Youths strengthened and equipped through praise and worship camp

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      Taiwan Church News

      3053 Edition

      August 30~September 5, 2010

       

       

      Youths strengthened and equipped through praise and worship camp

       

      Reported by Simon Lin

      Written by Lydia Ma

      Photo by Chen Chun-ying

       

       



      Taiwan Church Press and Taichung Presbytery recently co-led a 
praise and 

      worship camp on August 16~19, 2010. The camp drew 450 youths 
from 

      Presbyterian churches across Taiwan who came to Tainan for some 
spiritual and 

      music training.

       



      This is the 5th time the camp has been held and this year’s 
highlight included new 

      seminars for youths interested in saxophone and street dance 
taught by 

      professionals. There were also seminars on how to lead worship, 
as well as bass, 

      guitar, drums, keyboard, sound system workshops and more.

       



      The highlight of this camp was training young participants on 
how to work with one 

      another and lead a congregation in worship. There were a few 
small presentations 

      on the last day of the camp for youths to practice what they’d 
learned.

       



      One staff member who’d worked with youths throughout the past 
few camps 

      observed that participants usually developed a greater sense of 
maturity and 

      responsibility after having attended this camp, preparing them 
to return to their 

      churches and serve with renewed passion. 

       



      Besides understanding the true meaning of worship, youths also 
learned about 

      their identity and calling within their churches and why they 
should serve God and 

      their churches. 

       



      Many youths who were never regularly involved in church 
ministries before this 

      camp have become passionate Christians afterwards and regular 
helpers in their 

      own church’s music ministries.

       



      According to the camp’s director, Pastor Cheng Che-yu, the 
ultimate goal of this 

      praise and worship camp is to help churches train their youths 
for music ministries 

      and help youths become God’s servants in the field of music.

       



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