By David Smith
By David Smith
PASADENA--As you see on these pages, our youths are making a difference through mission trips. Youths can make a difference in this broken world that needs changing. They can make a difference right now.
Next summer, BOLD (Being Our Lord's Disciples) Student Ministries will sponsor Project Serve, a mission trip to Northern Ireland, along with Youth for Christ. While plans are not final, we would like to find out which youths age 16 to 19 would be interested in such a trip.
The proposed dates are to leave New York July 18 and to return Aug. 9. We are looking for five WCG students from across the United States to participate with a group from Pasadena, and about 185 other students from the United States, Northern Ireland and Europe.
As part of Project Serve, you will participate with Northern Ireland Youth for Christ in an outreach ministry called Summerserve 99. Summerserve has developed a track record of effective evangelism in the community and spiritual growth for the young people.
Your time in Northern Ireland will begin with a one week home-stay. Living with a Christian host family will help you experience the customs of the country.
Beginning the second week, students will be placed on a ministry team comprised of four or five Americans and eight to 10 young people from Northern Ireland and Europe. These ministry teams will work with various churches in direct evangelism. Mornings will find them ministering through Vacation Bible Schools to enthusiastic neighborhood children. Evening outreach includes coffee bars.
Northern Ireland has experienced centuries-old tension between Catholics and Protestants. Northern Ireland has a growing evangelical movement that serves as a voice for people to be reconciled to God and to each other.
For more information about this trip, please write to David Smith, BOLD Student Ministries, 300 W. Green St., Pasadena, California, 91123. Or you can send him e-mail at notperfect@earthlink.net
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