Yesterday---------------------Today
Bell-bottoms-------------------Pre-ripped jeans
Platform shoes-----------------Uggs
Polyester----------------------Micro fibers
Dance Fever-------------------MTV Podcasts
Summer Camp in Wisconsin--- Mission Trips to El Salvador
Goofy crowd breakers--------- Hosting “on-line” chat rooms
In the 1980’s The Barna Group did a survey and found that if a person did not accept Christ by the time they graduated from high school (18 years old), the chances dropped significantly that they ever would. Today, that age has dropped to 14!
So, in Bushnell, IL and Macomb, IL, YFC runs clubs just for junior high and high school students. Besides introducing them to the Jesus of the Bible, one of their regular endeavors is to teach the kids to serve, then give them opportunities to do just that in their homes, their community and even beyond Illinois.
According to the U.S. Dept. of Commerce (2002), there are two million new Internet users each month and by far (90%+) children and teens between 5-17 use computers and the Internet most.
So, if you look at YFC’s national website (http://www.yfc.net/) you will find supervised chat rooms where teens can go to discuss issues – especially spiritual issues. Todd, Kayleigh and Amanda all utilize the internet, e-mail, cell phones - and probably a few things this old guy doesn’t even know about - to post meeting and event schedules and communicate with volunteers and regular attendees of YFC ministries.
Geared to the Times, Anchored to The Rock
This was the first motto of Youth for Christ: circa 1950. You know – it still works today.
Pray for your Macomb and Bushnell staff, as they serve God by communicating His Love and Hope in ways that catch the eye, seize the ear and sting the conscience of young people in our world today. In other words, help them stay “geared to the times, but anchored to the Rock.”
Dance Fever-------------------MTV Podcasts
Summer Camp in Wisconsin--- Mission Trips to El Salvador
Goofy crowd breakers--------- Hosting “on-line” chat rooms
In the 1980’s The Barna Group did a survey and found that if a person did not accept Christ by the time they graduated from high school (18 years old), the chances dropped significantly that they ever would. Today, that age has dropped to 14!
So, in Bushnell, IL and Macomb, IL, YFC runs clubs just for junior high and high school students. Besides introducing them to the Jesus of the Bible, one of their regular endeavors is to teach the kids to serve, then give them opportunities to do just that in their homes, their community and even beyond Illinois.
According to the U.S. Dept. of Commerce (2002), there are two million new Internet users each month and by far (90%+) children and teens between 5-17 use computers and the Internet most.
So, if you look at YFC’s national website (http://www.yfc.net/) you will find supervised chat rooms where teens can go to discuss issues – especially spiritual issues. Todd, Kayleigh and Amanda all utilize the internet, e-mail, cell phones - and probably a few things this old guy doesn’t even know about - to post meeting and event schedules and communicate with volunteers and regular attendees of YFC ministries.
Geared to the Times, Anchored to The Rock
This was the first motto of Youth for Christ: circa 1950. You know – it still works today.
Pray for your Macomb and Bushnell staff, as they serve God by communicating His Love and Hope in ways that catch the eye, seize the ear and sting the conscience of young people in our world today. In other words, help them stay “geared to the times, but anchored to the Rock.”
