A movement of God among the youth of Central and Eastern Europe that finds its home in the local church and transforms society.
The world has changed, but the gospel is still the same. And God is moving in a unique way across Central and Eastern Europe as young men and women are being touched by the message of Jesus Christ. Some of this is being sparked by the dedication, sacrifice and service of a missionary team called Josiah Venture.
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Electricity
Dear Friends,
In my early days of youth ministry one of our “go to” games was a simple relay called “electricity”. Young people would sit in two lines on the floor, holding hands behind their backs. The chosen soul at the end of each line would watch a coin toss. If it was heads they squeezed the hand of the person next to them. This lucky guy would pass it on, as quickly as possible, trying to get the “electricity” to the end of the line faster than the other team.
Kids loved it – mostly because it was a legal way to hold hands with someone you didn’t even know. I was always fascinated at the speed which the signal traveled. Information could touch a whole line of people in just a few seconds – if you could just get it to the person next to you.
The gospel is like that. Often the fastest way to reach someone far away is to start with the person next to you. So when my son Caleb headed out the door on Saturday to meet a classmate whose girlfriend had just broken up with …
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- Electricity by Dave Patty
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