BCEC's annual Summer Teen Conference-- a retreat for the high school and middle school youths-- is starting up this Friday. As with every year, a lot of preparation goes into it, from logistics of transportation, to caring for the spiritual well being of students and especially student leaders, to writing sermons for the retreat... and more. There will be approximately 100 students attending this summer from urban, suburban, churched, and non-churched backgrounds. Some of them will be attending for the first time-- for example, there is a big segment of middle school students from Project Destiny who are being integrated into the regular youth ministries. The theme is LifeSaver-- How we are saved, why we are saved, from what we are saved, for what are we saved, and how does it feel to be saved.
If you are willing to spare a moment, please pray:- That the God's Word would be preached and that the Holy Spirit would prepare receptive hearts in the youths
- That Christ would be glorified and magnified in the eyes of our youths
- For the counselors who will be leading small groups in discussion and counseling each student one-on-one
- For Pastor Enoch and me who will be delivering the preaching for the weekend
- For the various logistics, like transportation, programming, etc.
Personally, it means that from here until Monday, there will be a lot of work to do, such as organizing worship team details, prepping sermons, counseling students, writing discussion questions... it might require an all-nighter. I will update more once STC is over. Meanwhile, your prayers are greatly coveted.
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