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Series Code: 17GYC
Program Code: 17GYC000015A
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00:33 We're gonna sing number 625, "Higher Ground."
00:36 And I want to invite you to stand 00:38 considering the arising 00:43 part of the song. 00:44 So please enjoy 00:46 our risingness. 00:51 I'm pressing on the upward way 00:56 New heights I'm gaining every day 01:00 Still praying as I onward bound 01:04 "Lord, plant my feet on higher ground." 01:09 Lord, lift me up and I shall stand 01:13 By faith on heaven's table land 01:17 A higher plane than I have found 01:22 Lord, plant my feet on higher ground 01:26 My heart has no desire to stay 01:31 Where doubts arise and fears dismay 01:36 Though some may dwell 01:38 Where those abound 01:40 My prayer, my aim, is higher ground 01:44 Lord, lift me up and I shall stand 01:50 By faith, on heaven's table land 01:53 A higher plane than I have found 01:57 Lord, plant my feet on higher ground 02:02 I want to live above the world 02:07 Though Satan's darts at me are hurled 02:11 For faith has caught the joyful sound 02:16 The song of saints on higher ground 02:20 Lord, lift me up and I shall stand 02:25 By faith, on heaven's table land 02:29 A higher plane than I have found 02:34 Lord, plant my feet on higher ground 02:38 I want to scale the utmost height 02:43 And catch a gleam of glory bright 02:48 But still I'll pray till heaven I've found 02:52 "Lord, lead me on to higher ground." 02:57 Lord, lift me up, and I shall stand 03:01 By faith on heaven's table land 03:06 A higher plane than I have found 03:11 Lord, plant my feet on higher ground 03:17 Thank you for singing, you may be seated. 03:26 Good morning. Good morning. 03:29 How are you all doing this morning? 03:31 Good! Amen. 03:33 My favorite verse in the Bible is Psalm 27:14. 03:38 It says, "Wait expectantly on the Lord, 03:41 be of good courage 03:42 and He will strengthen your heart. 03:45 Wait, I say on the Lord." 03:47 And I love this verse 03:49 because as we have been talking about arise, 03:51 sometimes it can be kind of scary 03:52 to do the things that God calls us to do. 03:54 But David here in Psalms tells us 03:56 that no matter what God is calling us to do, 03:58 He will always give our hearts the strength to follow. 04:03 So this morning, I just want to personally 04:04 welcome you back to GYC. 04:06 Those of you that are still here, 04:08 the faithful, I'm so glad that each of you are here. 04:11 Today, our program will include an e-com panel 04:14 where each of you get another opportunity 04:16 to interact with us, ask us questions, 04:19 and just help us be able to cast a vision 04:22 for the future for GYC. 04:23 There will be more information about that a bit later. 04:25 And then Sebastian Braxton will bring our final charge 04:28 so that we all can be inspired as we leave here 04:30 and go into a new year. 04:33 So I'm looking forward to this, and I know you are as well. 04:35 Let's pray. 04:37 Dear God, thank You so much 04:41 that You are who You say You are. 04:44 Thank You that we have the opportunity 04:46 to arise with You 04:48 and shine Your light all over the world. 04:51 And as we move into this last day of the year 04:53 and last day of GYC, 04:55 I pray that You will cover us with who You are, 04:58 so that Your light may shine through each and everything 05:01 that we do through this next year 05:04 and teach us who You are. 05:06 In Jesus' name, amen. 05:10 There has been a sweet spirit at GYC, amen? 05:13 We believe the Holy Spirit has really 05:15 done something magnificent, 05:16 and we are uplifting Christ, and we glorify Him, 05:19 and we thank Him for all that He has done. 05:21 The news of what God has been doing 05:23 at this year's conference has spread all over the world. 05:26 And Elder Wilson, our world church president, 05:28 heard about it and he has a special message 05:31 that he recorded this morning, early in the morning, 05:33 and he just sent it to us. 05:35 So he wanted to send you a greeting 05:37 because of what God is doing at this GYC. 05:39 We are gonna listen to it right now. 05:43 Good morning, young people in Phoenix. 05:46 I have been hearing 05:47 from your president Moise Ratsara, 05:50 from Melody Mason. 05:52 What God has done in Phoenix is unbelievable, 05:55 service outreach, prayer power, Bible study, 06:00 involvement in what God wants us to do, 06:03 total member involvement. 06:05 I'm so proud of you, 06:07 God bless you in a wonderful way 06:09 as you continue to look to Him 06:11 and pray for the latter rain of the Holy Spirit. 06:14 Just this morning, as I was reading 06:16 in our chapter for today, 06:18 Habakkuk 1:5, 06:22 it says, "For I will work a work in your days 06:26 which you would not believe though it were told you." 06:29 God is doing something extraordinary in Phoenix 06:33 and around the world. 06:35 Also, this morning, I was reading 06:37 in the book "Education", 06:39 I'm going through that book, and it says here on page 290, 06:43 "Lead the youth to feel that they are trusted 06:46 and there are few who will not seek 06:49 to prove themselves worthy of the trust." 06:53 I want to tell you, young people, we trust you. 06:56 Go out and win the world for Christ. 06:59 Pray for the Holy Spirit's power 07:01 to accompany you in all that you do. 07:05 May the latter rain 07:06 of the Holy Spirit come quickly. 07:08 Pray for God's leaders, 07:10 for God's people around the world 07:11 that we will focus upon that which is essential, 07:15 upon that which is heart-warming, 07:18 upon that which is life-changing, 07:21 an allegiance to God, a trust in Him, 07:24 a love for His love, and to share with the world. 07:28 Go out and change the world. 07:31 Jesus is coming soon. Maranatha. 07:37 All right, good morning. 07:39 You are doing well, yes, no? Yes. 07:42 Excited to be here, yes, no? Yes. 07:45 We have maybe 60% of you who are excited. 07:47 So we'll try to get the other 40% as we go along. 07:51 I have been tasked to tell you 07:53 the history of GYC in a short amount of time. 07:57 Does anyone know by chance the history of GYC? 08:00 Just by show of hands. 08:03 You are not many, okay. 08:05 So we shall start at the beginning. 08:07 There was a group of young people, 08:10 they got together, and at the time, 08:11 it was sort of this novel idea, they thought, 08:14 "You know what, 08:16 we are radically committed to Christ, 08:18 and we want to bring our friends 08:20 to a conference 08:21 and ask the people 08:22 that have inspired us to speak to them." 08:25 All youth-led and somewhat... 08:28 No, I shouldn't say somewhat. 08:29 All youth-led. 08:31 They brought them to the conference. 08:33 Behind the scenes, pure chaos, everything was disorganized, 08:37 they missed some alarm clocks, they missed some meals, 08:40 but despite of it all, God blessed. 08:45 Somewhere along the line, 08:46 this became an annual conference 08:48 and shortly after that we decided, you know what, 08:50 we have so many people coming at one time, 08:52 we've got to do outreach. 08:54 And so Chattanooga was the first time 08:56 we had buses. 08:58 You know why we selected buses? 09:01 They're the cheapest, it's not really that exciting. 09:04 So we had buses and we had 20 buses lined up 09:07 and attendance started to swell. 09:10 And we thought, you know, "We need more buses. 09:11 We don't want people to not have 09:13 the opportunity to go on outreach." 09:15 So we moved, actually on Christmas day, 09:18 we went down to Southern Adventist University, 09:20 and in the dorm, 09:21 we printed out a bunch of Google Maps, 09:23 we highlighted and we moved it from 20 buses to 28 buses. 09:28 We had 28 boxes, don't miss the number, 09:30 28 boxes of maps highlighted out in a room. 09:35 Outreach day came, the excitement was there. 09:38 By chance, did anyone go out 09:39 on outreach in Chattanooga, Tennessee? 09:44 I don't even see one hand up. Am I missing anybody? 09:47 There's a few, all right, all right. 09:48 Anyone up here? 09:51 You're too young. 09:53 This is not good. 09:55 Twenty-eight boxes, how many boxes? 09:56 Twenty-eight boxes. Twenty-eight boxes. 09:58 How many buses? Twenty-eight buses. 09:59 Twenty-eight buses. 10:00 We loaded up all the buses and the leadership went back 10:03 to the room to pray for the 28 buses. 10:07 When we got back to the room, what do you think we found? 10:11 One box. 10:13 Now, 28 buses were out there doing outreach, 10:15 one box that had the maps was in the room. 10:20 God blessed despite of that. 10:23 Somehow, all 28 buses came back with maps. 10:28 There was a box that was sitting there 10:30 that had maps in it. 10:31 Now, your take away 10:33 from the history of GYC is this. 10:35 The young people that started GYC 10:38 including myself, 10:39 because I was the one responsible 10:40 for that box not getting in the bus, 10:44 we don't have talent galore, 10:47 we didn't have an ultimate amount of resources, 10:50 in fact, the first GYC was put on 10:52 a parents' credit card for $50,000. 10:57 But God blessed us despite of it all. 11:02 The thing that we did have is radical commitment to Him. 11:07 Each step of the way, 11:08 we have had radical commitment to Him. 11:11 Your take away from the history of GYC 11:13 is not that these young people up here 11:15 have something you don't, it's not. 11:17 It's that they are radically committed to Him, 11:19 and you are radically committed to Him. 11:22 And their expression of that commitment 11:25 is a conference. 11:26 When you leave here, 11:28 you need to express your commitment in some way 11:29 and it may not be a conference. 11:31 It may be something even more important 11:34 like your local church. 11:36 Setting the Sabbath school on fire 11:38 or revamping pathfinders to be something incredible, 11:41 radical commitment to Him. 11:45 When I was the president of GYC, 11:46 I had the opportunity to tell constantly. 11:49 GYC can be summed up into one word, 11:51 how many words? 11:53 One word. One word. 11:54 When you take away the conference, 11:55 when you take away the seminar rooms, 11:57 when you take away the screens, 11:58 when you take away the microphones and 3ABN, 12:00 and all the things that go with the conference, 12:02 you can sum up GYC into one word, 12:04 and it is faithfulness. 12:07 Faithfulness, 12:10 faithfulness. 12:12 Your appeal from the history of GYC 12:15 is that we have nothing special 12:16 to offer except commitment to Him. 12:18 You can have that same commitment. 12:21 You can do great things for God when you go home. 12:26 I was also tasked to tell you a little bit about the board, 12:28 the executive committee, these sort of things 12:29 but I ran out of time. 12:31 So I'll just tell you, 12:33 GYC is run by the executive committee. 12:36 We have a board, 12:37 we serve a sort of a big brother, 12:39 mentor type position, just by way of example, 12:42 we have met one time this whole conference, 12:44 you know what that was for? 12:45 To meet four of the new executive committees 12:47 and to pray a prayer of thanksgiving. 12:50 GYC make no mistake about it, it happens 12:52 because of the individuals up here, 12:54 the executive committee. 12:55 So I'm gonna turn the time over to them. 12:58 Moise, our fearless president in the middle 13:01 is here with a panel. 13:02 We are gonna field some questions... 13:04 We are not, I'm gonna get off the stage and let them do it. 13:06 They are gonna field some questions, 13:08 you can ask whatever you want. 13:09 We'll let Moise introduce the panel. 13:11 Well, thank you so much, Justin. 13:13 And we praise the Lord 13:15 for what God has done through GYC, amen? 13:18 This is God's movement. 13:19 It does not belong to any of us. 13:23 Today, we wanted to engage with you as participant 13:25 because we value your opinion 13:28 and we wanted to invite you to the table to talk about, 13:31 maybe make comments, or questions 13:33 you might have about the vision and the mission of GYC 13:37 to finish the work in this generation. 13:39 May be you have some ideas, or some comments, 13:42 something that will be beneficial 13:44 to moving mission forward. 13:46 We have two mikes 13:48 and two Christian ladies up here, 13:51 if you wave your hands. 13:53 If you like to go the mike, 13:55 please feel free to do so and line up right now, 13:59 so whoever goes first, 14:01 we'll go in that order and we'll give about 30 seconds 14:05 or so for you to ask your questions. 14:08 We are willing to engage with you. 14:10 I want to let you know as well 14:12 that we are going to be in the front, 14:14 all of us are going to be in the front 14:17 at the end of the program, and any questions 14:20 you might have that might not pertain 14:22 to the vision, or the mission, 14:25 or comments, or ideas about GYC, 14:29 we'll be willing to engage with you 14:30 because we want to hear you out. 14:32 We value your opinion, you are a participant of GYC, 14:37 not an attendee. 14:38 You are GYC, 14:41 and we are here to serve you as the executive committee 14:44 and it is our privilege to do so. 14:46 So if you have any questions, 14:48 please have some holy boldness and love and come up 14:52 and please ask us some questions. 14:54 So we'll start with Nicole. 14:58 Please state your name and your question. 15:02 Yes, my name is Bob Munger. 15:03 This is the first I have been to GYC, 15:04 which is a blessing. 15:06 I was out in outreach and the software 15:09 that you guys were using for getting people's... 15:11 The questionnaire was awesome, I would like to suggest 15:14 that we were able 15:16 to put people's email address on there 15:18 before we ask their names, phone numbers, 15:21 and where they lived. 15:22 I prayed with many people out on the street, 15:24 but people on the street are very leery 15:26 to give you anything other than their name 15:28 and their email 15:29 but there was no place to put that on that software. 15:32 So you know, you might want to add 15:35 an email prior to asking phone numbers, 15:38 you know, more personal data. 15:40 Because they gave me the email 15:42 and all I did was kind of fake the information 15:45 and to get to a note 15:47 that was on the next page to put their email. 15:49 Just a suggestion for more people 15:51 that we can outreach to. 15:52 Excellent, thank you for that comment 15:54 and, Lisa, would you like to comment more about that? 15:56 Thank you. 15:58 Yeah, we wrote that down, so next year. Amen. 16:01 All right. 16:05 Hello, my name is Melissa. Melissa, yes. 16:08 And I just want to say that I love GYC, 16:11 and I got the opportunity to be an ambassador 16:13 this year and it was really exciting. 16:16 Something that I would like to see is 16:18 it's important to have the spiritual aspect 16:20 of prayer time 16:21 as well as spending time in God's Word 16:23 but also a health aspect, 16:25 even if it's guys and girls separated, 16:27 where we do some physical activity. 16:29 I think that's important because a lot of us were tired, 16:32 we were going and just having that health aspect 16:36 where we get to work out, 16:37 may be guys doing it together, girls, 16:40 where we do that every day 16:41 and also a social component maybe? 16:43 I know we did the small groups 16:44 but even like the Grand Canyon was here, 16:46 it would have been nice to, like, have it where, 16:48 you know, for those that would like to have 16:50 that social component out in God's nature. 16:53 All right. 16:54 Well, thank you so much for that, 16:56 Melissa, and Jonathan, 16:57 would you like to say any further comments? 17:00 Well, we appreciate your comments and we... 17:04 If you know last two years 17:05 I think we had a Five Pace going on, 17:08 and we were actually striving towards this, this year. 17:11 It just logistically didn't work out unfortunately, 17:13 but we are all about a healthy body 17:15 and mind and so we will 17:17 definitely try to integrate it again. 17:19 Amen. 17:20 Thank you so much, Melissa. 17:24 Okay. 17:26 I was at Pathways and I came to GYC, 17:29 and I felt the effect of that was very powerful. 17:32 I met a young guy at Pathways that I invited to come to GYC 17:37 and I was just wondering for the future conference 17:39 if you guys are still going to try and partner 17:42 with Pathways or what's the future of those 17:45 two working together look like? 17:47 All right brother, you asked a very deep question. 17:53 Praise the Lord. 17:54 Well, we are always open to partnering 17:56 with health ministries. 17:58 We believe that health ministry 18:01 is the right hand of the gospel. 18:03 You know, GYC, we are blessed with having a conference 18:07 that is spirit filled by God's grace, 18:10 but we also need the health aspect of things. 18:13 So we are open to it, we are praying about it 18:16 and we'll see how God is gonna lead us. 18:18 We go to Houston 18:20 because we have many needs there 18:22 and we want to attend to the needs of the community. 18:24 GYC exists to serve the community and the world, 18:28 and we're gonna do whatever we can, 18:30 so stay tuned 18:32 and maybe there will be something in Houston 18:34 that you will be excited about. 18:36 Thank you. Amen. 18:38 Okay. 18:40 My name is Sushita Patel 18:43 and I want to see 18:46 a crystallization 18:50 of lot of the programs that's going on 18:53 at the conference GYC level 18:56 with effective methodologies and plans 19:00 that could be effectively rolled out 19:02 at the local level, 19:04 so there is a seamless dissemination 19:07 of the Word of God and His glory going down 19:11 at the local level. 19:12 I'll give you an example of united prayer. 19:14 It's powerful, it's effective, it's revival, 19:18 it's Christ in His glory in that room, 19:21 and I would love to see that kind of intensity, 19:25 and passion, and zeal at the local level. 19:28 So if we can document 19:31 and get those detail plans 19:34 and have technology disseminate down 19:37 to the local level so we see a seamless transfer. 19:41 Well, that's a great idea 19:43 and we actually have the right person 19:45 to talk more about that, Eric Louw. 19:47 Yeah, thank you so much for that, Sushita. 19:49 You know, that's something that, 19:50 that's what keys me up at night. 19:52 I really want to see GYC go beyond 19:55 and that's why we had a whole beyond session this year. 19:57 We want to take every little piece 19:59 of what GYC has to offer 20:01 and to turn that into local mobilization, 20:04 and the only way we can do that is to cast a vision 20:06 that GYC is youth. 20:09 And so what we are planning to do this year 20:11 as we shared at that presentation 20:13 is where we've been working 20:16 throughout this whole conference really, 20:18 we've been spending hours and hours 20:20 trying to produce podcasts and blogs 20:23 and we working on a workbook 20:24 that will help people be able 20:26 to do things in their local church, school, 20:29 whatever setting they are in so they can do exactly that. 20:32 But you know what? 20:33 I don't have all the ideas 20:34 and so, I really solicit your support. 20:37 If you have any ideas 20:39 for how we could really mobilize it 20:42 and bring the conference into something 20:43 that would be local, please contact me. 20:46 I believe the email you want to contact is probably just 20:50 info@gycweb.org 20:52 that will be the easiest 20:53 and that will just get forwarded to my email address. 20:55 But we would just love new innovative ideas 20:58 to be able to do that most effectively. 21:00 So I would suggest that an appeal be made 21:03 to all the business executives and consultants 21:07 that are in the room 21:08 that have a proven experience of doing that, 21:12 and to gather those 21:13 and then do a brainstorming session 21:17 and delegate to each one 21:19 as to how to bring things together, 21:21 how to disseminate, 21:22 how to put it in technology and resources, 21:25 and how to filter that down, 21:27 and I would love to contribute in areas like that myself, 21:30 but I'm sure there are many in the room here. 21:33 Amen. Well, that will be great. 21:35 After at the end of the program, let us talk. 21:38 Thank you. 21:40 Okay. 21:42 Happy blessed 2018 to everyone. 21:46 Amen. 21:47 My name is Levassa Turango, 21:50 and I want to say thank you for equipping us. 21:53 I'm like super crazy excited to share 21:57 the canvassing in our local Pilipino churches 22:00 in Vancouver, Canada and our youth group. 22:03 And so, thank you for equipping us 22:05 with the phone and I'm ready to go, 22:07 I'm ready to run with it and go beyond call of duty. 22:12 But now at the very end of the scroll, it says, 22:15 would you like Bible study in person or online 22:20 or whatever. 22:21 So my thing is, 22:23 how would I be able to equip them online 22:26 in Vancouver, Canada? 22:27 All right. 22:29 Would you like to answer that, Taylor? 22:30 Sure. 22:32 So essentially with that survey, 22:33 the different options we had online, 22:35 in the mail, or in person, the contacts, 22:38 anyone who signed up for a Bible study, 22:39 any of you who did that will all be sent in 22:42 It Is Written guide to get them started, 22:44 so every single one. 22:45 But also we have people following up in person. 22:47 Now, for yourself personally, there are many amazing facts, 22:51 has an online Bible study thing you have, It Is Written. 22:55 There are so many different resources out there. 22:58 Now, the biggest thing is you would have to be the one 23:00 taking the initiative to going on 23:02 to those same websites. 23:03 So again, Amazing Facts, It Is Written, 23:05 and I do think 23:06 that that's a really good tool, so. 23:08 Thank you. Amen. 23:10 Praise the Lord for your passion 23:11 as well sister. 23:13 Amen. 23:16 Oh, I'm nervous. 23:18 I'm nervous. Don't be nervous. 23:19 First, I'm gonna say thank you 23:21 to the Lord for sending me here, 23:23 I'm not even planned to come here. 23:25 I want to praise you for your hard work, 23:28 and I just want to share with you 23:31 that may be Satan is working hard 23:34 to attack us too 23:36 while we are trying to promote Christ. 23:38 So my point is, are you guys aware 23:41 that may be outside there or anywhere that somebody 23:45 either from anywhere denomination 23:47 will try to infiltrate us because you know, 23:51 we need to know, we need to be aware that, 23:54 you know, Satan wants to work hard 23:56 try to fool us, 23:57 you know, because when the pope come 23:59 to the United States, Loma Linda University 24:01 with the leadership of Dr. Hart, 24:05 make a conference about why a pope coming 24:08 and what is the connection with the SDA thing. 24:14 So when I got a chance to ask them 24:17 about some other reference that came, 24:20 there are some people that out there used to be 24:23 with Seventh-day Adventist, they are not. 24:25 For example, Mr. Jan Marcussen that wrote 24:28 the National Sunday Law is not. 24:30 That's number one. 24:31 And number two, I want to support 24:33 the next GYC 24:37 but when it comes to about funding, 24:40 that makes me stumble because if God wants me to help 24:45 why the cost of that which is kind of like high. 24:49 Okay, very good question, brother. 24:52 I want to tell you as well, 24:54 there is an interesting information 24:55 that all of us here in the executive committee 24:58 pay our way to GYC. 25:01 Amen. 25:02 We get about a $20 discount, that's called early bird, 25:06 and so we know that it doesn't... 25:10 It's not a cheap conference to attend, but it's worth it. 25:15 I believe it's worth it. 25:17 We all here plan it all year long, 25:19 we have families, 25:21 and if God wants you here, you will be here, 25:23 I believe that. 25:24 We've seen that happen, 25:25 we've seen people canvas all summer long, 25:28 save up and be here. 25:30 Because we believe that young people 25:32 can do great things for God. 25:34 About your other question, I wanted... 25:36 We know that 25:37 the wheat and the tares will grow together. 25:40 Our job is to stay faithful. Amen. 25:43 Success is already guaranteed. 25:45 How do we know that? Jesus wins, amen? 25:47 Amen. Jesus wins. 25:49 Whatever the devil is going to do, Jesus is going to win. 25:54 But are we faithful today? 25:56 You know, we could think about all sorts of things 25:59 that are attacking us today. 26:00 We know that the world is dark and we can taste it. 26:04 But God is working even harder 26:07 and we want to keep our eyes on the Word of God, 26:10 we want to keep our eyes involved 26:12 in the church, 26:13 and we want to go to the ends of the earth 26:15 and be the light that God seeks us to be. 26:18 Amen? Amen. 26:19 So thank you for your comment, brother, 26:21 and I'll pray that I'll see you in Houston a well. 26:23 Amen. 26:27 I just want to let you guys know 26:28 that I really appreciate you, guys, 26:30 like you guys are really awesome, 26:32 just like to clap for you guys. 26:34 Amen. All the glory to God. 26:35 So I understand leadership position 26:37 can be really hard so 26:38 I just want to say thank you, guys, 26:40 you guys are really awesome, very much. 26:42 This is probably like 26:43 one of the most meaningful GYCs I've been to. 26:47 With the booths and everything, 26:48 you guys like have done a phenomenal job. 26:50 I just want to like really appreciate you, guys. 26:54 My question though is just out of curiosity, 26:58 and I would like to know why, how come, 27:01 and you guys did it one time which is really cool, 27:05 but how come you guys don't do a blood drive, 27:07 like every GYC just out of curiosity? 27:12 Oaky, well that's a very good question. 27:14 I'm going to ask 27:18 Lisa, Glesni. 27:23 That's a very good question. 27:25 We did a blood drive when we were here in Phoenix, 27:32 which was inspired by our theme at the cross 27:35 and at that time we thought 27:36 what a better time to give sacrificially. 27:42 So we have considered it at other times 27:46 and we are considering for the future, 27:49 but logistically 27:51 it just depends on where we're located 27:52 and who we are working with and what... 27:54 Where we decide to channel our energies. 27:56 So we can't do everything 27:58 and we try to get some variety in, 28:00 so you can all participate in different ways, 28:03 but thank you for your suggestion. 28:06 Thank you, brother, amen. 28:11 All right, we'll go to Nicole's mike. 28:16 My brother. 28:18 Well, this question is also out of curiosity like his. 28:22 But what goals did you have 28:25 whether it be as a group or whether be individually, 28:28 what you would want to see future 28:30 in the future at GYC? 28:33 Oh, that's a very good question. 28:36 I'm going to say a little bit 28:38 and then maybe two or three here can also expand 28:41 and our desire is to experience the latter rain at GYC. 28:47 We saw the prayer room, even I was rebuked, 28:50 you know, this morning I thought, 28:52 well, it might be... 28:53 The room might be somewhat full, 28:55 but there were people outside 28:57 and I was one of those people outside standing up. 28:59 And God wants to pour out His Holy Spirit 29:03 and we want to finish the work, 29:05 but in order to finish the work, 29:07 we are praying for an army of youth rightly trained 29:10 who love to profess a crucified, and risen, 29:14 and soon coming savior to the end of the earth, 29:17 that's our objective. 29:19 Maybe we might have two more comments here as well. 29:21 Chantal, you look like... 29:23 You like to comment as well. 29:25 Wow, you put me on the spot. 29:29 I think one of the things 29:30 that I would really love to see in GYC, 29:33 a personal goal of mine is, 29:36 for young people to go back 29:37 and really replicate that in their local churches. 29:41 I think sometimes we rely on GYC 29:44 to be our spiritual, like, boost 29:46 but the goal is not for GYC 29:49 to be your spiritual boost once a year, 29:51 the goal is to experience that on a continual basis 29:54 all throughout the year, 29:56 and so yeah, that would be one of the greatest goals. 29:59 Amen. Praise the Lord. 30:01 Jonathan? 30:03 Don't get me started, this is dangerous. 30:06 I'll try to hold back. 30:08 This is awesome question, a question we ask ourselves 30:10 all the time and it is really a lack of time 30:15 and that we can't do more. 30:19 We want to do so much for the Lord. 30:20 You should be, you know, we would love to have 30:22 what we call a green light session 30:24 with all of you. 30:25 We as a team, we meet together every year, 30:27 we have green light sessions where every idea is accepted 30:30 and if you hear those ideas, 30:31 it's the most radical things you can think of. 30:34 We want to change the world, not in our strength, 30:37 we want Jesus to use us to change the world 30:39 and we want to finish the work in this generation. 30:41 We believe it's possible by God's grace. 30:44 And I'm very excited for next year's GYC. 30:47 This year we're gonna plan a lot of things 30:49 for the upcoming time, and I believe that God 30:51 has just begun something and I'm not just saying this. 30:55 As you know, this year's GYC, 30:56 God has really, really touched all of us in a special way 31:00 and I think it's just, you know, 31:02 level 0.1, He wants to take us so high 31:06 and He wants to do something wonderful. 31:08 What that will be, we will see. 31:10 But He wants us to take us to the end of the earth, 31:13 and He wants us to be so sold out 31:14 for His work so that He can come in this generation. 31:17 So stay in prayer, stay on your knees, 31:21 and then work out your prayers 31:22 by God's grace in your local churches, 31:24 and I think God will orchestrate something 31:26 as we come together next year 31:28 that will change the world forever. 31:29 Amen. 31:31 Thank you for those comments. 31:32 Yes, my sister. 31:34 Okay, my name is Madison Napp, 31:36 and I just had a question about the survey for outreach. 31:43 The first question was, 31:45 do you want help with your physical, mental, 31:47 or emotional, or spiritual health. 31:49 I heard a couple of people 31:51 that asked like, I want all three. 31:53 But we can only click one 31:56 and that's one, that's what I was wondering. 31:59 I mean, it was all the question, 32:01 like some of them wanted, you know? 32:06 It's a really good question. 32:07 Okay, so wherever you are, 32:09 just so everybody knows with the survey. 32:12 We talked specifically at the beginning of the year 32:15 with a few of the conference officials from this area, 32:18 and they are having evangelistic series 32:19 in February. 32:21 Now a lot of times, like last year's survey, 32:23 if you went on outreach, 32:25 we had options for them to do other things 32:28 in the Texas Conference with health. 32:30 Many of the local churches here 32:31 are doing different health events 32:34 and so what they wanted 32:36 in the beginning of the year when I spoke with them 32:38 was more of a Bible study field survey. 32:41 So if you go through the survey, 32:42 it kind of is a leading type of a survey 32:44 that gets kind of eases them into the question, 32:48 do they want a Bible study? 32:49 So next year, we will give multiple options to click 32:52 but we don't, I'll just be upfront, 32:54 we don't want to offer something 32:56 that's not actually being offered. 32:57 Does that make sense? 32:59 And so, we specifically were doing 33:01 a Bible study survey because we knew 33:03 that was what would immediately be followed up. 33:05 So next year is, more follow up opportunities 33:08 are available and we are certain of that, 33:10 they'll be able to click more than one, so. 33:13 All right. Thank you so much. 33:15 Time is running out, 33:16 so if you could keep your questions 33:18 a little bit shorter, 33:20 and close to the mike as well so we could hear you 33:23 or speaking your preachers' voice, 33:26 and so we'll like to get us 33:29 through many questions as possible, 33:31 so here we go, my brother. 33:33 Okay, my name is Chingo, 33:36 and first of all, I'd like to express gratitude 33:38 for previous GYCs, 33:40 I've had people complain about the food. 33:42 But the food this year was beyond awesome. 33:44 Amen. Praise God. 33:46 Thank you for your hard work 33:47 and also, for the music, it was rich. 33:50 It was diverse and it was really uplifting. 33:53 Now regarding the music, I had met just in the lobbies 33:58 and talking to people musicians find each other. 34:00 How do other musicians 34:03 from different parts of the country 34:06 contact you guys and to share, 34:09 sometimes it's the only gift they have to share 34:11 and they would like to share it with their brethren, 34:13 how do they upload a video, send something 34:15 and get to share their gifts? 34:17 Excellent question, my brother, and Jonathan? 34:20 If you go to our website, there's a way 34:22 where you can send an application in, 34:24 so that you can participate. 34:26 You will be connected with our GYC music committee 34:29 and they will be working with you 34:30 to see what we can do to... 34:33 So you can be able to share your talent there as well, 34:35 and you know the Lord really uses 34:37 the music to touch hearts and to lift us up to Him, 34:40 and so we're really appreciate when musicians come. 34:43 We really want good quality music out there 34:46 and that's why we produce CDs as well, 34:48 so you can send your application 34:49 in on the website. 34:52 Thank you. 34:54 Yes, my brother. 34:55 My name is Nathan. 34:56 This year, I worked manning an exhibit 34:59 and I was the only one for my exhibit. 35:02 So I kind of had to be there all the time 35:04 which made it very difficult for me 35:05 to go to the small group or networking sessions. 35:08 So it got me thinking that 35:11 when I do go to the networking sessions in the small groups, 35:14 some of the people that I really like 35:15 to be able to talk to are the people 35:16 that are stuck in exhibits. 35:18 Is there any way we can make it easier 35:20 for them to go to those small groups 35:22 and networking sessions and maybe even encourage it? 35:25 Okay. 35:27 Glesni or Jonathan? 35:32 We work a lot together to try to make the schedule 35:35 as accessible for everybody. 35:37 Unfortunately, there are only 24 hours in a day, 35:39 so we can only fit so much in and so every year 35:42 we have this discussion about what to overlap 35:44 and what to have by itself 35:46 and every year we change things as you probably have noticed. 35:50 So we are continuing to work to meet the needs of everyone 35:54 but there's, like we said, only 24 hours in a day. 35:57 So we do our best and we are seeking 35:59 to give as many opportunities to each one of you 36:02 throughout that day as possible, 36:03 so we really appreciate your comment. 36:07 Thank you. Thank you. 36:09 Yes, my brother. 36:11 Hi. My name is Dino, 36:13 and several of my friends and I 36:16 have decided to start a GYC chapter 36:18 at our university or Adventist university, 36:21 and I was just wondering 36:22 if you had some short pieces of advice 36:23 that I could remember from this time. 36:25 All right. 36:26 Well, I have the right person for you, Taylor? 36:30 So if you go to the website, go to gycweb.org. 36:33 Go to the about tab, click on it and you'll see 36:36 what it's called GYC Affiliates. 36:37 When you click on that, the first thing you'll see 36:39 is the affiliate document that walks you 36:42 through how to start a GYC in your local area. 36:45 So here's the process in brief. 36:46 First, find critical mass. 36:48 So find friends who are all similarly minded, 36:50 interested in starting GYC. 36:52 Have an idea of what you would run, 36:54 have a conference that you plan, 36:55 and get that out on paper, 36:57 how are you going to work financially, 36:58 you know, the small details? 37:00 Yes, we work by faith, 37:01 but we also need some practical stuff. 37:03 So how does that work? 37:04 You submit that to us, 37:05 we help you throughout that process 37:07 and then we come and watch you run a first conference, 37:10 that's not called GYC 37:11 but just your first initial event 37:13 and if it carries the spirit of GYC 37:15 and as we try to aid you through that process, 37:17 then we take it to our board for a motion, 37:19 and then you become an official affiliate. 37:20 Typically, it takes about a year-and-a-half at best, 37:23 two years could be decently normal. 37:27 Thank you for your question, 37:29 and God is gonna use you brother, thank you. 37:34 Yes, hello GYC. My name is Caleb. 37:37 I had a suggestion for, like on the GYC website. 37:41 Lot of people don't have 37:43 the resources to make it to GYC, 37:46 I actually share a room with a guy 37:48 who wouldn't have been able to come 37:49 if we hadn't you know, been able to share the room. 37:53 So I thought it would be a good idea if we have, 37:56 on GYC website, a place where people can go 37:59 and search in their area for people 38:01 who want to go to GYC, 38:03 group up like single men with other single men, 38:05 and single women with other single women, 38:08 to cut costs. 38:09 All right, very good question, Eric? 38:12 Yeah, if you go on Facebook, 38:14 I don't know if everyone has a Facebook account, 38:16 but we have a page that we do list each year 38:20 on GYC's website which allows people to do that. 38:23 It used to be called, GYC lodging logistics, 38:25 I think it's GYC Roommates, Rides, and More now 38:29 but that's exactly what that's for. 38:31 So that you can partner up with other people 38:33 and you can basically cut down on costs like that 38:35 and it's phenomenal. 38:37 We've had thousands of people using 38:39 that I think in the last, 38:40 this year even, and that's really taken off 38:42 so that's a great way to do at GYC Roommates, Rides, 38:45 and More I believe. 38:48 Thank you. Thank you. 38:50 Yes, my sister. 38:51 Hi, my name is Lauren. 38:53 Just a question, so I know the purpose of GYC 38:56 is to prepare an army of youth, 38:58 and I wanted to know if it was possible 39:00 to have like specific training tracks so like, 39:03 Bible work training track, 39:05 or a medical missionary training track, 39:06 that you would do the entire time 39:08 and then you will get some type of certificate 39:10 or something at the end of GYC? 39:12 All right. Well, very excellent question. 39:17 I love it. 39:19 Yes, yes. 39:24 Thank you for that question, that's an excellent question. 39:27 One that we were thinking about 39:29 and as we are going into Houston, 39:32 it's one we are gonna revisit again, 39:34 and we definitely want to have 39:36 an army of youth rightly trained. 39:37 So thank you for that question, sister. 39:41 This question may have been addressed earlier, 39:43 but I just want to know who to talk to about becoming 39:46 a GYC ambassador for my local church 39:48 and by becoming an ambassador I would like to know 39:51 what I would be doing in my local church. 39:53 All right, excellent brother, excellent question, 39:55 and thank you for 39:57 your willingness to be involved. 39:58 Eric, tell us how that can happen? 40:01 Yeah, if you go to gycweb.org/beyond, 40:04 you will find 40:05 that we've basically taken ambassador, 40:07 we have taken all the best ideas 40:08 that we have gotten from it 40:09 and we are basically putting that down, 40:11 we are putting up beyond 40:13 as kind of a new face of that idea. 40:15 So we are working on podcasts, and a workbook, 40:17 and we'll try to put up everything 40:19 that we can there to support people. 40:21 We have a Facebook page for GYC beyond where each of us, 40:24 as an executive committee, will make ourselves available 40:26 to answer questions and to try help you 40:28 if you face any challenges there. 40:30 We really want to have a model 40:31 where we are not just working for a conference once a year, 40:35 but we are helping you in any way 40:38 that we can be successful in ministry 40:41 in the local church, in your school, 40:43 wherever you might be. 40:44 So go to gycweb.org/beyond. 40:46 We'll be adding more in the next week or two. 40:48 It's got a bit of hectic now, 40:49 so we've only got some stats and some basic, 40:52 you know, coming soons on there but you'll be able to see 40:54 some stuff coming up very shortly 40:56 and we have some stuff there already. 40:57 Amen. 40:58 And I want to tell you, we're gonna engage with you 41:00 as well throughout the year. 41:02 Stay posted through our social media platforms 41:05 because more is yet to come. 41:07 When you come to GYC, 41:08 there so to speak a conference within a conference. 41:11 There are many things that are happening 41:13 and we want to engage with you throughout the year. 41:15 So stay tuned, stay connected, 41:17 because God is gonna do wonderful things. 41:20 Due to time we can only take about two questions, 41:24 so we're gonna take one question here, 41:26 and then our last question from our brother there. 41:30 So I just want to affirm GYC 41:33 and you know, the seminars and stuff, 41:35 if you want to be a Bible worker or missionary, 41:39 all these types of things, 41:40 there's definitely a track for you 41:42 and I think that's wonderful. 41:43 My question is this, what are the plans for GYC 41:46 in the future for integrating classes 41:49 or other dynamics that would be specifically 41:51 for young entrepreneurs. 41:53 I know that just nationally, as far as in the United States, 41:57 we make up a minority, definitely of the population 41:59 so I can see why it might have not have been thought of 42:02 or it's an oversight on my part, 42:03 maybe you had it, 42:05 but I am just wondering what are your ideas 42:06 for integrating specific classes 42:08 for young entrepreneurs like myself 42:10 that are getting out into industry 42:12 that want to be able to work our faith actively 42:16 into our businesses that we are using 42:18 to meet a need within our society? 42:21 Well, excellent question, brother, 42:22 and I want to tell you that 42:24 a lot of pioneers were just like you 42:26 and just stay tuned to see what's gonna happen, 42:30 just stay tuned. 42:32 Thank you. 42:33 All right, our last question. 42:35 Yes, sister. 42:36 Good morning GYC, my name is Shane. 42:39 Yesterday on outreach, we met this lady Amanda, 42:41 and we did the survey. 42:43 She was interested in Bible studies. 42:45 But once we submitted the survey, 42:46 we realized we didn't personally 42:48 have her contact information 42:50 and our partners and the people who are going outreaching 42:53 with me would like to know 42:54 how we would get that information, 42:56 and in the future, is there a way for you know, 42:58 the people who go on outreaches stay in contact 43:00 with the people that we meet? 43:03 The only way that you can stay in contact 43:05 with someone you meet is if you personally 43:07 get their number and they allow that. 43:08 I can't give information out 43:12 unless they gave direct permission. 43:16 The other question that you had 43:18 as far as her address missing or whatever, 43:20 you can find me afterwards up front. 43:22 Okay. 43:24 Amen. Amen. 43:26 Well, I wanted... 43:28 We just want to thank you so much as participants. 43:33 I want to challenge you, we want to challenge you 43:35 with three things as we're gonna close here. 43:39 One, is read your Bibles, be in the Word of God, 43:44 experience Jesus Christ for yourself. 43:49 Number two, when you go back to your local churches, 43:51 GYC does not end here, GYC is beginning here. 43:57 When you go back to your local churches, 43:59 we want to challenge you to give a Bible study. 44:02 Start a united prayer, 44:04 open your house to small groups, 44:07 do something for God 44:08 that is bigger than yourself, amen. 44:11 Can we do that? Amen. 44:14 Number three, we want to challenge you 44:18 to be involved in literature ministry. 44:21 If you could, may be, pass out three Glow tracts every day, 44:26 at the end of the year, you will pass out 44:28 may be 1000 Glow tracts. 44:31 If all of us commit together to pass out literature, 44:35 we could pass out more than 2 million 44:38 up to 3 million Glow tracks in just one year. 44:40 Amen? Amen. 44:42 You heard yesterday 44:43 that the president of this conference, 44:45 the Arizona Conference was touched by literature, 44:48 and I believe that the literature ministry 44:50 is one of the ways that we can impact people 44:53 all year long. 44:56 So I want to thank you as well, all of our GYC participants. 45:00 We look forward to seeing you in Houston by God's grace 45:04 and as we plan for Houston, 45:08 let us be involved in the work of the Lord. 45:11 The best is yet to come. 45:14 Amen? Amen. 45:16 We are this time going to have a special guest and a friend. 45:22 He's gonna tell us something special 45:24 that is happening among us. 45:28 Good morning. Good morning. 45:31 I like to, at this time, ask the e-com to stand up please. 45:36 GYC is a living movement, 45:40 it is an organism constantly in transition 45:43 and our leaders are also in transition. 45:46 And this morning, 45:47 I like to take a couple of minutes to say 45:50 before all of you, 45:52 that we have been very honored 45:54 to have this select group of young people. 45:58 And I'd like to ask you if you have been blessed 46:00 by their leadership, it is appropriate. 46:02 Would you join me in just giving them 46:04 a round of applause? 46:17 This group is comprised of 11 individuals, 46:21 five male, six female, five married, six single. 46:26 Average age 46:27 of 25.0909 46:31 0909. 46:36 There are many people who help GYC, 46:39 many people behind the scenes who do very important things, 46:43 some do very menial tasks, but the ones directing 46:47 and co-ording all these efforts are these individuals. 46:52 They have given lot of their time, sacrifice, 46:56 commitment, they have sacrificed 47:00 their single lives, 47:02 some of them are still single because of GYC. 47:07 Some of them managed to get married 47:08 while serving GYC. 47:11 They have spent many hours in writing emails, 47:15 and teleconferences, and we don't really know 47:19 the amount of psychological weight 47:21 and mental energy exert for GYC. 47:24 So on behalf of the board, I'd like to say thank you. 47:29 Amen. 47:38 So the average age is 25 years old, 47:41 and we present them here before you not to elevate them 47:44 as the super uber Adventist. 47:49 We present them before you saying 47:51 they are young adults, 47:53 and they are the ones running this organization. 47:57 There is no one else... 47:58 Well, there is the Lord Jesus, amen? 48:00 Amen. 48:01 He is the ultimate one running this. 48:05 So these are young adults we present before you. 48:08 Their term is two years 48:10 and the current term ends today. 48:14 So like to at this point transition 48:18 into our incoming executive committee. 48:20 We say goodbye to three individuals, 48:22 Shana, Casey and Chantal 48:24 and welcome the other individuals 48:26 to come onboard here. 48:34 The new incoming executive committee is comprised 48:37 of 13 individuals, seven male, six female, 48:41 five of them are married, eight of them are single, 48:46 average age 25.3. 48:48 We aged a little. 48:51 I like to introduce you to the new incoming e-com, 48:55 when I mention your name, if you can step forward. 48:59 President Moise Ratsara 49:01 will continue as leader of this organization. 49:04 Secretary will be Bailey Gallant. 49:09 Glesni Mason 49:10 who is the former VP of Logistics, 49:12 will now be assistant to the president. 49:14 Taylor Hinkle 49:15 who is the General Vice President 49:17 will continue as assistant to the president. 49:19 Lisa Topetey was the Vice President 49:22 of Evangelism is now the General Vice President, 49:25 Esther Nanasi will continue as Treasurer. 49:30 Emory Dent will continue on 49:32 as VP of Resources. 49:37 There are some changes that we would like 49:39 to present before you. 49:41 Jonathan Walter, 49:43 who was the VP of Programming 49:44 will now serve as Vice President of Missions. 49:48 Eric Louw, who was the VP of Communications 49:50 will now serve as VP of Networking. 49:54 We have some new officers this year. 49:56 Vice President of Evangelism is Tara Vang. 49:59 Vice President of Logistics is Aubrey Seiler. 50:03 Vice President of Programming, R.D. Gallant. 50:05 May I also have Vice President of Communications, 50:08 Seth Shaffer and he is not with us today 50:11 as he is flying somewhere in North America. 50:19 We present these individuals before you, again, 50:22 not as super Adventists, 50:24 but to place before you a responsibility, 50:29 not to be the standard of the ideals of GYC, 50:34 but to carry the sacred trust given 50:36 to your shoulders. 50:39 They are these ideals of GYC and these ideals are 50:44 what are needed for our young people today. 50:48 I'd like to ask all of you, 50:51 I'd like to appeal to all of you, 50:53 will you pray for this group? 50:55 Amen. 50:57 I'd like to ask that in 2018, 51:01 every time you see the GYC logo, 51:03 every time you put on the GYC T-shirt, 51:07 every time you watch a GYC video 51:09 or listen to a GYC sermon, 51:11 will you commit to pray for these leaders? 51:16 If you are willing to commit, 51:17 I want to ask you that you raise your hands, 51:19 keep them high. 51:21 And the leaders, I'm gonna ask that you take a mental picture, 51:23 that this is the accountability 51:25 and the prayer support that you have. 51:29 Please lower your hands. 51:32 We do this not to showcase 51:34 but we need to keep each other 51:35 accountable, yes? 51:37 And we are not doing this before you, 51:39 you are not before us, we are all before the Lord 51:42 and we need the Lord's help. 51:43 Amen. 51:44 So in the next two years, 51:46 we are not looking for more sacrifice, 51:48 more commitment, more hard work, 51:51 more zeal, more numbers. 51:54 We are looking for the emptying of ourselves. 52:00 The more we empty of ourselves, 52:01 the more we fill the Holy Spirit, 52:02 we can arise and go to the end. 52:07 So this time I'm gonna ask that if you can kneel, 52:09 and brothers and sisters, you can join us in prayer, 52:12 we're gonna ask the Lord's blessings 52:13 for the next two years of leadership. 52:23 Gracious Father, we can easily do this, 52:25 backstage somewhere, and this can easily 52:29 be misinterpreted as some kind of show 52:32 but, Father, that's not the case, 52:34 we follow the principles found in the Book of Nehemiah, 52:37 these are leaders who are not specially talented, 52:42 or gifted, or elevated above us, 52:47 but if anything, they are in more need 52:50 of Your Holy Spirit. 52:53 So, Father, we present them before Your people, 52:56 and we want to be held accountable to each other. 52:59 We are a movement together, we want to see Jesus 53:04 come in our lifetime, we want to see Him 53:08 with our eyes, and before that time comes, 53:12 help us to be about Your business. 53:15 Father, all sorts of temptations 53:17 will come upon these young people, 53:20 we ask that You wipe away ambition, 53:25 wipe away all self, 53:28 wipe away pride, hypocrisy. 53:31 We ask for the strength to empty ourselves, 53:35 to take up Your cross and to follow You. 53:39 For this we cannot do ourselves, 53:41 but only by Your power. 53:42 We ask humbly in Jesus' name, 53:44 and let everyone say... 53:45 Amen. 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