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Thank You
The Youth Subcommittee would like to thank
all of those who contributed to the offering at the Women's
Luncheon, bought items from the Church Services Committee table,
and especially those who bid on the Bret Favre football and the
afghans. Over $2500 was raised for Pilgrim Missionary Voyage or
PMV, which gives high school and college age youth an
opportunity to take a mission trip with others of the same age.
Your donations will enable us to offer scholarships and help to
reduce the cost for those attending.
Please Share
Your Ideas
We'd be happy to share your suggestions and
ideas for youth programs and activities. It would be especially
helpful to know what churches with small youth groups are doing
to make sure that their youth have a good experience with their
youth groups. Suggestions and short articles are always welcome.
Send them to: dwilliams@heritagemadison.org
or Diane Williams, PO Box 44561, Madison, WI 53744.
Youth Leaders' Retreat -
March 1-4, 2001 - Lake James Conference Center in Indiana
NAPF and HOPE Conference June 23-27, 2001
Michigan State, Lansing
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YOUTH, NAPF, HOPE
*2000 NAPF Youth Conference
Two hundred NAPF'ers from all over the United states
converged on the campus of Depauw University in Greencastle,
Indiana for this year's National Association of Pilgrim
Fellowship's Indy 2000. From the student officers to the
co-directors to the counselors to the speaker to the kids
themselves, God was truly alive and well at Depaux University in
June of the year 2000.
Three things stuck out for me in particular.
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The teenagers from so many varied backgrounds were happy
gathering three times a day to hear their speaker, a
preacher's kid named Jesse Smith, talk to them about God and
life and what it means to them. His sincerity shined through.
Over and over again, the kids at NAPF said Jesse was AWESOME!
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The second plus of the conference were the small groups.
These groups of 10 teenagers and 2 adults spent many hours
together reflecting on what Jesse said and how it fits into
their lives.
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According to the kids at PF, the mission trips we went on
were a turning point of the conference. Seventeen different
experiences, from house painting to yard work, to
mega-cleanup, the small groups worked in the inner city of
Indianapolis to make a difference for a day. And because of it
a difference was made for a lifetime in the hearts of the
PF'ers.
Jesus is in the business of touching lives. He outdid Himself
at NAPF this year! If you'd like to hear more about what went on
at NAPF, talk to teenagers from your church that went. Trust me,
they'll talk.
*HOPE Conference 2000
We could have planned our Heritage of Pilgrim Endeavor (HOPE)
2000 Conference until we were blue in the face but until each
HOPE'er arrived to add his/her voice to "our chorus," I had no
idea what any of our planning would amount to. What was the fate
of our Harvest? It was bounty!
Harvest Ministry Team touched our souls with their music and
ignited fires that are still ablaze in the hearts of HOPE'rs all
over the country. They immersed themselves in our program and
small groups.
HOPE is growing because it is an excited, loving, faithful
group of Christians who want to see God at work in their daily
lives. My brothers and sisters in Christ are dedicated
Christians who stand ready to serve and spread God's Good News.
*Excerpts were taken from articles written for the
Congregationalist Magazine by Sandy Christian, Waseca,
Minnesota (NAPF) and Amanda Collis, President of HOPE. I would
encourage you to read all of the articles written concerning the
NAPF and HOPE conferences for 2000.
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