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Series Code: 12GYC
Program Code: 12GYC000004
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00:11 Good evening.
00:13 How many of you had a blessed Sabbath today? 00:15 Say a hearty amen. 00:16 Amen. 00:17 Amen, amen, that's great. 00:20 So we are glad that you are here. 00:22 And we welcome you again to GYC 2012, 00:25 those of you listening on 3ABN and all of you here in Seattle, 00:28 we are glad to see each and every one of you here. 00:29 And we have a wonderful program in store 00:31 for us this evening by God's grace. 00:33 So we have some questions for you. 00:36 How many of you went to the best seminar 00:38 ever this afternoon? 00:39 Please raise your hands. 00:40 Who went to the best seminar? 00:42 That's right, I forgot to ask that question, 00:43 I was hoping to do that, okay. 00:45 Another question. All right, a few hands. 00:46 I think I went to the best seminar. 00:47 Did you go to the best seminar? 00:48 I think I did, I won't tell you where it is, 00:50 you have to come and ask me afterwards. 00:52 Okay, I have another question. 00:53 I want to see the hands of everyone 00:55 for whom this is their very first GYC? 00:59 Very first-- wow, look at the hands out there. 01:02 Praise the Lord. 01:03 Amen, a very special welcome to you 01:06 if this is your very first Sabbath at GYC. 01:09 Now, Livvy, that's a good question 01:11 but I have an even better question. 01:13 Oh, really? 01:14 If you have been to at least five GYCs, 01:18 they don't have to be consecutive, 01:19 they could be added up over the years, 01:21 but at least five GYCs, raise your hand, 01:23 and let's see those hands. 01:25 Okay, all right, quite a few. Livvy, quite a few. 01:28 Well, Kyle, that was a very good question. 01:30 But I have an even better question. 01:32 An even better one? An even better one. 01:34 I would love to see the hands of anyone 01:37 who has been here for all 11... GYCs. 01:40 This is your 11th GYC. 01:42 All right, we have a few hands waving probably. 01:45 Well, Livvy, what if-- what if it's 10? 01:48 Ten out of the eleven? Any tens? 01:51 I'm just by-- okay, I'm just missing that by one. 01:54 You've been to 10 GYCs. 01:56 Ten, I know that dates me, doesn't it? 01:57 It does, it does a little bit. 01:58 Yeah, so-- 02:00 Why have you come to 10 GYCs? 02:01 Well, I'll tell you what, the first GYC 02:04 I went to was 2003 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 02:08 And I went there because I saw a little flyer 02:10 on my dorm, Columbia Union College, 02:13 little flyer that said General Youth Conference. 02:14 And I thought what is this General Youth Conference. 02:17 And so I took it to the school 02:18 and they said, well, we'll send you there. 02:20 So Columbia Union College sent me there 02:23 and what I found at that gathering 02:26 in Ann Arbor changed my life. 02:29 Because I found a group of young adults, 02:31 committed to the Seventh-day Adventist message, 02:34 committed to taking the gospel to the world. 02:37 And it profoundly moved my heart. 02:39 And I have not been able to stay away 02:41 from GYC ever since then, Livvy. 02:44 And I know that there is a reason 02:45 why each and everyone of you is here today. 02:48 Because we know that Jesus is coming soon 02:50 and that's why we are here and that is why GYC exists. 02:53 Amen, I resonate, 02:56 I actually couldn't even answer your first question, 02:58 'cause my first GYC was only four years ago. 03:01 That's not bad. 03:02 Yeah, but I remember that in Louisville, Kentucky, 03:04 if any of you were there, I just-- 03:06 I remember at the end of every evening meeting 03:10 going back to my room and crying, 03:12 because ever since I was a little girl 03:15 and I heard Jesus's name, 03:17 and I heard that he was coming back, 03:19 it's always been my deepest wish 03:23 that I could see Him come back in my life time. 03:26 And I remember in Louisville thinking that it was possible. 03:30 Amen. 03:32 And so I want to read for you my favorite verse this evening 03:35 and it may be the favorite verse of many of you. 03:37 It's a well-known verse in Job. 03:39 It's Job Chapter 19 starting in verse 25 03:44 and it reads like this. 03:46 "For I know that my redeemer lives, 03:49 and at the last He will stand upon the earth, 03:52 and after my skin has been thus destroyed, 03:54 yet in my flesh I shall see God, 03:58 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, 04:01 and not another, my heart yarns within me." 04:06 And I suspect that the hearts 04:08 of some of you yarn for the exact same thing. 04:11 And so as we think about the revolution continuing, 04:14 I love, I love it that 04:17 this revolution is only a means to an end. 04:21 And that end is when we see Jesus face again. 04:24 Bow your heads for prayer with me. 04:27 Oh, Father, tonight we ask You two very simple things. 04:31 Please help us, 04:34 please help Pastor David Shin as he preaches 04:36 and please help us as we listen. 04:39 Give him clarity, give us understanding. 04:41 We love You, and please, please come soon. 04:45 Amen. Amen. 04:48 By the way I think you may be seated. 04:49 And we will now invite our special music forward 04:52 for a wonderful special music. 04:53 God bless you. 05:10 In Your mercy You have shown me 05:14 Your salvation 05:18 Undeserving of Your favor 05:22 I am free 05:25 And I'll never be the same 05:29 All my life I will remain 05:35 In Your mercy tender mercy 05:39 Shown to me 05:48 In your mercy You have promised 05:52 To be near me 05:56 I am resting in the shelter 06:00 Of your wings 06:03 Every fear I leave behind 06:07 Every confidence I find 06:12 In Your mercy tender mercy 06:16 Shown to me 06:20 So great is Your love 06:23 Higher than the Heavens 06:26 Your faithfulness reaches the sky 06:33 Be exalted, O Lord 06:37 Over all the earth 06:40 Let Your glory be seen in my life 06:46 In my life 06:53 In Your mercy You have given 06:58 Of Your life blood 07:02 One last heartbeat 07:04 And redemption was complete 07:09 What a debt of love You paid 07:13 With Your death my soul was saved 07:22 In your mercy 07:26 Tender mercy 07:33 Shown to me 07:45 Amen. 07:47 Acts, the revolution continues. 07:51 What is a revolution without action? 07:54 I have with me on this stage today joining me 07:58 a group of people that have been involved 07:59 in taking revolution and putting it into action. 08:03 In some way everyone on this stage 08:05 is involved in evangelism. 08:09 You know what the word evangelism comes from? 08:10 You know the-- the word 08:12 for evangelism is actually two words. 08:15 It's good and it's actually 08:17 the word for angel or messenger. 08:20 So let me ask you something, what is a good messenger? 08:25 What's a good messenger? 08:27 It's someone who gives the message 08:31 accurately, correct? 08:33 Someone who takes the message from God 08:36 and gives it accurately to someone. 08:38 Now if I was to stand in this line 08:40 and give a message in this ear 08:42 and replay it, what do we call it? 08:43 Telephone, went all the way down, 08:45 would it be an accurate message at the end? 08:48 An accurate message requires one person 08:53 to take a message from someone 08:54 and accurately give it to another. 08:59 Please, we are not here just to be spiritually fed, 09:05 we are here to be equipped 09:08 to go and spiritually feed. 09:10 Thando is the vice president for Missions with GYC. 09:15 And Missions is nothing 09:17 but evangelism going to the world 09:19 or going beyond your local context. 09:21 She is gonna tell a little bit about what's happened 09:24 over the last year with GYC going beyond our local context. 09:29 Good evening, GYC. 09:32 You know, Jeff has given me 09:33 a very, very difficult task here 09:35 because he asked me to share a testimony with you. 09:38 And I thought we have so many testimonies 09:40 from the intermissions we did this summer. 09:42 How do I even choose to condense one 09:45 into the two minutes that he's so graciously given me? 09:50 But what I will share with you 09:51 is one story that really impacted me 09:54 the most from Tanzania this summer. 09:56 For our August intermission site, 09:58 we had been having a very difficult time 10:01 finding a location that will be the most ideal, 10:05 most perfect for our evangelistic series. 10:07 And so it just so happened providentially that, 10:11 you know, scout seeing, searching, 10:12 praying, planning for a location 10:15 and which would hold the evangelistic series. 10:18 That a man from the community 10:21 who is not even an Adventist, not Adventist, 10:26 volunteered to donates a piece of land to our mission team 10:30 and to use that land for evangelistic series. 10:33 And so we got this news and we were praising the Lord, 10:37 it was perfect location, everything we had prayed for. 10:41 And then literally with less than two weeks to go 10:45 before the mission trip, the very same man 10:48 who'd donated the land to us died a very tragic death. 10:55 And so we start to pray 10:57 and we were thinking, Lord, we don't know what to do. 11:02 We went to the funeral, our team went there 11:07 and in the course of that 11:09 difficult weekend for the family, 11:10 just comforted them, prayed with them 11:13 and did what we could to share with them that God 11:17 in His goodness and grace 11:18 and mercy somehow would comfort and help them. 11:22 And, you know, we didn't know what to do about the series 11:24 or the location or the land. 11:25 But God is just so, so incredibly good, 11:29 because what happened is that the family was so moved, 11:33 so touched by the time that 11:35 we spent with them, praying with them 11:36 and just comforting them, 11:38 that they actually the week before the mission trip, 11:40 all 20 members of his family, 11:42 non Adventists came to Sabbath worship. 11:45 Their very first Sabbath they kept as a family. 11:49 And they came only because they said 11:52 they had seen Christ in our mission team. 11:55 And that family friends 11:56 actually even attended the very first opening 11:59 of the entire evangelistic series. 12:01 And they kept on coming. 12:02 And I can't share with you the joy, 12:05 the experience of sitting down with them 12:06 and hearing them tell over and over again 12:09 how they had come to know Christ 12:11 by observing our young people, 12:13 really just their experience with Christ blood 12:16 and it's shown and impacted an entire family. 12:19 God is good. 12:21 And I could share so much more with the snippets 12:23 of what God is doing through young people committed, 12:26 radically omitted to Christ. 12:29 The young people standing on to my right at this point 12:33 represent the committee 12:36 that has helped to plan this event here. 12:38 And they're here today on stage... 12:42 for one reason, and the reason is not credit. 12:45 The reason is we want you to see the best picture 12:50 of the DNA of evangelism as possible. 12:53 It requires a group and in your home context, 12:57 in your home context, that may mean 13:00 you say something to your friend, 13:02 your pastor gives an inspiring message, 13:04 and then also your-- 13:06 your mother takes the time to listen to your friend. 13:10 It takes a group to reach someone. 13:15 It's not about credit, it's about Jesus. 13:18 And all of us represent the body of Christ. 13:20 Also the body of Christ, Elder Freedman here 13:23 is the Washington Conference president. 13:26 When I first met Elder Freedman almost 13 months ago, 13:29 the first words out of this man's mouth 13:32 to myself were, "Jeff, describe for me 13:36 the ideal relationship between GYC 13:39 and the local conference." 13:41 And we've been able to do some incredible things 13:43 that you're gonna hear about, 13:45 because of that openness to communicate 13:48 with young people and to organize church 13:50 to make something great happen. 13:52 Elder Freedman, can you say something to us 13:54 and introduce your team? 13:55 Well, yeah, thank you, Jeff. 13:56 And I tell you the God needs to be praised 14:00 for everything that's happened. 14:02 Working with you and your team 14:03 has been absolutely amazing. 14:05 And we do need to work together. 14:07 It does take a team that the Holy Spirit's poured out 14:10 when people work together. 14:12 We've got to open up our hearts 14:13 and be able to share with one another. 14:16 And I just want to encourage everybody here, 14:18 your local churches is a place to make that happen, 14:21 and our pastors are willing, the conference is willing. 14:24 We want to work with people 14:25 and I appreciate all that you've done. 14:27 Amen. 14:28 So let me introduce my team 14:29 and we have to work together 14:31 as a team in the office too to make anything work. 14:33 This is Doug Bank, 14:35 vice president for our administration. 14:37 Jerry Russell, vice president for finance. 14:40 And Harry Bumgardner 14:42 who is director of communication for us. 14:44 I have to others team members 14:45 that you will meet but they are the best. 14:48 And I love them and we work well together 14:51 and God's doing wonderful things through them 14:54 for the Lord because of that. 14:56 Elder Freedman, tell us what did you think 14:58 when you heard GYC was coming to town. 15:00 Wow! 15:02 That's exactly what I said, wow, it's coming to Seattle. 15:05 And I was kind of excited 15:08 and scared all at the same time. 15:12 GYC, I had heard a lot of things about GYC, 15:15 and most of it pretty good. 15:17 But one of the things that I had heard was that 15:21 they go knocking on doors 15:22 and they take bus loads of people 15:24 and thousands of people are knocking on doors, 15:26 and they have these thousands of Bible study interests. 15:29 And I said, how are we gonna follow that up? 15:32 So we're not trained, we don't have that ability, 15:34 so we got to do something, we better start 15:36 working with them if this is gonna happen. 15:38 And I went to my team and they encouraged me to go 15:41 and talk with GYC leadership, 15:44 and talk with Justin, he got the ball rolling 15:46 and he sent you guys out to talk to us. 15:48 And we said, how can we make 15:50 this the very best experience for everybody? 15:53 Amen. 15:54 And God's blessed in this whole process. 15:58 Down here one of my team members 16:00 is gonna talk to you about 16:01 something he's been involved in. 16:02 This is Lo-ammi Richardson. 16:04 Lo-ammi, introduce us 16:06 to someone you've been working with. 16:08 I'm gonna introduce to you Elder Dulan, 16:10 we actually are spearheading 16:11 the service projects for GYC this year. 16:14 We are excited, last year the Pastor Deverger 16:17 made an appeal to really reach out to the community, 16:21 to serve the poor, and give food to the homeless, 16:23 and really commit-- fulfill the commission 16:25 in Matthew 25 and Isaiah 58. 16:28 And Elder Dulan will be spearheading 16:31 this special group that we're doing outreach tomorrow 16:34 and really gathering a group of 200 people to go out 16:38 and really do service for the community. 16:40 Elder Dulan, if you can do me a favor 16:42 and tell them GYC, a little bit about 16:45 what we will be doing tomorrow in our project. 16:49 The lucky 200. Amen. 16:52 We were trying to get 300 like Gideon's band 16:56 but they only gave us 200! 16:58 But the lucky 200 who will be going out 17:01 will be feeding the homeless in downtown Seattle. 17:07 Amen. 17:08 Amen. We are doing what Jesus did. 17:12 And then another group is going to go to Tacoma, 17:15 and is going to do a similar thing. 17:18 A third group is going to go door-to-door 17:21 getting Bible studies in the Lake City area. 17:24 And we are excited. 17:25 I was reading yesterday that 17:28 Seattle is still seen as the least church area. 17:32 But that was yesterday. 17:35 Less-- I was also told that 17:38 less than 10% of the people in the Puget Sound area 17:42 have even heard of Seventh-day Adventist. 17:45 But that was yesterday... Amen. 17:47 Tomorrow there will be change! Amen. 17:51 And you're gonna help make that change. 17:53 Thank you, GYC. 17:55 Joe, another one of our team members 17:58 is going to introduce you to someone else, 18:00 who have been involved with very much 18:02 and just been so pleased to work with. Joe. 18:04 Yes, if you think it's exciting 18:06 what the 200 are gonna do, wait till you hear 18:08 what the 2,000 are going to do. 18:11 And it's my privilege 18:13 to introduce to you Elder McClendon, 18:15 the ministerial director of the Washington Conference. 18:19 And we've been making plans together 18:22 and when we first visited about a year ago 18:25 with GYC in the Washington Conference, 18:28 we said, well, GYC does not come 18:30 just to sit on the wealth, 18:33 we come to share, is that right? 18:35 And so Elder McClendon said, well, what if after GYC 18:41 we have another conference? 18:44 Not a GYC conference but seminars on Bible prophecy 18:49 where we will be inviting people from Seattle 18:52 and the surrounding area to come and to study 18:55 and to learn the same things 18:56 that we've talked about here, amen? 18:58 So we went to the drawing board, 19:00 we started making plans and Elder McClendon, 19:02 why don't you tell us what these plans are? 19:06 Yes, John, our president shared with you 19:08 when we heard that GYC was coming to Seattle, 19:12 that scared part was how do we take advantage 19:16 of the incredible resources 19:19 of thousands of young people knocking on doors. 19:22 We didn't want to generate just a bunch of Bible studies 19:25 that would sit on someone's desk, 19:28 and we thought, well, why not schedule 19:31 some strategic evangelistic meetings 19:33 that would happen in days, just days following GYC. 19:38 So we have a lucky 2,000 people who're going to be meeting, 19:45 we hope tens of thousands of people 19:47 that live within our conference territory 19:50 inviting them to a meeting that will start next Friday evening. 19:54 We have six evangelistic meetings 19:57 strategically throughout our conference, 20:00 and we are-- we couldn't be more excited 20:03 about giving people an opportunity to come 20:06 and learn about Jesus in that setting. 20:09 Amen, GYC? Amen. 20:11 This is something we believe in very much. 20:14 And we're gonna ask Elder McClendon 20:15 to come to the middle of the stage now, 20:19 we're going to gather around him 20:20 and lay hands on him in prayer. 20:22 As representative of the-- 20:24 the leader of the evangelistic team 20:27 that's going to be doing these meetings. 20:29 His local team and us as GYC 20:31 we're gonna gather around pray for-- 20:34 lay hands on him and pray for him, 20:35 but I invite you in your seats 20:37 please as far as possible keel with us and let's pray. 20:53 Dear Heavenly Father, 20:55 we've made many preparations for what is beginning tomorrow, 21:00 many logistics that have gone into this, 21:03 but it's not about buses or about papers 21:08 or about any of that, it's about your Holy Spirit. 21:11 Amen. amen. 21:12 So tonight we are asking for miracle 21:14 because we know that Your angels have gone before us 21:17 preparing the way that there are people 21:19 in this community who are hungry, 21:22 yearning to learn the truth of Scriptures 21:25 and at this time, we are praying 21:27 for miracles as we go out tomorrow. 21:29 And we are praying for each of the six evangelists 21:32 including Elder McClendon as they're preparing 21:34 for the meeting starting on January 11. 21:37 That there will be people that will come out, 21:39 there will be strong follow up from the outreach 21:42 that GYC is doing this year 21:44 and that we will be telling stories 21:46 for many years to come of how You've worked here. 21:49 We thank You and praise You in Jesus name. 21:51 Dear God, I want to also pray 21:55 that You will glorify Your son 21:58 by giving him a healthy body, the church. 22:01 And as we've worked together 22:03 and will continue to work together, 22:04 God, we ask for Your Holy Spirit 22:08 to be present, to guide and to bless. 22:12 So that Your name can be glorified, 22:14 so that people will not reject 22:17 to false presentation of You that's been given by Satan, 22:20 but we'll see an accurate message, 22:23 a good message of who You truly are. 22:26 Be with Elder McClendon, be with his team. 22:29 Thank you for Your blessings. 22:30 In Jesus name, amen. Amen. 22:36 I thought it would be appropriate 22:37 to also show you all 22:40 what you're going to be doing tomorrow. 22:43 Any of you excited? Raise your hands. 22:45 Amen. 22:46 Joe is going to give you a brief training 22:49 of what's going to happen tomorrow. 22:51 All right, so we're going to be going door-to-door 22:54 inviting people to Bible prophecy seminars. 22:58 And some of you might be a little bit like me, 23:01 nervous about going door-to-door. 23:03 Although I have to admit I'm not as nervous 23:05 as I used to be going door-to-door 23:06 'cause I've done it a few times now. 23:09 But I have some friends, 23:11 you all know about those friends that you have 23:13 that make you a little bit upset 23:14 when you go door-to-door. 23:15 Because they're just natural at it, 23:17 they always know what to say, they always know how to smile. 23:21 And then when I do it, I stutter 23:23 and I'm still learning how to smile. 23:28 So we're making it really, really simple, 23:31 so that everybody can be involved 23:34 and participating tomorrow when we go door-to-door. 23:37 We've done something brilliant 23:39 and we have typed up something called a canvas. 23:43 And on this piece of paper 23:45 that you are going to get tomorrow 23:47 is everything that you are going to say 23:50 when you are at the door. 23:51 So well, first of all let me survey here. 23:55 How many people at GYC know how to read? 24:00 All right, you are prepared to go to door-to-door. 24:03 Because if you can read the sheet that we've printed, 24:06 then you'll be able to go door-to-door with us. 24:09 The exciting thing is even though 24:10 I'm not very natural or good at going door-to-door, 24:14 I've seen the Lord used me door-to-door many, many times. 24:18 What a blessing. 24:19 He uses us in spite of ourselves. 24:21 I'm currently working as a pastor in Michigan 24:24 where we are doing a church plant. 24:26 And we're doing a church plant in the area of Wixom. 24:31 We are doing a Bible study on Thursday nights 24:33 at Geisler middle school. 24:34 And you know that all the people 24:36 that are coming to that Bible study came 24:38 from door-to-door, amen? 24:40 And we are making some great friends there. 24:42 I just gave the Bible study on Thursday night 24:44 just before coming to GYC, 24:46 and, well, we have some other special things 24:49 we can go door-to-door for those people 24:51 who do not answer the doors. 24:54 In my hand I have sticky notes 24:57 so that when somebody doesn't answer the door 24:58 we can slap a sticky note on the door. 25:01 GYC is on the cutting edge of door-to-door technology. 25:06 So... 25:07 you know, at the church plant 25:09 where I'm working, one of the ladies 25:11 that just started coming to our Bible study was a lady 25:14 who did not answer the door when my Bible worker knocked. 25:17 And she left a flyer, 25:20 she called back the next day and she's been coming 25:22 to our Bible studies ever since, amen. 25:24 I know that they are going to be people in Seattle 25:27 who do not answer the doors, 25:28 who will still come to the Bible prophecy seminar. 25:32 So I am expecting tomorrow God to work many miracles 25:36 when we go out there when we're meeting people. 25:39 We have also-- 25:40 this is my little bag of goodies, 25:41 tomorrow each one of you will get one. 25:43 I know you can't wait and we have a coupon 25:47 for the people that you meet at the door. 25:49 And this coupon is for people who pre-register 25:53 for the Bible prophecy seminar. 25:54 When they pre-register for the Bible prophecy seminar, 25:57 they will come on January 11 25:59 and they will get this amazing DVD documentary for free. 26:04 We have thousands of them ready to go, 26:06 The Forgotten Dream, this is on Daniel Chapter 2. 26:10 So people that pre-register for the Bible prophecy seminars 26:13 will be able to come and pick 26:14 one of these up on opening night. 26:16 Isn't that pretty cool? 26:17 And so we know that tomorrow we are going to be meeting 26:21 tens of thousands of people and that God is going to work 26:25 and we are going to have testimonies 26:27 to see the Lord working through us. 26:29 Amen. 26:31 That's tomorrow, but we've got a four year ahead 26:34 of us as well with opportunities as well. 26:36 And Thando is gonna share with you 26:37 some of the mission opportunities 26:39 that GYC also provides. 26:43 I'm ready to go, are you, GYC? 26:46 Amen. Praise the Lord. 26:48 And as we encourage you to participate tomorrow 26:51 into exciting opportunity to impact the city of Seattle, 26:54 we also want to encourage you to continue 26:56 to give of your time and your resources 26:59 and continuing to live a life of mission. 27:01 So how many of you in this room have your program booklets? 27:04 And I'll share with you just some 27:05 very exciting opportunities for next summer. 27:08 If you have your program booklets, 27:10 please open them to page 18, I believe it is, yes, 18. 27:15 Please, open them to page 18. 27:18 It has a beautiful map of part of the world. 27:24 And as you'll see on the map 27:26 as you are looking at it is three dates and locations 27:31 that are indicated and marked out, 27:33 as the mission opportunity that GYC 27:34 will be coordinating next summer. 27:36 The dates and the locations are in the booklet 27:39 and more information will be available for you 27:41 at the GYC booth along with application forms. 27:45 I want to highlight just one of the missions 27:47 which is the one to Canada. 27:50 Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. 27:53 That is largely a native reservation 27:56 with no Adventist presence. 27:58 And what we are committing to as GYC 28:00 that after this mission next summer, 28:02 we'll continue to go back for more shorter missions 28:06 and that by God's grace in two or three years, 28:08 we would plant a church in that community. 28:11 And you get to be a part of that 28:14 if you're willing to be. 28:15 You look at Allentown in New York City as well. 28:16 And those are urban missions that will provide you 28:18 opportunities to do health expos, 28:20 children's programs, 28:21 evangelistic series and just continuing 28:23 to give off ourselves for the Lord's work. 28:26 So I invite you to come to the GYC booth, 28:28 find out more, we'd love to have you, 28:29 I would love to have you. 28:31 Amen. 28:33 GYC, I thought it'd be appropriate 28:34 to end with a testimony. 28:37 And Judy is going to share a testimony that 28:39 she experienced a couple of years ago in Louisville. 28:43 Judy. Good evening, GYC family. 28:46 Good evening. 28:48 How many of you were at the 2009 28:51 "Unashamed" GYC conference? 28:54 Amen. 28:56 That was my first GYC, 28:58 and it was my first GYC outreach as well. 29:03 Well, I was debating whether to go or not 29:05 because I do not have a snow jacket, 29:08 very long story about that. 29:09 But many of you who were there, 29:11 you know how cold it was in Kentucky. 29:13 Right? You remember it. 29:15 So I was praying about it, 29:16 Lord, should I go or should I not go? 29:18 And He just strongly impressed my heart to go, 29:21 so I went to the training as you'll have tomorrow 29:24 and I loaded the bus. 29:27 Well, the partner that I had, 29:29 she was actually from the north 29:31 in Michigan I believe it was. 29:33 And I remember-- well, it was truly a miracle 29:38 because as we were going throughout outreach, 29:40 she kept looking over at me 29:42 and here she is all suit up in her, 29:43 you know, winter attire. 29:45 And I'm like in this thin long sleeve shirts 29:48 and like a think scarf, she kept looking over at me. 29:51 Are you sure you are not cold? 29:53 Like what's happening here. 29:55 And I wasn't really thinking about that, 29:57 I just kept going along you know 29:58 'cause that's your mission, you want to get out as much 30:02 pamphlets and information that they hand you to the public. 30:05 So I was just going about it 30:06 but now I know that it was truly a miracle of God, 30:10 He put a heavenly warm cloak around me 30:14 and I was able to go through out the whole outreach. 30:16 I didn't get hyperthermia or any of that. 30:19 Another miracle was she knew how to speak Spanish 30:23 and I also knew how to speak Spanish and Portuguese. 30:26 And of all the routes that our bus was given 30:28 and out of all the people on our bus, 30:31 we were placed on a route that 30:34 the majority of the people there spoke Spanish. 30:38 And I knew that's not by luck or chance 30:40 that was God himself who placed us there. 30:43 So you may be thinking, 30:44 okay, well, its maybe gonna be way to cold tomorrow 30:47 or I don't know how to speak to certain people, 30:51 I can guarantee to you that God will be with you. 30:54 If He's calling you as we heard last night, 30:58 He will equip you, empower you, 31:01 and qualify you to do His work. 31:04 So I hope to see you tomorrow. Amen. 31:07 Are you ready to experience a miracle at GYC? 31:09 Amen. 31:10 This is how it'll happen for you tomorrow. 31:13 We are providing sack lunches for you, 31:16 so that you can eat quickly. 31:18 Amen. 31:19 You will go get your sack lunch, 31:21 I believe, the time in the schedule says 1 o'clock. 31:24 It says we're beginning outreach at 2 o'clock 31:26 but we're beginning at 1:30. 31:29 So go get your lunch, eat quickly, 31:32 come back here, you will get more directions. 31:34 Do not go to the street level, where are you going to come? 31:37 Right here. 31:40 I've been told that Seattle is the city 31:44 that can't be reached, it's the secular city. 31:48 I say that's not true, 31:51 it may be secular but it can be reached. 31:53 Amen. 31:54 We have a good message, 31:57 it's our duty now to be a good messenger. 32:00 Amen. 32:02 And I say Seattle is the perfect place 32:05 for the revolution to continue. 32:07 Amen. God bless you all. 32:08 Amen. Amen. 32:28 There's a day 32:31 That our God said remember 32:36 A day He created and blessed 32:44 He says come 32:45 Let's grow closer each Sabbath 32:51 This day is for worship and rest 32:59 So let's spend 33:01 This time with Jesus 33:06 On His seventh day of rest 33:13 All of heaven 33:15 Waits to meet us 33:20 Jesus calls to us 33:23 Come and be blessed 33:35 When we rest from our work on the Sabbath 33:42 Our needs God provides in His way 33:49 He says come 33:51 Let's grow closer each Sabbath 33:56 If we love Him 33:58 We will honor His day 34:03 So let's spend 34:05 This time with Jesus 34:10 On His seventh day of rest 34:17 All of heaven waits to meet us 34:24 Jesus calls to us 34:27 Come and be blessed 34:43 At the cross 34:45 God did not change His Sabbath 34:50 This truth in the Bible explains 34:57 That Sabbath 35:00 Is of God's ten precepts 35:05 His law and His love 35:08 Never changed 35:20 On this day our true 35:22 God claims our worship 35:27 This day is His signature seal 35:34 When we meet 35:36 In these hours of sweet friendship 35:41 What joy and what pleasure we feel 35:49 So let's spend this time with Jesus 35:56 On His seventh day of rest 36:03 All of heaven waits to meet us 36:10 Jesus calls to us 36:13 Come and be blessed 36:18 All of heaven 36:21 Waits to meet us 36:28 Jesus calls to us 36:32 Come and be blessed 36:44 Amen. 36:47 Welcome, GYC. 36:54 Hello, everyone. 36:55 Now you're probably wondering 36:56 why we are greeting you in these different languages. 36:59 We have the fortune of being able to come 37:02 to GYC in person and enjoy these messages. 37:05 But they are so many who want to come 37:07 and cannot for one reason or another. 37:09 And I'm not just talking about the United States 37:11 but I'm talking about internationally. 37:13 There are so many people who would like to come to GYC, 37:16 who would like to hear these messages 37:17 and attend seminars but they can't. 37:19 And so the GYC resources department 37:21 has been working on a very exciting project. 37:25 So, Miriam, why don't you tell us a little about 37:27 what you've been working on? 37:28 Yeah, we've been working on two great projects. 37:31 The first one is translation of past GYC messages. 37:34 So we've been focusing on translating into Korean, 37:37 Arabic, Spanish and French so far. 37:39 And these will be used as subtitles 37:41 on YouTube videos that are online. 37:43 And as well as translation, we've also been working 37:45 on transcription of these messages 37:48 to also be used as subtitles and as templates 37:50 for the translators to translate from. 37:52 So let me get this straight, we are taking GYC messages 37:55 and we're asking for volunteers 37:57 to translate them into different languages 37:59 like Korean and French or Arabic 38:01 and putting these on the internet 38:03 so everyone can watch GYC messages, is that right? 38:06 Yes, that's correct. 38:07 So we believe that that through this project 38:10 that we can reach so many thousands more. 38:13 You know, we have about, 38:14 I think 4,000-5,000 people come to GYC 38:17 and even more probably but we think that 38:21 by putting these messages on the internet, 38:23 we can reach thousands and even millions more. 38:26 And so we pray that if they're any of you here 38:29 in this audience who speak another language 38:32 and you feel impressed to donate those talents 38:34 to God that you will come by the GYC booth tonight 38:37 whenever the exhibit hall is open, 38:39 sign up to translate for GYC. 38:41 We could use your talents and I think we could reach 38:45 a very global audience this way. 38:48 So thank you, Miriam. 38:50 At this time I'd like to invite my friend Sikhu on stage 38:53 and while she's coming up here, 38:55 I-- you know, we have another 38:57 exciting initiative with GYC. 38:59 And so, Sikhu, do you want to tell us 39:01 a little bit about what we've been doing? 39:04 What we're planning to do is GYC 39:06 and campus are gonna be partnering together 39:08 to bring you Studies. 39:11 It's gonna be an opportunity to study the Bible. 39:14 So Studies is a new initiative by GYC 39:18 and the Center for the Adventist Ministry 39:20 to Public University Students. 39:22 Now, Sikhu, how is this different from GYC? 39:25 It just sounds like another conference or something. 39:27 Well, there was a time 39:30 when the Seventh-day Adventist church 39:32 were known as people of the book. 39:34 Where before I do anything I want to plain, 39:37 a clear thus saith the Lord, 39:39 I need you to show it to me from Scripture. 39:41 And it's reminiscent-- I brought my phone up here 39:44 so I can read it. 39:45 In Acts17: 11, 39:49 this is when Paul and Silas go to Berea. 39:52 And it talks about the Bereans saying that 39:53 these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, 39:56 in that they received the word. 39:58 Firstly, they had all readiness of mind, 40:01 secondly, they searched the Scriptures daily 40:04 whether those things were so. 40:05 So they didn't just receive, 40:07 they had a heart to receive the truth 40:08 but after they heard it, 40:09 they wanted to search it out for themselves. 40:12 They didn't just sit at GYC and just take everything in, 40:15 they wanted to see for themselves 40:17 what the Bible said. 40:19 So the goal is to take a topic, right? 40:23 And to teach attendees 40:26 how to process it for themselves from the word? 40:29 Right, that the idea is not just learning 40:32 how to listen to good messages 40:35 but how would I study the Bible for myself. 40:38 Another thing that came to mind 40:40 as I was thinking about the session was 40:43 when Jesus after His death, His resurrection 40:47 and the disciples were still finding out about it, 40:50 they're the two disciples 40:51 walking down the road to Emmaus, 40:53 they were feeling discouraged 40:54 and Jesus shows up walking with them. 40:57 And then it says how He expounded to them 40:59 from the Scriptures. 41:01 And actually when you look at the way that 41:03 He expounded things, there is a methodology 41:05 to the way that Jesus expounded Scripture. 41:08 So it's one thing to read the Bible, 41:10 how do we end up with so many different denominations, 41:13 so many different views on different topics, 41:15 because it's one thing to read the Bible, 41:17 but how do you understand what the Bible is saying? 41:20 There's a process of learning 41:21 how to understand what the Bible is saying, 41:23 how to study the Bible. 41:25 And I think this initiative is to work together 41:28 in learning how to study the Bible 41:30 so that I'm not just waiting for my pastor to tell me 41:33 what the Bible says 41:34 but I'm actually learning how to study it out for myself. 41:38 And I think this is so useful 41:40 because for myself as a university student, 41:43 there are so many issues that I just wonder 41:45 what the Bible says about these things. 41:47 But you have to begin not with 41:49 what does the Bible say about these issues 41:50 but how do I arrive at these conclusions, 41:53 how do I-- what is the methodology 41:55 by which I study these issues in the Bible. 41:57 And so you're probably wondering 41:58 when this is happening, what is GYC Studies, 42:01 you know, studying this year, 42:03 if you actually come to the GYC booth, 42:05 you can find more information there. 42:07 Our first conference is in February, 42:10 February 1 through 3 in Michigan 42:14 and we'll be working with CAMPUS 42:16 to put on our first retreat 42:17 registration is extremely limited. 42:20 What we are hoping to do is gather 42:23 a small group of students 42:24 and we'll be walking you through the process 42:27 of how to study a certain topic. 42:29 And this year's topic, we're so excited, 42:30 it's "Social Justice." 42:32 How do Adventists look at the topic of social justice? 42:35 How is it distinct from the way that 42:38 other people talk about social justice, 42:39 other Christians the world? 42:42 You know, how should we as Adventist 42:43 really define social justice for ourselves. 42:45 Really excited about that, come by the GYC booth 42:47 for more information. 42:49 Thanks, Sikhu. 42:52 One last announcement, that's on my phone. 43:00 We just want to emphasize that 43:01 there will be an upper room session tomorrow-- 43:04 sorry, Monday at 4:30 here in this main auditorium 43:08 and we'll be having people share 43:10 testimonies from outreach. 43:12 You just heard a really exciting 43:14 appeal to go on to outreach 43:16 and I think many of us are excited about doing that, 43:19 we're excited about what the Lord is gonna do. 43:21 So please come here at 4:30 on Monday for upper room. 43:25 If you go to outreach and you come back 43:26 with amazing testimonies, we ask that you come 43:29 to either an information booth or talk to your bus leader 43:34 and let them know, hey, I have a testimony to share. 43:36 We want to get those testimonies out there 43:38 so that other people can hear about the blessing 43:40 that you've received. 43:41 Thank you. |
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