Tag: NYE

One

September 12, 2012.Reading time 15 minutes.

John 6:24-35  NYE Reflection #3: What Must We Do to Be One?  The sounds, the images, the feelings of National Youth Event still linger on. Indeed, we imagined a better world and a blessed community in which all people were welcomed and accepted for who they are, and their gifts embraced. Our imaginations were expanded […]

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Welcome

September 12, 2012.Reading time 14 minutes.

John 6:1-21  NYE Reflection #2: Extending Extravagant Welcome  VIDEO: NYE: Carissa Yinmed You just heard from Carissa Yinmed, a high school student from Wailuku, Maui, in Hawai’i. Carissa shared her experiences as an outsider who at the age of ten, left her Micronesian community of Yap for Hawai’i. Carissa was one of the featured speakers […]

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Heal-Feed-Now

September 12, 2012.Reading time 14 minutes.

Mark 6:30-34; 53-56  Healing and Feeding Today VIDEO: NYE DAY ONE Our NYE experiences began on Monday night at Mensch Mill Camp and Retreat Center, continued on buses for many, many hours through Pennsylvania and Ohio, eventually landing us in West Lafayette, Indiana and Purdue University. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were filled with countless […]

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