Youth department

Life changes with time. In the past, parents deliberately created time to teach their children about issues concerning life. Today however, the pressures of life seem to have overwhelmed parents such that they barely speak to their children. The youth therefore, without firm foundations, grow to unequipped adults which disastrously affects the whole country at large. The church now comes in handy. Taking the responsibility of the parents, it gives instructions to the youth training it in Christ‟s light.
This years youth conference in September was quite an adventure in itself. We were packed full at the Orantes Sisters conference centre in Betsinjaka. It was very sad though, that we had to literally send other youths back home. This was because of lack of space. Others had a hard time too. They had to come every morning and miss out on the evening sessions. That was a good sign that the youth here are really thirsty for the Word of God.

We were fully packed at the Orantes Sisters conferencecentre in Betsinjaka. It was very sad though that we had to literally send other youths back home. Thiswas because of lack of space. Others had a hard time too. They had to come every morning and miss out on the evening sessions. That was a good sign that the youth here are really thirsty for the Word of God.
We had a guest speaker, the Rev. Howard Hess who exposed the camp's theme, “Set your minds and hearts on things above” Col 3:1-2. Our plenary sessions were awesome because this time round we divided the entire group into small groups in their respective ages. That ensured that issues being tackled were at their level of understanding. Interviewing some of the campers, each one had something to take home….can't wait for the next one!


After having a successful first youth camp last year, this one was a bit easier to organize
because most of the people that we had worked with in the previous year, were now conversant with what was expected and hence easily took up the leading roles and specific duties. This eased the flow of the program and I am hopeful that they will fully take charge in the next year's camp. Our goal is to raise and equip leaders who are faithful to continue the work that the Lord has called us to do.