The theme of this conference was Passing the Baton. It was all about discipleship. The conference was in the mountains of Czech Republic. It was done by Josiah Venture, an organization whose goal is to equip local church leader of Eastern Europe to reach the youth with the Gospel.
This is the second time Elina and I attend this great conference. This time we were able to bring two more people from our church. Tanya and Vasya have a real burden for the lost youth and they are part of our Youth Ministry Team.
I believe God sent Jay (top picture) and his wife, Cameron, as an answer to my prayers. Jay has become a great source of wisdom and inspiration in reaching youth of Lviv for Christ. He is mentoring me in leading a Youth Ministry. Why me in Youth Ministry? Because in addition to pastoring a church, I am playing that role now until we have a permanent Youth Worker. And when it happens, Jay said he is willing to mentor him also.
We met with Terry, who leads Fusion, a successful ministry in reaching teens with arts. The picture above is very memorable, because it captured, what I believe, a moment of a birth of a vision. I believe God wants us to do the same in Lviv and Terry is willing to come with his team and help our church start this wonderful ministry.
