For Christ and his Church
The CE friends in the Lagos area of Nigeria are about to establish a home for orphans and other needy children. They got already a building and requested the WCEU to provide a van for the project. They hope to get a used car from Europe and will care for the shipping to Nigeria. If you can provide a van, please contact the WCEU headquarters at centraloffice@worldsceunion.org.
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May 21, 2013, 12:21 h by Anna Visky.
In the course of the 132 years Christian Endeavor exists, the movement was developed in different directions, depending on culture, church developments, individual ideas, etc. For CE unions with a long tradition and for people and organizations who got to know about CE just recently it may be useful to learn about the basic ideas of Christian Endeavor. To begin with I try to answer the question: What was Francis E. Clark's (founder of the movement) reason to start CE? Pastor Clark was wondering how to help a group of youngsters grow in faith. They had given their life to Christ recently and the pastor feared their zeal for serving Jesus may grow cold soon if there was no opportunity for them to become active. In the traditional church activities was no active part for the youth. So Clark developed the idea of a society for Christian Endeavor. It was meant to be a youth-only group. The structure with president, secretary, treasurer and various committees was not much different from that of an American church. The CE society was a training field for the young Christians where they were on their own with freedom to try out their ideas. The pastor and the elders of the church were always around to get advice from, but they were not to interfere in the regular activities. The Learning-by-doing effect was one reason for the great success of CE. The zeal of the youth got drive by the fact that they were taken serious, were given responsibility and had room to make mistakes. Since they understood the feelings and desires of their fellow-youth and spoke their language, they could reach out to them successfully.
May 21, 2013, 12:10 h by Anna Visky.
We issued our May Newsletter, where you can read about the WCEU Executive Committee meeting, News from CE Mid-Atlantic, Fasting Prayer meeting in India, Can we be sanctified? - Revitalizing weekend in Ukraine, Visitation - The secret of youth work in Germany and many other. Also, we have a new column called CE basics, where you can learn more about our principles. Enjoy and share!
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May 15, 2013, 09:29 h by Anna Visky.
KRISZ, the Ukrainian CE Union is organizing every year a convention called Dynamics, this year it will take place on 8 June. This is a very important event among their regular meetings (camps, retreat weekends and trainings), because youth are invited to attend from the whole district. Teenagers preparing for confirmation meet here, getting more information about KRISZ, as well as about the annual theme, which is deepened on the summer camps. Thank God, Dynamics is very popular among youth, which lead to the need of a larger location than the church because it reached 1600 participants. This is why it has to be organized in open air. There are no appropriate tents for the program so the weather was always an important issue to deal with in the past. Since now it has always been managed it somehow with God’s help. There's a permanent location and this is a good start.
Over 100 volunteers are helping in the preparations, 5-6 churches take on food costs, and 90% of our speakers are attending on their own costs. The sound system is offered by a Transcarpathian presbiter. It is important to list these facts, because despite a lot of volunteer work and offerings, KRISZ lacks funds. It is sustained with grant applications provided by the Hungarian state, but these are uncertain sources. There's no support at all from the Ukrainian state. Unfortunately, grants are decreasing, and the economical situation of the Transcarpathian church, like the state’s economical situation, is far from being stable.
5000 euros are needed in order to be able to rent a suitable tent for 1600 people.
So there are volunteers, churches that help Dynamics, food is provided, but there are no funds for renting a tent or building a covered arena. Please consider KRISZ's needs and finance through Go Fund Me with Pay Pal, if possible:
http://www.gofundme.com/2q1uis
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May 09, 2013, 10:52 h by Anna Visky.
Connect Europe will be held from August 1 to 4, 2013 at Haus Friede (www.hausfriede.de) in Hattingen, Germany. Hattingen is close to the airports of Dortmund, Düsseldorf and Cologne (Köln).
Registration: Download the flyer with detailed information and the registration form. Print the form, fill it, sign it and send it to your National CE Union or to Daniel Hoffmann, Schreppingshöhe 3, 45527 Hattingen, Germany BEFORE 15 JULY!
http://www.worldsceunion.org/files/connect_europe_registration_flyer.pdf
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May 09, 2013, 10:46 h by Anna Visky.