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>3039 Edition

>May 24~30, 2010

PCT youth get ready to be leaders and influencers at home and  abroad

>Reported by Simon Lin

>Written by Lydia Ma

PCT Youth Ministry Committee delegates held a seminar at  Presbyterian Bible

College in Hsinchu on May 24-25 to train PCT youth planning to go  on foreign

missions. About 30 youth participated in this seminar and they all  had one 
thing in

common: A vision for introducing Taiwan to the world and bringing  home their

experiences from other countries to help Taiwan.

According to one staff member, interacting with other churches  around the world

and promoting ecumenism is very important and PCT needs youth to  stay involved

in the ecumenical movement over the long haul.

PCT Youth Ministry Chairman Sam Lee underscored the importance of  training

church youth in understanding both social and church issues.  During his 
seminar,

he used an interesting acronym – ECFA – to draw his young  listeners’ attention 
to

>the importance and essence of youth ministry.

Lee said that youth participating in the ecumenical movement must  show

commitment, stay rooted in their faith and in Taiwan, let their  faith show 
through

their perspectives, and become active participants in society so  that it will 
know

what churches value in every issue. Hence, ECFA stands for  “Ecumenical”,

“Commitment” or “Confession”,  “Formosa”, and “Action”.

“Your must stay in tune with Taiwan!” PCT Youth Ministry  Secretary Itan 
Pavavalong

exhorted the youth gathered at the seminar. He encouraged them to  get to know

Taiwan better and identify with their homeland. To equip these  youth, the 
seminar

included sessions on history of PCT youth ministries, PCT partner  churches and

>organizations, missions and theology, etc.

When interviewed afterward, many youth mentioned they’d  learned a lot about

identity, commitment and maturity. The seminar had encouraged them  to start

thinking about what they could do for their churches and how they  could become

leaders and influencers in their churches through their  experiences.

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