ACOG YOUTH LEADERS
Youth Pastor : Rev. Shibu Cherian
Serve as Jesus served
Jesus Christ is our model in everyday living and service.
When He called us to follow Him as “fishers of men”,
He has laid down some ground rules to follow & practice
in our daily living. In Mathew 20:20-28, Jesus clearly
states how we should earnestly strive to be a servant
to others.
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Youth Secretary : Anil Balachandran
The phase of life that is filled with so much energy,
passion and enthusiasm is adolescence. This is a very critical time period
because it is where important decisions about life are made. During this stage
you consider choices about the path of your career, relationships, beliefs and morals.
According to research 77% of the people who make a decision for Christ do so
between the ages of 18 and 22 (http://battlecry.com). In another study
made by Lifeway Research (http://www.lifeway.com), around 70% of young people
leave the church between the age of 18 and 22. At such a crucial moment in
life, I believe that if we are not careful we will lose a whole generation
of young people.
Even as believers you may think that it will not happen among our youth (Indians).
But just take a moment and look around to the state of the younger adults in
our Keralite churches. It should make us wonder why they are leaving our
churches and why they are less interested in spiritual matters.
As part of the Youth Department of the Atlanta Church of God, our prayer
is that our youths would be challenged to grow in the Lord. With the grace
of our Lord we need to do our best to regain our younger generation back for Christ.
Worship Leader : Collins Chacko
The term ‘Praise and Worship’ means to regard a quintessence of
God with great devotion or to revere as a divine being. Worship
is not about what makes us glad, but what makes God happy. When God
becomes exultant, pleased with us, that delight is reflected back into
us by him. Many times our worship is limited to mere performance, an
impersonal presentation of expressions and songs, but not authentic.
There are several actions involved with worshipping God — verbal
expressions of admiration and thanksgiving, singing, playing instruments,
dancing, clapping our hands, but true worship is not simply going through
these motions. In Mathew 15:8, Jesus spoke about the double standards of
the Pharisees and Sadducees, whose worship was only an outward display and not
from the heart. “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts
are far from me”(v.8). God expects our praises and worship to be genuine,
sincere from within. More than any practical applications, our worship should
develop into a lifestyle where the spiritual worship is revealed through our
obedience and love towards God. We should never forget the fact that worship
will be one day our eternal activity, and that our practice of worship here
on earth is perhaps our most significant preparation for the life to come.
Events/News
Praise in Motion
ACOG YOUTH OUTREACH SUNDAY SERVICE @ Emory Eastside heritage Center.
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Newsletter
First issue of the Newsletter "ACOG Torch" was released on Sunday, 23 March, 2008 at the
Atlanta Church of God after the Sunday Service.