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Regional and National Events
EDGE Now Open to Middle School Students
Register Your Middle School Students By April 30
by Danielle Tietjen
In a day and age when life is overwhelming and we grow
busier by the moment, how can we be effective leaders in our youth programs?
There are retreats, youth nights, confirmation, parent nights, summer
festivals, camps, hospital visits, Bible studies, and the list goes on and on. How
can we keep it all straight? Wouldn’t it be great if we could bring everything
we want in a youth program into one amazing event? Youth Encounter has done
just that! EDGE is a National Youth Event that provides worship, ministry training,
multiple service projects, and mission opportunities in one high-energy,
Christ-centered week for your middle
school and high school students. EDGE is being held July 20-24, 2007, in beautiful downtown
Kansas City, MO. If you would like to add your middle school students to this Event, you are not too
late. Our standard registration deadline is April 30; you can register your middle school and high school
students for the low price of $235. For more information on EDGE and for
online registration options, please visit us at www.youthencounter.org/edge.
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Reflecting on Rescue
How Event Ministry Brings Help and Healing to Those in Need
by Nate Osmundson
Our theme of “Rescue” for Quakes this year is an obvious
shout-out to the feeling that all humanity has that something is not quite
right in this world. I lived for a long time (and often still do) ignoring the
fact that my life truly needs to be ransomed. Sadly, it is only after
reflection that I remember how much a part of this problem I am, and how much I
need some sort of life preserver to grasp onto. Thankfully, there is one. The
Son of God lived and died for my wrongdoings. He gives a definitive rescue,
once and for all, to everyone who believes.
At Quakes, Zones, and EDGE, participants and staff are
presented with the opportunity to take part in this idea of rescue through acts
of service. Youth Encounter is partnered with Feed My Starving Children, Give a
Kid a Backpack, and Habitat for Humanity. These organizations deal with direct
needs of the people they serve. Feed My Starving Children does exactly what
their name states; they collect donations and help volunteers package the food
to be sent directly to those in need. Give a Kid a Backpack is another
organization that collects backpacks and school supplies to give those children
who do not have them. Habitat for Humanity helps the homeless or impoverished
into new homes in which they may raise their families. The people who are
served by these organizations are being rescued from hunger, homelessness, and
poverty. Youth Encounter is very happy to partner with these organizations in
meeting needs in the world around us.
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