Good evening.
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How many of you had a
blessed Sabbath today?
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Say a hearty amen.
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Amen.
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Amen, amen, that's great.
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So we are glad
that you are here.
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And we welcome
you again to GYC 2012,
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those of you listening on 3ABN
and all of you here in Seattle,
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we are glad to see each
and every one of you here.
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And we have a
wonderful program in store
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for us this
evening by God's grace.
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So we have some
questions for you.
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How many of you
went to the best seminar
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ever this afternoon?
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Please raise your hands.
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Who went to the best seminar?
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That's right, I
forgot to ask that question,
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I was hoping to do that, okay.
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Another question.
All right, a few hands.
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I think I went
to the best seminar.
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Did you go to the best seminar?
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I think I did, I
won't tell you where it is,
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you have to come
and ask me afterwards.
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Okay, I have another question.
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I want to see
the hands of everyone
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for whom this is
their very first GYC?
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Very first-- wow, look
at the hands out there.
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Praise the Lord.
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Amen, a very
special welcome to you
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if this is your very
first Sabbath at GYC.
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Now, Livvy,
that's a good question
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but I have an
even better question.
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Oh, really?
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If you have been
to at least five GYCs,
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they don't have
to be consecutive,
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they could be
added up over the years,
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but at least five
GYCs, raise your hand,
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and let's see those hands.
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Okay, all right, quite
a few. Livvy, quite a few.
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Well, Kyle, that was
a very good question.
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But I have an
even better question.
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An even better
one? An even better one.
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I would love to
see the hands of anyone
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who has been here
for all 11... GYCs.
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This is your 11th GYC.
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All right, we have a
few hands waving probably.
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Well, Livvy, what
if-- what if it's 10?
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Ten out of the eleven? Any tens?
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I'm just by-- okay, I'm
just missing that by one.
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You've been to 10 GYCs.
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Ten, I know that
dates me, doesn't it?
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It does, it does a little bit.
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Yeah, so--
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Why have you come to 10 GYCs?
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Well, I'll tell
you what, the first GYC
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I went to was 2003
in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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And I went there
because I saw a little flyer
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on my dorm,
Columbia Union College,
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little flyer that said
General Youth Conference.
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And I thought what is
this General Youth Conference.
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And so I took it to the school
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and they said, well,
we'll send you there.
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So Columbia Union
College sent me there
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and what I found
at that gathering
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in Ann Arbor changed my life.
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Because I found a
group of young adults,
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committed to the
Seventh-day Adventist message,
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committed to taking
the gospel to the world.
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And it
profoundly moved my heart.
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And I have not
been able to stay away
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from GYC ever since then, Livvy.
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And I know that
there is a reason
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why each and
everyone of you is here today.
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Because we know
that Jesus is coming soon
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and that's why we are here
and that is why GYC exists.
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Amen, I resonate,
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I actually couldn't even
answer your first question,
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'cause my first GYC
was only four years ago.
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That's not bad.
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Yeah, but I remember
that in Louisville, Kentucky,
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if any of you
were there, I just--
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I remember at the end
of every evening meeting
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going back to
my room and crying,
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because ever since
I was a little girl
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and I heard Jesus's name,
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and I heard that
he was coming back,
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it's always been my deepest wish
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that I could see Him
come back in my life time.
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And I remember in Louisville
thinking that it was possible.
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Amen.
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And so I want to read for you
my favorite verse this evening
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and it may be the
favorite verse of many of you.
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It's a well-known verse in Job.
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It's Job Chapter 19
starting in verse 25
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and it reads like this.
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"For I know that
my redeemer lives,
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and at the last He
will stand upon the earth,
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and after my skin
has been thus destroyed,
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yet in my flesh I shall see God,
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Whom I shall see for myself,
and my eyes shall behold,
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and not another, my
heart yarns within me."
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And I suspect that the hearts
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of some of you yarn
for the exact same thing.
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And so as we think about
the revolution continuing,
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I love, I love it that
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this revolution is
only a means to an end.
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And that end is when
we see Jesus face again.
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Bow your heads
for prayer with me.
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Oh, Father, tonight we ask
You two very simple things.
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Please help us,
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please help Pastor
David Shin as he preaches
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and please help us as we listen.
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Give him clarity,
give us understanding.
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We love You, and
please, please come soon.
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Amen. Amen.
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By the way I
think you may be seated.
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And we will now invite
our special music forward
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for a wonderful special music.
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God bless you.
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In Your mercy You have shown me
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Your salvation
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Undeserving of Your favor
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I am free
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And I'll never be the same
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All my life I will remain
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In Your mercy tender mercy
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Shown to me
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In your mercy You have promised
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To be near me
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I am resting in the shelter
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Of your wings
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Every fear I leave behind
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Every confidence I find
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In Your mercy tender mercy
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Shown to me
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So great is Your love
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Higher than the Heavens
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Your
faithfulness reaches the sky
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Be exalted, O Lord
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Over all the earth
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Let Your glory
be seen in my life
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In my life
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In Your mercy You have given
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Of Your life blood
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One last heartbeat
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And redemption was complete
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What a debt of love You paid
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With Your death
my soul was saved
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In your mercy
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Tender mercy
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Shown to me
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Amen.
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Acts, the revolution continues.
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What is a
revolution without action?
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I have with me on
this stage today joining me
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a group of people
that have been involved
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in taking revolution
and putting it into action.
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In some way
everyone on this stage
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is involved in evangelism.
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You know what the
word evangelism comes from?
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You know the-- the word
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for evangelism is
actually two words.
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It's good and it's actually
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the word for angel or messenger.
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So let me ask you something,
what is a good messenger?
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What's a good messenger?
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It's someone who
gives the message
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accurately, correct?
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Someone who takes
the message from God
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and gives it
accurately to someone.
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Now if I was to
stand in this line
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and give a message in this ear
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and replay it,
what do we call it?
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Telephone, went
all the way down,
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would it be an
accurate message at the end?
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An accurate
message requires one person
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to take a message from someone
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and accurately
give it to another.
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Please, we are not here
just to be spiritually fed,
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we are here to be equipped
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to go and spiritually feed.
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Thando is the vice
president for Missions with GYC.
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And Missions is nothing
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but evangelism
going to the world
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or going beyond
your local context.
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She is gonna tell a
little bit about what's happened
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over the last year with GYC
going beyond our local context.
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Good evening, GYC.
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You know, Jeff has given me
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a very, very difficult task here
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because he asked me to
share a testimony with you.
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And I thought we
have so many testimonies
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from the intermissions
we did this summer.
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How do I even
choose to condense one
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into the two minutes that
he's so graciously given me?
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But what I will share with you
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is one story that
really impacted me
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the most from
Tanzania this summer.
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For our August
intermission site,
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we had been having
a very difficult time
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finding a location
that will be the most ideal,
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most perfect for
our evangelistic series.
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And so it just so
happened providentially that,
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you know, scout
seeing, searching,
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praying, planning for a location
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and which would hold
the evangelistic series.
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That a man from the community
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who is not even an
Adventist, not Adventist,
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volunteered to donates a piece
of land to our mission team
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and to use that land
for evangelistic series.
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And so we got this news
and we were praising the Lord,
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it was perfect location,
everything we had prayed for.
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And then literally with
less than two weeks to go
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before the mission
trip, the very same man
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who'd donated the land to
us died a very tragic death.
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And so we start to pray
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and we were thinking,
Lord, we don't know what to do.
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We went to the
funeral, our team went there
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and in the course of that
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difficult
weekend for the family,
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just comforted
them, prayed with them
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and did what we could
to share with them that God
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in His goodness and grace
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and mercy somehow
would comfort and help them.
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And, you know, we didn't
know what to do about the series
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or the location or the land.
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But God is just
so, so incredibly good,
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because what happened is
that the family was so moved,
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so touched by the time that
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we spent with
them, praying with them
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and just comforting them,
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that they actually the
week before the mission trip,
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all 20 members of his family,
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non Adventists
came to Sabbath worship.
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Their very first
Sabbath they kept as a family.
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And they came
only because they said
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they had seen
Christ in our mission team.
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And that family friends
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actually even
attended the very first opening
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of the entire
evangelistic series.
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And they kept on coming.
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And I can't
share with you the joy,
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the experience of
sitting down with them
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and hearing them
tell over and over again
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how they had come to know Christ
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by observing our young people,
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really just their
experience with Christ blood
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and it's shown and
impacted an entire family.
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God is good.
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And I could share so
much more with the snippets
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of what God is doing
through young people committed,
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radically omitted to Christ.
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The young people standing
on to my right at this point
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represent the committee
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that has helped to
plan this event here.
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And they're here
today on stage...
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for one reason, and
the reason is not credit.
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The reason is we want
you to see the best picture
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of the DNA of
evangelism as possible.
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It requires a group
and in your home context,
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in your home
context, that may mean
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you say
something to your friend,
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your pastor gives
an inspiring message,
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and then also your--
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your mother takes the
time to listen to your friend.
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It takes a group
to reach someone.
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It's not about
credit, it's about Jesus.
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And all of us
represent the body of Christ.
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Also the body of
Christ, Elder Freedman here
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is the Washington
Conference president.
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When I first met Elder
Freedman almost 13 months ago,
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the first words
out of this man's mouth
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to myself were,
"Jeff, describe for me
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the ideal
relationship between GYC
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and the local conference."
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And we've been able to
do some incredible things
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that you're gonna hear about,
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because of that
openness to communicate
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with young people
and to organize church
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to make something great happen.
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Elder Freedman, can
you say something to us
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and introduce your team?
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Well, yeah, thank you, Jeff.
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And I tell you the
God needs to be praised
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for everything that's happened.
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Working with you and your team
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has been absolutely amazing.
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And we do need to work together.
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It does take a team that
the Holy Spirit's poured out
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when people work together.
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We've got to open up our hearts
00:14:12.28\00:14:13.75
and be able to
share with one another.
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And I just want to
encourage everybody here,
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your local churches is a
place to make that happen,
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and our pastors are willing,
the conference is willing.
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We want to work with people
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and I appreciate
all that you've done.
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Amen.
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So let me introduce my team
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and we have to work together
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as a team in the office
too to make anything work.
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This is Doug Bank,
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vice president for
our administration.
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Jerry Russell, vice
president for finance.
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And Harry Bumgardner
00:14:40.72\00:14:42.09
who is director of
communication for us.
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I have to others team members
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that you will meet
but they are the best.
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And I love them and
we work well together
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and God's doing
wonderful things through them
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for the Lord because of that.
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Elder Freedman, tell
us what did you think
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when you heard GYC
was coming to town.
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Wow!
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That's exactly what I said,
wow, it's coming to Seattle.
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And I was kind of excited
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and scared all at the same time.
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GYC, I had heard a
lot of things about GYC,
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and most of it pretty good.
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But one of the things
that I had heard was that
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they go knocking on doors
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and they take
bus loads of people
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and thousands of
people are knocking on doors,
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and they have these thousands
of Bible study interests.
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And I said, how are
we gonna follow that up?
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So we're not trained,
we don't have that ability,
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so we got to do
something, we better start
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working with them if
this is gonna happen.
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And I went to my team
and they encouraged me to go
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and talk with GYC leadership,
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and talk with Justin,
he got the ball rolling
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and he sent you
guys out to talk to us.
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And we said, how can we make
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this the very best
experience for everybody?
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Amen.
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And God's blessed
in this whole process.
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Down here one of my team members
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is gonna talk to you about
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something he's been involved in.
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This is Lo-ammi Richardson.
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Lo-ammi, introduce us
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to someone you've
been working with.
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I'm gonna
introduce to you Elder Dulan,
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we actually are spearheading
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the service
projects for GYC this year.
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We are excited, last
year the Pastor Deverger
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made an appeal to really
reach out to the community,
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to serve the poor, and
give food to the homeless,
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and really commit--
fulfill the commission
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in Matthew 25 and Isaiah 58.
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And Elder Dulan
will be spearheading
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this special group that
we're doing outreach tomorrow
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and really gathering a
group of 200 people to go out
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and really do
service for the community.
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Elder Dulan, if
you can do me a favor
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and tell them
GYC, a little bit about
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what we will be doing
tomorrow in our project.
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The lucky 200. Amen.
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We were trying to get
300 like Gideon's band
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but they only gave us 200!
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But the lucky 200
who will be going out
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will be feeding the
homeless in downtown Seattle.
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Amen.
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Amen. We are
doing what Jesus did.
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And then another group
is going to go to Tacoma,
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and is going to
do a similar thing.
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A third group is
going to go door-to-door
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getting Bible studies
in the Lake City area.
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And we are excited.
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I was reading yesterday that
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Seattle is still seen
as the least church area.
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But that was yesterday.
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Less-- I was also told that
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less than 10% of the
people in the Puget Sound area
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have even heard of
Seventh-day Adventist.
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But that was yesterday... Amen.
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Tomorrow there
will be change! Amen.
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And you're gonna
help make that change.
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Thank you, GYC.
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Joe, another one
of our team members
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is going to
introduce you to someone else,
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who have been
involved with very much
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and just been so
pleased to work with. Joe.
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Yes, if you think it's exciting
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what the 200 are
gonna do, wait till you hear
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what the 2,000 are going to do.
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And it's my privilege
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to introduce to
you Elder McClendon,
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the ministerial director
of the Washington Conference.
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And we've been
making plans together
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and when we first
visited about a year ago
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with GYC in the
Washington Conference,
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we said, well, GYC does not come
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just to sit on the wealth,
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we come to share, is that right?
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And so Elder McClendon
said, well, what if after GYC
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we have another conference?
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Not a GYC conference but
seminars on Bible prophecy
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where we will be
inviting people from Seattle
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and the surrounding
area to come and to study
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and to learn the same things
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that we've
talked about here, amen?
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So we went to the drawing board,
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we started making
plans and Elder McClendon,
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why don't you tell
us what these plans are?
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Yes, John, our
president shared with you
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when we heard that
GYC was coming to Seattle,
00:19:08.94\00:19:12.31
that scared part was
how do we take advantage
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of the incredible resources
00:19:16.90\00:19:19.25
of thousands of young
people knocking on doors.
00:19:19.28\00:19:22.62
We didn't want to generate
just a bunch of Bible studies
00:19:22.65\00:19:25.57
that would sit
on someone's desk,
00:19:25.60\00:19:28.09
and we thought,
well, why not schedule
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some strategic
evangelistic meetings
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that would happen in
days, just days following GYC.
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So we have a lucky 2,000 people
who're going to be meeting,
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we hope tens of
thousands of people
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that live within
our conference territory
00:19:47.90\00:19:50.44
inviting them to a meeting that
will start next Friday evening.
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We have six
evangelistic meetings
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strategically
throughout our conference,
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and we are-- we
couldn't be more excited
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about giving people
an opportunity to come
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and learn about
Jesus in that setting.
00:20:06.08\00:20:09.17
Amen, GYC? Amen.
00:20:09.20\00:20:11.73
This is something we
believe in very much.
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And we're gonna
ask Elder McClendon
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to come to the
middle of the stage now,
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we're going to gather around him
00:20:19.09\00:20:20.64
and lay hands on him in prayer.
00:20:20.67\00:20:22.86
As representative of the--
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the leader of
the evangelistic team
00:20:24.67\00:20:27.30
that's going to be
doing these meetings.
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His local team and us as GYC
00:20:29.46\00:20:31.63
we're gonna
gather around pray for--
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lay hands on him
and pray for him,
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but I invite you in your seats
00:20:35.26\00:20:37.22
please as far as possible
keel with us and let's pray.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
00:20:53.24\00:20:55.40
we've made many preparations
for what is beginning tomorrow,
00:20:55.43\00:21:00.93
many logistics that
have gone into this,
00:21:00.96\00:21:03.59
but it's not about
buses or about papers
00:21:03.62\00:21:08.25
or about any of that,
it's about your Holy Spirit.
00:21:08.28\00:21:11.30
Amen. amen.
00:21:11.33\00:21:12.39
So tonight we are
asking for miracle
00:21:12.42\00:21:14.12
because we know that Your
angels have gone before us
00:21:14.15\00:21:17.29
preparing the way
that there are people
00:21:17.32\00:21:19.67
in this
community who are hungry,
00:21:19.70\00:21:22.64
yearning to learn
the truth of Scriptures
00:21:22.67\00:21:25.29
and at this time, we are praying
00:21:25.32\00:21:27.16
for miracles as
we go out tomorrow.
00:21:27.19\00:21:29.57
And we are praying for
each of the six evangelists
00:21:29.60\00:21:32.00
including Elder
McClendon as they're preparing
00:21:32.03\00:21:34.48
for the meeting
starting on January 11.
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That there will be
people that will come out,
00:21:37.21\00:21:39.69
there will be strong
follow up from the outreach
00:21:39.72\00:21:42.23
that GYC is doing this year
00:21:42.26\00:21:44.44
and that we will
be telling stories
00:21:44.47\00:21:46.05
for many years to come
of how You've worked here.
00:21:46.08\00:21:49.26
We thank You and
praise You in Jesus name.
00:21:49.29\00:21:51.83
Dear God, I want to also pray
00:21:51.86\00:21:55.80
that You will glorify Your son
00:21:55.83\00:21:58.71
by giving him a
healthy body, the church.
00:21:58.74\00:22:01.62
And as we've worked together
00:22:01.65\00:22:02.98
and will
continue to work together,
00:22:03.01\00:22:04.39
God, we ask for Your Holy Spirit
00:22:04.42\00:22:08.02
to be present, to
guide and to bless.
00:22:08.05\00:22:12.96
So that Your
name can be glorified,
00:22:12.99\00:22:14.89
so that people will not reject
00:22:14.92\00:22:17.46
to false presentation of
You that's been given by Satan,
00:22:17.49\00:22:20.94
but we'll see an
accurate message,
00:22:20.97\00:22:23.37
a good message of
who You truly are.
00:22:23.40\00:22:26.43
Be with Elder
McClendon, be with his team.
00:22:26.46\00:22:29.36
Thank you for Your blessings.
00:22:29.39\00:22:30.52
In Jesus name, amen. Amen.
00:22:30.55\00:22:36.36
I thought it
would be appropriate
00:22:36.39\00:22:37.73
to also show you all
00:22:37.76\00:22:40.60
what you're going
to be doing tomorrow.
00:22:40.63\00:22:43.35
Any of you
excited? Raise your hands.
00:22:43.38\00:22:45.52
Amen.
00:22:45.55\00:22:46.65
Joe is going to
give you a brief training
00:22:46.68\00:22:49.90
of what's going
to happen tomorrow.
00:22:49.93\00:22:51.54
All right, so we're
going to be going door-to-door
00:22:51.57\00:22:54.12
inviting people to
Bible prophecy seminars.
00:22:54.15\00:22:58.23
And some of you might
be a little bit like me,
00:22:58.26\00:23:01.06
nervous about
going door-to-door.
00:23:01.09\00:23:03.27
Although I have to
admit I'm not as nervous
00:23:03.30\00:23:05.17
as I used to be
going door-to-door
00:23:05.20\00:23:06.85
'cause I've done
it a few times now.
00:23:06.88\00:23:09.47
But I have some friends,
00:23:09.50\00:23:11.23
you all know about
those friends that you have
00:23:11.26\00:23:13.10
that make you a little bit upset
00:23:13.13\00:23:14.44
when you go door-to-door.
00:23:14.47\00:23:15.68
Because they're
just natural at it,
00:23:15.71\00:23:17.62
they always know what to say,
they always know how to smile.
00:23:17.65\00:23:21.64
And then when I do it, I stutter
00:23:21.67\00:23:23.55
and I'm still
learning how to smile.
00:23:23.58\00:23:28.42
So we're making it
really, really simple,
00:23:28.45\00:23:31.54
so that
everybody can be involved
00:23:31.57\00:23:34.25
and participating tomorrow
when we go door-to-door.
00:23:34.28\00:23:37.20
We've done something brilliant
00:23:37.23\00:23:39.22
and we have typed up
something called a canvas.
00:23:39.25\00:23:43.22
And on this piece of paper
00:23:43.25\00:23:45.73
that you are
going to get tomorrow
00:23:45.76\00:23:47.53
is everything that
you are going to say
00:23:47.56\00:23:49.99
when you are at the door.
00:23:50.02\00:23:51.54
So well, first of
all let me survey here.
00:23:51.57\00:23:54.99
How many people at
GYC know how to read?
00:23:55.02\00:24:00.92
All right, you are
prepared to go to door-to-door.
00:24:00.95\00:24:03.95
Because if you can read
the sheet that we've printed,
00:24:03.98\00:24:06.68
then you'll be able to
go door-to-door with us.
00:24:06.71\00:24:08.98
The exciting
thing is even though
00:24:09.01\00:24:10.90
I'm not very natural or
good at going door-to-door,
00:24:10.93\00:24:14.20
I've seen the Lord used me
door-to-door many, many times.
00:24:14.23\00:24:17.97
What a blessing.
00:24:18.00\00:24:19.11
He uses us in
spite of ourselves.
00:24:19.14\00:24:21.49
I'm currently working
as a pastor in Michigan
00:24:21.52\00:24:24.12
where we are
doing a church plant.
00:24:24.15\00:24:26.11
And we're doing a church
plant in the area of Wixom.
00:24:26.14\00:24:30.99
We are doing a Bible
study on Thursday nights
00:24:31.02\00:24:32.97
at Geisler middle school.
00:24:33.00\00:24:34.65
And you know that all the people
00:24:34.68\00:24:36.51
that are coming to
that Bible study came
00:24:36.54\00:24:38.22
from door-to-door, amen?
00:24:38.25\00:24:40.72
And we are making
some great friends there.
00:24:40.75\00:24:42.48
I just gave the Bible
study on Thursday night
00:24:42.51\00:24:44.34
just before coming to GYC,
00:24:44.37\00:24:46.59
and, well, we have
some other special things
00:24:46.62\00:24:49.27
we can go
door-to-door for those people
00:24:49.30\00:24:51.43
who do not answer the doors.
00:24:51.46\00:24:54.24
In my hand I have sticky notes
00:24:54.27\00:24:57.03
so that when somebody
doesn't answer the door
00:24:57.06\00:24:58.79
we can slap a
sticky note on the door.
00:24:58.82\00:25:01.25
GYC is on the cutting edge
of door-to-door technology.
00:25:01.28\00:25:06.32
So...
00:25:06.35\00:25:07.58
you know, at the church plant
00:25:07.61\00:25:09.45
where I'm
working, one of the ladies
00:25:09.48\00:25:11.00
that just started coming
to our Bible study was a lady
00:25:11.03\00:25:14.26
who did not answer the door
when my Bible worker knocked.
00:25:14.29\00:25:17.28
And she left a flyer,
00:25:17.31\00:25:20.01
she called back the next
day and she's been coming
00:25:20.04\00:25:22.06
to our Bible
studies ever since, amen.
00:25:22.09\00:25:24.81
I know that they are
going to be people in Seattle
00:25:24.84\00:25:27.11
who do not answer the doors,
00:25:27.14\00:25:28.91
who will still come to
the Bible prophecy seminar.
00:25:28.94\00:25:32.71
So I am expecting tomorrow
God to work many miracles
00:25:32.74\00:25:36.95
when we go out there
when we're meeting people.
00:25:36.98\00:25:39.12
We have also--
00:25:39.15\00:25:40.43
this is my
little bag of goodies,
00:25:40.46\00:25:41.82
tomorrow each one
of you will get one.
00:25:41.85\00:25:43.85
I know you can't
wait and we have a coupon
00:25:43.88\00:25:47.21
for the people that
you meet at the door.
00:25:47.24\00:25:49.28
And this coupon is for
people who pre-register
00:25:49.31\00:25:52.97
for the Bible prophecy seminar.
00:25:53.00\00:25:54.80
When they pre-register for
the Bible prophecy seminar,
00:25:54.83\00:25:57.77
they will come on January 11
00:25:57.80\00:25:59.90
and they will get this amazing
DVD documentary for free.
00:25:59.93\00:26:04.52
We have thousands
of them ready to go,
00:26:04.55\00:26:06.77
The Forgotten Dream,
this is on Daniel Chapter 2.
00:26:06.80\00:26:10.38
So people that pre-register
for the Bible prophecy seminars
00:26:10.41\00:26:13.54
will be able to come and pick
00:26:13.57\00:26:14.74
one of these up
on opening night.
00:26:14.77\00:26:16.23
Isn't that pretty cool?
00:26:16.26\00:26:17.88
And so we know that tomorrow
we are going to be meeting
00:26:17.91\00:26:21.80
tens of thousands of people
and that God is going to work
00:26:21.83\00:26:25.65
and we are going
to have testimonies
00:26:25.68\00:26:27.50
to see the Lord
working through us.
00:26:27.53\00:26:29.21
Amen.
00:26:29.24\00:26:31.12
That's tomorrow, but
we've got a four year ahead
00:26:31.15\00:26:33.99
of us as well with
opportunities as well.
00:26:34.02\00:26:36.08
And Thando is
gonna share with you
00:26:36.11\00:26:37.91
some of the
mission opportunities
00:26:37.94\00:26:39.51
that GYC also provides.
00:26:39.54\00:26:43.39
I'm ready to go, are you, GYC?
00:26:43.42\00:26:45.98
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:26:46.01\00:26:48.22
And as we encourage
you to participate tomorrow
00:26:48.25\00:26:51.12
into exciting opportunity
to impact the city of Seattle,
00:26:51.15\00:26:54.82
we also want to
encourage you to continue
00:26:54.85\00:26:56.55
to give of your
time and your resources
00:26:56.58\00:26:59.15
and continuing to
live a life of mission.
00:26:59.18\00:27:01.77
So how many of you in this
room have your program booklets?
00:27:01.80\00:27:04.62
And I'll share
with you just some
00:27:04.65\00:27:05.68
very exciting
opportunities for next summer.
00:27:05.71\00:27:08.20
If you have your
program booklets,
00:27:08.23\00:27:10.09
please open them to page
18, I believe it is, yes, 18.
00:27:10.12\00:27:15.11
Please, open them to page 18.
00:27:15.14\00:27:18.58
It has a beautiful
map of part of the world.
00:27:18.61\00:27:24.36
And as you'll see on the map
00:27:24.39\00:27:26.54
as you are looking at it
is three dates and locations
00:27:26.57\00:27:31.33
that are
indicated and marked out,
00:27:31.36\00:27:33.19
as the mission
opportunity that GYC
00:27:33.22\00:27:34.87
will be
coordinating next summer.
00:27:34.90\00:27:36.74
The dates and the
locations are in the booklet
00:27:36.77\00:27:38.98
and more information
will be available for you
00:27:39.01\00:27:41.09
at the GYC booth along
with application forms.
00:27:41.12\00:27:45.22
I want to highlight
just one of the missions
00:27:45.25\00:27:47.96
which is the one to Canada.
00:27:47.99\00:27:49.99
Manitoulin Island
in Ontario, Canada.
00:27:50.02\00:27:53.06
That is largely a
native reservation
00:27:53.09\00:27:55.98
with no Adventist presence.
00:27:56.01\00:27:58.07
And what we are
committing to as GYC
00:27:58.10\00:28:00.32
that after this
mission next summer,
00:28:00.35\00:28:02.73
we'll continue to go
back for more shorter missions
00:28:02.76\00:28:06.07
and that by God's
grace in two or three years,
00:28:06.10\00:28:08.48
we would plant a
church in that community.
00:28:08.51\00:28:11.05
And you get to be a part of that
00:28:11.08\00:28:14.05
if you're willing to be.
00:28:14.08\00:28:15.11
You look at Allentown
in New York City as well.
00:28:15.14\00:28:16.91
And those are urban
missions that will provide you
00:28:16.94\00:28:18.61
opportunities
to do health expos,
00:28:18.64\00:28:20.41
children's programs,
00:28:20.44\00:28:21.53
evangelistic
series and just continuing
00:28:21.56\00:28:23.68
to give off
ourselves for the Lord's work.
00:28:23.71\00:28:26.31
So I invite you to
come to the GYC booth,
00:28:26.34\00:28:28.02
find out more,
we'd love to have you,
00:28:28.05\00:28:29.64
I would love to have you.
00:28:29.67\00:28:31.29
Amen.
00:28:31.32\00:28:33.09
GYC, I thought
it'd be appropriate
00:28:33.12\00:28:34.90
to end with a testimony.
00:28:34.93\00:28:37.61
And Judy is going to
share a testimony that
00:28:37.64\00:28:39.69
she experienced a couple
of years ago in Louisville.
00:28:39.72\00:28:43.03
Judy. Good evening, GYC family.
00:28:43.06\00:28:46.72
Good evening.
00:28:46.75\00:28:48.20
How many of you were at the 2009
00:28:48.23\00:28:51.46
"Unashamed" GYC conference?
00:28:51.49\00:28:54.47
Amen.
00:28:54.50\00:28:56.15
That was my first GYC,
00:28:56.18\00:28:58.68
and it was my first
GYC outreach as well.
00:28:58.71\00:29:03.29
Well, I was
debating whether to go or not
00:29:03.32\00:29:05.44
because I do not
have a snow jacket,
00:29:05.47\00:29:08.29
very long story about that.
00:29:08.32\00:29:09.95
But many of you who were there,
00:29:09.98\00:29:11.35
you know how cold
it was in Kentucky.
00:29:11.38\00:29:13.52
Right? You remember it.
00:29:13.55\00:29:15.12
So I was praying about it,
00:29:15.15\00:29:16.22
Lord, should I go
or should I not go?
00:29:16.25\00:29:18.45
And He just strongly
impressed my heart to go,
00:29:18.48\00:29:21.73
so I went to the
training as you'll have tomorrow
00:29:21.76\00:29:24.52
and I loaded the bus.
00:29:24.55\00:29:27.15
Well, the partner that I had,
00:29:27.18\00:29:29.47
she was actually from the north
00:29:29.50\00:29:31.18
in Michigan I believe it was.
00:29:31.21\00:29:33.76
And I remember--
well, it was truly a miracle
00:29:33.79\00:29:38.63
because as we were
going throughout outreach,
00:29:38.66\00:29:40.89
she kept looking over at me
00:29:40.92\00:29:42.10
and here she is
all suit up in her,
00:29:42.13\00:29:43.84
you know, winter attire.
00:29:43.87\00:29:45.08
And I'm like in this
thin long sleeve shirts
00:29:45.11\00:29:48.54
and like a think scarf,
she kept looking over at me.
00:29:48.57\00:29:51.43
Are you sure you are not cold?
00:29:51.46\00:29:53.07
Like what's happening here.
00:29:53.10\00:29:55.49
And I wasn't really
thinking about that,
00:29:55.52\00:29:57.16
I just kept going along you know
00:29:57.19\00:29:58.73
'cause that's your mission,
you want to get out as much
00:29:58.76\00:30:01.99
pamphlets and information that
they hand you to the public.
00:30:02.02\00:30:05.01
So I was just going about it
00:30:05.04\00:30:06.85
but now I know that it
was truly a miracle of God,
00:30:06.88\00:30:10.62
He put a heavenly
warm cloak around me
00:30:10.65\00:30:14.09
and I was able to go
through out the whole outreach.
00:30:14.12\00:30:16.71
I didn't get
hyperthermia or any of that.
00:30:16.74\00:30:19.14
Another miracle was she
knew how to speak Spanish
00:30:19.17\00:30:23.56
and I also knew how to
speak Spanish and Portuguese.
00:30:23.59\00:30:26.48
And of all the routes
that our bus was given
00:30:26.51\00:30:28.69
and out of all
the people on our bus,
00:30:28.72\00:30:31.27
we were placed on a route that
00:30:31.30\00:30:34.45
the majority of the
people there spoke Spanish.
00:30:34.48\00:30:38.29
And I knew that's
not by luck or chance
00:30:38.32\00:30:40.25
that was God
himself who placed us there.
00:30:40.28\00:30:43.33
So you may be thinking,
00:30:43.36\00:30:44.42
okay, well, its maybe
gonna be way to cold tomorrow
00:30:44.45\00:30:47.00
or I don't know how to
speak to certain people,
00:30:47.03\00:30:51.18
I can guarantee to you
that God will be with you.
00:30:51.21\00:30:54.87
If He's calling you
as we heard last night,
00:30:54.90\00:30:58.61
He will equip you, empower you,
00:30:58.64\00:31:01.20
and qualify you to do His work.
00:31:01.23\00:31:04.08
So I hope to see
you tomorrow. Amen.
00:31:04.11\00:31:07.17
Are you ready to
experience a miracle at GYC?
00:31:07.20\00:31:09.39
Amen.
00:31:09.42\00:31:10.61
This is how it'll
happen for you tomorrow.
00:31:10.64\00:31:13.31
We are providing
sack lunches for you,
00:31:13.34\00:31:16.60
so that you can eat quickly.
00:31:16.63\00:31:18.37
Amen.
00:31:18.40\00:31:19.68
You will go get your sack lunch,
00:31:19.71\00:31:21.20
I believe, the time in
the schedule says 1 o'clock.
00:31:21.23\00:31:24.10
It says we're
beginning outreach at 2 o'clock
00:31:24.13\00:31:26.64
but we're beginning at 1:30.
00:31:26.67\00:31:29.54
So go get your
lunch, eat quickly,
00:31:29.57\00:31:32.19
come back here, you
will get more directions.
00:31:32.22\00:31:34.51
Do not go to the street level,
where are you going to come?
00:31:34.54\00:31:37.72
Right here.
00:31:37.75\00:31:40.71
I've been told
that Seattle is the city
00:31:40.74\00:31:44.34
that can't be
reached, it's the secular city.
00:31:44.37\00:31:48.88
I say that's not true,
00:31:48.91\00:31:51.01
it may be secular
but it can be reached.
00:31:51.04\00:31:53.07
Amen.
00:31:53.10\00:31:54.47
We have a good message,
00:31:54.50\00:31:57.41
it's our duty now
to be a good messenger.
00:31:57.44\00:32:00.72
Amen.
00:32:00.75\00:32:02.21
And I say Seattle
is the perfect place
00:32:02.24\00:32:05.04
for the revolution to continue.
00:32:05.07\00:32:07.05
Amen. God bless you all.
00:32:07.08\00:32:08.62
Amen. Amen.
00:32:08.65\00:32:10.43
There's a day
00:32:28.56\00:32:30.98
That our God said remember
00:32:31.01\00:32:36.56
A day He created and blessed
00:32:36.59\00:32:43.60
He says come
00:32:44.25\00:32:45.86
Let's grow closer each Sabbath
00:32:45.89\00:32:51.61
This day is for worship and rest
00:32:51.64\00:32:58.71
So let's spend
00:32:59.13\00:33:01.10
This time with Jesus
00:33:01.13\00:33:06.37
On His seventh day of rest
00:33:06.40\00:33:13.39
All of heaven
00:33:13.42\00:33:15.81
Waits to meet us
00:33:15.84\00:33:20.47
Jesus calls to us
00:33:20.50\00:33:23.09
Come and be blessed
00:33:23.12\00:33:28.12
When we rest from
our work on the Sabbath
00:33:35.83\00:33:42.84
Our needs God
provides in His way
00:33:42.87\00:33:49.59
He says come
00:33:49.62\00:33:51.37
Let's grow closer each Sabbath
00:33:51.40\00:33:56.55
If we love Him
00:33:56.58\00:33:58.62
We will honor His day
00:33:58.65\00:34:03.14
So let's spend
00:34:03.17\00:34:05.24
This time with Jesus
00:34:05.27\00:34:10.32
On His seventh day of rest
00:34:10.35\00:34:16.24
All of heaven waits to meet us
00:34:17.27\00:34:24.59
Jesus calls to us
00:34:24.62\00:34:27.30
Come and be blessed
00:34:27.33\00:34:31.92
At the cross
00:34:43.46\00:34:45.44
God did not change His Sabbath
00:34:45.47\00:34:50.78
This truth in the Bible explains
00:34:50.81\00:34:57.90
That Sabbath
00:34:57.93\00:35:00.05
Is of God's ten precepts
00:35:00.08\00:35:05.18
His law and His love
00:35:05.21\00:35:08.19
Never changed
00:35:08.22\00:35:13.07
On this day our true
00:35:20.38\00:35:22.80
God claims our worship
00:35:22.83\00:35:27.53
This day is His signature seal
00:35:27.56\00:35:33.13
When we meet
00:35:34.67\00:35:36.61
In these hours
of sweet friendship
00:35:36.64\00:35:41.94
What joy and
what pleasure we feel
00:35:41.97\00:35:49.38
So let's spend
this time with Jesus
00:35:49.41\00:35:56.38
On His seventh day of rest
00:35:56.41\00:36:02.18
All of heaven waits to meet us
00:36:03.29\00:36:10.32
Jesus calls to us
00:36:10.35\00:36:13.03
Come and be blessed
00:36:13.06\00:36:18.82
All of heaven
00:36:18.85\00:36:21.75
Waits to meet us
00:36:21.78\00:36:28.26
Jesus calls to us
00:36:28.29\00:36:32.61
Come and be blessed
00:36:32.64\00:36:38.81
Amen.
00:36:44.17\00:36:47.50
Welcome, GYC.
00:36:47.53\00:36:49.22
Hello, everyone.
00:36:54.40\00:36:55.48
Now you're probably wondering
00:36:55.51\00:36:56.54
why we are greeting you
in these different languages.
00:36:56.57\00:36:59.87
We have the fortune
of being able to come
00:36:59.90\00:37:02.96
to GYC in person and
enjoy these messages.
00:37:02.99\00:37:05.48
But they are so
many who want to come
00:37:05.51\00:37:07.18
and cannot for
one reason or another.
00:37:07.21\00:37:09.27
And I'm not just
talking about the United States
00:37:09.30\00:37:11.55
but I'm talking
about internationally.
00:37:11.58\00:37:13.69
There are so many people
who would like to come to GYC,
00:37:13.72\00:37:16.39
who would like to
hear these messages
00:37:16.42\00:37:17.62
and attend
seminars but they can't.
00:37:17.65\00:37:19.16
And so the GYC
resources department
00:37:19.19\00:37:21.72
has been working on a
very exciting project.
00:37:21.75\00:37:25.54
So, Miriam, why don't
you tell us a little about
00:37:25.57\00:37:27.37
what you've been working on?
00:37:27.40\00:37:28.74
Yeah, we've been
working on two great projects.
00:37:28.77\00:37:31.13
The first one is translation
of past GYC messages.
00:37:31.16\00:37:34.71
So we've been focusing
on translating into Korean,
00:37:34.74\00:37:37.35
Arabic, Spanish
and French so far.
00:37:37.38\00:37:39.72
And these will
be used as subtitles
00:37:39.75\00:37:41.28
on YouTube
videos that are online.
00:37:41.31\00:37:43.44
And as well as translation,
we've also been working
00:37:43.47\00:37:45.50
on transcription
of these messages
00:37:45.53\00:37:48.11
to also be used as
subtitles and as templates
00:37:48.14\00:37:50.24
for the
translators to translate from.
00:37:50.27\00:37:52.33
So let me get this straight,
we are taking GYC messages
00:37:52.36\00:37:55.24
and we're asking for volunteers
00:37:55.27\00:37:57.25
to translate them
into different languages
00:37:57.28\00:37:59.18
like Korean and French or Arabic
00:37:59.21\00:38:01.62
and putting
these on the internet
00:38:01.65\00:38:03.14
so everyone can watch
GYC messages, is that right?
00:38:03.17\00:38:06.08
Yes, that's correct.
00:38:06.11\00:38:07.68
So we believe that
that through this project
00:38:07.71\00:38:10.09
that we can reach
so many thousands more.
00:38:10.12\00:38:12.97
You know, we have about,
00:38:13.00\00:38:14.11
I think
4,000-5,000 people come to GYC
00:38:14.14\00:38:17.42
and even more
probably but we think that
00:38:17.45\00:38:21.61
by putting these
messages on the internet,
00:38:21.64\00:38:23.35
we can reach thousands
and even millions more.
00:38:23.38\00:38:26.67
And so we pray that if
they're any of you here
00:38:26.70\00:38:29.68
in this audience who
speak another language
00:38:29.71\00:38:32.11
and you feel impressed
to donate those talents
00:38:32.14\00:38:34.32
to God that you will
come by the GYC booth tonight
00:38:34.35\00:38:37.53
whenever the
exhibit hall is open,
00:38:37.56\00:38:39.30
sign up to translate for GYC.
00:38:39.33\00:38:41.96
We could use your talents
and I think we could reach
00:38:41.99\00:38:45.77
a very global audience this way.
00:38:45.80\00:38:48.00
So thank you, Miriam.
00:38:48.03\00:38:50.43
At this time I'd like to
invite my friend Sikhu on stage
00:38:50.46\00:38:53.30
and while she's coming up here,
00:38:53.33\00:38:55.40
I-- you know, we have another
00:38:55.43\00:38:57.06
exciting initiative with GYC.
00:38:57.09\00:38:59.91
And so, Sikhu, do
you want to tell us
00:38:59.94\00:39:01.74
a little bit about
what we've been doing?
00:39:01.77\00:39:04.18
What we're planning to do is GYC
00:39:04.21\00:39:06.17
and campus are gonna
be partnering together
00:39:06.20\00:39:08.15
to bring you Studies.
00:39:08.18\00:39:10.99
It's gonna be an
opportunity to study the Bible.
00:39:11.02\00:39:14.62
So Studies is a
new initiative by GYC
00:39:14.65\00:39:18.52
and the Center for
the Adventist Ministry
00:39:18.55\00:39:20.17
to Public University Students.
00:39:20.20\00:39:22.24
Now, Sikhu, how is
this different from GYC?
00:39:22.27\00:39:25.28
It just sounds like
another conference or something.
00:39:25.31\00:39:27.85
Well, there was a time
00:39:27.88\00:39:30.02
when the
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:39:30.05\00:39:32.07
were known as
people of the book.
00:39:32.10\00:39:34.70
Where before I do
anything I want to plain,
00:39:34.73\00:39:37.64
a clear thus saith the Lord,
00:39:37.67\00:39:39.14
I need you to show
it to me from Scripture.
00:39:39.17\00:39:41.38
And it's reminiscent--
I brought my phone up here
00:39:41.41\00:39:43.98
so I can read it.
00:39:44.01\00:39:45.86
In Acts17: 11,
00:39:45.89\00:39:49.34
this is when Paul
and Silas go to Berea.
00:39:49.37\00:39:52.12
And it talks about
the Bereans saying that
00:39:52.15\00:39:53.74
these were more noble
than those in Thessalonica,
00:39:53.77\00:39:56.13
in that they received the word.
00:39:56.16\00:39:58.41
Firstly, they had
all readiness of mind,
00:39:58.44\00:40:01.11
secondly, they
searched the Scriptures daily
00:40:01.14\00:40:04.10
whether those things were so.
00:40:04.13\00:40:05.29
So they didn't just receive,
00:40:05.32\00:40:07.05
they had a heart
to receive the truth
00:40:07.08\00:40:08.79
but after they heard it,
00:40:08.82\00:40:09.89
they wanted to search
it out for themselves.
00:40:09.92\00:40:12.31
They didn't just sit at GYC
and just take everything in,
00:40:12.34\00:40:15.42
they wanted to
see for themselves
00:40:15.45\00:40:17.93
what the Bible said.
00:40:17.96\00:40:19.65
So the goal is to
take a topic, right?
00:40:19.68\00:40:23.58
And to teach attendees
00:40:23.61\00:40:26.50
how to process it for
themselves from the word?
00:40:26.53\00:40:29.03
Right, that the
idea is not just learning
00:40:29.06\00:40:32.40
how to listen to good messages
00:40:32.43\00:40:35.23
but how would I
study the Bible for myself.
00:40:35.26\00:40:38.58
Another thing that came to mind
00:40:38.61\00:40:40.22
as I was thinking
about the session was
00:40:40.25\00:40:43.51
when Jesus after His
death, His resurrection
00:40:43.54\00:40:47.14
and the disciples were
still finding out about it,
00:40:47.17\00:40:50.54
they're the two disciples
00:40:50.57\00:40:51.90
walking down the road to Emmaus,
00:40:51.93\00:40:53.30
they were feeling discouraged
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and Jesus shows
up walking with them.
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And then it says
how He expounded to them
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from the Scriptures.
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And actually when
you look at the way that
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He expounded things,
there is a methodology
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to the way that
Jesus expounded Scripture.
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So it's one thing
to read the Bible,
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how do we end up with so
many different denominations,
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so many different
views on different topics,
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because it's one
thing to read the Bible,
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but how do you understand
what the Bible is saying?
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There's a process of learning
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how to understand
what the Bible is saying,
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how to study the Bible.
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And I think this
initiative is to work together
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in learning how
to study the Bible
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so that I'm not just
waiting for my pastor to tell me
00:41:30.68\00:41:33.41
what the Bible says
00:41:33.44\00:41:34.76
but I'm actually learning
how to study it out for myself.
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And I think this is so useful
00:41:38.90\00:41:40.88
because for myself
as a university student,
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there are so many
issues that I just wonder
00:41:43.47\00:41:45.55
what the Bible
says about these things.
00:41:45.58\00:41:47.63
But you have to begin not with
00:41:47.66\00:41:49.54
what does the Bible
say about these issues
00:41:49.57\00:41:50.90
but how do I arrive
at these conclusions,
00:41:50.93\00:41:53.71
how do I-- what
is the methodology
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by which I study
these issues in the Bible.
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And so you're probably wondering
00:41:57.67\00:41:58.70
when this is
happening, what is GYC Studies,
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you know, studying this year,
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if you actually
come to the GYC booth,
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you can find more
information there.
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Our first
conference is in February,
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February 1 through 3 in Michigan
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and we'll be working with CAMPUS
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to put on our first retreat
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registration is
extremely limited.
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What we are
hoping to do is gather
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a small group of students
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and we'll be walking
you through the process
00:42:24.56\00:42:27.04
of how to study a certain topic.
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And this year's
topic, we're so excited,
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it's "Social Justice."
00:42:30.95\00:42:32.50
How do Adventists look at
the topic of social justice?
00:42:32.53\00:42:35.63
How is it
distinct from the way that
00:42:35.66\00:42:38.05
other people talk
about social justice,
00:42:38.08\00:42:39.67
other Christians the world?
00:42:39.70\00:42:42.26
You know, how
should we as Adventist
00:42:42.29\00:42:43.78
really define social
justice for ourselves.
00:42:43.81\00:42:45.72
Really excited about
that, come by the GYC booth
00:42:45.75\00:42:47.68
for more information.
00:42:47.71\00:42:49.24
Thanks, Sikhu.
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One last announcement,
that's on my phone.
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We just want to emphasize that
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there will be an upper
room session tomorrow--
00:43:01.13\00:43:04.43
sorry, Monday at 4:30
here in this main auditorium
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and we'll be having people share
00:43:08.75\00:43:10.82
testimonies from outreach.
00:43:10.85\00:43:11.99
You just heard a really exciting
00:43:12.02\00:43:14.94
appeal to go on to outreach
00:43:14.97\00:43:16.21
and I think many of us
are excited about doing that,
00:43:16.24\00:43:19.40
we're excited about
what the Lord is gonna do.
00:43:19.43\00:43:21.33
So please come here at
4:30 on Monday for upper room.
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If you go to
outreach and you come back
00:43:25.36\00:43:26.95
with amazing testimonies,
we ask that you come
00:43:26.98\00:43:29.25
to either an information
booth or talk to your bus leader
00:43:29.28\00:43:34.51
and let them know, hey, I
have a testimony to share.
00:43:34.54\00:43:36.45
We want to get those
testimonies out there
00:43:36.48\00:43:38.07
so that other people
can hear about the blessing
00:43:38.10\00:43:40.22
that you've received.
00:43:40.25\00:43:41.28
Thank you.
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