CONVERGE '06

There is a lot going on around the Peoria Area.  You may or may not remember me mentioning a “stirring” amongst community leaders and students in the Peoria area.

Regardless, I am very excited.  We (Metamora Campus Life, your church, and you, individually) have the opportunity to take part in a HUGE initiative that is aiming at seeing thousands of people (especially teens) reached and impacted for Christ.

What I’m talking about is called “CONVERGE 06”.  A quick explanation is that it is a movement of a series of prayer meetings, weeks of evangelism training for local teens, a huge service project, and an amazing outreach event that will all be taking place from at lease now until early November.   All of this is geared toward reaching lost teens and equipping believing teens to love their friends and share Christ with them.

As far as Metamora Campus Life is concerned, we are changing up some things to get on board with CONVERGE 06 wholeheartedly.  In fact, one of the evangelism training facilities is going to be in Germantown Hills on Sunday nights starting in September.   I would love to see 100 teens from Metamora go through the training and begin to live out their faith amongst their friends.  Can you imagine?  100 teens actively sharing Jesus in their circles of friends could radically change the communities of Metamora, Germantown Hills, and Spring Bay (as well as other hundreds impacting other parts of the Peoria area).

I’ll continue to roll out more details about Metamora Campus Life’s involvement in CONVERGE 06, but for now, you can find many more details at the CONVERGE website: www.ConvergePeoria.com . Don’t hesitate to browse through the website.  All of this gets started in the next week or two. 

Please pray for hundreds of lost teens to come to know Jesus this school year.  Please pray for Christian teens to be amazed with how much Jesus loves them and begin actively sharing Jesus with others.

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for your partnership to advance the knowledge and worship of Jesus among teens. 

 

Every young person

The vision of Youth for Christ is, as a part of the body of Christ, to see every young person in every people group in every nation have the opportunity to make an informed decision to become a follower of Jesus Christ and to become a part of a local church.

 

 “…every young person” in the world!!  What a goal!!  That means that locally, we want to relevantly and lovingly share the great news of Jesus with every young person so that they have a chance to embrace Jesus.  We don’t coerce or convince, we present Jesus through our lives and words.  Then we let them decide.  We don’t guilt or condemn.  We love.  If they decide to embrace Christ, that’s great!  If not, we have no desire to push that person aside and move on.  By that time, they have become our friend and we really do love them.  There is no agenda, but to live to truly honor Christ. 

 

I don’t know about you, but Jesus has changed me … and He continues to change me.  I’m not perfect, but I know that Jesus is real and that he’s worth looking into.  I know that the more I get to know Jesus, the more amazed I am at who He is.  So, that’s why I’m on staff with Youth for Christ.  Jesus is transforming me and I want to help others have the opportunity to have a relationship with Him.

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