Well friends welcome back to the
second half of 3ABN Today. I'm
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Pastor James Rafferty and with
me is a special guest Josiah
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Brandauer. He is the president
of GYC West. Josiah so glad you
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could join us today.
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Thank you, glad to be here.
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All right and we are going
to be talking about GYC and more
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specifically GYC West. We're
going to be finding out about
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the ministry of GYC West, what
they're involved in, who their
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target audience is, what they're
all about and how you can get
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involved in that ministry. So
before that, we're going to have
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a short word of prayer and then
we're going to hand the time
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over to Josiah. Let's pray.
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Father in heaven thank you
so much for this opportunity to
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just interact with Josiah to
learn about the ministry of GYC
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West and understand how they
are reaching out to this world,
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especially the young people.
We pray that you will bless this
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time with the presence of your
Holy Spirit and touch the hearts
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of those who are listening right
now that they can be a part of
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this ministry, that their lives
can be blessed and impacted and
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they can impact others. We give
you this time now and thank you
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for hearing and answering
because we pray in the name of
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Jesus Christ. Amen.
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All right, Josiah. So tell us
a little bit about GYC. What is
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the mission of GYC West and what
is your affiliation with GYC in
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general?
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Yeah so, GYC West is an
affiliate of GYC. We work
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directly underneath closely with
GYC in our numbers. Kind of the
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purpose of the affiliates were
started just to try and bring it
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down closer to the individual
so there's not just that yearly
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annual conference of GYC
but there's also ongoing working
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with regions and with the local
churches and the local youth to
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get them engaged and moving
forward in evangelism outreach.
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So GYC West was started for the
territory that covers the states
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of Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada,
Utah and also pretty much all
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California except for a little
territory GYC Southwest down in
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say Loma Linda area.
And we endeavor throughout
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our conferences
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to provide biblical training.
We like to try and foster and
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encourage the Christian
fellowship among young people.
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And also provide networking
opportunities and facilitate
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leadership so that young
people can get involved in
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leadership both
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in their local churches and also
in other endeavors. So that's
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kind of our goals and our
aim to really get the active
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participation and support you
know of the young people as well
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as training them in outreach
and in reach activities in their
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local communities. That's
kind of our goal and mission.
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Amen so for those of us who may
just be joining us like they've
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just tuned in in this second
half what does GYC stand for?
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And what are we
talking about age wise?
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Good question. Yeah GYC stands
for Generation of Youth for
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Christ. So basically it's
raising up our generation and
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equipping them with youth
that stand for Christ a hundred
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percent. And our target audience
to be honest we have people all
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ages come to our conferences and
venues but our target audience
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is 18 to 36, that's our target
age range where we try actively
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to get them involved
get them moving forward.
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Gotcha, Gotcha. So what are some
areas that you're focusing on
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currently?
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Yes, I'm really excited about
some upcoming projects that we
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have been working. Right now
we're actually in the beginning
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phases on a new evangelistic
pilot program where...because we
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have our annual conferences, our
regular annual conferences but
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we're also working on this new
pilot program where we're going
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to be working with local
churches, especially local
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churches that maybe don't
have you know the means and the
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support in order to engage
in outreach in their local
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communities. So we're working
with them bringing in young
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people, young adults, as
missionaries and also trainers
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and professionals to come
in and train them and also the
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church to get actively involved
in ministry in their local
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churches. And we're also going
to be specifically targeting
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churches that have maybe some
young people in the church but
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they don't really have that
network to get going and so that
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is our goal is to get that
network going, get them actively
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involved as well as trained in
how to reach out and give them
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the support and resources
that they need along the way. So
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that's a new pilot program that
we're looking at and working on
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and really excited about
it. We also have a couple other
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projects that I can't say too
much about that we're kind of
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still working on but...yeah.
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Okay. I love that. I love the
idea of going into churches and
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trying to empower the young
people to be part of the church
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You know a lot of times in our
churches we have an older group
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sometimes a very older group
and a little bit of reluctance
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maybe to hand the mantle down to
the next generation. Maybe the
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young people aren't ready for
that or they don't know how to
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step into that and when you get
in and train those young people
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I think it can give more
confidence to the young people
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But it can also give more
confidence to those who are
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older that they can pass that
mantle down. So I really love
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that whole idea. So how
can people get involved? You're
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talking about GYC annual which
maybe there's some viewers who
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need to understand what GYC
annual is and then the GYC West
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and then going to these churches
how can people get involved in
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that and what is that all about?
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Mm-hmm. Yeah. So GYC itself has
the annual conference that they
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have usually around December and
we have a similar conference, I
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would say a smaller little scale
but we have a similar conference
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that we have annually once a
year where we try and have great
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speakers come in to bring us
special topics to present our
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theme focus and also as
well as...one thing that we do
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differently than most
youth conferences do is we were
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looking at a survey of youth and
young adults and seeing that a
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lot of them they engage
in lectures and they hear the
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truths that are presented in
there but then they leave that
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and they don't see how
to actually, practically
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incorporate into their lives
and into their hearts. So we're
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looking at how can we make
this more engaged for the young
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people and young adults to give
them a perspective or platform
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with which to actually
incorporate the truths into
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their lives. So with that
thought in mind we came up with
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a more workshop model. So we
have our lectures as well but we
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also throughout the day have
at our annual conference have
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breakout sessions where we
try and incorporate hands-on
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practical applications
of whatever our theme is or
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different aspects like in the
past we've had like
hydrotherapy, natural remedies,
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as well as like how to do
literature evangelism, now to do
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canvassing as well as like
mental health and then having
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breakout sessions where
they talk and engage in how it
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practically applies to their
own lives in more small group
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settings. So those are kind of
like a hands-on, on ways that we
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try and encourage young people
to actually incorporate the
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principles into their lives and
not just leave the conference
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with some great ideas but
they're just head ideas and not
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actually incorporated into them.
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I love that, yeah that's super.
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Yeah that's one of our
main focus points and we're even
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pushing forward in the years
coming where we're looking at
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even some more exciting ways of
how we can bring that out to the
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practical level especially with
all the things that young adults
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are facing nowadays with
different you know lifestyle
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ideas are being presented and
just different questions that
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people have that are practical
questions and how we can answer
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those questions and also make
a hands-on experience where they
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can apply that to actual
practical situations and not
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just the (inaudible).
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GYC is an annual event. A lot of
people, it sounds like a lot of
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people go to that event from
all over the country and perhaps
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even from other
places in the world?
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So our main target area is our
region which is as I mentioned
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before Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada,
Utah and California but we have
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people come all over the United
States. I'm not sure if we've
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ever had someone come from a
different country. But they'd be
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more than welcome if they want
to come. But we specifically
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target our area as far as
advertising and stuff, Arizona,
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Hawaii, Nevada,
Utah and California.
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Yeah, I was talking about the
annual one. So then you've got
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regional one which feeds off the
annual one and brings the young
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people that maybe go to the
annual one but brings something
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into their actual region where
they are, where they're living.
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And then you try to make that
practical moving into churches.
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Now how do you connect with
these young people? How do you
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determine what church you're
going to go to for example and
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do some of these
training programs for youth?
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So our regional annual
conferences, we actually do them
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usually in like a camp or some
facility where we can have a
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decent amount of people housed.
Also, have more of the outdoor
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hands-on thing. But the other
part that I was talking about
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that we're on the verge of
moving forward in which is the
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church project that you were
mentioning actively evangelizing
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the local churches is...we'll be
actively like soliciting, like
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churches will apply and stuff
for it and we'll be working with
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different churches that apply
to have this happen in the local
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churches and then oversee as a
board and move forward with that
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So that's something that
we'll be doing along with or in
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addition to our regional
conference, annual conference,
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that we have every year.
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All right so...
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Maybe a two-week and a three
month version of that evangelism
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Okay, all right. So looking
at this from the big picture
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everything that you're sharing
here, it sounds like GYC has
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kind of a unique, a unique
aspect to it, a unique character
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or personality to it as compared
to other youth conferences
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right? Anything else that you
want to add to that. It sounds
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like the practical is there.
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Yeah, there's another thing,
I think we actually have some
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pictures and images of this too.
Another thing that we try and do
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is like I said not just our
lecture but also a hands-on work
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shop ideas. We always also
have an outdoors leader that
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facilitates outdoor activities.
We believe that there's both the
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Bible and Nature that we can
learn lessons from God. And so
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with that in mind, we have
guided outdoor activities. But
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these aren't just activities to
have fun although we definitely
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encourage people to have fun.
But we also want to bring that
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spiritual aspect into nature. So
out leaders will usually bring
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out practical ideas and
like even have people just
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congregate out in nature and
pray and see what lessons, what
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object lessons has God given
me today from nature, from the
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trees, from the stream, you know
from different things. What I
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have learned from this.
Like Christ talked in parables
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throughout His life where He
brought in elements of nature.
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And so our outdoors leaders
do that and they'll bring out
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parables from nature. Like we
had one in the past conference
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where he talked about the fly
catcher plant you know and the
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different aspects that it has
of how sin tries to entrap us.
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and allure us to it but you
know God has a way of escape so
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there's different practical
applications outdoors where they
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can get that fresh air,
that hike, that outdoor activity
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whether it be building a shelter
or doing some hike or nature
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walk, whatever it might be. Or
we have done ______, different
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activities, different outdoor
fresh air, but also learn
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something spiritual and
practical from it. So that's
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something that we're
really excited about.
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So Josiah I have another
question. What kind of impact
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does this ministry have on
the people who lead out in the
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ministry. Because I know
it's really important for young
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people to be in ministry. I
think it can have a tremendous
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impact on them personally.
Can you talk about the impact?
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Can you talk about some of the
stories maybe you've experienced
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or been part of where God has
just performed miracles and done
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great things?
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Yeah it's a really good question
Um you know as I was mentioning
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earlier just about a hands
on practical things of getting
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people and young people
involved in ministry at their
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local churches and that doesn't
just apply to the attendees of
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the conference which we
definitely try and work with but
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also, those that are leading out
in the ministry because GYC is
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led, and GYC West is led by
young people and young adults.
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And so it has such a positive
effect I think on the lives of
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those that lead out both in just
equipping them to know like how
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to lead, how to plan for
conferences, how to make things
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you know flows smoothly. And
there are different things that
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I think are just lessons
that you can't really get into
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another setting practically.
So that has been an amazing
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experience for each one of my
team members. I know that each
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one of them would say the
same thing. For me personally, I
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definitely experienced it. We do
have an advisory board that just
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kind of like oversees us and
stuff and also, give us advice
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and stuff but for the most part,
it is led out by young people
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that are wanting to be involved
in ministry. So that's been a
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positive impact on how we lead
out. There are some stories I
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could tell too,
it's a miracle story.
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All right. Let's hear it.
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One that really comes to my mind
that stands at the top happened
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at a venue that the conference
recently had in the Lake Tahoe
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area. Everything was planned. We
had the speakers all coming to
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it. We had registrants
all coming, our cook was all
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scheduled. Everything was going
smoothly at least as far as we
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knew. And then the last-minute
a month before our conference
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was supposed to start I got a
call from the venue, from one of
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the venue people telling me that
there were fires in the area and
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that they thought that they
might have to close down because
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of the fires and also they
were needing to get some permit
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because of some type of group
that they didn't have and so
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they would need to fast-track
that but they weren't sure they
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could get it in time for
our venue. And so just a month
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before the conference we had
this whole thing planned out. We
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have lots of people already
registered, our speakers' plane
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tickets all purchased,
just everything is all planned.
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There's a lot on the line and
I get this call. So I remember
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going to the team and we were
praying about it and just saying
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Lord what would you have us to
do because we feel that you're
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calling us to present this
message to these young people
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and we feel that Satan is trying
to disrupt it, to stop it. And I
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have to say one other thing too.
What was interesting about it
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Was  that your theme was
No Limit to What God Can Do.
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Amen, wow.
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And so like we were being tested
on that as leaders. There's no
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limit to what God can do. And so
we were just praying like Lord
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you have promised that you will
work in and through us. You have
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led us this far. We believe that
you've given us this important
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theme for young people and
we see that there's a test and
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that's where we really felt
impressed that now we need to
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move forward because we were
like debating shall we cancel,
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shall we pull off, what shall we
do? We were like no let's move
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forward in faith that the Lord's
going to open the way. And so we
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weren't looking at a backup
plan and stuff like that but one
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month before a conference isn't
much time to get a backup plan
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especially with a large
attendance. You can't just call
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up some camp or venue and say
hey we want to rent out pretty
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much every answer we got
was sorry we're already booked.
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Or we don't have the capacity
for you. So we finally came up
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with something that would work
if worse came to worse. But we
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were just praying like Lord
please open the doors. You know
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we kept in touch with the venue
and so far nothing was seeming
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to open up as of yet. And then
I got a call one week before the
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conference was supposed to
start the day the conference was
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supposed to start. It was a
Wednesday and I got a call and
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she told me, she was like, you
won't believe it but it must be
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an answer to you guys' prayers
because we got the permit that
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we needed to get fast-tracked.
We have it. And also the fires
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have been controlled now.
They are going in a different
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direction and you are
clear to come to the conference.
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Praise God, praise
God. That's amazing.
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So talk about a lot of stress
but you know what there is
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no limit to what
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God can do. It was just a
miracle story and a learning
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experience for the team and
something we could share at the
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conference with our theme like
guess what. We were tested on
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this very thing and God worked
through and opened up the doors.
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It reminds me of that Bible
verse: Be anxious for nothing
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but with everything by
prayer and thanksgiving let your
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request be made known unto
God. That's just beautiful. It's
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powerful. And you know the devil
is behind the fires. You know
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the devil's behind you know he's
in all those details of trying
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to stop and hinder but like
you said the theme matched the
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experience, the trial, you went
through. What else do you have
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for us. Any other stories?
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Yeah, well it goes on from
that same venue. We got there so
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Alicia King got there a
day ahead of time to set up and
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everything and we get there and
we're getting everything set up
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We woke up that next morning, so
the morning of the conference,
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when the conference was supposed
to start that afternoon and the
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power's out. Something had
happened. A tree has fallen
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across the power line. Something
had happened and the power was
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out. And we're supposed to be
live streaming internet. We're
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supposed to have the speaker for
the audio system we're supposed
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to have power. Yeah. And the
cook too. The cook was coming in
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to have an evening meal, of
course they need power. So I'm
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like Lord, please. Lord, you've
opened it up clearly so far, I
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mean, this is a miracle
that we're even here so you can
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provide but Lord we're just
entrusting it to you. And so we
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were praying in deep prayer
and kind of fasting that day as
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a team and we were checking like
when's the power going to be
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turned on. Like well we're
hoping to get it today but it
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might not be. Like oh that's
great. But we were like Lord
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we're trusting to you. Anyway so
time goes on and then all of a
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sudden then the water shuts
off. Some pipe had broken or
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something to the supply. And
so the water's shut off now and
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of course, our cook has to use
water and we could maybe supply
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something else for the attendees
but the cook needs water. And
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we're like oh boy Lord, we're
out of power, we're out of water
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Please, please provide a
way. So they had a backup
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generator for electricity
working and we were hoping
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something else for the water
but But when the venue...it was
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three hours before the first
conference meeting, our first
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plenary meeting that evening
that the water came back on.
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It was fixed, (Praise the Lord)
So we finished working and one
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hour, literally one hour before
our meeting started that evening
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the power came back on (Praise
God) and so we're just like Lord
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you're testing our faith. You've
led us thus far but you're
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opening doors and so thankful
for that. So there's multiple
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stories but that's just some
of the stories that really stick
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out to me of how the Lord
has just led and blessed and
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especially you know like
you were saying, we need to be
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anxious, I mean not be
anxious, but trust him.
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Right be anxious
for nothing yeah.
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Yeah, be anxious for nothing.
Exactly. But trust our cares to
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God and he will, he will
provide he will open up doors...
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And it's those kinds of
experiences that strengthen our
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faith, isn't it? (Yes) When we
don't see a way out. It's just
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like, it's not the same but it's
very similar to Moses at the
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Red Sea. You know there's no way
out of this. The power's gone
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out, now the water's
gone. We didn't have a permit,
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the venue is under
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you know fire danger and
all those things God removes all
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of those things. You know we're
not wrestling against flesh and
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blood. We wrestling against
powers and principalities in
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heavenly places so we know
the contest is beyond even the
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physical realm. It's in the
spiritual realm and we see God
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deliver again and again and
again. Love that. Great story.
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I was just going to share one
other thing real quick. What has
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been very powerful to you
is just the feedback that we've
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received also from our attendees
at our conferences. They say how
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they have been blessed by
through these miracles stories
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but also just by the venue
itself, our speakers, our hands
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on practical ideas, I mean
workshops, not our ideas, it's
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God's ideas. But workshops of
getting people engaged and just
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the impact that's had on
people's lives. So that's been a
00:23:45.39\00:23:48.32
blessing as well just to hear
how God has been leading and
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guiding in that.
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Amen. You know we think back to
the beginning of this movement
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we call it a movement, right?
And we think of the young people
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that were involved. In their 20s
right, and teenagers. I think
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about some of our pioneers and
they were teenagers and in their
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20s. You know there were some
that were older too, right? But
00:24:08.84\00:24:11.21
there were some that were young
and I love the fact that we have
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a ministry, GYC, Generation
Youth for Christ that is
00:24:14.28\00:24:20.26
dedicated to impacting young
people and training them, giving
00:24:20.29\00:24:24.39
them practical experiences
like the one you just mentioned,
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seeing God work miracles
and getting them involved in
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ministry. I started very young
in ministry myself. I was only
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21 years old when I started
doing ministry and the Lord
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blessed. He opened doors. And
I remember I used to get up to
00:24:36.64\00:24:38.87
preach and people would say what
is that kid doing up there? You
00:24:38.91\00:24:40.58
know, what is that kid doing
up there getting ready to preach
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right. Now people call me
Grandpa but back in the day you
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know I was a lot younger. So I'd
love for us to get some contact
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information for GYC West and so
we're going to roll that right
00:24:51.82\00:24:55.32
now. We're going to let people
know how they can get in contact
00:24:55.36\00:24:57.56
with you, how they can get
involved with the events that
00:24:57.59\00:25:00.63
you're planning, and the events
that you're doing. So we'll do
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that right now and
we'll be right back.
00:25:02.03\00:25:05.73
If you would like to contact or
know more about GYC West you can
00:25:05.77\00:25:10.17
write to them at PO Box 481,
Penryn, CA 95663. You can also
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call them at (530) 330-5686
or you can visit their website
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at GYCWest.com or you can
email them at GYCWest@gmail.com
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All right so if you know young
people that can be impacted or
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need to be impacted by this
Ministry, we want to encourage
00:25:55.52\00:25:58.15
you to get in contact with
GYC West. We're going to give a
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little bit more time here
to Josiah. Josiah, what are
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closing thoughts for our viewers
00:26:04.39\00:26:05.73
Mmm. Yeah I want to just say
that whatever you know as young
00:26:05.76\00:26:12.23
people or even older people
if you find yourself, maybe you
00:26:12.27\00:26:17.27
aren't involved. Maybe you
aren't involved in ministry,
00:26:17.31\00:26:19.27
maybe you aren't involved in ah
you know you don't feel actively
00:26:19.31\00:26:25.11
involved in something. I want
to encourage you to get involved
00:26:25.15\00:26:29.55
because getting involved you
learn so much yourself. Um it
00:26:29.58\00:26:35.36
keeps your spiritualness alive
and awake and on fire for the
00:26:35.39\00:26:41.30
Lord and just encouragement
to everyone. I want to encourage
00:26:41.33\00:26:45.10
people to get involved whether
that be in a local church, in
00:26:45.13\00:26:48.67
GYC West or whatever. Wherever
you find yourself try and get
00:26:48.70\00:26:53.44
involved. I also want to
encourage you please do check
00:26:53.48\00:26:56.28
out our you know website we'll
have upcoming conferences where
00:26:56.31\00:27:00.65
we are trying to give practical
ways where people can know how
00:27:00.68\00:27:05.89
to get involved. That's one
of the main questions that was
00:27:05.92\00:27:08.12
brought up in the beginning too
It's like people don't know how
00:27:08.16\00:27:11.89
to get involved, how to get
involved in their churches or
00:27:11.93\00:27:14.10
how to get involved in their
communities or evangelism or
00:27:14.13\00:27:17.27
whatever else. And so that's one
way that we are seeking to try
00:27:17.30\00:27:21.17
and equip people. So check
us out. We are on Facebook and
00:27:21.20\00:27:25.67
Instagram as well as our website
So check us out, check on our
00:27:25.71\00:27:29.41
upcoming conferences and see how
you can get actively involved in
00:27:29.44\00:27:32.95
GYC West or in your
local churches and communities.
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Amen, amen. Josiah. I just want
to thank each one for joining
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us today. It's a blessing to see
young people involved. They can
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reach every people group
and I just pray that you will be
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blessed as you connect with GYC
or you connect your young people
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with GYC. Until
next time God bless.
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