Memory Makers
"God spoke to me in a personal way through the stones illustration during the communion." "I liked the possibility to work with my team not only in the church, but here at the conference as well..." "I realized we need to set our ministry in the church on a new base of strong principles." "I discovered that we need to have a Ministry Philosophy in our church..." These were only some of the thoughts we found on the evaluation forms.
The National Youth Workers Conference entered a new cycle. This first conference is part of a 5 years training programme and it was held on 15-20 October in Sovata. Its meaning was to become a milestone in the lives of the youth workers, pastors and their ministry. They learned how to build a Ministry Philosophy based on the Purpose Driven Church, having a strong fellowship as well.
There were about 200 participants from different denominations. The new concept they came up with this year was to bring together the senior pastor and the youth pastor from the same church, so they can learn how to work, cooperate and develop a unitary ministry in their own churches. The other aspect was to build bridges between them for a more efficient ministry.
This conference was a pure Romanian effort. Each seminary was done by the teacher and disciple together as part of the promoting the new generation of trainers. At the end of it, the event was crowned with a special dedication evening around the communion table. A simple, yet powerful illustration with stones brought to the cross ended a great week.
