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Ahhh…summer! Time to get outdoors and enjoy God’s wonderful creation. Time to go camping, biking, walking, play sports, etc… There are tons of different forms of recreation we all enjoy. If you put a hyphen in the word “recreation”, it means something similar to but not quite the same as the original meaning. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines recreation as “refreshment of strength and spirits; also : a means of refreshment or diversion” while “to create again” defines re-creation.

The theme for Youth Encounter’s 2003-2004 event season is “New Creation”. It is based on 2 Corinthians 5:17 which states, “So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!”
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Meet Peder Eide
Peder Shares his Vision for Music and Ministry
www.pedereide.com
by Youth Encounter

“One of the biggest needs in today's generation is to worship--to totally worship God. When you worship with Peder Eide you'll be doing just that--heartfelt praise and worship to our Lord."
~Rebecca St. James, Forefront Recording Artist

Peder Eide (ide) has spent most of the last twelve years serving God as a full-time singer/songwriter and speaker. Peder ministers throughout all of North America at national gatherings, festivals, concerts and churches. Youth Encounter is pleased to minister alongside Peder at several Youth Quakes and Youth Congresses throughout the Event season. His love for people fuels his ministry with the desire to encourage, challenge, and motivate everyone to a closer walk with Jesus Christ. Peder has eight recording projects to his credit. His most recent CD, What a Ride, focuses on God's call for us to "run the race" with passion and a hunger for Him--to make our lives count, not just last. You can get more information on Peder Eide at http://www.pedereide.com . Recently, Peder was kind enough to take some time to share with us about his music, his ministry, and the scoop on his newest project.
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New Luther Film in Theaters This Fall
FINK Creates Movie Study Guides and Resources
www.faithink.com/luthermovie

Cancel all Sunday School and adult education classes this September and get ready to replace them with a world of wonderful resources built around a new major motion picture on the life of Martin Luther.
Starring Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love, Enemy at the Gates) as Martin Luther, Alfred Molina (Frida, Chocolat) as John Tetzel, Claire Cox (Splinters, The Leading Man) as Katharina von Bora, and two-time Academy Award® winner Sir Peter Ustinov as Luther's protector, Frederick the Wise, this gripping story of the solitary monk who changed the world will open in theaters across the U.S. beginning September 26.

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Youth Encounter Team Homecoming 2003
An August Celebration of Team Ministry
by Julie Brown

Homecoming 2003 is on its way! Saturday, August 9, 2003, the Youth Encounter family welcomes all friends, alumni, and guests to Bethel College to celebrate 38 years of ministry. If you’ve ever thought of being involved in ministry through Youth Encounter, drop on by. We’d love to meet you!

This one-day event will take place at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota. The day begins as we welcome back this year’s International Teams and National Bands to share music and slides during the 10:00 Homecoming Concert...
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Spoke Folk 2003
Tour Update from the Spoke Folk Director
by Eric Arundel

Hello all! I just wanted to share with you what’s going on in the world of Spoke Folk. Our tours are coming together and everyone is gearing up to share the love of Christ across the country. Please pray for the people touring and the people they’ll meet this summer! We still have space on the Minnesota tour which is July 30^th-August 10^th. We need some female counselors and there’s still room for about ten youth to join us. Let me know if you’re interested. I can be reached at sf@youthencounter.org or at 1-800-659-6884 ex. 217. Word!

One Last Night in Australia
New Vision Returns to the United States!
by Sarah Liggett

New Vision with their main contacts for their Australian tour, Tim (far left) and Tricia (far right)

Wow, what a whirlwind these past few months have been! It’s funny how time can seem to fly by and stand still all at once. Although I have many great memories and many fun stories I would love to share with you about our time in Australia, I think I was most hit by the “awesomeness” of God in our final few days as I realized just how much He used us and how much He provided for us in terms of friendship, comfort and support while we were so far from home. The night before our flight home to the United States we had a farewell service at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Box Hill, a suburb of Melbourne. It was a wonderful time to celebrate our four months in Australia, to take joy in the ministry of Youth Encounter and the Lutheran Youth of Victoria (LYV), to be reminded of God’s faithfulness and goodness, and to say goodbye to many wonderful people that we had grown to love over the course of our tour.
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Captive Free North East
Check Out an entry from their Online Journal!
by Captive Free North East

“This past evening is something that I will never forget and is something that changed my life. I have a stuffed bunny named Bunny, and Bunny usually hides out in my duffel bag until it's bedtime. But this evening for some reason I started talking with someone about stuffed animals and decided to share with them Bunny. So throughout the program I would look over and see Bunny being taken care of by my new friend. It made me smile every time I looked their way.

Last night was the first evening that we were all brought together, our team and some of the church members, and we joined in prayer over one of the congregational members. And it happened to be the one who had been holding my bunny.
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Captive Free South West
Stories from the Road
by Captive Free South West

“Hello from Las Vegas!! This weekend we are having the first ever Las Vegas Quake. It is so weird how for our last one in Sacramento which was my first Quake ever, I was so nervous but for this one I am very excited that it is here. We had the first celebration last night and over all it went really well. Our team got to lead campfire. It was so powerful to see youth worship our Lord and Savior. They just opened up their ears and hearts to the words that the Lord was putting in our mouths.
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Resource Ministries
Summer Sale!!
by Ryan Veil

Get all your favorite Youth Encounter “stuff” now and save lots o’ money. All CDs and T-shirts are only $10 (from $15). All Sing-A-Long Songbooks are also $10 (from $15). E-mail Ryan at sales@youthencounter.org, with your name, address, order, and phone number to take advantage of this great deal. Check out these items and more at www.youthencounter.org and simply click “Store.” But wait, there’s more (no, this isn’t a used car sales pitch, but I want you to have the best deal possible)... For anyone who places an order of $20 or more, I’ll even throw in a free Event Sampler CD with your order. E-mail Ryan today to get those items you’ve had your eye on now!!

Happy Fun Time: Did you and your youth group attend one of our events this year? Do you remember those hilarious videos they played with Karl Zweefle? Well, you can have a full-length copy of those videos yourself! E-mail Ryan at the above address to find out how. Don’t forget to ask about the optional Bible study that goes along with it!!

Go in Peace and in His Service!!

Thank You from Youth Encounter
A Word of Thanks to our Partners in Ministry
by Brett Koopman

THANK YOU! More than 9,000 individuals, congregations and foundations have supported Youth Encounter’s ministry this year! This support has enabled Youth Encounter to share ministry with more than 300,000 people in ten countries around the world through our various programs. We will complete our 2002-2003 fiscal year on June 30. If you would like to join our family of donors this year, please click www.youthencounter.org/about_ye/contribute.asp to learn how.

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