Feature Youth Ministry:
What the pandemic taught us Youth Ministry leaders share about the challenges they went through during the last two years when physical meet-ups were curbed, and how they plan to move forward now that safe distancing measures have relaxed.
Focus on hearts, not programmes
with our friends to look forward to, without the exciting activities of the Youth Ministry in church, we could see into our hearts more clearly than ever. I have a feeling that those whose hearts were warm with the presence of Christ would
Abraham Sui is the Chairperson of Youthphoria, the Youth Ministry of Aldersgate Methodist Church.
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come from a church named after the famous place of John Wesley’s heartwarming
encounter—Aldersgate Methodist Church. The pandemic was a unique opportunity for us young people to examine our hearts in the way that Paul urged the Corinthian believers (2 Corinthians 13:5). Without any opportunity for our parents to nag us to go to church (for some, to be literally dragged), without time
have seen the pandemic as but a minor interference to our faith. What is a pandemic when neither height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation can separate us from God's love? (Romans 8:39) The pandemic was like the rain described in Matthew 7 that destroyed the fool’s house but left unscathed the wise man’s abode. During the pandemic, some used the extra time on their hands to participate in a monthlong Youth Discipleship Programme, meeting online twice daily for fellowship, prayer and
July 2022 Methodist Message 21
