Be a Part of the Future

Last week was New Hope Oahu's 2013 Doing Church as a Team (DCAT) Conference. This was my first time attending the conference and was really blessed, encouraged, and challenged. One of the themes of the conference was 'passing the baton' well and investing in the future of the Church through our youth. The youth is the church of tomorrow and future ambassadors of Christ, future salts and lights in the world. Below is a video that was shown at the conference, which includes a live performance by our church's youth. They were amazing!

Doesn't matter if your 18 or 81, we can all invest something into those younger than us. An encouraging word, sharing a cup of coffee, a prayer, a hug, a smile, a godly example for them to follow... The reward may not be immediate, but it will be that much more rewarding!

I often wonder how different today's world may have been if more youth had been invested in that way. The world can conceivably be changed in 1 generation just by the way we interact with our youth...not just by what we say and do for them, but more so by what we SHOW them. Let's live lives of excellence, not just for today, but for the future as well!

:)  #agreatreminder  #innocence #hope #DCAT2013 #proverbs22:6

Sara and Eric!