
wish they could have come
00:28:52.30\00:28:54.50
we have affiliate
GYCs and to my left
00:28:54.50\00:28:58.60
I'm going to
introduce them to you this is
00:28:58.60\00:29:00.06
Jared Collins, he is
from the Great Lakes area;
00:29:00.06\00:29:02.40
we have Angie; we have Mark Tay;
00:29:02.40\00:29:05.26
we have also Mark
and Jeff and Brian and
00:29:05.26\00:29:09.10
and they are going
to be introducing to you
00:29:09.10\00:29:10.33
a little bit
about their conference,
00:29:10.33\00:29:11.83
just so you know
there's been conferences
00:29:11.83\00:29:13.86
bringing up all over the world,
00:29:13.86\00:29:15.36
there's been ones in Australia,
00:29:15.36\00:29:17.36
the Philippines,
England, Germany, there is even
00:29:17.36\00:29:20.20
other ones around the
area, we have inquires
00:29:20.20\00:29:21.70
from Missouri,
Wisconsin, inquires from Oregon,
00:29:21.70\00:29:24.70
all over the place. So
stay tuned, contact Sarah
00:29:24.70\00:29:27.80
or myself or anyone
here if you are interested
00:29:27.80\00:29:29.76
in getting
involved in your local area.
00:29:29.76\00:29:31.60
Hi, I am Jared Collins
and I am the president of
00:29:34.23\00:29:37.16
GYC Great Lakes
and that encompasses
00:29:37.16\00:29:40.76
the states Wisconsin, Illinois,
00:29:40.76\00:29:42.96
Michigan and Indiana.
00:29:42.96\00:29:44.70
Our upcoming
conference is tentatively
00:29:44.70\00:29:47.40
scheduled for March 18th to 21st
00:29:47.40\00:29:50.90
on the campus of
Andrews University
00:29:50.90\00:29:52.86
and our speaker
will be Mark Howard.
00:29:52.86\00:29:55.46
You can access
information for GYC Great Lakes
00:29:55.46\00:29:58.66
through our website
directly www.gycgl.org
00:29:58.66\00:30:02.50
you can also access it through
00:30:02.50\00:30:04.40
the www.gycweb.org
website. Thank you.
00:30:04.40\00:30:07.70
Good morning, my
name is Angie and I am the
00:30:09.86\00:30:12.63
president of GYC Southwest.
00:30:12.63\00:30:14.56
GYC Southwest is located
in the South Western region
00:30:14.56\00:30:18.16
of the United
States, Southern California,
00:30:18.16\00:30:21.36
Nevada, Arizona,
we'll take anybody
00:30:21.36\00:30:25.46
who wants to come
and hear the word of God.
00:30:25.46\00:30:28.10
If you turn back to
your page intense 2010
00:30:28.10\00:30:31.86
in your program
we will be conducting
00:30:31.86\00:30:35.26
with Peter
Gregory and Iona Missions
00:30:35.26\00:30:37.53
a one week intensive
training on how to study
00:30:37.53\00:30:41.03
your Bible, how to dig in mind
00:30:41.03\00:30:43.00
for those hidden
treasures of God's word.
00:30:43.00\00:30:44.93
That will be June 13 to
20th our annual youth conference
00:30:44.93\00:30:49.23
will be held labor
day weekend September 3
00:30:49.23\00:30:52.60
through 6 and our
theme for this year is stand,
00:30:52.60\00:30:55.80
because if we
are truly unashamed
00:30:55.80\00:30:58.13
of the Gospel of
God, we will stand
00:30:58.13\00:31:00.73
when others may fall around us.
00:31:00.73\00:31:03.10
Hi, my name is Mark
Teh and I currently serve
00:31:04.76\00:31:08.63
as the director for the
western youth conference
00:31:08.63\00:31:10.86
which is based in
Northern California
00:31:10.86\00:31:13.40
at the beautiful
Weimar Center to be specific.
00:31:13.40\00:31:16.73
Yesterday at the
question and answer period
00:31:16.73\00:31:20.63
Dr. Duprey counseled us
that if we want to study
00:31:20.63\00:31:24.23
a topic the best place to
start is at the beginning.
00:31:24.23\00:31:27.26
So, this year our theme
is based on Genesis 1:27
00:31:27.26\00:31:32.00
and it's in his image,
you'll find that many end time
00:31:32.00\00:31:36.70
issues hinge on a correct
understanding of the Genesis
00:31:36.70\00:31:40.46
account, specifically
creation and evolution,
00:31:40.46\00:31:44.43
how that effects our
understanding of faith,
00:31:44.43\00:31:46.60
the Sabbath and how that
effects our understanding
00:31:46.60\00:31:49.86
of the law, marriage
and how that effects our
00:31:49.86\00:31:53.16
understanding of
Godly relationships,
00:31:53.16\00:31:55.40
as well as the
Three Angel's messages.
00:31:55.40\00:31:58.30
How God wants to
recreate us, not only physically
00:31:58.30\00:32:02.40
as evidence in
the health message
00:32:02.40\00:32:04.70
and the call to
the original diet,
00:32:04.70\00:32:07.10
but also how he
wants to recreate
00:32:07.10\00:32:09.60
us spiritually with our hearts.
00:32:09.60\00:32:12.23
So we hope that you
will join us this year
00:32:12.23\00:32:15.43
at the western youth
conference, the dates
00:32:15.43\00:32:18.06
are July 14th to
18th starts Wednesday
00:32:18.06\00:32:21.76
this year through
Sunday and again it will be at
00:32:21.76\00:32:25.96
the Weimar Center
and for more information
00:32:25.96\00:32:28.20
you can checkout our website
00:32:28.20\00:32:29.90
at www.westernyouthcongress.org
00:32:29.90\00:32:31.70
that website is
also on your program.
00:32:31.70\00:32:34.06
Hello, my name is
Mark Anthony Valadez
00:32:37.30\00:32:40.00
and I am the
current president for GYC
00:32:40.00\00:32:42.26
in Espanol. This year I believe
00:32:42.26\00:32:44.96
its going to be
the most powerful
00:32:44.96\00:32:46.73
conference that
we are going to have.
00:32:46.73\00:32:49.00
The first two years we
were at Andrews University
00:32:49.00\00:32:51.43
we had the privilege
of being at Southwestern
00:32:51.43\00:32:54.30
Adventist University in
Keene, Texas near Dallas
00:32:54.30\00:32:58.16
and everyone who speaks
Spanish is welcome to attend,
00:32:58.16\00:33:02.40
don't necessarily
have to be Hispanic
00:33:02.40\00:33:04.63
or of Hispanic
background, if you speak Spanish
00:33:04.63\00:33:07.16
you are more than
welcome to join us
00:33:07.16\00:33:09.03
if you don't speak
Spanish and you are in the area
00:33:09.03\00:33:11.20
we are more than happy to
provide a translator for you.
00:33:11.20\00:33:13.90
So this year's theme
is "Venceremos" in English
00:33:13.90\00:33:19.06
we translate to
"we shall overcome"
00:33:19.06\00:33:21.13
and some of our
speakers are Pastor Jay Rosario,
00:33:21.13\00:33:26.23
Pastor Esteban
Hidalgo, Pastor Andres Portes
00:33:26.23\00:33:32.00
and Pastor Steven
Bohr, so keep us in prayer
00:33:32.00\00:33:36.70
and we would
love to see you there,
00:33:36.70\00:33:38.33
it will be June
3rd through the 6th.
00:33:38.33\00:33:40.60
The first week of
the June 3 through the 6,
00:33:40.60\00:33:42.60
for more information
you can visit gycesp.org
00:33:42.60\00:33:47.70
and again that is gycesp.org,
I would love to see you
00:33:47.70\00:33:52.40
there and
together we shall overcome.
00:33:52.40\00:33:54.33
Amen. My name Jeff Tartarchuk
00:33:54.33\00:33:57.40
and I am the
president of GYC Southeast
00:33:57.40\00:33:59.83
which is based in
Collegedale, Tennessee
00:33:59.83\00:34:02.10
right at Southern
Adventist University's campus
00:34:02.10\00:34:04.73
and this year we
will be going into our 7th
00:34:04.73\00:34:08.83
annual conference
and our speaker will be
00:34:08.83\00:34:11.46
Pastor Samuel Pipim
and it will be October 13
00:34:11.46\00:34:16.20
through 17,
October 13 through 17,
00:34:16.20\00:34:20.13
so if you are within
the Georgia, the Alabama,
00:34:20.13\00:34:22.83
the Florida or the
Carolinas, the Virginia
00:34:22.83\00:34:25.23
or the Kentucky area
and you want to come out
00:34:25.23\00:34:27.43
to our youth conference, come
00:34:27.43\00:34:29.66
out to GYCSC. Thank you.
00:34:29.66\00:34:33.53
Hi, my name is Brant
Sylvester, I am serving
00:34:34.70\00:34:38.00
as the president of GYC Atlantic
00:34:38.00\00:34:40.66
and the Lord is
really doing great things
00:34:40.66\00:34:41.63
with GYC Atlantic.
00:34:42.60\00:34:43.56
We've had the
privilege of hosting our first
00:34:44.03\00:34:46.30
youth rally in New
Jersey this past semester
00:34:46.30\00:34:50.36
and so basically the purpose
of the youth rally is like
00:34:50.36\00:34:54.16
we have mentioned
already is to inspire
00:34:54.16\00:34:57.03
the youth where they
are in their local churches.
00:34:57.03\00:34:59.76
And so what the Lord
is doing we have a youth
00:34:59.76\00:35:01.93
rally we just have in
New Jersey like I mentioned
00:35:01.93\00:35:04.53
already we have
one coming up in Boston
00:35:04.53\00:35:06.96
in February and we also
have our large conference
00:35:06.96\00:35:09.43
which is going to be in June,
00:35:09.43\00:35:10.76
the first weekend in June.
00:35:10.76\00:35:12.00
The theme is "Here am I"
and I pray that all of you
00:35:12.00\00:35:16.53
those who are in that
region can be in attendance.
00:35:16.53\00:35:19.66
So, if you want to
know how you can help
00:35:21.40\00:35:24.66
with the GYCs in
your local area remember
00:35:24.66\00:35:27.56
these presidents faces
and you can talk to them
00:35:27.56\00:35:30.13
after the conference
and for more information
00:35:30.13\00:35:32.40
visit our website at
www.gycweb.org, sure.
00:35:32.40\00:35:36.70
Sorry. The theme
for the GYC Great Lakes
00:35:38.80\00:35:42.23
upcoming conference
is "the end of faith"
00:35:42.23\00:35:45.00
from First Peter 1:9, thanks.
00:35:45.00\00:35:46.03
And I want to tell
you that these leaders
00:35:48.86\00:35:51.66
spent so much time on
their knees and I want
00:35:51.66\00:35:54.16
to solicit your
prayers for these leaders
00:35:54.16\00:35:55.96
and for the work that
is going on in your area.
00:35:55.96\00:35:58.10
Thank you.
00:35:58.10\00:35:59.16
In a little while we
are going to have our charge
00:36:08.00\00:36:10.86
given to us by Chester Clark
00:36:10.86\00:36:12.46
and we are also going
to have our charge given
00:36:12.46\00:36:15.20
to our new executive committee
00:36:15.20\00:36:16.96
while we also thank
those who have served
00:36:16.96\00:36:19.06
our ECom for the last
term, the last two years,
00:36:19.06\00:36:22.26
but before we do
that I have here with me
00:36:22.26\00:36:25.36
on stage someone that
I like to introduce to
00:36:25.36\00:36:27.43
you which is Dr Ray Holmes
and his wife Shirley Holmes.
00:36:27.43\00:36:30.66
Now I know that I have
committed a great crime
00:36:30.66\00:36:33.23
and that I was
surprised Mrs Holmes
00:36:33.23\00:36:35.66
to be up on stage
even though she is not
00:36:35.66\00:36:37.30
wearing her favorite
dress and she said are you sure,
00:36:37.30\00:36:40.40
can I go up like
this? And I said Mrs. Holmes
00:36:40.40\00:36:41.96
you can come up there
however you want. Amen.
00:36:41.96\00:36:45.83
Amen. Dr Holmes,
many of us know him,
00:36:45.83\00:36:50.93
some people might
just know Dr Holmes
00:36:50.93\00:36:52.76
as the Pastor of
their local church
00:36:52.76\00:36:55.23
as one that they have
learned to fall in love with,
00:36:55.23\00:36:58.83
they've
appreciate your messages,
00:36:58.83\00:37:01.06
others might know you
as their favorite teacher
00:37:01.06\00:37:03.66
when you taught them
at the seminary Dr Holmes
00:37:03.66\00:37:05.76
Some might know you
as their favorite author,
00:37:05.76\00:37:08.26
you have written
books and they've inspired
00:37:08.26\00:37:10.63
our hearts and they've taught us
00:37:10.63\00:37:12.10
what Adventism is
about and then there are
00:37:12.10\00:37:14.83
some who know
you as their mentor,
00:37:14.83\00:37:17.23
but there are still
some people Dr Holmes
00:37:17.23\00:37:20.93
who not only know
you as their mentor
00:37:20.93\00:37:23.70
they know you as
their personal friend.
00:37:23.70\00:37:25.43
Dr Holmes represents a
generation of leadership
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that has not just
impacted one generation
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but has impacted
generation after generation
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after generation
the reason Dr Holmes
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why you are special to
me is because you have been
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a mentor to my personal mentor,
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but you have not stopped there,
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even in your
retirement you've stepped beyond
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the role of a retired
person and you have come
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into my personal life.
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Dr Holmes, I am privileged
to have you as part of
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the district that I
work within the mission
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conference as a
minister, I have listened to
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what you have said and
you have impacted me not
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just as a pastor in training
but you have impacted me as
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a father, as a person
as a man and as a Christian
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and so we wanted to
on behalf of GYC express
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our appreciation to
you in a very special way
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we have received here a
plaque and I want to say this
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and I want to say this first
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that if we had a million dollars
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we would give it
to you but we don't.
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And so, this is
just an expression
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of what is in our
hearts more than money is worth
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and it says Dr.
C. Rayman Holmes,
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Pastor, teacher, author, mentor.
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You have been
faithful to the cause,
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that's as a pastor,
you have been faithful to
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your pastorate, you
have lived the example
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of excellence,
that's as a teacher
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you have taught by
example not just by word,
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you have left
directions worth following,
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that's as an author,
you have given us something
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to follow not something
that should be thrown away
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and you have
impacted not just one
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generation but you have impacted
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generation after generation.
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On behalf of GYC I
wanted to tell you here
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that your labor is
never in vain in the Lord,
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I've asked Justin to
share a couple of words
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but before that Mrs.
Holmes has stood by Dr. Holmes
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aside not just as a
strong wife would do,
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but Mrs. Holmes in her
own way has her own ministry
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and she's in many
time ministered to me
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to my family. I
remember the first
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district meeting that
I went to Mrs. Holmes,
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as a new pastor in
the upper Peninsula,
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we sat down at
worship and the Pastor
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who was in charge of
worship asked in the morning
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devotion, what is
justification by faith?
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And I was looking
around I thought our Pastor was
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going to jump in
and answer, because
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that's
typically what pastors do.
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But Mrs. Holmes
stood in and she began to
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break down justification
by faith to all of us
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and I looked with
a smile on my face,
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I went home and I
told my wife, Judy, I said,
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the Pastor's wife's of
today have a lot to learn
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from Mrs. Holmes
and more importantly
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the Pastors of
today have so much
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to learn from you.
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You have been by side of
Dr. Holmes side all this time,
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you have
impacted the entire church
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through your
ministry Mrs. Holmes.
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We want to give you
just a couple of words
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to say but first I want to
give this to you Dr. Holmes
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on behalf of GYC. We love you.
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This has been a
mountain top experience
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for me to be at my first GYC,
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a mountain top experience,
a prefiguration of heaven.
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Amen! And when I
accepted the Sabbath,
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as a Lutheran Pastor's wife,
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it was like facing the Red sea,
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I felt like a new born
baby not knowing what lie,
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lay ahead but God
opened up that sea,
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we have lived a rich
and bountiful and wonderful
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blessed life and we
are looking forward to,
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aren't we all, winning
more and more victories
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for Jesus and then
laying our trophies
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down at his feet. Amen.
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God bless everyone of you,
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Sora Koers, my
mother always told me
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that means keep a
straight course. Amen!
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In a little bit Dr.
Holmes, we are going to ask
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you to pray for
our executive committee
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and to share a few words, but I
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want to ask Pastor Kim
to share a couple of words
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for us now, all
of you may not be
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directly
familiar with Dr. Holmes,
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when GYC was
started in 2002 it was a
00:41:55.73\00:42:00.43
selfish endeavor,
some of us young friends
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we got together
and we just said hey
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who can we get, who
we normally can't get
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and just have
them all to ourselves.
00:42:08.36\00:42:10.70
That was the first
GYC, we just have work shops
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and we called them work
shops, it was just mentoring
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sessions with the
people that we wanted to
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hear and be with.
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There are few
individuals though who have been
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here at GYC are
speakers, GYC has been
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conglomeration of
everyone's personalities
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and ministries and
contributions and sacrifices
00:42:29.86\00:42:33.30
but there are few
who's very ministry,
00:42:33.30\00:42:37.83
theology, ideology, character
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are inter-weaved
into the very fabric
00:42:41.80\00:42:45.23
of this organization
and this conference.
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Elder Holmes is a
Godly man, he is a source of
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encouragement to us,
to the young generation.
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It is proof that
this theory, this reality,
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this gospel works.
Its real, its doable
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and he is living evidence
of the grace of Jesus Christ.
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He has written myriad of books,
00:43:21.90\00:43:23.90
we need to read
all these books. Amen!
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He left a legacy in ministry
and I just wanted to say
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Elder Holmes, you so refreshing
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and you are
grumpy, I love grumpy,
00:43:35.30\00:43:40.40
you are theologically
stout, you sweat excellence
00:43:42.43\00:43:51.00
and he is
normal and he is funny,
00:43:51.00\00:43:59.30
he is just a good
guy, but more than that
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his love for his
Lord is just so dignified
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and so just humble to be around,
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its just the
Grammateus that he has
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is something that we
the younger generation
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does not have.
00:44:16.30\00:44:17.40
And for the first
time in Earth's history
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we need to start
looking to the elder generation
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for wisdom and for
guidance and for direction
00:44:23.60\00:44:26.50
for the future. So Elder Holmes,
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just a mere formality
from one younger Pastor
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to an older Pastor, I
thank you for being my Paul
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and I hope I can continue
be a faithful Timothy to you.
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Oh! What I ask at this time
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Elder Gallimore if you can
come out and Elder Gallimore
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is going to
representing the board
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and he is going
have a word of prayer
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and I'm gonna ask if you can to,
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I'll give you some words, yeah.
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A lot, but time will
not let us to do that
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but what I want
to say two things,
00:45:09.63\00:45:12.10
first of all Dr and Mrs. Holmes
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did not know anything about this
00:45:15.16\00:45:16.50
and Mrs. Holmes is
in her travel clothes
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and I wanted to
relieve this gracious woman
00:45:22.80\00:45:26.00
of any embarrassment and
she wanted me to note that
00:45:26.00\00:45:31.36
this dear woman is a
great woman of prayer
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and if you are on her
prayer list you are blessed.
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The only thing I want to
say to both of this couple is,
00:45:39.76\00:45:42.80
they could have retired
and gone to some balmy climate,
00:45:42.80\00:45:47.53
but they returned to the
upper peninsula of Michigan,
00:45:47.53\00:45:52.46
to the place
where he as young people
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they made a stand,
left their Lutheran church
00:45:56.56\00:45:59.96
became Seventh-day Adventists,
00:45:59.96\00:46:01.90
today they are
pasturing the church
00:46:01.90\00:46:05.86
in Bessemer, Iron
Mountain, Michigan.
00:46:05.86\00:46:08.10
That church has more
than doubled in size,
00:46:08.10\00:46:12.93
there is a new church building,
00:46:12.93\00:46:15.50
there is a new school building,
00:46:15.50\00:46:17.76
we didn't have a school
there and we didn't have
00:46:17.76\00:46:20.90
any kids. Dr. Holmes
came to us and he said
00:46:20.90\00:46:24.00
we got to have a school,
so we are going to build one
00:46:24.00\00:46:26.23
and trust that
God will send the kids
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and the Lord did, they started
coming out of the woodwork,
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I just want to thank God
that in their golden years
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they have continued
to give everything they
00:46:36.40\00:46:40.30
have to the cause of
Christ, you may retire
00:46:40.30\00:46:44.20
from the seminary,
but you didn't retire
00:46:44.20\00:46:46.76
from the work of your savior.
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Amen! Lets bow our
heads. Father in heaven
00:46:49.63\00:46:52.10
we want to thank you
for working in the lives
00:46:52.10\00:46:54.70
of these two precious workers,
teacher, minister, preacher,
00:46:54.70\00:47:02.26
mentor, the Spirit of
God has raised them up,
00:47:02.26\00:47:06.50
the Spirit of God in his
own unique and wonderful way
00:47:06.50\00:47:10.93
carved them out and
made them a gift to the
00:47:10.93\00:47:14.86
great advent message.
00:47:14.86\00:47:16.53
Father in heaven,
thank you for both of them,
00:47:16.53\00:47:19.80
we hear their
words ringing in our ears
00:47:19.80\00:47:24.23
to be faithful to
scripture, to be faithful to the
00:47:24.23\00:47:29.06
reformation and
Lord, may we finish
00:47:29.06\00:47:31.93
that
reformation soon and go home
00:47:31.93\00:47:35.43
and as young people see
these two precious brothers
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and sister, grandmother
and grandfather in Israel,
00:47:40.00\00:47:44.60
may we say Lord
Jesus put us on that kind
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of path, in Jesus name. Amen.
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