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YOUTH CAMPMEETINGS ... AUG. 12 - 15, 2010 (Palgrave, near Toronto) and AUG. 20 -22, 2010 (Calgary) ... REGISTER BY JUNE 27, 2010

NATIONAL YOUTH CONFERENCE IN TORONTO

The first-ever National Youth Conference in Canada, held August 6-9, 2009 at the Holiday Inn Select Hotel in Toronto, proved to be a very powerful encounter with the Living God. Over 300 youth from all the districts in Canada and delegates from USA attended the Conference. The theme was “A Youth After God’s Heart ”(Acts 13:22; 1 Timothy 2:15). The speakers were: Aps. A. K. Miah (National Head), Rev. Israel Wood, Hon. Mary Anne Chambers (former Ontario Minister for Youth and Children’s
Services), Dr. Anthony Hutchinson, and Dr. Mary Ashun. Rochelle Hanson ministered in music. There was A Jump Off talent show as well as workshops on education, career development, sexuality, self-esteem and marriage.

Throughout the powerful ministrations, the youth were encouraged to have tender hearts,humble themselves and allow God to use them like Josiah and Timothy. Having a heart for God is about loving
God and seeking to please Him through an intimate relationship with him; not about positions, titles or how religious we are. We are to crucify the flesh, take up our crosses, and be on
fire for the Lord, no matter how heavy the cross becomes. The youth were further challenged to rise up and allow God to use them to change their friends, the church, and the world for
the better by accomplishing His purposes in this generation.

The National Youth Leader, Elder Richard Adjei, was ordained as Youth Pastor by Aps. Miah at the Conference. 13 youth were baptized by immersion, 8 received the Holy Ghost, and seven accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior.

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CALL TO MINISTRY

Probationary Overseer Richard Adjei is called and stationed at Canada Head office as Youth Minister and in charge of Head office Administration

DEPUTY NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERS:

Deacon Philip Otchere and Elder Jojo Jackson were appointed as Assistant Youth Leaders responsible for Teenage Ministry and PENSA respectively

YOUTH CHURCH COMMITTEE:

A Committee to look into the possibility of establishing a Youth CHURCH starting at PIWC Toronto was put in place. They are made up of :

Elder Richard Adjei Chairman

Elder Elvis Ghansah Member

Elder Jojo Jackson Member

Deacon Philip Otchere Member

Deaconess Mavis Yeboah Member

YOUTH ATTEND INTERNATIONAL PENSA CONFERENCE IN CINCINNATI, USA

PENTECOST STUDENTS AND ASSOCIATES (PENSA) is a newly inaugurated campus based ministry. Membership comprises of post-secondary school STUDENTS and ASSOCIATES (graduates or professionals who serve as mentors for the students).

The first International PENSA Conference held in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, from July 5-8, 2007 was very edifying. Over 800 young adults from within the USA, Canada, Europe, and Ghana, were present. Guests included Pastor E. K. Acquah (Youth Director from Ghana), Pastor Franklin Hushie (PENSA
Coordinator, Accra), Pastor Andy Donkor (USA National Youth Leader), and Elder Dr. Timothy Koomson (Deputy National Youth Leader in Charge of PENSA, USA). Apostle Albert Amoah (National Head, USA) and some pastors in USA were present to provide their support.

The 94-member Canadian delegation was led by Pastor and Mrs.James Mckeown Quainoo (National Youth Patron), Elder Richard Adjei (NationalYouth Leader), Deaconess Grace Jackson (National Youth Secretary), and Elder Joseph Djarnie (National PENSA Coordinator).

The theme for the Conference was WALK BEFORE ME AND BE BLAMELESS (Gen. 17:1). The various speakers elaborated on the fact that God commands all believers to walk before Him and be blameless and that leading a blameless life brings the favor, presence, and blessings of God in one's life ( 2 Peter 3:13; 1 Thess. 5:21; Exodus 33:9,12,17,19; Psalm 89:17). Praise and worship were dynamic, and there were powerful prayer sessions filled with God's presence. There were also seminars on marriage, singleness, financial planning, mentoring, college life, and spiritual leadership.

Overall the Conference was an eye-opening experience for the Canadian delegates as they saw a lot of young adults serving God with full zeal. In the year that the Youth Ministry in Canada is trying to rejuvenate their pentecostal strength, we pray that the encounter with the LORD at the PENSA Conference will be transmitted to the youth adults in Canada so that they would rise up and
play more active and zealous roles in the Youth Ministry and church in general.

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2010 Youth Ministry theme

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