Pathfinders video ad: The few, the proud, the remnant.

Another clever video from the Florida Hospital Church in Orlando, Florida. This time, it's an ad for Pathfinders in the style of the U.S. Marine TV commercials.



Source: Florida Hospital Church on YouTube

Give Youth Top Leadership Positions, says Adventist President

Adventist World church president Jan Paulsen is asking you to involve youth and women in top leadership positions.

“Clearly I think we should invite young people to serve on our executive committees of the church,” said Paulsen. “I think they should be present on the executive committees over local conference, over union; I think their presence is needed. But by far, the overwhelming place where young people must be trusted with leadership roles is in the local congregation.”

Elder Paulsen says youth have not been given “meaningful functional roles” in their local churches. He’s right. Most churches give youth jobs that don’t meet our potential.

In many churches, youth aren't given jobs. And the times when youth are given jobs in their local church, it's usually something like just taking up the offering or being a junior deacon. It isn't bad to help out that way, it's just that many youth aren't given meaningful jobs until they are practically adults.

We can do so much more. Please give us that opportunity. Teach us what we would need to learn, and we’ll teach you things you haven't heard of. Don't kill this potential.

As the world church president said: We are the church.

Summer camp is coming! Are you going?

Summer has arrived for most of us in the United States, so how will you be spending your precious few months before school begins again? If your plans for the summer include spending countless hours moping around as boredom drives you crazy, then go for it.

However, if you do change your mind and decide you'd rather do something adventurous, then summer camp is just for you! At Adventist summer camps, you can go water skiing, mountain biking, rock climbing, canoeing, do gymnastics, archery, go airplane flying, horseback riding, wakeboarding, surfing, go-kart racing, whitewater rafting, and soooo much more!

There are over 60 Adventist camps in the United States and Canada, and you don't have to be an Adventist to be a part of the fun. Check out the links below to see if there's a camp near you!

Summer camps in:

• United States
• Canada

Map  |  Alphabetical listing

Videos: Just Claim It 2010

Didn't get to make it to Just Claim It 2010? Want to relive the memories? Thanks to PCJovenes.com, you can! Below, you can watch the Wednesday through Saturday, morning and evening programs. The rest of the videos for the week are after the break (i.e. they will appear when you click the "Keep reading" link).

Wednesday evening:

Just Claim it 2 Wednesday Night from PCJovenes Jovenes Adventistas on Vimeo.

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Short Update on an "Adventist Youtube"

Over a year ago, we wrote about a new website called SpiritFlash. Sponsored by the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, SpiritFlash was similar to the popular video sharing site, YouTube.

Ironically, SpiritFlash.org now redirects its visitors to its channel on YouTube.com (as of writing).

LIVE: Just Claim It 2 youth event

Youth from around the North American Division (a region covering Bermuda, Canada, and United States) are meeting in Columbus, Ohio for large youth event on April 7-11, 2010. This event is actually made up of four large programs:

• Just Claim It 2 Prayer Congress (youth)
• Ignition - God Encounters (young adults)
• Youth Ministries Leadership Summit
• Children's Worship Festival

The video appears after the break (i.e. click the "Keep reading" link).

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Standout 2010 at Andrews University

Standout Promo Video from Deomitrus on Vimeo.

Standout is a spiritual retreat for public high school students. It will be held at Andrews University, in Berrien Springs, Michigan on April 16-18, 2010.

Learn more and register for the event at the Standout official website. http://connect.andrews.edu/standout

Christian meetings begin in Rome, opposition fails to stop event

Photo by "bezaleel31" on Flickr under
a Creative Commons license.

A series of Christian evangelistic meetings in Rome, began tonight, Feb. 6, just four days after “high ranking authorities” managed to shut down the use of an auditorium for the meetings.

The Italian Union of Seventh-day Adventists had signed a contract with Leo the Great Auditorium for the use of their hall, but were faxed a cancellation notice from the center on Tuesday evening, Feb. 2.

“What we feared has actually come to pass,” said Pastor Shawn Boonstra, the presenter for the event and director of It Is Written. “We have a back-up plan, and nothing is going to stop the preaching of the everlasting gospel here in the city of Rome.”

Event organizers found a large church and worked to develop overflow seating. They had people stationed at the old meeting place and had busses transport attendees to the new meeting place.

After the opening meeting ended, It Is Written filmed a video update with Pastor Boonstra at the new meeting location, describing how things went that night....

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Fox News Video: Church Members and Neighbors Working as a Team

This is really touching! A recent Fox News report highlights what an Adventist church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti is doing to survive after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the country January 12. The church members and people from the church's surrounding neighborhood are doing something very different from those fighting and looting for food across the city.

They've gathered together and are camping just outside of their destroyed church. Instead of adopting an "everyone for themselves" kind of attitude, these survivors are working together as a team. They've organized themselves and are combining their money to send a few people to buy food at a local market. Then, they bring the food back to group and share it with anyone willing to chip in!

It's so heartwarming to see people act unselfishly --even when all they have is gone.

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Video: "Thank you, God, for keeping me alive"

Faradhia Moise was trapped in the rubble of a Haitian store for more than 2 days. After being rescued, she spoke with CNN about what helped her make it through the ordeal. Video below:

Source: CNN

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