youth division 

YOUTH SERVICE

September 29th 12:00pm EST
Speaker: Carl McLaughlin

Youth Day.  They promised it would be exciting.  They promised it would be life-changing.  They promised it would be memorable.  They didn't disappoint.

The Youth Division kicked off the service announcing that the total offering for the 2006 campaign was $3,405,490.55.  The Division honored both vocally and through multimedia, the top Sheaves for Christ givers.

View Top Sheaves for Christ Givers

That was just part of the awards ceremony.  They also honored District Youth Presidents who showed outstanding leadership in their districts with the Youth President of the Year award.  Four different Youth Presidents were honored, with one being named as the Youth President of the Year.

View President of the Year Winners

The service was memorable for a young couple named Scott and Amy Patterson.  AYC (Apostolic Youth Corps) Campus has placed them on location in Pennsylvania to evangelize the Penn State University and the Pennsylvania Technical Institute campuses.  The combined enrollment for both of these campuses exceeds 47,000 students.  Though the task is monumental, the need is more so.  These two will spend one year as full-time missionaries to these students.  Please be praying for the Pattersons as they reach Pennsylvania students with the Gospel.

The service culminated in an anointed Pastor Carl McLaughlin preaching "Getting Beyond the Bandages."  At the end of the service, students from all over the United States and the world gathered at the altar to offer themselves as vessels of honor for the cause of Christ.

Exciting?  Yes.  Life-changing?  Yes.  Memorable?  For students in attendance, it was unforgettable.

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