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17-June-1998 
GA98065 
 
    YAD Leaders Sense Unity, Seek to Serve 
 
    by Jerry Van Marter 
 
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--"I feel like the YADs (Youth Advisory Delegates) are on 
fire with love for the Lord, that we really want to serve the church, and 
that we are drawn together even when we disagree." 
    Such enthusiasm, expressed by YAD co-moderator Zachary Alan Wheeler of 
Philadelphia Presbytery, has been exhibited repeatedly by YADs during the 
210th General Assembly here.  And the YADS are hoping their spirit will be 
infectious during this Assembly.  "I hope that YAD unity will be General 
Assembly unity by the end of the week," said Zach's co-moderator, Annika 
Lister Stroope, a YAD from Des Moines Presbytery. 
    In a June 15 interview, Zach said, "I think the church is really trying 
to reconcile ourselves to Christ and thereby reconciling ourselves to each 
other." 
    Annika graduated a year ago from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. 
Primarily through summer service trips in Cuba and El Salvador, she has 
felt an increasing call to ministry and recently became an Inquirer under 
the care of Des Moines Presbytery. 
    Zach is a second-year community college student, who considers his 
experience as a YAD "a first step into further leadership in the 
Presbyterian Church."  He said he doesn't know what form that leadership 
will take, "but this experience is a great time to reflect on the Lord's 
will, to take another step along my faith walk." 
 
    Annika said a primary benefit of her YAD experience is "the excitement 
of hearing about what youth are doing around the country."  She said it 
"has been frustrating to see how picky Presbyterians can be, but it is 
wonderful to learn about so many ministries of our church that I had no 
idea existed before this."  

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