Happy Sabbath. Got you.
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Well, wait a minute.
Wait a minute, Livvy.
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It's Sunday.
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It is Sunday. Okay.
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Well, it wasn't Sabbath today
but it was a very good day.
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Amen. Amen.
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Kyle, why was
it such a good day?
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It was a good day
because we went on--
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what was it everyone?
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Outreach.
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How many of you
went on outreach?
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Amen. Amen.
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How many of you were called?
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How many of you
were really called?
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All right,
everyone. I was shivering.
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My hands couldn't even
move after a while, Livvy.
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But it was a blessing.
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I know that all
of you that went,
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you met people and
you prayed with people
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and people signed up to come
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to our
evangelistic meetings, amen.
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It was a
tremendous day, today. Amen.
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So when we were
loading the buses
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I was standing
out here waving flags,
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directing people where to go.
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And I was so struck by
how happy everyone looked.
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And I was thinking about this
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because I don't
think God needs us.
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He's God-- please.
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He's the God that said that
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if we didn't sing His
praises the rocks would cry out.
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He also said that He could make
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and I'm pretty sure
that if He needed to
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He could make
faithful Adventists
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out of these rocks to
spread the gospel to the world.
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So it must be then that
it is God's graciousness
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and from His
kindness that He allows us
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to participate with Him
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in telling the
world about Jesus.
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And I've seen that today.
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I've seen that today that
spreading Jesus makes us happy.
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I've seen that
in your faces today
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and that has been
a privilege for me.
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Amen, amen.
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And I saw it on
everybody's faces
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as we were coming
back today Livvy, as well.
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And I'll just
share really quick,
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I was out there and
we went to the doors
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and I honestly-- I
didn't know what to think.
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I mean, we're in
Seattle, you know, I didn't know
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that it was gonna
be very successful
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and my faith was
low, I'll be honest, okay.
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But the second
door, the second door,
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a lady came and we
handed her the flyer.
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And she looked at it
and we could tell that
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she was interested
and she looked it over
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and she said, you
know, I've been searching
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and I think I'm
gonna sign up to come.
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And so she
signed up to come. Amen.
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And so we'll call her Anna.
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I'm sure there are
many other stories like that
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and whatever the response
was at the door for you today,
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whether it was
someone who signed up
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or maybe they
just took the flyer
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or maybe you just
prayed with someone.
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God has promised
us in Isaiah 55:11.
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I'll just read
for you this promise.
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He says, "So shall my word be
that goes forth from my mouth,
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it shall not
return unto me void,
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it shall
accomplish what I please."
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Amen? Amen.
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God's word will not return void
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and we can claim
that promise tonight
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and believe that the
efforts that went out today
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will make a difference
for God's kingdom eternally.
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Amen.
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Let's bow our heads
and pray as we begin.
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Father, thank you for
this day, the wonderful day
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that we've had together
the outreach that took place.
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Father, we want to pray
for each and every flyer
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that went into a
home this afternoon.
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We want to pray for each
and every person that we met.
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People like Anna who
are searching for You,
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people like Anna who need You.
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Father, we pray that You
would move upon on their hearts
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to come to these
evangelistic meetings.
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Please Lord, please use
our feeble efforts today
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to bring many into Your kingdom.
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We pray for baptisms,
hundreds of baptisms, Father.
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Thank You for
what has taken place.
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To Jesus be all
the praise tonight.
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Be with us now in
this evening devotional
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we pray a special blessing
upon our speaker Pastor David.
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These things we ask
in Jesus name, amen.
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Amen.
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Darkness around me
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Sorrow surrounds me
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Though there be trials
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Still I can sing
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For I have this treasure
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My God reigns within me
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And I am determined
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To live for the King
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I am determined
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To be invincible
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Till He has finished
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His purpose in me
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And nothing shall shake me
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For He'll never forsake me
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I am determined
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To live for the King
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Hell's gates are trembling
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from our prayers ascending
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Darkness is crumbling
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From praises we sing
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Our Sovereign,
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Victorious is marching before us
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And we are determined
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To live for the King
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I am determined
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To be invincible
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Till He has finished
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His purpose in me
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And nothing shall shake me
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For He'll never forsake me
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I am determined
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To live for the King
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When I am weary,
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I'll look to His face
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And when I am tempted
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I'll trust in His grace
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I'll trust in His grace
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I am determined
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To be invincible
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Till He has finished
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His purpose in me
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And nothing shall shake me
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For He'll never forsake me
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I am determined
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I am determined
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I am determined
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To live for the King
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I'll live for the King
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Amen.
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I have a group of
amazing leaders with me today.
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And they are the
leaders of GYC affiliates
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across North America.
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And I've two questions for them.
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Number one, to tell us
the territory they cover.
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Number two, tells us
the plans you have for 2013,
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so that every young person
can be involved in the mission
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Thank you, Valmy.
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My name is Brennen Vaneck
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and I'm representing ACTS
for Christ in Western Canada.
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ACTS stands for
Adventists Commissioned
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to Train Servants for Christ.
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Our next conference is
going to be March 28 till 31st.
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The theme is, "Do You Love Me?"
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It's based off of John
21 when Jesus asked Peter,
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"Do you love me?"
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For more
information please visit
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our website at
actsforchrist.org.
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Thank you.
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My name is Kimberly St. Val
and I represent GYC Atlantic.
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We cover the
north eastern states
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of the United States of America.
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And our conference for next year
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will be in October.
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And for more information
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we are located
at gycatlantic.org.
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First of all I want to
say. Buenas tardes, GYC.
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Oh, there's so
many Hispanic over here.
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My name is Alexander Ramirez
and I do represent GYC Espanol.
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We have wonderful
plans across the States.
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We're gonna have
youth rallies in California,
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Illinois, Texas and New York.
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But we're looking
forward for one event
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that is gonna take
place, it's gonna be huge.
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We want to
invite every one of you
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to be in November in
Texas, in Keene, Texas.
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My name is Eric Louw and
I represent GYC Southeast,
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on the campus of Southern
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Adventist
University in Tennessee.
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And this October
coming up well, next October,
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so while off
we're gonna be having
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a conference
entitled "Called Apart."
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And we're gonna just
be looking at our identity
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as Adventist and
the necessity that,
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that causes in
our lives to be people
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who love as though
we're called apart.
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The dates as I said
will be in October 9 to 12
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and we also gonna be working
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with the SALT's
program on southern campus
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which is known as abbreviation
for the Soul-winning
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and Leadership Training program.
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So just initiatives
of them in evangelism
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and we hope that those of
you who are in the vicinity
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will be able to
join us for that events.
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Good evening.
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My name is Janice Adea
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and I'm the
representative of GYC Southwest.
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Our ministry is based
in Southern California
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and our flagship conference
is on labor day weekend 2013.
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Its gonna be on August
30th to September the 2nd.
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And our topic for this
year is gonna be on Unity.
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We invite you to the
study with us the Bible
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and see what biblical unity is.
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We're gonna
cover practical things
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such as unity in the
family, unity in the church
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and also look at the
pillars of our faith,
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the sanctuary message in
connection with the 2300 days,
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the Commandments of
God, in the faith of Jesus
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and see what
about, about these topics
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that is perfectly
calculated to unite the flock.
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We hope to see you there.
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Good evening.
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My name is Mark Teh
and I represent GYC West.
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GYC West among other
things hold an annual conference
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and we've done so
on the beautiful campus
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of Weimar in sunny
Northern California.
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And we cover the areas
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surrounding Northern California.
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When I think of GYC
West, one of the things
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I think of are the
young people and the families
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who have been inspired to
make decisions for Christ.
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But with that
decision also comes
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a calling to be always ready.
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Our theme for
2013 is "Always Ready."
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And it's found in 1 Peter 3:15
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we're counseled
to be always ready
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to give an answer for
the hope that is in us.
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We pray that you
will be able to join us
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and that you will
also be always ready.
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Good evening, GYC.
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My name is Sue Sunny Lee.
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It is wonderful
to have GYC here,
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almost our backyard.
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I represent
Oregon Youth for Christ.
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We affectionately call
ourselves the Baby YC of GYC
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because we're the youngest
and perhaps the smallest.
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But being here I am
wanting to urge all of you
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who are in the
Northwest area to help,
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pray for this
Oregon Youth for Christ.
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We are a
ministry that is supported
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by the Stone Tower
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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which is part of
the Oregon Conference
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and our territory
covers all of Oregon
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and part of into Washington.
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So it doesn't exclude all
the Washingtonians either.
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We have-- our
conference also is being planned
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and it's interesting
to know that the themes
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that are coming
out are pretty similar
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but it's nice to know that
the Bible never can get old
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and it's always
bringing out new truths.
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We are coming on
from awakened hope,
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having a wellness reformation
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and last year
was be ready always,
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and this years
will be transformed.
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Please visit our
booth for more information,
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it's upstairs.
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Thank you.
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Hello, I'm Rob Mosier with
Wisconsin Youth for Christ.
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And as you can guess our
territory covers Wisconsin.
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Of course we invite our
neighbors to come out as well.
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Our next event will be
the weekend of September 20th.
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We'll be having
training outreach
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and of course
inspiring messages.
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So we welcome
everyone in Wisconsin
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and those around the area
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to come out the
weekend of September 20th.
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My name is Ann
Ikonne and I represent SYC,
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the Southern Youth Conference.
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And if you want to be
transformed in the south
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you just come to our conference,
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if you're from
Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma,
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New Mexico or Louisiana
we hope to see you there.
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Amen, GYC.
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This is what God is
doing in North America,
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across North America.
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Now I understand Alexander,
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that you have a testimony for us
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of what God is
doing in your territory.
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Share with us what's happening.
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Well, this is the
beautiful thing to happen.
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You know, there
was a group of people
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that came from New York
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but they didn't have any
money to come to our event.
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So they plan idea to how
are we gonna make it there,
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so they start selling oranges.
00:15:16.97\00:15:20.28
You're saying they
are selling oranges.
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Oranges. Well, the whole time.
00:15:22.06\00:15:24.26
So they told me that
they went to the event,
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they enjoyed the
whole time, they came back,
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the last penny of the oranges,
they spend it on the gas,
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they just go home
and then after that
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they started doing
there own GYC in their church.
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One of them told me.
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Okay, I attended to
this preacher over here,
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so I started
preaching the same class
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that they told me over here.
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He was like that. He
was like a copy and paste.
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So they were
doing it. Amen. Amen.
00:15:48.32\00:15:50.47
And, Janice, you also mentioned
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that you have a testimony
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for what's happening
in your territory as well.
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You know, what, in GYC Southwest
00:15:57.57\00:15:59.46
is not just inspiring
but it's also practical.
00:15:59.49\00:16:02.46
Last year our theme
was about the family.
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So we have this family
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that came to
Southwest Youth Conference
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and the husband
was a non-Adventist.
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He came to the conference,
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listened to one of the speakers
00:16:13.15\00:16:15.08
and he approached the
speaker and asked him,
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well, how do you
know you have the truth?
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So the speaker
actually spent personal time,
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an hour studying the
Bible with him, showing him
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that the Seventh-day
Adventist Church has the truth.
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The man went out of his room
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and jokingly
told his friends that,
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you know, I think
that guy wrote the Bible.
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But you know what?
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The wonderful think is
that we're able to bring
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practical things
out of the conference
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and that man after a
week we found that he decided
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that he and his
family will have evening
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and morning worship.
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So we praise God for that. Amen.
00:16:48.34\00:16:52.31
We praise God for what
God is doing in North America
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and I believe that
every young person,
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every young person in this room
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can get involved
in finishing the work
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so we can go home.
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Thank you so much.
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I have with me Wes Via.
Wes is from Pennsylvania.
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Now tell me about what's
going on up in Pennsylvania?
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Well, Pennsylvania
is really investing
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in empowering young
adults to drive mission forward
00:17:18.63\00:17:21.58
and I've the distinct
privilege of being involved
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with an urban mission project
called "Mission to the Many."
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So this is
something that the conference
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is supporting
and promoting, right?
00:17:28.56\00:17:30.55
Yeah, absolutely.
00:17:30.58\00:17:31.61
So the conference is supportive
of an urban evangelism
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in which they are engaging
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and putting
young people to work.
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Amen.
00:17:38.44\00:17:39.82
All right, so
"Mission to the Many"
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tell me a little bit
about what you guys do at
00:17:41.41\00:17:43.58
"Mission to the Many."
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"Mission to the
Many" was established
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specifically to
identify and implement the plan
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that we're given
in Spirit of Prophecy
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to work the cities.
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The plan that we're told
that when we follow that plan
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we'll set an
operation, the mighty moment
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such as we've not yet witnessed.
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And so our charge
from the conference
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is to take our team,
primarily of young adults,
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almost all of
us are young adults
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and do the best
that we can to find ways
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to engage the cities
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and to identify the
best way to go about
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making the
difference in the community.
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So a lot of you went
out on outreach today.
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You went on knocked on door.
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Is there a need for
the gospel in the cities?
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There is a huge
need, amen. Amen.
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Say like you mean it. Amen.
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There is a huge need for this.
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So Wes is working in
a project in the cities
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that is doing and
targeting evangelism
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and the people of the cities
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and its young
people that are involved.
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Now you guys also,
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you don't just send
young people out to work
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but you equipped them
as well with a program.
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What's that program
called? Yeah, absolutely.
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We're starting a
brand new training program.
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We're so excited about.
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It's called Simplicity Institute
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and this is not like any
other kind of training program
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that you heard of before.
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It's a training
program specifically designed
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to teach young
people or older people
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if you want to
come along as well
00:19:01.08\00:19:02.56
how to be urban missionaries?
00:19:02.59\00:19:04.32
We're gonna be
working to give you the skills
00:19:04.35\00:19:06.46
that are
necessary to be able to go
00:19:06.49\00:19:07.96
and do a medical missionary work
00:19:07.99\00:19:09.23
or welfare ministry work
00:19:09.26\00:19:11.32
and do evangelism
in the urban centers.
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Okay.
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So it's called
Simplicity Institute?
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Yes.
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That is, it's simplicity
but it's not easy to say.
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You know,
simplicity, simplicity.
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Okay. It's not easy.
00:19:23.54\00:19:24.57
It's a bit of tongue twister
but Simplicity Institute.
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All right, so now tell
me how long is this program?
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The program
actually runs for six months.
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Now that's longer than many
00:19:31.85\00:19:33.83
of the other
evangelism schools why?
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Well, we did
that for two reasons.
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One, we want to give the
opportunity for our people
00:19:38.16\00:19:42.73
who come, our missionaries
that will come to be trained.
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They have the opportunity
00:19:44.79\00:19:45.82
not only to learn
in a classroom setting
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and get a little
bit of outreach time
00:19:48.50\00:19:49.93
in conjunction with that
00:19:49.96\00:19:51.45
but we've designed the program
so that four months of that
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is instruction
time, it's classroom time,
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but then the last two
months will be evaluating
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with our participants,
with our missionaries,
00:20:01.23\00:20:03.35
what's their passion
for ministry in the cities.
00:20:03.38\00:20:06.01
What is their skill set?
00:20:06.04\00:20:07.38
What are they
feel most comfortable?
00:20:07.41\00:20:08.74
And the last two months
of that six months time frame
00:20:08.77\00:20:12.16
is specifically set
aside to give the people
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who come the opportunity
to engage in fulltime ministry
00:20:14.95\00:20:18.60
and see what it's like when
you step out of the classroom,
00:20:18.63\00:20:21.66
when you put the
classroom behind you
00:20:21.69\00:20:23.66
and now you're
working fulltime for the Lord.
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How does that begin to, to take
that instruction you receive?
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How does that begin to
really work in the real world
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and then have the
opportunity to be there
00:20:32.76\00:20:34.91
and be able to ask questions
00:20:34.94\00:20:35.99
and have the support of
the whole team with you still.
00:20:36.02\00:20:38.23
Excellent. I
think that very needed.
00:20:38.26\00:20:39.52
A long time ago, not
really a long time ago,
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I'm still young.
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A while ago I went
to an evangelism school
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and in class you
learned a lot of things
00:20:45.58\00:20:47.80
and lot of information
and it's overloading,
00:20:47.83\00:20:49.93
it's overwhelming.
00:20:49.96\00:20:50.99
If any of you
have been, you know,
00:20:51.02\00:20:52.89
and then you get
out into evangelism
00:20:52.92\00:20:54.92
and you're in the day to
day life and you're like,
00:20:54.95\00:20:57.25
oh, man, I know I
learned this in class
00:20:57.28\00:20:58.92
but I don't remembering.
00:20:58.95\00:21:00.32
So it's great that
you guys are offering
00:21:00.35\00:21:02.06
two months of continuing
education to work with
00:21:02.09\00:21:05.86
and disciple and
mentor these students
00:21:05.89\00:21:08.73
so that they can actually
really apply those things
00:21:08.76\00:21:11.61
and learn how it
works in the wild,
00:21:11.64\00:21:13.58
not just in
theory in the classroom.
00:21:13.61\00:21:15.35
And I think that,
that is beautiful.
00:21:15.38\00:21:17.07
So when does this program start?
00:21:17.10\00:21:19.63
The program actually starts
in just a little over month,
00:21:19.66\00:21:21.92
January 31st is our first day.
00:21:21.95\00:21:24.03
That's like right out a month.
Yeah, it's coming up quick.
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Now is it too late for anybody
to apply if they want to go?
00:21:26.59\00:21:29.83
It's not. We have
just a few slots left.
00:21:29.86\00:21:31.75
So if there's anyone here
that they really feels like
00:21:31.78\00:21:33.83
the Lord is calling
you to do something.
00:21:33.86\00:21:34.93
You may just haven't
quite figured that out
00:21:34.96\00:21:37.17
yet come by and
see us at our booth
00:21:37.20\00:21:40.11
and we've got a few slots open.
00:21:40.14\00:21:41.29
We love to talk
to you about join us.
00:21:41.32\00:21:43.02
So if somebody here
has felt God calling
00:21:43.05\00:21:45.12
or pulling and tugging
on their to get involved
00:21:45.15\00:21:48.65
with evangelism to
witness, to do more for Him,
00:21:48.68\00:21:51.87
to work more for Him,
they have an opportunity
00:21:51.90\00:21:54.87
to still get
involved in a training program
00:21:54.90\00:21:57.08
that will give them
the practical skills
00:21:57.11\00:21:58.73
that they need and
the practical experience
00:21:58.76\00:22:01.27
to become an effective
soul winner in an urban setting.
00:22:01.30\00:22:05.49
Yes.
00:22:05.52\00:22:06.55
So if somebody lives in a
city they can go back to a city
00:22:06.58\00:22:09.21
where they come from and become,
00:22:09.24\00:22:10.82
you know, a Christian,
evangelist in that city
00:22:10.85\00:22:14.94
winning souls for Christ.
00:22:14.97\00:22:17.27
And if I can just very
quickly, one of the areas
00:22:17.30\00:22:20.79
that were gonna
be doing training
00:22:20.82\00:22:22.52
is entrepreneurial
business principles.
00:22:22.55\00:22:25.24
What we want to
do is equip people
00:22:25.27\00:22:26.51
who come to our
program to be able to go
00:22:26.54\00:22:29.00
wherever God calls
him, regardless of whether
00:22:29.03\00:22:31.42
there's an
opportunity to work directly
00:22:31.45\00:22:33.02
with the church
or for a conference
00:22:33.05\00:22:34.73
but give them the
skills where they can go
00:22:34.76\00:22:36.38
and start a business or
engage in some enterprise
00:22:36.41\00:22:40.26
where they can
be self-supporting,
00:22:40.29\00:22:41.85
the way the Paul
was self-supporting
00:22:41.88\00:22:43.72
so that they can answer the call
00:22:43.75\00:22:44.95
Lord, wherever they
go and we're gonna be
00:22:44.98\00:22:46.67
actually starting
some of the businesses like
00:22:46.70\00:22:48.53
we see when you read about like
the Beehive in San Francisco.
00:22:48.56\00:22:51.42
Some of those
businesses are there.
00:22:51.45\00:22:53.82
We're gonna be actually
starting those in our program.
00:22:53.85\00:22:55.86
Our students will
gonna have the opportunity
00:22:55.89\00:22:57.20
to engage in that first hand
00:22:57.23\00:22:59.30
and what it takes
to make that happen.
00:22:59.33\00:23:00.78
So this is extremely
practical. Absolutely.
00:23:00.81\00:23:03.04
Everything we've
done is to try to make it
00:23:03.07\00:23:04.72
as practical as possible.
00:23:04.75\00:23:05.91
Even our instruction
time is more seminar based
00:23:05.94\00:23:09.51
and very heavy on
the practical application
00:23:09.54\00:23:12.33
even during that four
month training period,
00:23:12.36\00:23:14.12
this gonna be a
lot of outreach time,
00:23:14.15\00:23:15.63
more than you would normally get
00:23:15.66\00:23:16.70
at a regular training school.
00:23:16.73\00:23:18.60
So now remind me,
00:23:18.63\00:23:20.12
if somebody wants to
sign up for this program
00:23:20.15\00:23:22.22
or learn more about it,
what booth do they go to?
00:23:22.25\00:23:26.11
We're at booth 400. All right.
00:23:26.14\00:23:28.01
Now supposed that somebody
doesn't have six months,
00:23:28.04\00:23:31.14
I understand that you're
gonna be partnering with GYC
00:23:31.17\00:23:34.92
to do urban mission projects.
00:23:34.95\00:23:37.50
When does that happen?
00:23:37.53\00:23:38.80
That is going to
be May 31 to June 9.
00:23:38.83\00:23:41.92
May 31 to June 9.
00:23:41.95\00:23:42.98
So if somebody wants to
go experience urban missions
00:23:43.01\00:23:45.11
and kind a get a taste for this,
00:23:45.14\00:23:46.29
they can go May 31 to June 9.
00:23:46.32\00:23:48.42
They can participate
in that if they want.
00:23:48.45\00:23:50.53
The full experience
training and equipping,
00:23:50.56\00:23:52.71
then they can go to the
entire four month program
00:23:52.74\00:23:55.50
that starts in January 31--
00:23:55.53\00:23:57.21
or six month program excuse me.
00:23:57.24\00:23:58.49
January 31,
Simplicity Institute,
00:23:58.52\00:24:01.64
you're a mission to
the many, booth 400, right?
00:24:01.67\00:24:04.54
That's right. All right.
00:24:04.57\00:24:06.17
Are you
interested go talk to Wes?
00:24:06.20\00:24:09.54
Thank you. Thank you, Wes.
00:24:09.57\00:24:10.62
I want to invite Uncle
Bill out on to the stage.
00:24:10.65\00:24:15.00
Now Bill is not my uncle.
00:24:15.03\00:24:18.53
The reason we call him
Uncle Bill is that his niece
00:24:18.56\00:24:22.15
is one of the
executive committee members,
00:24:22.18\00:24:24.50
Livvy Knott is our secretary.
00:24:24.53\00:24:26.42
And so we affectionately refer
to Elder Knott as Uncle Bill.
00:24:26.45\00:24:30.31
Glad to be known
as Livvy 's uncle.
00:24:30.34\00:24:33.17
You never saw that
one coming didn't you?
00:24:33.20\00:24:34.58
Never saw that one coming.
00:24:34.61\00:24:35.79
I hear it shouted
across the hall sometimes here.
00:24:35.82\00:24:39.27
Now what do you do?
00:24:39.30\00:24:41.01
Well, most days I work as editor
00:24:41.04\00:24:43.24
of the Adventist Review
and I work on the kind of issue
00:24:43.27\00:24:46.09
you see sitting on
your chair this evening,
00:24:46.12\00:24:48.34
a special GYC edition
of the Adventist Review.
00:24:48.37\00:24:51.54
Now everybody has one of
these sitting on their chair.
00:24:51.57\00:24:54.35
Now you guys, you guys publish
one magazine every week, right?
00:24:54.38\00:24:58.27
We publish 48 issues a
year between Adventist Review
00:24:58.30\00:25:01.22
and Adventist World,
thirty six, Adventist Review,
00:25:01.25\00:25:03.94
12 monthly Adventist
World so that every week
00:25:03.97\00:25:07.83
we're turning out of
32 or 48 page magazine
00:25:07.86\00:25:10.69
and so we're pretty
fast paced production.
00:25:10.72\00:25:13.05
That sounds like a lot of work.
00:25:13.08\00:25:14.31
It's a lot of work but
it's also a lot of fun.
00:25:14.34\00:25:16.93
So why with all of
that work would you say,
00:25:16.96\00:25:19.51
hey, let's add another magazine
00:25:19.54\00:25:21.26
and let's produce a
special edition for GYC?
00:25:21.29\00:25:25.08
One Christian author has
defined the role of leadership
00:25:25.11\00:25:28.16
as "Figuring out
with the Holy Spirit
00:25:28.19\00:25:30.52
is doing in the
church and getting in on it."
00:25:30.55\00:25:33.69
That's exactly the way
we at Adventist Review see
00:25:33.72\00:25:36.91
what are our tasks.
00:25:36.94\00:25:38.37
We concluded
that the Holy Spirit
00:25:38.40\00:25:40.04
is living and active
in the life of the GYC.
00:25:40.07\00:25:43.30
We're eager to be part and cover
00:25:43.33\00:25:45.19
and to give prominence
to what the Holy Spirit
00:25:45.22\00:25:47.49
is doing in this organization.
00:25:47.52\00:25:48.87
So every year we put
out a special edition
00:25:48.90\00:25:51.30
of the Adventist
Review to highlight
00:25:51.33\00:25:53.05
what happens at this conference.
00:25:53.08\00:25:54.65
What's the
circulation of that issue?
00:25:54.68\00:25:57.09
That issue is, but
right not it comes,
00:25:57.12\00:25:59.64
hard copies
goes to everyone here
00:25:59.67\00:26:01.35
and it's on our website.
00:26:01.38\00:26:03.19
In fact this gives me
an opportunity to mention,
00:26:03.22\00:26:05.40
go to the adventistreview.org
and you can get unlocked
00:26:05.43\00:26:09.47
all the contents of this edition
00:26:09.50\00:26:11.71
and of our
regular weekly edition,
00:26:11.74\00:26:13.58
the last one of December.
00:26:13.61\00:26:14.90
It gives you a
chance to browse at no cost,
00:26:14.93\00:26:18.01
see what's there,
see what you're missing,
00:26:18.04\00:26:20.16
if you're not a
regular reader of the review.
00:26:20.19\00:26:22.39
Now I got to see
this a little bit
00:26:22.42\00:26:23.76
before everybody else here did.
00:26:23.79\00:26:25.66
And there's some really
interesting stuff in here.
00:26:25.69\00:26:27.32
I know I want to go home
and read about more of this
00:26:27.35\00:26:30.95
and read some of these articles.
00:26:30.98\00:26:32.94
But tell me a little
bit about this issue?
00:26:32.97\00:26:36.25
What's the purpose and
the goal with this issue?
00:26:36.28\00:26:38.06
It's got the V
for Revolution, right?
00:26:38.09\00:26:41.31
Well, you know,
we're all thinking
00:26:41.34\00:26:43.58
in the next 24
hours, about plans
00:26:43.61\00:26:46.09
we might be
making for ourselves,
00:26:46.12\00:26:48.66
challenges we want to put
00:26:48.69\00:26:49.72
in front of
ourselves for the next year.
00:26:49.75\00:26:51.88
But actually
it's not a resolution
00:26:51.91\00:26:53.51
we need as the
theme of this conference
00:26:53.54\00:26:55.40
is pointed out, it's
a revolution we need.
00:26:55.43\00:26:58.01
And the article here,
the cover story authored by,
00:26:58.04\00:27:01.07
an author to be named later
00:27:01.10\00:27:02.98
well, it talks about
New Year's revolutions.
00:27:03.01\00:27:07.03
How is it that
God's gonna bring about
00:27:07.06\00:27:09.04
a change in my
life in the coming year?
00:27:09.07\00:27:11.28
How will 2013 be
different than 2012?
00:27:11.31\00:27:14.94
John Chapter 1 lays
out some beautiful ways
00:27:14.97\00:27:17.30
of understanding
how Jesus is gonna bring
00:27:17.33\00:27:19.61
about a revolution in
my life and your life.
00:27:19.64\00:27:21.76
Amen.
00:27:21.79\00:27:22.82
I think we all
need to read that.
00:27:22.85\00:27:24.38
Now tell me, I know that,
00:27:24.41\00:27:25.59
I also saw in here that
there's a short blur about
00:27:25.62\00:27:30.02
the average age of
people in Adventist Church,
00:27:30.05\00:27:32.26
they were accomplishing things.
00:27:32.29\00:27:33.32
And were these old
people or young people?
00:27:33.35\00:27:35.00
You know, one of the ironies is
that on many of the committees
00:27:35.03\00:27:37.71
I sit on at the
general conference building,
00:27:37.74\00:27:40.29
at an age I'm not
going to tell you.
00:27:40.32\00:27:41.75
I'm still the
youngest person in the room.
00:27:41.78\00:27:43.74
There's something
dramatically wrong with that.
00:27:43.77\00:27:46.58
And one of the
reasons we come here to GYC
00:27:46.61\00:27:49.01
is to encourage you to
engage with your church,
00:27:49.04\00:27:51.90
get involved in
leadership, get the experience,
00:27:51.93\00:27:54.50
take a look at this
page and look at six--
00:27:54.53\00:27:57.66
actually seven key
pioneers of the Adventist faith
00:27:57.69\00:28:00.89
and look at the
age at which they began
00:28:00.92\00:28:02.69
working for this movement.
00:28:02.72\00:28:04.45
You'll be surprised
and startled to discover
00:28:04.48\00:28:07.55
that God doesn't wait
until people are 30, 40,
00:28:07.58\00:28:10.24
or 50 plus to start
using them for His cause.
00:28:10.27\00:28:13.28
He begins using you now
and the Adventist Review
00:28:13.31\00:28:16.04
is committed to
finding that talent,
00:28:16.07\00:28:18.19
helping to grow that talent,
making sure you get your place
00:28:18.22\00:28:21.06
at the table to
help lead God's church.
00:28:21.09\00:28:23.53
So you guys support
young people being active,
00:28:23.56\00:28:27.07
being, you know, in
the frontlines working,
00:28:27.10\00:28:29.14
leading and doing
things in the church.
00:28:29.17\00:28:30.98
Talent doesn't depend on age
00:28:31.01\00:28:32.63
and gifting is the
Holy Spirits business.
00:28:32.66\00:28:35.01
It doesn't depend on
a certain level of years
00:28:35.04\00:28:37.72
sitting at a committee table.
00:28:37.75\00:28:39.51
One of the reasons I
come to GYC every year
00:28:39.54\00:28:41.81
is because God has
given the gift of writing
00:28:41.84\00:28:44.26
to individuals who are within
00:28:44.29\00:28:45.72
the hearing of my voice tonight.
00:28:45.75\00:28:47.35
I come to find those
people every year at GYC,
00:28:47.38\00:28:50.32
encourage them, tell them,
00:28:50.35\00:28:51.92
when you send
your material to us,
00:28:51.95\00:28:53.80
we're not
looking to turn it down,
00:28:53.83\00:28:55.62
we're trying to help
you share the message
00:28:55.65\00:28:57.41
God has given you with
the worldwide audience.
00:28:57.44\00:28:59.77
And so tonight
even though I know
00:28:59.80\00:29:01.60
I'm asking for
a lot of contacts.
00:29:01.63\00:29:03.67
If you have a concern
or an interest in writing,
00:29:03.70\00:29:06.50
find me after
the meeting tonight.
00:29:06.53\00:29:08.16
I'll be delighted
to help develop you.
00:29:08.19\00:29:10.04
Amen.
00:29:10.07\00:29:11.41
Take a look at this,
keep your copy, read it,
00:29:11.44\00:29:14.56
there's some
fascinating content in here.
00:29:14.59\00:29:16.58
I want to thank
you. Thank you, Brandon.
00:29:16.61\00:29:18.42
I appreciate it. God bless.
00:29:18.45\00:29:21.03
This morning we
heard Pastor Wes sharing
00:29:21.06\00:29:22.88
how he was challenging
each and everyone of us
00:29:22.91\00:29:25.73
to memorize a
whole book of the Bible.
00:29:25.76\00:29:28.23
And tonight I have my
friend Alonna and Natasha
00:29:28.26\00:29:31.45
and they are going to share
with you something really cool.
00:29:31.48\00:29:33.72
What did you guys do
early this year, Natasha?
00:29:33.75\00:29:37.02
Well, throughout this year
00:29:37.05\00:29:38.21
we decided to
memorize the Book of the Acts.
00:29:38.24\00:29:39.95
The whole Book of Acts?
00:29:39.98\00:29:41.62
In preparation
for the conference.
00:29:41.65\00:29:42.99
Wow. Isn't that amazing, guys?
00:29:43.02\00:29:44.80
Isn't that inspirational?
What lead to that?
00:29:44.83\00:29:47.17
What was the
inspiration? What motivated you?
00:29:47.20\00:29:50.26
Well, actually we
ended up happening
00:29:50.29\00:29:52.10
was earlier
this year in February
00:29:52.13\00:29:55.15
we were at an executive
committee planning retreat
00:29:55.18\00:29:57.80
and Alonna and I
were rooming together.
00:29:57.83\00:30:00.32
And one evening we were
talking sitting on our bed there
00:30:00.35\00:30:05.14
and we were somehow gone
00:30:05.17\00:30:06.28
to the subject of
Bible memorization
00:30:06.31\00:30:09.51
and because we had
been talking about this
00:30:09.54\00:30:11.63
up coming conference,
Acts the Revolution continues.
00:30:11.66\00:30:14.01
Alonna looks at
me and she's like,
00:30:14.04\00:30:15.18
you know, I've been thinking,
I think I should memorize Acts,
00:30:15.21\00:30:18.23
you know in preparation for
the conference this December.
00:30:18.26\00:30:20.51
And I was like
really, that's really neat,
00:30:20.54\00:30:22.34
I'll do it too.
00:30:22.37\00:30:23.71
And so it was kind
of an abrupt decision
00:30:23.74\00:30:27.26
but then we
thought about little bit
00:30:27.29\00:30:28.48
and talked a
little bit about it more
00:30:28.51\00:30:30.04
and then when I went home
00:30:30.07\00:30:31.51
I said to my
brothers and sisters,
00:30:31.54\00:30:33.74
hey, listen, Alonna
and I are memorizing
00:30:33.77\00:30:35.74
the Book of Acts
for the conference
00:30:35.77\00:30:37.48
in preparation
for the conference,
00:30:37.51\00:30:38.55
you should memorize it with us.
00:30:38.58\00:30:40.32
And so my
brothers and sisters said,
00:30:40.35\00:30:42.66
oh, yeah, that's a good
idea and so then my brother
00:30:42.69\00:30:44.38
was posting his blog to
make a long story short,
00:30:44.41\00:30:46.80
when 150 people across four
continents decided to join us
00:30:46.83\00:30:50.64
in memorizing the Book of Acts.
00:30:50.67\00:30:52.01
That's amazing. So amazing.
00:30:52.04\00:30:54.12
And how did you
come up about actually
00:30:54.15\00:30:56.64
memorizing the Book of Acts?
00:30:56.67\00:30:58.04
I've done Bible
memorization before
00:30:58.07\00:30:59.76
but I've never
memorized a book of that size.
00:30:59.79\00:31:02.66
So how do you go about
it? How did you guys do it?
00:31:02.69\00:31:05.12
You know, it was a
challenge for sure,
00:31:05.15\00:31:06.99
but several things happened.
00:31:07.02\00:31:09.14
Number one is, I listen
to the Book of Acts on audio
00:31:09.17\00:31:12.33
every chance I had literally
every moment in the car,
00:31:12.36\00:31:15.09
every time I was exercising
literally for the past,
00:31:15.12\00:31:17.44
you know, 10 months.
00:31:17.47\00:31:18.64
The second thing was, many of us
00:31:18.67\00:31:20.28
are literally almost attached
00:31:20.31\00:31:21.54
to our Smartphones or
iPhones or what have you
00:31:21.57\00:31:24.00
and there's a really cool app
called Scripture Typer that--
00:31:24.03\00:31:28.67
I don't know how I
could have done it without it.
00:31:28.70\00:31:30.44
It really helps with
review and you know just knowing
00:31:30.47\00:31:33.76
that everybody
was doing it with me
00:31:33.79\00:31:35.79
just really help
to, for the consistency.
00:31:35.82\00:31:38.69
And you're not somebody
00:31:38.72\00:31:39.75
who has a ton of
free time, right?
00:31:39.78\00:31:41.66
No, I don't think so.
00:31:41.69\00:31:42.87
So if Alonna can do
it, can we do it, right?
00:31:42.90\00:31:45.90
I think we can.
00:31:45.93\00:31:46.97
And so I want to ask you,
00:31:47.00\00:31:48.69
you know, you've been spending
00:31:48.72\00:31:49.83
all these months going
over these passages of scripture
00:31:49.86\00:31:53.35
over and over and over,
00:31:53.38\00:31:54.90
they have been coming
better than your mind.
00:31:54.93\00:31:57.25
Has that had an
effect on your life at all?
00:31:57.28\00:32:00.50
I'll tell you. It has
had a tremendous effect.
00:32:00.53\00:32:02.89
Now that we have--
there's a difference
00:32:02.92\00:32:05.16
in how much the Word of God
00:32:05.19\00:32:07.91
is in your
thoughts through the day.
00:32:07.94\00:32:10.50
How much it is
constantly a part of your life
00:32:10.53\00:32:14.05
when you're
memorizing the Book of Acts
00:32:14.08\00:32:15.24
is really big and I don't know
00:32:15.27\00:32:16.91
if we had
realized what a big project
00:32:16.94\00:32:18.77
that would be at the beginning
we would have committed to it
00:32:18.80\00:32:21.82
but once we committed to it,
00:32:21.85\00:32:22.90
it was really good
and the accountability
00:32:22.93\00:32:24.46
was really key in memorizing it.
00:32:24.49\00:32:26.83
But I remember as
we're going through
00:32:26.86\00:32:29.75
and memorizing the Book of Acts,
00:32:29.78\00:32:31.11
one day Alonna
and I were texting,
00:32:31.14\00:32:32.92
we live across the
continent from each other
00:32:32.95\00:32:34.49
but we were
texting back and forth
00:32:34.52\00:32:35.82
and Alonna said to me, you know,
00:32:35.85\00:32:36.97
I was at
nominating committee today
00:32:37.00\00:32:39.82
and the thing that
kept running through my mind
00:32:39.85\00:32:41.52
over and over and over again
00:32:41.55\00:32:44.19
was the quotation
from Acts 1 verses.
00:32:44.22\00:32:47.10
"Thou, Lord, which
knowest the hearts of all men,
00:32:47.13\00:32:49.45
shew whether of these
two thou hast chosen."
00:32:49.48\00:32:51.90
When they were trying to decide
which Matthias or Barsabbas
00:32:51.93\00:32:55.83
who was going to
join the apostles.
00:32:55.86\00:32:58.26
And I thought to
myself how much more beautiful
00:32:58.29\00:33:00.86
is it of a thing to go
to nominating committee
00:33:00.89\00:33:02.86
and think "Thou, Lord, which
knowest the hearts of all men,
00:33:02.89\00:33:04.92
shew whether of these
two thou hast chosen."
00:33:04.95\00:33:06.76
Instead of going to nominated
committee and thinking,
00:33:06.79\00:33:09.15
man, I can not stand the
way that elder runs this church.
00:33:09.18\00:33:12.29
Hey, do you want to
nominate so and so with me?
00:33:12.32\00:33:13.95
Come on let's
nominate so and so.
00:33:13.98\00:33:15.51
Isn't it so much more beautiful?
00:33:15.54\00:33:16.77
And we just notice
that in so many respects
00:33:16.80\00:33:19.19
that the Word of
God is in your mind
00:33:19.22\00:33:21.26
and it effects your life
00:33:21.29\00:33:22.58
and the way you
think about the world.
00:33:22.61\00:33:24.84
That is so exciting.
00:33:24.87\00:33:26.14
As I was listening to
you guys throughout the year
00:33:26.17\00:33:29.14
and keeping up with
friends that I knew or doing it
00:33:29.17\00:33:31.07
as well I was
also very inspired.
00:33:31.10\00:33:32.98
And I want to thank
you for that and ask you,
00:33:33.01\00:33:35.40
you know, if
somebody out in the audience
00:33:35.43\00:33:37.25
or even myself
if I was interested
00:33:37.28\00:33:39.88
in doing something like this,
00:33:39.91\00:33:41.01
what word of encouragement or
advice will you give us today?
00:33:41.04\00:33:45.64
I would say that there
are three things in my mind
00:33:45.67\00:33:48.19
that are most important.
00:33:48.22\00:33:49.30
If you want to
memorize a large amount,
00:33:49.33\00:33:51.41
the first is inundate
yourself with scripture.
00:33:51.44\00:33:53.52
Listen to it, read it,
00:33:53.55\00:33:55.14
constantly, have constant
input of the scriptures.
00:33:55.17\00:33:58.62
The second would be, have
a really good review system
00:33:58.65\00:34:01.07
which is why Scripture Typer.
00:34:01.10\00:34:02.77
If you have a Smart Phone,
00:34:02.80\00:34:04.19
get Scripture Typer,
it will save your life.
00:34:04.22\00:34:05.84
If you're gonna memorize a lot,
00:34:05.87\00:34:07.30
Scripture Typer kept
us on track with review
00:34:07.33\00:34:09.25
and the third
thing is accountability.
00:34:09.28\00:34:10.85
I remember
Alonna calls me one time
00:34:10.88\00:34:12.09
and she's like how
you doing with Acts?
00:34:12.12\00:34:13.99
And there's was this
long pause and she says,
00:34:14.02\00:34:16.34
this is your conscious speaking.
00:34:16.37\00:34:20.12
It makes a big difference.
00:34:20.15\00:34:21.20
That's
something, thank you so much
00:34:21.23\00:34:22.28
for sharing with us tonight.
00:34:22.31\00:34:24.11
Isn't that exciting?
00:34:24.14\00:34:25.87
I think, I think all
of us can be challenged
00:34:25.90\00:34:28.55
to aim higher in what we do.
00:34:28.58\00:34:30.48
And right now I'd like to
share with you another person
00:34:30.51\00:34:33.46
who's going to--
who's actually doing
00:34:33.49\00:34:35.16
something really
exciting in Canada.
00:34:35.19\00:34:37.73
Mrs. Sandra. Sandra,
I want you to tell us
00:34:37.76\00:34:40.72
what is it that is
happening in Canada right now?
00:34:40.75\00:34:44.48
Well, we're very excited
00:34:44.51\00:34:46.54
Canada starting a
new school of Evangelism.
00:34:46.57\00:34:50.25
It's starting May
first to end of July.
00:34:50.28\00:34:54.29
And it's basically the
first real three month program
00:34:54.32\00:34:57.32
that we ever really had.
00:34:57.35\00:34:58.90
So this is three month
Bible worker, Bible training--
00:34:58.93\00:35:02.88
Yes. Program in Canada.
00:35:02.91\00:35:04.58
Yes, we'll be
training individuals
00:35:04.61\00:35:06.39
to be literature evangelist
00:35:06.42\00:35:08.42
as well training
them to be Bible workers
00:35:08.45\00:35:11.29
and evangelism coordinators
for the churches even.
00:35:11.32\00:35:14.13
That is really exciting.
00:35:14.16\00:35:15.69
How did this come
about in your own life,
00:35:15.72\00:35:17.64
what motivated
you to pursue this?
00:35:17.67\00:35:20.55
Well, it's
amazing how God leads.
00:35:20.58\00:35:23.13
We never know.
00:35:23.16\00:35:24.19
I mean, I was working in banking
00:35:24.22\00:35:26.09
and I remember waking up
from a dream with a latter
00:35:26.12\00:35:28.73
is amazing facts and saying
00:35:28.76\00:35:30.73
God, if this is for
me You make it clear,
00:35:30.76\00:35:33.16
I don't get it.
00:35:33.19\00:35:34.71
And about a week and half later
00:35:34.74\00:35:36.14
I received a
brochure in the mail
00:35:36.17\00:35:38.34
and the broacher
was Amazing Facts
00:35:38.37\00:35:41.25
College for Evangelism
and God laid in my heart.
00:35:41.28\00:35:44.54
Sandra, leave
everything and follow Me and go.
00:35:44.57\00:35:47.47
And so I went to AFCOE,
00:35:47.50\00:35:49.09
after that I taught
at schools of evangelism
00:35:49.12\00:35:52.36
in Brazil, Germany,
Portugal, other places
00:35:52.39\00:35:55.72
and I guess God was preparing me
00:35:55.75\00:35:58.03
to then start
something back in Canada
00:35:58.06\00:36:00.55
which is really
where I was born, so.
00:36:00.58\00:36:02.45
That is exciting.
00:36:02.48\00:36:03.51
And if somebody was interested
in doing something like this
00:36:03.54\00:36:07.82
or participating in this program
00:36:07.85\00:36:09.07
how will they become involved?
00:36:09.10\00:36:11.44
Well, I think most importantly
you can go to the website.
00:36:11.47\00:36:15.67
We have www.changeschool.ca.
00:36:15.70\00:36:20.01
And so we're
located on the campus
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of Canadian University College
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and that's Alberta,
Canada for those of you
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who know where that
is, near the West Coast
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and they just contact,
you know, through the web,
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even call through
the Alberta Conference
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and they could be
told how to get involved
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and look at even opportunities
in working together.
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That's really exciting.
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And you know, what
I really appreciate
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is the fact that you
were able to see a need
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and by God's grace follow His,
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His leading
right, in that direction.
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Well, what would
you say to somebody
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who may be feels
that in his local area
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he doesn't have those resources
that would enable him to do
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what he feels he's
been called for God to do?
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Okay. Yeah, very good question.
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I think we may not
understand always God's leading
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and I didn't
realize God was preparing me
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for so many years to
then really start a school.
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But I was doing
volunteer work for many years
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and I just
wanted to be faithful,
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wherever God
placed me to do the work
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and I would train in
my church, other churches
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and so what I would say is,
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you know, connect
with the Lord everyday
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and say, God, what can I do
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in my sphere of
influence to further the work
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and I know that
God will place you
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and use you
powerfully for His service.
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Thank you so much
for sharing with us.
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Thank you.
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Morning by morning
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I wake up to find
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The power and comfort
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Of Gods hand in mine
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Season by season
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I watch Him, amazed
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In awe of the mystery
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Of His perfect ways
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All I have need of,
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His hand will provide
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He's always been faithful to me
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I can't remember
a trial or a pain
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He did not recycle
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To bring me gain
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I can't remember
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One single regret
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In serving God only,
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And trusting His hand
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All I have need of,
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His hand will provide
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He's always been faithful to me
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This is my anthem
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This is my song
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The theme of the stories
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I've heard for so long
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God has been faithful,
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He will be again
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His loving compassion,
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It knows no end
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All I have need of,
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His hand will provide
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He's always been
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Faithful to me
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He's always been faithful
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He's always been
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Faithful to me
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