Herald of Holiness Volume 84 Number 09 (1995)

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Herald of Holiness Volume 84 Number 09 (1995)
Wesley D. Tracy (Editor)
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N A Z A R E N E
REMEMBERING NYC '95
R esources fo r Y o u th from
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M USICRE ATIONS
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50 Contemporary Songs made popular by such artists as Al Denson, Steven Curtis
Chapman, Amy Grant, Petra, Michael W. Smith, DeGarmo & Key, Rich Mullins, Twila Paris,
and Babbie Mason. Youth groups will enjoy listening to and performing these popular songs
and more: “Be the One”; “For the Sake of the Call”; “Place in This World”; “Shine, Jesus,
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Y o u th D ra m a R eso urces
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rin g to g e th e r th o u s a n d s o f
C a n a d i a n a n d U .S . h i g h
C J s c h o o l s tu d e n ts a n d s p o n
so rs, a d d a fu ll ra n g e o f a c
t i v i t i e s to e q u i p t h e m to s h a r e
th e ir fa ith in J e s u s C h r is t a n d to
liv e liv e s o f h o lin e s s a n d c o m p a s
sio n , to s s in o u ts ta n d in g C h ris tia n
s p e a k e rs a n d m u s ic ia n s , a n d s p rin
k le in s o m e f u n a n d f e llo w s h ip ,
a n d y o u h a v e th e re c ip e th a t m a d e
N Y C ’95 th e g re a te s t g a th e rin g o f
y o u th in th e h is to ry o f th e C h u rc h
o f th e N a z a re n e . D u rin g th e w e e k
o f J u ly 2 5 -3 0 , 1 9 9 5 , N a z a re n e
Y o u th In te rn a tio n a l a n d N Y I M in
is trie s s p o n s o r e d N a z a r e n e Y o u th
C o n g re s s , th e o n c e -e v e ry -fo u ry e a r “ m e g a - e v e n t” th a t sa w m o re
th a n 6 ,0 0 0 p a rtic ip a n ts d e s c e n d o n
P h o e n ix , A riz o n a , fo r a n in c r e d i
b le tim e o f w o rs h ip , m in istry , c e l
e b ra tio n , a n d s p iritu a l g ro w th .
T h is sp e c ia l e d itio n o f th e H e r
a ld o f H o lin e s s fo c u s e s o n “N Y C
’9 5 .” In th e a r t i c l e s a n d p h o to s
th a t fo llo w , y o u w ill g e t a g lim p s e
o f w h a t to o k p la c e in th e liv e s o f
te e n s d u rin g th a t v e ry s p e c ia l
w e e k in P h o e n ix .
I w a n t to e x p re s s m y a p p re c ia
tio n to th e p a re n ts , p a s to rs , d is tric t
s u p e rin te n d e n ts , d is tric t N Y I p r e s
S eptem ber 1995
id e n ts , y o u th s p o n s o rs , a n d lo c a l
c o n g re g a tio n s w h o w o rk e d to g e th
e r to e n a b le so m a n y o f th e ir te e n s
to a tte n d N Y C ’95. T h e C h u rc h o f
th e N a z a r e n e is b le s s e d to h a v e
s u c h a w o n d e rfu l s u p p o rt s y s te m
fo r its y o u n g p e o p le . R e se a rc h h as
sh o w n th a t m o st s tu d e n ts w h o
m a k e a fa ith c o m m itm e n t to Je su s
C h ris t d o so b y a g e 18. T h e e a rly
c h ild h o o d a n d a d o le s c e n t y e a rs
a re p iv o ta l, a n d th e lo c a l c h u rc h
m u s t p la c e a h ig h p rio rity o n p ro
v id in g e ffe c tiv e m in is trie s fo r
c h ild r e n a n d y o u th . N Y I, th e
y o u th a u x ilia r y o f th e c h u r c h , is
s tru c tu re d to fa c ilita te m in is try to
y o u th th r o u g h th e lo c a l, d is tr ic t,
re g io n a l, a n d g e n e ra l le v e ls o f th e
o rg a n iz a tio n . E ach le v el, w o rk in g
in c o n c e r t, f o c u s e s its e n e rg y on
a s s is tin g th e lo c a l c h u rc h to reac h
a n d d is c ip le y o u n g p e o p le .
T h e C h u rc h o f th e N a z a re n e h a s
a lw a y s in v e s te d in its y o u n g p e o
p le, a n d N Y C ’95 w a s o n c e a g ain
s o lid e v id e n c e o f th a t c o m m it
m e n t. A s th e e v e n t h a s c o n tin u e d
to g ro w , its m is s io n h a s e x p a n d e d
a n d a d a p te d to th e e v e r-c h a n g in g
y o u th c u ltu r e , w h ile m a in ta in in g
th e c o r e c o m m itm e n t o f c a llin g
s tu d e n ts to d is c ip le s h ip a n d s e r
v ic e . T h e e v e n t h a s b e e n h e ld at
v a rio u s lo c a tio n s, fro m E u ro p e to
M e x ic o a n d th e U n ite d S ta te s, an d
n o w th e c o n c e p t h a s b e e n a d o p te d
b y e v e r y w o r l d r e g i o n o f th e
c h u r c h . H u n d r e d s o f y o u th h a v e
b e e n sa v e d , sa n c tifie d , a n d c a lle d
to fu ll-tim e C h ris tia n se rv ic e . A n d
th e m o v e m e n t is g ro w in g !
W h a t b e g a n a s a d r e a m in th e
late 195 0 s h a s b e c o m e a tru ly in
te rn a tio n a l m o v e m e n t in less th a n
4 0 y e a rs. P ra ise G o d fo r th e th o u
s a n d s o f N a z a r e n e y o u n g p e o p le
w h o h a v e a tte n d e d , w h o h av e b e en
in flu e n c e d b y a n o in te d p re a c h in g
a n d te a c h in g , a n d w h o h a v e a c
c e p te d th e c a ll to m a k e a d if f e r
e n c e in th e ir w o rld fo r C h rist.
O u r te e n s, w h e re v e r th e y are in
th is ra p id ly s h r in k in g w o r ld , a re
th e c h u rc h o f to d a y a n d e m e rg in g
le a d e rs fo r th e 2 1 st cen tu ry . I am
o p tim is tic a b o u t th e fu tu re o f th e
C h u rc h o f th e N a z a re n e ! To p a s
to rs a n d p a re n ts w h o re a d th is is
su e, I u rg e y o u to e x p a n d y o u r v i
s io n f o r y o u th m i n i s t r y in y o u r
lo c al c h u rc h . G iv e th e te e n s tim e
a n d o p p o r tu n ity to le a r n to le a d
a n d to e x e r c is e t h e ir G o d - g iv e n
ta le n ts . L is te n to th e ir id e a s a n d
h e lp th e m to d re a m G o d ’s d re a m
fo r n e w m in is tr ie s to th e ir p e e rs
a n d o t h e r s in y o u r c o m m u n ity .
Y es, th e y w ill, o n o c c a s io n , fa il.
Y ou a n d I d o to o . B u t n e v e r g iv e
u p on th e m , a n d c o n tin u e to in v e st
in th e m th ro u g h m e a n in g fu l re la
tio n sh ip s a n d sp e c ific c h a lle n g e s.
T o th e s tu d e n ts w h o a tte n d e d
N Y C ’9 5 in P h o e n i x , m a y t h i s
s p e c ia l e d itio n o f y o u r c h u r c h ’s
c h ie f p u b lic a tio n n o t o n ly ca ll up
s ig n if ic a n t m e m o rie s o f y o u r
“ O n c e in a L if e tim e ” e x p e r ie n c e
b u t a ls o s e r v e a s a r e m in d e r o f
c o m m itm e n ts m a d e to G o d , y o u r
p e e rs, a n d y o u rse lf. P ra y fo r th o se
u n s a v e d fa m ily m e m b e rs a n d
f r ie n d s . B e a w itn e s s . W a lk th e
ta lk . L E A D T H E W AY!
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Fred Fullerton
D irecto r
NYI M inistries
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Contents
SEPTEMBER 1995
VOLUM E 84, NO. 9
FEATURES
1 Lead the Way
FRED FULLERTON
3 No Fear
JIM WILLIAMS
4 Gary Sivewright: A Heart for Youth
6
NYC ’95 Special Speakers
7 NYC ’95 Guest Artists
8 The Myth of the Teenage W erewolf
TOM LYTLE
10 A Look Back at NYC
STEVE BABBITT
14 Good Stuff They Said
16
Serving Others in the Valley of the Sun
18 Equipping Seminars
19 The Sponsors’ Eye View of NYC
22 What Happened to Me at NYC
25 Nazarene Youth Dig Deep for Outreach to China
26 Glimpses from NYC
30 Rock Music: Why Do Teens Listen?
AL MENCONI
37 Purity Is for God’s People
TOM FLOYD
CONTINUING COLUMNS
12
General Superintendent’s Viewpoint,
34
Rhythms of the Spirit,
38
Observer at Large,
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Editor’s Choice,
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to a h o t a i r b a l l o o n g a v e l i t t l e
c o m fo rt, fo r th e p a s s e n g e r b a sk e t
w a s b a re ly w a is t- h ig h , a n d 1 w a s
2 ,0 0 0 fe e t a b o v e th e g ro u n d . O n e
g o o d lu rc h a n d I w o u ld b e h isto ry !
I th o u g h t I w a s th e m o s t frig h t
e n e d o n e in t h e b a s k e t u n t i l I
lo o k e d at m y f r ie n d , J im m y — h e
w a s t u r n in g g r e e n ! I in c h e d m y
w a y o v e r to th e p ilo t o f th e b a l
lo o n a n d a s k e d , “ W h a t d o y o u d o
fo r a liv in g ? ” M y life d e p e n d e d o n
th e c o m p e te n c y a n d c h a r a c te r o f
th is m a n , a n d 1 w a n te d to k n o w a
little a b o u t h im .
I k n e w w e w e re in b ig tro u b le
w h e n h e s a id , “ W ell, i t ’s lik e th is,
m ister. I d o n ’t re a lly h a v e a jo b ; I
m o s tly h a n g o u t .” T h e n h e s a id ,
“ I f o u r d e s c e n t is a little b u m p y ,
it ’s b e c a u s e I ’v e n e v e r flo w n th is
p a rtic u la r b a llo o n b e fo re . I ’m n o t
q u ite su re h o w it w ill h a n d le a s w e
go d o w n .”
J im m y lo o k e d at m e a n d s a id ,
“ Y ou m e a n to te ll m e w e a re 2 ,0 0 0
fe e t in th e a ir w ith a p ilo t w h o h a s
n e v e r f lo w n th is b a ll o o n b e f o r e
a n d d o e s n ’t k n o w h o w to g e t it
b a c k o n th e g ro u n d ? ”
“ It lo o k s th a t w a y ,” I said .
Jim m y y e lle d b a c k at m e, “ W ell,
y o u 'r e m y p a sto r, d o s o m e th in g !”
So 1 d id . . . I to o k a n o fferin g !
S eptem b er 1995
O u r d a y h a d n ’t sta rte d th is w ay.
W h e n I m e t J im m y in th e o p e n
fie ld w h e re th e b a llo o n w a s b e in g
in fla te d , w e w e re e x c ite d . T h e s u r
ro u n d in g s w e re b e a u tifu l, a n d th e
w e a th e r w a s p e rfe c t. A s w e ro se
h i g h e r in t o t h e a ir , e x c i t e m e n t
tu rn e d to fear. It w a s o u r fe a r th a t
led u s to a s k th e c ru c ia l q u e stio n ,
C a n w e tr u s t th e p ilo t?
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W e liv e o n a g re a t b ig b a llo o n
o f s o rts th a t re v o lv e s a r o u n d th e
su n . E v e ry m o rn in g , y o u n g p e o p le
w a k e u p a s k in g th e q u e s tio n , “ Is
th e re s o m e o n e p ilo tin g th is th in g ,
a n d c a n th a t s o m e o n e b e tru s te d ? ”
J e s u s ’ o rig in a l d is c ip le s e x p e ri
e n c e d th is ty p e o f fe a r w h e n th e ir
b o a t w a s c a u g h t in a s to rm . T h e
sto rm w a s so fie rc e th a t M a tth e w
s a y s th e b o a t w a s t o r m e n te d b y
th e w a ves. T h e d isc ip le s, m a n y o f
w h o m w e r e p r o f e s s io n a l f i s h e r
m e n , w e r e a f r a id th e y w o u l d n ’t
m a k e it to th e o th e r side.
J e s u s s u d d e n ly a p p e a re d , c a s u
a lly w a lk in g o n th e w ater. A s H e
a p p ro a c h e d H is s to rm -to s s e d d is
c ip le s, H e sa id to th e m , “ H a v e no
fe a r.” In o th e r w o rd s, H e w a s sa y
in g , “ Y ou g u y s c a n tru st M y c h a r
acter. Y ou c a n sa fe ly a n d w ith o u t
re s e rv a tio n p la c e y o u r liv es in M y
h a n d s .”
W h e n P e te r c a lle d o u t, “ L o rd , if
it r e a lly is Y ou, c o m m a n d m e to
c o m e to Y o u ,” J e s u s a n s w e r e d ,
“ A ll rig h t, P eter, o u t o f th e b o a t!”
C o ld , w e t, d a rk , a n d f e a rfu l . . .
y e t P e te r sw u n g h is le g s o v e r th e
sid e a n d b e g a n to w a lk on th e w a
ter. W h e n h is f a ith g a v e w a y to
th e w a v e s a n d h e b e g a n to sin k ,
Je su s re sc u e d him .
S o m e m a y th in k P e te r f a ile d ,
b u t a c tu a lly h e e x p e rie n c e d th e tr i
u m p h o f h a v i n g w a lk e d o n th e
w ater. E v e n m o re sig n ific a n tly , he
o v e rc a m e h is fe a r a n d le a rn e d th a t
w h e n h e san k , Je su s w a s th e re to
sa v e him .
Je su s is still lo o k in g fo r p e o p le
w h o w ill o v e rc o m e th e ir fe a rs an d
g e t o u t o f th e b o at.
F e a r w ill n e v e r g o aw ay . J e su s
le a d s us to w a rd n e w h o riz o n s an d
in to u n c h a rte d te rrito ry . W h e n H e
d o e s th a t, w e e x p e r ie n c e fe a r, a
fe a r o f th e u n k n o w n . B u t re m e m
b e r J e s u s ’ w o r d s to H is f e a r f u l
a n d sto rm -to sse d d isc ip le s: “ H av e
N o F e a r!”
I f y o u d o g e t o u t o f th e b o at, I
a m c o n fid e n t o f tw o th in g s: F irst,
w h e n y o u sin k (a n d y o u w ill), J e
su s w ill b e th e re to p ic k y o u up.
S e c o n d , e v e r y o n c e in a w h ile ,
y o u w ill w a lk on w ater!
Jim Williams
G eneral
NYI P resident
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/ azarene Youth Congress is
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pow er: th o u sa n d s o f teen
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p a rtic ip a n ts , h u n d re d s o f
adult sponsors, a $1 million plus bud
get, high -calib er program m ing, jam packed schedule, scores o f staff mem
bers. Directing such an event is not a
task for the faint o f heart. That being
the case, then Gary Sivew right m ust
have the card io v ascu lar fitn ess o f a
m arathon runner. As director o f NYI
M inistries at N azarene H eadquarters
from 1986 to 1991, Gary directed two
youth congresses: NYC ’87 and NYC
’91. In July o f this year he returned to
an o th er N Y C , th is tim e as featu red
speaker for the evening plenary ses
sions. (Gary left NYI M inistries after
NYC ’91 for a position at Mount Ver
non Nazarene College.) He says, “It’s a
kick to watch the NYC dream become
real. I just love the event.”
Big events aren’t the only thing Gary
loves about youth ministry. He has in
vested his entire career in a wide range
o f youth ministries. Gary says he didn’t
plan it that way, but as he followed and
obeyed God, he found him self in one
youth ministry assignment after another.
This was due in part to the Sunday
School teachers, youth w orkers, and
pastors who invested their lives in him
as he grew up ju st a few blocks from
Nazarene Headquarters in Kansas City.
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As an only child from a single-parent
hom e, G ary w as influenced by these
adults to follow Jesus and to stay in
volved in church activities.
“It becam e obvious over the years
that my ministry should be in Christian
ed u catio n ,” Gary says now. This led
him to earn degrees in religious educa
tion from Bethany N azarene College
(now Southern N azarene U niversity)
and Nazarene Theological Seminary.
A fter graduating from sem inary in
1975, Gary served in youth pastorates at
B eth an y , O k la h o m a, and S h aw n ee,
Kansas. These experiences taught him
the value o f teamwork. “Nobody can do
it by themselves. You need committed
parents and laypeople.”
These lessons were to stand Gary in
good stead in his next assignment in the
youth ministries department at Nazarene
Headquarters. He was editor o f junior
high Sunday School curriculum , then
Bread magazine and Teens Today. In 1985
Gary was elected director o f NYI Min
istries. Inherent in that job is the responsi
bility for Nazarene Youth Congress.
“The ’87 event rem oved the elitist
m e n ta lity from N Y C and sa id to
Nazarene teens, ‘If you are a disciple of
Jesus Christ, we want you there,” ’ Gary
says. The result was an increase from
2,000 participants in 1983 to 4,000 in
1987.
Gary remembers the opening celebra
tion service: “The arena was dark except
for one spot o f laser light in the middle
o f the stage. The soundtrack began and
you could hear a gasp rise from the
crowd. I don’t know if you can bring a
heavenly viewpoint to high technology,
but there w ere some people there for
whom that laser show was a spiritual
event.” NYC also included workshops
for teens and adult sponsors. “The event
offered more than inspiration or an emo
tional high. It became an extensive train
ing opportunity for both teens and their
youth leaders.”
The 1991 NYC in Orlando attracted
5,000 participants. Gary says, “In O r
lando, we strea m lin ed and p o lished
what we tried to accomplish in Wash
ington. The facility was better, we could
feed people faster, keep them cooler.
We did the sam e type o f event as in
1987, just for more people.”
One specific m em ory o f NYC ’91
stands out in his mind. “At the close o f
the last service, all 5,000 participants
stood in the darkened arena and waved
glowsticks as they sang ‘Our God Is an
A w esom e G o d .’ It sy m bolized th eir
com m itm ent to Jesus and to carry the
impact o f NYC home. It was an incredi
ble sight.”
A lthough youth congresses are de
signed to inspire and train participants,
H e r a l d o f H o l in e s s
Gary sees another purpose that is vital to the growth o f the
Church o f the Nazarene. “We wanted teens to know that the
Church o f the Nazarene knows where they are and can meet
their needs. Many o f them have an image o f the institutional
church as being out o f step or behind the times. But I believe
NYC leaves no doubt in the minds o f teens that the Church of
the Nazarene knows what appeals to them, knows how to com
municate to them, and knows their interests.”
Gary views personal ethics and morality as the most impor
tant youth ministry issues facing the domestic church. Many of
today’s young people need a sense o f integrity and morality.
Gary holds that this is best instilled within the family structure,
through Christian mothers and fathers who model the faith and
who will be available to their teenagers when they are needed.
The church’s responsibility is to equip parents for this task and
to supply adult mentors and role models for teens who lack
parental support at home.
Gary sees promising signs in the youth ministry o f the inter
national church, where church growth is being led by young
people. “NY1 is a natural,” according to Gary, to take the lead
in establishing and nurturing the church worldwide.
Gary is personally involved in this international expansion
as chaplain and director o f mission and ministries opportuni
ties at MVNC. He is currently planning for students and facul
ty to help open the work o f the Church o f the Nazarene in
Hungary, as well as sending teams to work in schools in India.
G ary’s other duties include planning chapel services, facili
tating on-campus Bible studies and prayer ministries, coordi
nating mission and ministry groups, and sending teams o f stu
dents on inner-city m inistry trips to C olum bus, Cleveland,
New York City, and Florida. He has also recently earned an
Ed.D. in religious education from
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N azarene Youth C ongress has traditionally
been an opportunity f o r yo u n g people to come
face-to-face with som e pow erful and influential
speakers . . . and N Y C ’95 was no exception!
Participants were challenged and educated on
a personal level every m orning by that d a y ’s
guest speaker. With individuals like these, you
can understand why the m orning sessions were a highlight o f
the week f o r so many participants!
TONY CAMPOLO
He shouts, h e’s intense, and he m oves from one side o f the platform to the other
w hile speaking. W hy? Because he has a challenge for young people, and he w ants their
attention! Dr. Tony Cam polo certainly had everyone’s attention W ednesday morning,
challenging the entire youth congress. Cam polo is president and founder o f the Evan
gelical Association for the Prom otion o f Education, an organization com m itted to min
istry via social programs in less-developed countries as well as with at-risk children
and youth in urban America. He is also professor o f sociology at Eastern College in St.
Davids, Pennsylvania. Cam polo is a longtim e friend o f N azarene youth, speaking at
both NYC ’87 and at San Diego ’89.
BOB DeMOSS
Bob DeM oss Jr., the T hursday m orning speaker, challenged young people to get
keyed in to the “voices” o f popular entertainm ent culture— m usic, film, and advertis
ing. Because the “voices” are so loud and strong, DeM oss encourages teens to think
critically about them. A form er disc jockey and m usician, DeM oss has debated the is
sue o f explicit lyrics on national television during appearances on Donahue, Geraldo,
and G ood M orning America. He is the author o f the book Learn to Discern and is fea
tured in Focus on the Fam ily’s video, Learn to Discern: H elp f o r a Generation at Risk.
LAURIE POLICH
W ith 11 years o f youth m inistry experience, Laurie Polich understands the transi
tions teens face as they m ove toward adulthood. Polich spoke to the congress Friday
m orning, challenging young people to look their future square in the face and commit
to making the best decisions. Currently serving as a director o f youth m inistry at First
Presbyterian Church o f Berkeley, California, Polich also is an associate staff member
o f Youth Specialties.
MARVIN DANIELS
Marvin Daniels is a pastor in the inner city o f
Boston. He has w orked d iligently for years to
bring about reconciliation betw een W hites and
B lacks w ithin and outside the Church. B esides
speaking in Saturday m orning’s session at NYC,
he served as cofacilitator w ith Je ff C arr in the
seminar, “ Racism and R econciliation” at the 23rd
General Assem bly and at NYC ’95.
Marvin Daniels
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JIM DIEHL
The fact that Dr. Jim Diehl is a general superin
tendent for the Church o f the N azarene d o esn ’t
keep him from sitting around a table eating pizza
w ith teenagers. His heart is with young people
. . . a truth quickly discovered by teens who meet
him . He d o e s n ’t a p o lo g iz e fo r his b e lie f th a t
young people can live their lives as Spirit-filled
Christians. Dr. Diehl was elected to the general
superintendency in 1993 follow ing a four-year
pastorate at D enver First Church o f the Nazarene.
He previously served as a pastor, college adm in
istrator, and d istrict sup erin ten d en t. Dr. Diehl
spoke in the Sunday morning service and led the
entire youth congress in celebrating Communion.
...AND A SURPRISE
GUEST!
NYC participants were treated
to a surprise on Sunday evening
when Miss America 1995 Heather
Whitestone dropped by the arena
to greet the congress. An active
Christian, Ms. Whitestone is also
the nation’s first profoundly deaf
M iss A m erica. M iss A m erica
shared about her own spiritual
journey and performed a song in
sign language before departing.
GEOFF MOORE AND THE DISTANCE
For m ore than eight years, G eo ff M oore and the D istance
has been thrilling fans w ith som e o f the m ost exciting and
v e rsa tile C h ris tia n m u sic — an d th rill th e y did, as g u est
artists during T uesday even in g ’s opening celebration!
F o llo w in g th e h ig h ly su ccessfu l alb u m A F rie n d L ike
You in 1992, the b a n d ’s m ost recent release, Evolution, ex
tended th eir success. The title cut from this latest album ,
E volution . . . R edefined, is the b a n d ’s response to issues
such as evolution. “ If you stand up for and live out what
you believe, it gives you integrity in the eyes o f your peers
and adds significance to w hat you have to say,” says Geoff.
BRIAN WHITE AND JUSTICE
A lic e n s e d s o n g e v a n g e lis t in th e C h u rc h o f th e
N azarene, C honda Pierce has m ade a big im pact in the field
o f Christian comedy. H er quick wit and dow n-hom e hum or
have earned her a place on the Comic B elief Tour, as well
as re g u la r ap p e ara n ce s on the G ran d O le O pry, and an
opening spot on a Garth Brooks tour.
. . . AND MORE!
N Y C ’95 w as filled with som e o f the best Christian tal
ent around! In addition to each evening’s Late N ight Fea
ture, participants also enjoyed the m inistry o f several other
artists. T hese included m usical perform ances by Strange
F o lk , A g a in s t A ll O d d s, C .B .E ., L a rry C a m p b e ll and
Friends, A. C. Larj and Chele, and Soul Support, and spe
cial dram a presentations by Paul and N icole Johnson.
O ne o f N Y I’s ow n took the stage during W ednesday’s
Late N ight Feature. Brian is a graduate o f M ount Vernon
N azarene C ollege and perform ed at the 1993 G eneral N YI
C onvention . B rian also w rote this q u a d re n n iu m ’s
them e song for N Y I, “L ead the W ay.” O ne o f con
tem porary C hristian m u sic’s m ost successful song
w riters, B rian has w ritten for artists such as A1
D e n s o n , L a r n e lle H a rris , D e b b y B o o n e , an d
4Him.
W ith his 1995 debut release, L iv in ’ in the Sight
o f Water, Brian and his band, Justice, m oved front
and-center as artists in their ow n right. “The m essage %
w e w a n t to c o n v e y is o n e o f h o p e ,” sa y s B ria n . ] b im
“T h ere’s a place w here you can stand firm, even in a M
fallen w orld. We can allow God to m ake a radical
a m
change in our lives.”
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POINT OF GRACE
To say th at 1994 w as an e x tra o rd in a ry y e a r fo r M
Point o f G race w ould be an incredible understatem ent.
In addition to num erous aw ards, the group saw its debut
album achieve six consecutive num ber one C hristian ra- tM
dio hits— an unprecedented feat in any m usical genre. S
“E xtraordinary” w as the w ord m any N Y C participants I
w e re u sin g fo llo w in g th e g ro u p ’s p o w e rfu l p e rfo r^
m ance Thursday evening.
T heir second album , The Whole Truth, keeps alive H
the g ro u p ’s com m itm ent to sharing the gospel m es- S
sage and the m ercy o f C hrist through their m usic. A s f l
group m em ber H eather Floyd says, “ W e’re so grate- 1
ful for all the things that have happened, but num ber IB
one hits and great album s happen all the time. The
things that really m ake a difference in p eo p le’s lives—
the stan d on p u rity , the fam ily issu es, the m ercy o f 1
Christ— th a t’s w hat will last!”
CHRISTIAN COMEDY NIGHT
NY C participants w ere treated to a special C hristian J m
C om edy N ight on Friday, featuring N azarene com edians H icks and C ohagan and C honda Pierce.
“ S erio u s H u m o r” best d e sc rib e s the m in istry o f V
H icks and C ohagan. Stephen H icks and Jerry C oha- S
gan have been perform ing com edy and dram a with a « j
C h ristian p e rsp e c tiv e since 1980. B eliev in g th at w e ^
can laugh w hile w e learn and grow , Stephen and Jerry I
brought w it, w arm th, and a m essage to F rid ay ’s presen- I
tation.
S eptem ber
1995
Picture close to 6,000 N azarene teenagers descending on
Phoenix for a week o f motivational speakers and exciting
music. N ow encourage these same teens to interact with young
people from the Phoenix com m unity— m any o f whom may
never have been exposed to the gospel. Add to this mix the
chance for both groups o f teenagers to take part in a concert
w ith one o f Christian m usic’s hottest groups, and you’ve got
the potential for a powerful m oving o f the Holy Spirit!
A s N Y C participants interacted w ith the Phoenix
com m unity through their service projects, they were
encouraged to invite other young people to Saturday
evening’s concert by the N ew sboys. This w as the first tim e an
intentional evangelistic effort has taken place w ithin the
context o f N azarene Youth Congress.
Young people w ere treated to an aw esom e concert by the
N ew sboys, w ith A nointed, a pow erful new quartet, opening
the evening. Lori Saliemo, a Phoenix-area minister with a
passion for young people, spoke briefly to the audience, inviting
concertgoers to use that experience to make a lifetime
commitment to Christ.
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wish everyone had the opportu
nity to experience an event like
N a z a re n e Y outh C o n g re ss. To
w itn ess firsth an d th o u san d s o f
te e n a g e rs w o rsh ip in g the L ord, r e
ceiving training to becom e m ore ef
fective C hristian s, and serving their
ho st city th ro u g h m in istry p ro je c ts
would m ake an eternal im pression on
an y one. T h is is e sp e c ia lly tru e for
those adults w ho seem to thin k that
13- to 18-year-olds, by definition and
by nature, are inherently rebellious,
s e lf - s e e k in g , a n d n o -g o o d " m o n
s te rs ." W ayne R ic e , c o fo u n d e r o f
Youth S p ecialties and au th o r o f the
book Junior High M inistry; calls this
description the “M yth o f the Teenage
W erewolf.” It’s the perception that at
age 12 or 13 an incredible, unavoid
able m etam orphosis takes place that,
along with the “full m oon” o f puber
ty, transform s young people into ani
m al-like creatures who stalk the dark
ness and avoid the light.
BY
M any parents have bought into this
myth, and, unwittingly, prom oted it as
A re to d a y ’s tee n a g ers rea lly any
well. A typical gathering o f parents o f
w orse than the youth o f previous gen
preschool or elem entary-age children
e r a tio n s ? M o st a d u lts w o u ld be
a b o u n d s w ith s to rie s o f th e la te s t
shocked to know the author o f the fol
“cute” incident or “advanced” accom
lo
w in g c r itiq u e o f y o u n g p e o p le :
plishm ent o f their “little darlings.” If
“Youth
today love luxury. They have
the p a re n t o f a te e n a g e r o v e rh e a rs
bad
m
anners,
contem pt for authority,
such a conversation, it w o n ’t be long
no respect for older people, and talk
before he or she will interrupt w ith a
n o n s e n se w h e n th e y sh o u ld w o rk .
statem ent such as, “Just you w ait until
Y oung p e o p le do not stan d up any
they becom e teenagers!” or “You bet
lo n g er w hen ad ults en ter the room .
te r e n jo y th e m n o w b e c a u s e y o u r
They contradict their parents, talk too
‘tim e’ is com ing!” How m any parents
m uch in company, guzzle their food,
have q u o te d M ark T w a in ’s fam ous
lay their legs on the table, and tyran
axiom : “ W hen a child turns tw elve,
n iz e th e i r e l d e r s .” T h e s o u r c e ?
you should put him in a barrel, nail
S o c r a te s , in d ic tin g th e y o u th o f
the lid down, and feed him through a
A thens, circa 500 B .C .! Ironically, it
k n o t h o le . W hen he tu rn s six te e n ,
seem s th at the m ore th in g s change,
plug the hole.” They m ay attem pt to
the m ore they stay the same.
strengthen their argum ent by saying,
Are these perceptions fair? As you
“Even Sigm und Freud once suggested
m ight im agine, teenagers d o n ’t think
that adolescence is a tem porary m en
so. In an essay for Newsweek, a high
tal illness.”
sch o o l sen io r, B rad W a ck e rlin , re
T he m e d ia h a s p e rp e tu a te d th is
sponded to popular im ages o f today’s
myth. W hen a teenager m akes new s
teenager:
headlines, it’s usually for gang-related
activity, drug abuse, or for killing his
I w rite this article to show that a
teenager can survive in today’s so
p a re n ts. B art S im p so n , th e u n d e r
ciety. A ctually, I am do in g quite
achieving cartoon caricature o f ado
w ell. I h a v e n ’t fathered any c h il
lescence, has becom e m any p eo p le’s
stereotypical teenager. Television pro
d ren , I ’m n o t ad d ic te d to d ru g s,
gram s portray teens as selfish, pleaI’ve never w orshiped Satan, and I
sure-seeking, cultural m isfits bent on
d o n ’t have a police record. I can
causing society (and their parents) as
even find Canada on a m ap, along
w ith its capital, Ottawa. I guess my
m uch g rief as possible.
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TOM LYTLE, pastor to families with teenagers
fam ily and friends have been sup
p o rtiv e o f m e, fo r I ’ve n e v e r a t
te m p te d to b ec o m e one o f those
teenage runaw ays I ’m alw ays read
ing about. Call me a rebel, but I’ve
s ta y e d in s c h o o l an d (c a n it be
tru e ? ) I e n jo y it. T h is m o n th , I
graduate from high school and join
the o th er graduates as the new est
gen eratio n o f adults. I ’m looking
fo rw a rd to fo u r y e a rs o f c o lle g e
and becom ing a productive m em
ber o f society. 1 m ay not be A m eri
c a ’s stereotypical teen, but that on
ly proves there is som ething w rong
w ith society’s preconceived im age
o f to d a y ’s te e n a g e r (N e w s w e e k ,
S p e c ia l E d itio n : “ T h e N e w
Teens— W hat M akes Them D iffer
ent,” Sum m er/Fall 1990, p. 22).
This is not to say that adults’ view s
are to ta lly u n fo u n d e d o r u n re a s o n
able. Barbara W hitehead o f the Insti
tute for A m erican V alues id en tifies
som e legitim ate con cern s shared by
m any parents:
W hat are parents w orried about?
W hen p a re n ts lo o k at th e w o rld
fro m th e ir c h ild ’s v a n ta g e p o in t,
th ey see u ncertainty, change, and
danger. T hey sense, in short, that
their children are grow ing up in an
in c re a sin g ly m e n a c in g p re d a to ry
environm ent. The assaults com e in
influence on their children through
adolescence and into young adult
hood” ( Youthworker Update, Sep
tem ber 1991, p. 6).
Sim ilarly, G eorge G allup, reflect
ing on data from the G allup Y outh
Survey, w rote in the January 1995 is
sue o f Youthviews:
A s w e begin a new year, even
closer to a new century, the news
th a t g re e ts us ea ch m o rn in g a p
pears increasingly dism al, and we
appear to be further from a w orld
o f peace. By contrast, our surveys
am ong young people provide hope
for the future. Young people tell us:
— th a t th e y a re e n th u s ia s tic
about helping others
— they are w illing to w ork for
w orld peace and a healthy environ
ment
— they feel positive about their
sc h o o ls and e v e n m o re p o sitiv e
about their teachers.
1Marion, Ohio, First Church of the Nazarene
the form o f an aggressive consum er
e c o n o m y th a t g r a b s e v e n th e
youngest child with alluring prom is
es o f popularity and success, if only
th e y w ill b u y th e r ig h t k in d o f
sneakers and stone-w ashed jeans. It
com es in the form o f a precocious
peer culture where girls w ant to be
thin at age nine and seductive at age
tw elve; and w here sexually tra n s
m itted diseases, drugs, pregnancy,
and the threat o f AIDS are all a part
o f teen life in America.
S he g o e s on to id e n tify a m a jo r
source o f the dilem m a facing to d ay ’s
youth:
It com es in the form o f a handsoff, m e -firs t a d u lt so c ie ty w h ere
ch ild re n are the e x clu siv e “p ro b
lem ” o f parents rather than the re
sponsibility w e all share— a society
th a t is in c re a s in g ly u n w illin g to
m ake those sacrifices necessary to
foster good outcom es for children
( C h ic a g o T rib u n e, D e c e m b e r 1,
1990).
As I reflect upon 13 years o f youth
m in istry ex p erien ce and k eep in g up
with the leading youth culture-w atchers, I want to speak up in defense o f to
d a y ’s teens. I love w orking w ith and
ministering to them. I find them to be
th e m o s t r e a c h a b le , te a c h a b le ,
winnable, and ju st plain fun generation
S eptem ber 1995
on the planet. (It’s the adults I tend to
worry about!)
B e y o n d m y p e rso n a l v ie w p o in t,
there is significant research on adoles
cent cu ltu re th at supports a positive
view o f teens. According to Laurence
S te in b e rg , p sy c h o lo g y p ro fe sso r at
Temple University and coauthor o f You
a n d Your A dolescent, there are three
facts that every parent should realize:
1. Fact: A d o lescen ce is not an
inherently d ifficu lt p eriod. It p ro
duces no m ore psychological or b e
hav io ral problem s than any other
stage in the life cycle. A lm ost 90
p ercen t o f adolescents steer clear
o f serious trouble. G ood kids do n ’t
suddenly turn “bad” at the age o f
12 or 13.
2. Fact: The evils o f peer pressure
have been overrated. Although ado
le sc e n ts n eed to fit in, th e ir p ee r
groups are more apt to be a force for
good than evil. (Peers m ay push a
teenager to excel athletically or acad
e m ic a lly .) A d o le sc e n ts g e n erally
choose friends w hose values, a tti
tu d es, and fam ilies are sim ilar to
their own.
3. Fact: The decline o f the fa m i
ly h as been o versta ted . “D esp ite
n eighborhood decay, high divorce
ra te s, th e y o u th c u ltu re , and the
m ed ia, p a re n ts rem ain the m ajo r
Y oung m en an d w o m e n a lik e
look forward to challenging careers,
significantly less fettered by o u t
m oded stereo ty p es ab o u t w h at is
“ a p p ro p ria te ” fo r th e m th a n did
teens o f even ten years ago. Let us
follow their example (p. 2).
It would appear that Brad Wackerlin
was not so unusual after all. M y expo
sure to N azarene teens convinces me
that their idealism is intact (although
m ore tem p ered by rea lity th an past
generations). Their aw areness o f and
concern for others is alive and w ell,
and their moral values reflect biblical
standards. D aily contact in the m in
istry and with "m ountaintop” experi
ences like N azarene Youth Congress
o n ly re in fo rc e m y c o n v ic tio n s th a t
Christian teens are full o f promise!
Do you need a fresh, positive, and
realistic perspective on today’s youth?
Volunteer to be a sponsor at Nazarene
Youth Congress in 1999! Or, better yet,
get involved with teens in your local
church now. T h e y ’ll ap p reciate any
adults who understand and love them,
“fangs and all.” It will change forever
the way you look at teens!
Photography by Brad Elsberg/Media International,
makeup by Michael Shew
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ike a locom otive building a head o f steam , N azarene
Youth C ongress has been getting b igger and better
for nearly 40 years. M ore im portantly, the m om en
tum o f this prem ier N azarene youth event shows no
signs o f slow ing as it m oves into the 21 st century.
It was 1958 w hen teenagers from the U nited States and
Canada got together in Estes Park, C olorado, for the first
Internatio n al In stitu te, the p recu rso r o f N azaren e Youth
C ongress. The founders w anted to engineer a once-in-alifetim e event that w ould challenge and equip young peo
ple to becom e lifelong disciples o f Jesus Christ. “ Institute”
becam e a regular quadrennial event for older teens w ho oc
cu p ie d le a d e rs h ip p o s itio n s in th e ir lo c a l an d d is tric t
N azarene youth organizations.
From the start, International Institute had a secondary
aim o f prom oting unity am ong m em bers o f the C hurch o f
the N azarene from around the w orld. In 1974, Institute
m ade good on its international com m itm ent by traveling to
Sw itzerland under a new name: W orld Youth Congress.
W YC returned to Estes Park in 1978, then w ent interna
tional again in O axtapec, M exico, in 1983. (The event was
postponed in 1982 for a year to put the grow ing event on a
schedule that d id n ’t coincide with the G eneral A ssem bly.)
A lth o u g h W Y C w as su c c e ssfu l in b rin g in g to g e th e r
youth from around the w orld, language barriers and other
cultural differences m ade com m unication and logistics dif-
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ficult. It w as apparent to the leaders o f the event that the
congress m ust change to keep it true to its prim ary purpose
o f discipleship and leadership training. A fter careful con
sideration and prayer, the leaders decided to hold congress
es (or conferences) in each o f the ch urch’s w orld regions;
thus w as bom N Y C as it is today.
T he first s tric tly N o rth A m e ric a n N Y C w as held in
W ashington, D .C ., in 1987. P a rtic ip a n ts h ea rd som e of
C hristianity’s m ost influential leaders, including Josh Mc
Dowell, Tony C am polo, and Stephen Manley. The second
N o rth A m e ric a n N Y C to o k p lac e in 1991 in O rlando,
Florida, w here G uy Doud, D uffy R obbins, and a host of
other national youth leaders challenged participants to live
a strong and consistent faith. Top C hristian m usicians such
as Crystal Lew is, G LA D , and Steven C urtis Chapm an in
spired the ’91 congress as well.
These North A m erican N Y Cs helped support the first re
gional youth congresses in other w orld areas. Participants
provided start-up funds and trainloads o f prayer for the in
ternational events.
Since 1991, m ore than 18 d ifferen t yo u th congresses
have taken place around the w orld. In A ugust o f this year,
the first N Y C in the E astern M editerranean w as held in
A m m an , Jo rd a n , b rin g in g to g e th e r S y ria n , Jo rd a n ian ,
Egyptian, and Israeli N azarene youth. In October, Bombay,
India, w ill host the first-ever N Y C for the grow ing Indian
Estes Park, Colorado, 1962
1974 in Fiesch
Switzerland
k
Washington, D.C,
church. D u rin g th e n e x t few m o n th s, S o u th A frica, the
N eth erla n d s, A rg e n tin a , C o lo m b ia , an d C h ile w ill h o st
NY Cs.
Since 1987, service has been a m ajor em phasis o f N Y C
and has given thousands o f young people the opportunity
to share their faith in C hrist through their actions. Projects,
ranging from picking up trash to visiting children dying o f
A ID S to fund-raising for antidrug program s, have not only
earned respect from N Y C ’s host com m unities but have b e
com e high points for m any o f the teenage participants.
A ttendance at N Y C has increased considerably, especial
ly in recent years. From 2,000 in O axtapec in 1983, the
num ber o f p articip an ts has grow n to m ore than 6,200 in
Phoenix this year. Part o f this grow th reflects a change in
the policy for adm ission. The target audience for Interna
tional Institute and N Y C used to be the top teen leaders o f
the denom ination. C andidates w ere required to m em orize
several verses o f scripture and go through a series o f inter
view s. Later, the interview process and the num ber o f vers
es to m em orize w ere pared dow n considerably. L im its in
m axim um num bers w ere raised in hopes that m ore C hris
tian teens could attend.
The Phoenix congress reflected a further w idening o f re
quirem ents for N Y C attendance. R equirem ents w ere made
m ore inclusive in hopes that nom inally C hristian (or even
non-C hristian) teens w ould attend. An evangelistic em pha
sis w as added so these teens w ould have the opportunity to
m ake decisions for C hrist at the event.
The next N orth A m erican N Y C w ill take place in 1999,
although a site has not been chosen yet. R egardless o f loca
tion, how ever, N Y C w ill once again serve as a pow erful
tool for shaping teenagers into young disciples and church
m em bers. A s long as events like N Y C rem ain effective,
N azarene Youth International, the C hurch o f the N azarene,
and the kingdom o f G od w ill stay on the right track.
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Affirming Our Youth as They Share Jesus Christ
by John A. Knight
f we had visited New York City
100 years ago, we w ould have
left the railroad train at Jersey
C ity and c ro sse d th e H u d so n
River through a maze o f traffic,
and perhaps fog, on a ferryboat.
Those ferryboats served the
19th century well. But early in the 20th
century, a group o f men, some o f them
young men, had a new vision for the
great metropolis. They realized that the
city had been outgrowing its 19th-cen
tury plans, transportation systems, and
other “ferryboats” o f life. They saw a
daring vision o f tunnels under the Hud
son and East Rivers, making it possible
for through trains from the south, west,
and east to enter the heart o f New York
City without changing cars.
One o f those men was W illiam H.
Baldwin Jr., a young engineer and pres
ident o f the Long Island Railroad. One
day as the tunnels under the East and
Hudson Rivers were approaching com
pletion, Mr. Baldw in and a neighbor
were riding into the city on a ferryboat.
The neighbor said, “Won’t it be great to
live in New York when the tunnels are
all finished and one can go in without
this waste o f lost time?”
“Yes,” said the young city engineer
with a smile, “I guess it will be great to
live in N ew York then; but I w ould
rather live in New York now, while the
tunnels are being built, and have my
part in the building o f them.”
There speaks the authentic voice o f
youth.
T he 6 ,0 0 0 y o u n g p e o p le at th e
Nazarene Youth Congress recently held
in Phoenix, Arizona, testify to this high
energy and need for challenge. They
ask to be spiritual pioneers o f their own
age, to be trusted and entrusted with a
real share in the big projects o f God for
His kingdom in this world.
D uty to G od has too long been a
matter o f merely attending worship and
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placing a few dollars in the collection
plates. The youth o f the Church o f the
N azarene resonate to more than that.
They want to be a part o f the “Great
Commission Movement” as we prepare
to move into the 21 st century.
Our youth have much to teach us if
we will look, listen, and learn.
We m u st n o t e m p h a size w h a t the
Church has to offer to the point that we
neglect what the Church dem ands o f
our youth. This is not to suggest that we
take less care in making the life o f the
C hurch relev an t to the needs o f our
young people. Obviously, the gospel is
relevant to the needs o f all o f us, what
ever our age may be. However, it would
I t is q u it e p r o b a b l e t h a t
IF THIS WORLD IS EVER
EVANGELIZED, IT WILL
BE THROUGH THE AGENCY
OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
be a mistake to be trying constantly to
show our youth what the Church is do
ing fo r them to the neglect o f explicitly
stating what Christ and the Church re
quire o f them. Christianity is not sim
ply a means for individual development
or even personal salvation. Jesus’ life
was one o f service. Christian consecra
tion m ust be consecration to service,
and our youth are unwilling to accept
any other interpretation.
Young people are the ch ief objective
o f the scheme o f salvation. In youth, the
heart is like wax in its impressionable
ness, like bronze in its retentiveness.
C o n v ersio n u su ally occu rs betw een
ages 12 and 20. O ver 90 p ercen t o f
evangelical church members in Ameri
ca were converted before age 23. Less
than 5 percent o f those who leave col
lege unconverted ever com m it to the
C hristian life. This means that young
people must be prime objectives in our
evangelistic efforts.
F u rth e rm o re , y o u th can b e st win
youth. Christian youth are enthusiastic,
aggressive, courageous, and rarely pes
s im is tic . T h ey are the p a rt o f the
Church most easily mobilized, for high
enterprise appeals to their spirit. The
youthful are most responsive to the call
o f God and also most available for ser
vice.
The Church has always made a place
for youth in its “outreach” efforts. Saul
witnessed the stoning o f Stephen at 27,
and a short tim e a fte r w as com m is
sioned by Christ to bear His name to the
G en tiles. T im othy w as but 14 when
converted, and 18 when called to be
come the assistant to the great apostle
Paul. Adoniram Judson was 22 when he
resolved to devote him self to interna
tional work and started for India at 24.
Robert Morrison was only 22 when he
was commissioned by the London Mis
sionary Society to open the Christian
work in China. David Livingston was
21 when he answered the call to mis
sions.
One has said, “W herever in history
we mark a great movement o f humani
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[or woman] at its head or at its heart. It
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ou m ight think that young
people w ould grow tired o f
hearing the m any persons
w ho addressed them at
N Y C ’95, but i f they did, it
d id n ’t show. Speakers in
Phoenix talked straight to
our young people— about sex, about
the stuff they w atch on TV or listen
to on CDs. They talked to them about
their relationships w ith parents, w ith
peers, and w ith friends. They called
them to relationship w ith G od, w ith
friends, and with the unlovely.
The follow ing quotes represent
some o f tae m em orable things said
during the plenary sessions at NYC
’95.
H im to im pact your life, w hen you al
low H im to be in you, and change
you, transform ing you, you end up
caring for people. You even end up
caring for people y o u ’re not supposed
to care for.
• The purpose o f an education is
not to have the credentials to m ake
you rich. The purpose o f an education
is to be equipped to give y o u rself
aw ay to m eet the needs o f other peo
ple w ho are in desperate straits.
• The C hristian lifestyle isn ’t ju st
not sm oking or dancing and that kind
o f stuff; the C hristian lifestyle is a
com m itm ent to give w hat you have to
m eet the needs o f others.
Tony Campolo
• Before you w ere ever created,
G od had a purpose for you. A nd with
your life you can honor Him by your
love and devotion to
Him. But w hen you do
your own thing, you
shake your fist in
G o d ’s face and say,
“You used to own me.
But I call the shots
now. I can do anything
w ant.”
• T h ere’s nothing in
trinsically w rong with
doing service projects,
good w orks for the Lord,
unless it’s replacing
som ething else at w hich G od has
challenged us to give. N othing w rong
w ith going to church. N othing w rong
w ith com ing to N azarene Youth C on
gress. N othing w rong with being an
active m em ber o f the youth group
and going to all the parties. N othing
w rong w ith all o f that. The only thing
w rong w ith it is w hen it starts taking
the place o f w here G od is challenging
us in the area o f obedience and devo
tion to Him. And at that point, when
G a r y S iv e w r ig h t
• This is at the heart o f the
N azarene tradition-^That the sam e Je
sus who died on the C ross w as resurrected . He is here. And
now, if
y o u ’ll let
Him, H e’ll
com e into
your life,
and like a
sponge. He
will absorb
out o fy o u
everything
th a t’s dirty,
everything
that's dark,
| everything
Ithat’s despicable. H e’ll cleanse you.
H e’ll m ake you w hite as snow. T hat’s
what w e m ean by holiness. N ot that
you go around piously superior to
other people but that you have been
cleansed by Jesus, purified by Jesus.
• T h at’s w hat happens to you not
w hen you ju st believe in Jesus but
w hen you w alk with Jesus, when
H e’s your friend, when you allow
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kwe stop being obedient, slow ly but
$$11 rely. His will and direction for our
lives becom e hazy.
• O f all the choices you have in
life, if you w ould decide to follow
Him, if you w ould decide to obey
H i« , then that is real love. A nd all
the things that you said before and all
the prom ises and com m itm ents you
m ade, He understands the failures
and defeat, broken prom ises and
com m itm ents, and He says, “W hatev
er it is th at’s getting in the way o f
your devotion to M e, w ould you be
w illingTo follow again?”
• T h ere’s a reason w hy Jesus will
not rem ove you from this w orld. Be
cause the truth is, you will never
know how holy G od is until you see
His holiness sm ack dab up against the
conflicts o f your life.
• If you linger in the presence
o f those w ho have decided that
sex is OK, if you watch enough,
if you listen to enough, if you
think about it enough, it will
becom e a part o f w ho you are.
• The best new s I think I
can give you tonight is God
says there is a rew ard for those
w ho follow Him. The m inute
you turn from w hatever you
are doing, He m eets you at
your point o f need. He for
gives, He forgets, He w ipes
the slate clean.
• You could m ake a difference in
your hom e. You could m ake a differ
ence in your church. You could m ake
a difference in the denom ination. I
do n ’t know exactly w hat G od is go
ing to call you to do, but I do know
the Spirit enough to know that it will
be very specific. He will not leave
you hanging about a ministry. He will
tell you exactly w hat you need to do,
and in m any cases, He will tell you
w hat you need to say. The question
is: "D o you choose to follow H im ?”
In the m yriad choices you have in
life, do you choose to follow ? Will
you be the one to unw rap the graveclothes? Will you be the one to bind
the w ounds? W ill you be the one to
speak the w ords o f encouragem ent?
L a u r ie P o lic h
• G o d ’s love is not based on ap
pearance. H e looks straight past your
appearance and into your
heart.
• It’s easy
to love w hen
you get som e
thing back.
But h e re ’s a
secret— it’s
pow erful to
love w hen you
get nothing
back. Because
then you get to
experience the
pow er o f God.
• If you w ant to experience G od in
your life— love som eone.
B ob D eM o ss
• M TV tells us day in and day out,
as do advertisers, the m ost exciting
sex happens before you get m arried,
with as m any possible options as you
w ant to explore.
• T hink about w ho K urt Cobain
was. He sold m illions o f album s, had
lots o f cash, finances w ere not an is
sue. H e traveled
first class, was
on all the m ajor
show s, videos
w ere being
played all the
tim e, fam e was
not an issue.
He w as bisexu
al, had a drug
habit o f up to
$400 a day in
heroin, he ex
perim ented
freely w ith his
life . . . In the m idst o f all this, if you
think about i t , . . . K urt C obain had
everything according to the w orld o f
M TV and pop culture . . . he had
everything. W hat w as K urt Cobain
m issing? Jesus. He d id n ’t have the
S eptem ber 1995
one thing that matters.
• W hat is w rong w ith us? How
have w e allow ed so m uch sin to get
into our cam p, to get into our lives?
A nd then we w onder why, w hen it
com es to spiritual indigestion, we
ain ’t close w ith God. We begin to
wonder, “W hy is my walk so weak?
W hy d o n ’t I have a fire and a passion
to change this w orld?”
M a r v in D a n ie ls
• I believe in 1995, right here,
right now, that w hat God w ants us to
do is becom e “m enaces to society.”
The w ord “m enace” m eans to be a
threat to or to put som eone in danger,
and I believe that God has called the
Church to be a m enace to society.
• In the cities o f A m erica, where
individuals think that God has left the
city . . . H e’s still there and H e’s still
alive and well.
• W o u ld a n y b o d y k n o w th a t
y o u a re a C h r is tia n w ith o u t y o u
te llin g th e m ? I f
_
som ebody
d o e s n ’t s a y
th a t t h e r e ’s
s o m e th in g
d if f e r e n t
a b o u t y o u in
th e c o u r s e o f
y o u r lif e tim e ,
s o m e t h i n g ’s
w ro n g , b e
c a u s e n o th in g
is d if f e r e n t.
• U nfortunate- ___
ly, w hat w e ’re
finding in the church am ong our
young people is that the Bible is like
crack to you. You use the Bible like a
person w ho is on crack. That is, w hen
y o u ’re dow n, y o u ’re feeling kind o f
low, and you need to be pum ped up a
little bit, you go to G o d ’s W ord and
you m ake sure that as you snort it or
as you sn iff it or as you pop it, it
m akes you feel good for a w hile. But
then w hen the high has becom e low
again, you need another fix. There is
no consistency.
• W hat they [non-Christians] are
convinced about w hen they begin to
see individuals in the church playing
the church gam e, they are convinced
that if you are w orshiping this guy
nam ed Jesus C hrist w ho has com e in
authority upon this earth, if He
doesn’t seem to be doing anything in
your life, what m akes you think H e’ll
do anything in m ine? If your Jesus
can ’t keep your fam ilies together,
how can He help m e? I f your Jesus
ca n ’t cause you to stand up when you
see racial injustice, w hat good is He
for me?
• W hen you leave here, M om ’s
gonna be the same way, so is Dad.
W hen you leave here, the neighbor
hood isn ’t going to change, and guess
w hat?— neither has your church.
W hat are you going to do when you
com e down from this m ountaintop
experience? Are you going to really
be a m enace to society w hen you go
back into the ’hood? Are you going
to be a m enace to society? O r are you
ju st going to simply be a part o f soci
ety?
J im D ie h l
• Y ou’ll go hom e, you are so hap
py, high, blessed, hyped, pum ped,
and som ebody is going to do som e
thing they shouldn’t do w hen you get
home. Satan will try to steal your joy.
D on’t let him do it.
• We love
you, w e want
you in the
church. We
never ever,
never ever,
w ant you nor
anybody else
to say that
our youth are
the church
o f tom or
row. N ot on
your life!
You are a vital part o f
the church o f today.
• I plead with you, I beg you, I
urge you, young people, give your
life back to the C reator God who
gave it to you, then invest your life in
people.
• This cham pion w restler jum ped
up [from the altar] and yelled, “ He
pinned me! He pinned m e!” W hat
w as he saying? “For the first tim e in
m y life, I surrendered to Christ. A nd
He pinned m e.” I ’ll tell you this,
w hen Jesus pins you, He doesn’t de
feat you, He sets you free.
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ServiceProjectsa Nij6 ’65
he tradition o f service to
others that has been a key
part o f past Nazarene
Youth C ongresses was
continued in a big w ay at
N Y C ’95. The 6,000
young people found them selves in
volved in som e 200 separate projects:
on the streets handing out packets o f
toiletry item s and w ater to the hom e
less; in nursing hom es singing and
visiting the elderly; at churches,
parks, and m alls presenting skits and
allow you to share your spirit with
conducting Vacation Bible Schools;
u s,’ then, instead o f treating them as
constructing playground equipm ent at
objects— as things to be used for our
churches and parks; roofing, fixing
purpose— we engage them as people
up, and painting houses and churches;
created by God, and w e both grow by
and (for the first tim e) conducting
the experience.”
basketball clinics for inner-city youth.
The projects w ere coordinated with
“M y question to you is, ‘For one
about 80 agencies throughout the
small m om ent, will you allow them
Phoenix area, according to Don
to touch y o u ?” ’ challenged Ed Robin
Diehl, NYC ’95 projects coordinator.
son, N azarene Theological Sem inary
“We [NYC ’95 leaders] and the
professor and consultant to NYI who
agency people within Phoenix are
led the training sessions for the young
ju st thrilled with the jo b that they
people prior to the service projects.
did,” said Diehl. “We have definitely
“ If we are going out into the city o f
m ade an im pact on this community.
Phoenix to give com passion to say,
One o f the goals that w e had when
‘We alw ays go and give com passion,’
w e set out with this was to try to let
then w e are doing nothing m ore than
people know that there are teenagers
using this city for our purposes. But if
in this w orld who do care and who do
w e are w illing to say, ‘We w ant to
w ant to m ake a difference and are
share our spirit w ith you, we w ant to
m aking a positive change in this
share the kingdom o f G od w ith you,
world. I am so proud o f our N azarene
but w e ’re also w illing to listen and to
teens. They have ju st given a great
r
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testim ony for Christ and for w hat
G od really can do in our lives and
w hat that m eans as w e live that out in
the com m unity.”
“ It w as am azing and gratifying to
discover that over 6,000 young peo
ple were perform ing m ore than 200
service projects throughout our com
m unity,” said Phoenix M ayor Skip
Rimsza. “This w as im portant and im
pressive stuff, and these are im portant
and im pressive kids. I extend my
heartfelt thanks to them all.”
“I w ant to tell you how proud I
was to tell my cow orkers that the
teens in tow n w ere representatives o f
m y church,” said Edie Vetter, who
w orks in dow ntow n Phoenix.
Indeed, all o f us are proud o f the
great bunch o f kids w ho served G od
through service to others during NYC
’95.
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tern in, tom were
Service projects were performed
across the city of Phoenix.
(Clockwise from top)[ 1) Teens from
the Georgia District construct a
playground. (2) Ed Robinson
challenges the teens during a
training session in preparation
for the 200 projects. (3) Three
young men from the Kansas City
District break ground for the
laying of pipe at a Habitat for
Humanity site. (4) Natalie Baker
from the Joplin District paints an
eave at the home of an elderly
couple.
P h o to g ra p h y b y B ra d E ls b e rg /
M e d ia In te rn a tio n a l
S eptem b er 1995
N A LIFETIME— NYC '95
n im portant part o f every
N Y C is the equipping sem i
nars for teens and adults. A
broad spectrum o f sessions
was available at NYC ’95.
For teens, these ranged
from basic Bible study-type w ork
shops and how to share your faith, to
the hot topics o f creative dating,
dealing w ith sexual tem ptation, get
ting along w ith your family, and how
to deal w ith em otions.
“One o f the m ost attended w ork
shops [with well over 1,00
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was ‘Stress M anagem ent for Teens,’”
said Rick Edwards, executive editor
for N azarene Youth International and
coordinator o f sem inars for N YC ’95.
“We know that kids are under stress,
and it’s a popular topic, but
w e didn’t anticipate how
m any w ould be interested in
this w orkshop. Teens are
pressured to be in every
thing— band, choir, sports,
and then there are lifestyle
pressures— to m ake good
grades, tensions in the
hom e, dealing w ith di
vorce.”
For adults, topics in
cluded such areas as
m entoring, w om en in
youth m inistry, helping
the children o f divorce,
tending to your own
spiritual life, and youth
m inistry in the rural
church. For the first
time, there w as a sem
inar exclusively for
the w ives o f youth
m inisters.
One area that received spe
cial accent at this NYC was that o f
urban ministry. This included a w ork
shop by that title as well as one on
racial reconciliation. “A lthough it has
alw ays been a legitim ate form o f
ministry, w e and a lot o f churches
have neglected urban youth m inistry,"
said Edwards. “ It is an im portant
area, especially in light o f w orldw ide
dem ographics that indicate the
biggest population am ong young peo
ple is going to be in urban settings."
Som e o f the m ost popular w ork
shops were those featuring plenary
speakers like Tony C am polo, Laurie
Polich, and Bob DeM oss.
Young people w ere required to at
tend three sem inars during the week.
Topics w ere developed based on sur
veys and from consultations with
General NYI Council m em bers and
district presidents. M ore than 85 sem
inars w ere conducted during NYC
’95.
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N Y C co u ld n ’t happen w ithout them!
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som e o f them w hy in the
w orld they w ould com e to
any place w here there w ere 6,000
teens. “I love teens,” said D an Hilen,
a youth pastor in W est Chester, Ohio.
“1 w anted to spend quality tim e w ith
teens— get to know
them better,” said April
Day, a hom em aker
from W ilder, Kentucky.
F or D ave and Ruth
H oltz, w ho are in the
banking business in
Toronto, N Y C ’95 w as
their fourth N Y C . Ruth
said, “T here w as no doubt
that I w ould attend N Y C
’95.” D ave and R uth serve as youth
coordinators on their district. D ave
said that the first N Y C he ever at
tended (1983) “changed m y view
o f the C hurch o f the
N azarene.”
G ary and C arm en
R inghiser w ork with
youth in Puyallup,
W ashington. “We cam e
because w e believe in
N Y C. We believe it ac
com plishes its purpose—
m aking real changes in
S eptem ber 1995
young lives.”
D anelle M.
B row n, who
w orks for a fi
nancial services
com pany in
Tacom a, W ash
ington but
hopes to be
com e a youth minister, said that
she cam e “to explore G o d ’s will
for m y ow n life. I do n ’t like for
opportunities to find me; I like
to find them ,” she said.
A re you glad you came?
“Yes,” said the R inghisers. “This
is our fourth N YC. It’s spiritual
ly exciting and m entally stim u
lating.” “I can ’t im agine not be
ing glad,” said D ave Holtz. “The
best speakers and m usicians, and
best o f all, seeing youth and
their leaders grow in faith.” “ I
feel like it’s equipping m e to re
build our youth m inistry at hom e,”
said April Day. “A bsolutely,” af
firm ed Dan Hilen, “if you love teens,
this is the only place to be.”
“I ’m glad I cam e,”
said Ruth Holtz.
“Even hearing the
alarm go o ff after
three hours o f sleep
is a small price to
pay to see these kids
grow ing in w orship
and service.”
W hat do you
think N Y C is do
ing for the kids you are super
vising? “I t’s helping them becom e se
rious, know ledgeable C hristians,”
said D anelle Brown. “M y kids are be
ing challenged, m otivated, and plant
ed in C hrist,” said April Day. “NY C
is feeding their hungry, searching
souls.” A ccording to Ruth Holtz,
“N Y C encourages teens because
they see thousands o f other teens
w ho w ant to serve C hrist.” “N Y C is
helping our kids m ature spiritually,”
said C arm en Ringhiser. “ Som e o f
them are dealing w ith calls to full
tim e C hristian service. It w as at
W Y C years ago that I settled m y
call.” “This w ill be a lifelong spiri
tual highlight for every teen,” said
D an Hilen.
H ave you learned anything new
about N azarene teens? One thing
Dave Holtz noticed w as how easily
the w orldly culture subtly creeps into
teen lifestyles. “It is good to see them
respond positively w hen this is point
ed out to them .” “They are enthusias
tic and teachable,” said the R inghis
ers. “There are a lot o f them ,” said
Dan Hilen. “It’s encouraging to them
to see that they are part o f a bigger
fam ily.” “I ’m im pressed that they are
so excited about becom ing evange
lists,” said Brown. A pril Day said,
“I ’ve learned how m uch our teens re
ally do love Christ and that m any are
w illing to stand up for
H im .”
H ave you gained any
insights to take home
with you?
“Definitely,” said
April Day. “I ’m 26,
but a lot has changed
since I w as a teen.
N YC taught me a lot
about w hat teens are in
terested in. I ’ve also found that there
are C hristian alternatives to secular
rock m usic.” “N ever let up on cre
ativity,” is w hat the
Ringhisers said they
learned. “C ontinually
m odify ideas to fit our
youth.” “Like it or
not,” D ave H oltz said,
“w e are in com peti
tion with the world.
We m ust use firstclass m edia and
tools to reach
youth.” “Be genuine, be real.
Teens searching for identity need
honest leaders w ho genuinely love
them ,” said Dan Hilen.
W hat D anelle Brown is
taking hom e is a quote
from Tony Cam polo: “If
we lose our teens, it will
not be because we m ade
C hristianity too hard but
because w e m ade it too
easy.”
“One thing I ’ve
learned,” said A pril
Day, “is how im portant N Y I is to the
Church o f the N azarene. O ur teens
are w orth all the effort, money,
prayers, sweat, and tears.”
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ives were changed at
NYC ’95, no doubt
about it! We talked to
a cross-section o f
young people during
the week, asking them such
things as “How would you
describe NYC ’95?” and
"W hat did God do for you?”
I lore’s what they told us.
Describe: “Awesome! See
ing all the teens that are
Christians here praising the
Lord and just being together
in worship is
great.”
T estim o n y : “It
'%/as life-changil|PI?o<rspoke to
me through every1thing. I’ve grown
so much since I got
here. It’s really cool.”
T averlee B lanchard, 17
E lm sdale, C anada
D escrib e: “ The worship
times have been like an awe
some revival.”
T e stim o n y : “The past couple
o f weeks, I have
been kind o f
down on my
home church.
It’s amazing
how God lifted
me up this
week.”
B randon N akano, 15
H ilo, H aw aii
D escrib e: “The speakers
were great. They knew just
what we are going through. I
especially liked the dramatic
presentations o f Johnson and
Johnson. They really spoke
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to me.”
T e stim o n y : “Sometimes I
have doubts. I was praying
that I would come here and
God would speak to me and
show me His will. He did. He
told me that He
loves me, that
1He died for me,
1and not to worry,
1because He’ll be
1with me through
out my whole
life.”
M ary A ved ian , 15
G len d ale, C alifornia
D esc rib e : “The speakers and
the musical artists were both
excellent, but I was sad when
the time for the speakers ran
out. I wanted to hear more.”
T estim o n y : “It was really a
time o f just rec
ognizing what I
believe and reaf
firming that
Christ is the only
thing really
worth living for.
It was very excit
ing.”
C hris C orw in , 17
W aterloo, Iow a
D escrib e: “It was a great ex
perience. The altar calls at
the end o f the evening ser
vices were the best part.
That’s where I really felt the
Lord’s presence.”
T estim o n y : “One night, 1
was praying at the altar with
a lot o f my friends. I reached
out my hand to one o f my
friends and some girl that I
had never seen before took
my hand, put her arms
around me, leaned her head
on my shoulder, and started
to cry. All o f a sudden, 1
started to cry. We just sal
there and cried together
through the prayer and for
five minutes afterward. We
got up, said our names, and
we actually found
each other the
following morn
ing at breakfast.
It was rraily
moving. God is
able to touch
you through
- other people.”
B uffie L on gm ire, 15
C am b rid ge,
M assach u setts
D escrib e: “Spiritually uplift
ing, very exciting, and fun.”
T e stim o n y : “It
changed the way I
look at life and
made me think
more about my
life spiritually—
o f how I need to
commit all o f it
and give it back to God.”
V ito M on teb lan co, 16
L ew iston, Idaho
D e scrib e: “It’s been awe
some— so many young peo
ple loving the Lord and liv
ing their lives for Christ and
wanting to grow. It was
amazing. It gives me strength
to know that there are other
Christians out there and that I
am not alone.”
T e stim o n y : “I’ve been strug
gling with college issues—
where I want to go— what I
want to do with my life. 1
thought I had given every
thing to God, but I was still
holding on to some
things and worry
ing. I think I know
that I shouldn’t
worry, because
G od’s got a plan
for me. H e’ll
open the doors.”
C ath erin e B ow ers, 17
N ash ville, T en n essee
D e scrib e: “Awesome! It was
great. 1 had a lot o f fun.”
T e stim o n y : “ It really helped
me a lot in my spiritual
growth. I wish that all teens
from our youth
group could have at
tended, because it
would have been a
good experience for
everybody.”
C h ris F in gerh u t, 17
D oe R un, M issouri
D escrib e: “It was a lifechanging experience. It was
incredible to see this many
kids coming together, all
from Nazarene
churches.”
T e stim o n y : “You
could feel the Spirit
o f God throughout
the week.”
Sarah S tu d e, 17
Sitk a, A laska
D escr ib e : “Excellent! The
concerts— the speakers— it
was great!”
T e stim o n y : “ I think I have
come to realize what God
wants me to do, the areas I
need to change. I also have
come to know that I am not
alone in the world. There are
a ton o f teenagers the same
as me with the same prob
lems. When I go
home, I want to
change things. I
want to tell my
friends more
about what I
have, and that
they need Him
too.”
D ale H a tc h a r d , 16
N o v a S c o tia , C a n a d a
D escrib e: “1 think it was
very spiritual. I couldn't be
lieve there were so many
Nazarene kids out there who
would do something like
this— pay all this money,
then go and work for peo
ple.”
T e stim o n y : “1 renewed my
commitment to
God. I feel more
sure than ever
that I can go out
there and, even
if I'm by my
self, I'm not by
myself, because
I know there are others
like me out there serving
God.”
Som er G ant, 15
N airobi, K enya
D escrib e: “It was a great
gathering o f people from
everywhere that were here to
praise God and learn more
about Him and ju st have a
great time— a once in a life
time experience.”
T e stim o n y : “ I
was encouraged
by the great
speakers. I want
to go back home
and witness to
others for God.”
Joshon M iller, 15
B ethany, O klahom a
D escrib e: “It was an in
credible experience! It was
really uplifting. It was so
exciting seeing everyone
praising the Lord.”
T e stim o n y : “I was a Chris
S e ptem b er 1995
tian before I came here, but I
made a total— I mean total—
commitment to the Lord.
Most o f my friends are leav
ing for college in the fall, and
most o f them aren’t Chris
tians. I'm ready to tell them
what I experienced and what
they can experi
ence and how
even if they
don’t fit into
their college,
they will always
have a friend—
Jesus will always
be there!”
Jill L oftin, 18
C olu m b ia Station, O hio
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D esc rib e : “It was powerful.
When you see 6,000 teens
gather together for Christ, I
think that’s awesome!”
T e stim o n y : “The whole
week was great. Sometimes,
you go to camp and only like
part o f it, but here the whole
week spoke to
me. I liked the
service projects,
because we got
out in the com1munity and
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1was pretty cool!”
C h arles C h an ey, 18
E astw ood, T exas
D escrib e: “Tremendous! It
made an impact on my life.”
T e stim o n y : “I got
closer to God,
made a strong
commitment to
Him, and had a
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T e stim o n y : “It helped me to
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azarene young people expressed their dedication to
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during N Y C ’95. T hey did
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this through their giving
for the special N Y I M is
sion Project for C hina M inistries. O n
W ednesday evening,
Rick Power, m is
sionary to H ong
Kong, spoke to the
young people,
thanking them for
w hat they have
done and for w hat
the} w ere going to
do to help extend
the gospel to the
people o f China.
“I have been to
the universities o f
C hina,” said Rick
in his challenge
to the N Y C ers.
“I have lived on
cam pus and
studied am ong
the students
there, and I can
tell you that the
believing stu
dents in C hina to
Rick Power talks to t
day w ould have no w ay
o f im agining the kind o f event you
and I are sharing in here. It is beyond
their com prehension— their w ildest
dream s.
“T heir C hristian gatherings take
the form o f getting together in a dor
m itory room or an apartm ent on cam
pus. They sing their hym ns very qui
etly. They pray fervently. They open
their B ibles and soak up the teaching
o f the scriptures like dry sponges. To
be a C hristian student in C hina today
m eans that you live w ith a haunting
fear and w onder o f w hat y our future
S eptem ber 1995
holds. It m eans that if you w itness,
you have to overcom e the stigm a o f
being strange, o f being a little out o f
balance. A nd, in fact, if it is know n
that you are a Christian, you m ay
jeopardize your grades or your fiiture
career— you m ay be putting your
w hole life on the line to say that you
are a believer
in Jesus
C hrist.”
Rick w ent
on to say that
C hinese stu
dents d o n ’t
have a lot o f
things that
w estern C hris
tians take for
granted, but
they do have
short-w ave ra
dios, along with
a desire to know
m ore about God.
The C hurch o f
the N azarene is
w orking with
Trans W orld R a
dio to produce a
nightly shortw ave radio prons at NYC ’95 gram that will be targeted
at university students in the w orld’s
m ost populous nation.
For the past year and a half, teens
on districts across N orth A m erica
have been w ashing cars, selling cook
ies and pizza— even selling them
selves (as “slaves for a day”) to raise
m oney for the C hina M inistries Proj
ect. The m oney w ill be used not only
to provide radio broadcasts to univer
sity students in China, but to provide
follow -up literature for listeners and
support for R ick and Vicki Pow er as
they m inister to the Chinese people.
On W ednesday night o f N Y C ’95,
I NYI President Jim W illiam s anInounced that the young people had
jp is e d $106,335 up to that point. He
c h a lle n g e d the conferees to contribute
| | 5 each that night. W hen the tally
w a s com pleted, those gathered in the
M m e ric a West Arena had given an
additional $43,000 tow ard the w ork
in China.
“You will do m any things with your
m oney this w eek,” said Rick to the
crowd on Thursday evening o f NYC
1 9 9 4 . 9 5
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s r R
\ e s
’95. “Y ou’ll buy posters, T-shirts,
videos, and food. You may even lose
some money. But you will do nothing
more significant w ith your m oney
than w hat you did last night. W ith this
offering, you have reached around the
world to m ake a difference in the lives
o f some students who really need it,
and I say ‘th a n k y o u !’”
The C hina M inistries Project will
continue through the close o f 1995,
according to N Y I M inistries D irector
Fred Fullerton. It is a Ten Percent
Special. Contributions m ay be sent in
care o f C hina M inistries/N Y I, 6401
The Paseo, Kansas City, M O 64131.
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N A LIFETIME— NYC '95
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Paul Skiles
receives the first
NYI “ Timothy
Award” for his
devoted service I
the young people
of the church. It
was presented b]
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NYCer Kristen
St. John.
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f
s I speak across the country, I find Christian
, parents fighting with their teens about rock
m usic. U nderneath the argum ents and de
m ands, dads are ask in g , “ I f m y kids are
C h ristian s, w hy do they listen to th at g arb ag e?
C an't they see what it’s doing to them ? How can I
get them to see? How can I m ake them u n d e r
stand?”
w
Does that sound fam iliar? Do you find yourself
arguing over ro£k music with your children? Let me
offer some indghts that might help you better un
derstand your teens.
I believe the m ost important question for parents
to ask is “ W hy is myUeen attracted to rock music in
the first place?”
W hen asked why they like rock music, m ost kids
say, “I like the beat,” or “ It’s fun. T here’s nothing
# wrong with it!”
If the attraction w as ju s t the beat, m ost young
y , people would have loved the windshield wipers on
f , my old ’82 V olksw agen R ab b it. D u m -ti-ti-tu m ,
d u m -ti-ti-tu m , d u m -ti-ti-tu m . 1 w as alw ay s im
pressed that they had the same rhythm as m ost o f
the hits on the top 40 stations.
I believe it’s not the beat that keeps kids listening
to the em pty philosophies in rock music today. My
experience tells me the attraction is much deeper. In
fact, it has far less to do with the m usic than you
m ight think. Jt’s m ore serious. If we are going to
make any progress with teens today, we m ust under
stand that the rock star m eets three o f their basic
needs.
Unlimited Time
The first need rock stars m eet is unlim ited time.
T h ey n e v e r te ll y o u r ch ild to co m e b ack w hen
they’re not busy. They never say they’re too tired to
sing. All teens need to do is plug in their favorite
cassette or com pact disc, and their star will spend as
much time with them as they want.
Teens see tim e as value. They inherently under
stand that w hatever we spend the most time with is
the m ost im portant. A nd w h atev er w e spend the
least time with is the least important. We may say,
“1 love you,” but it doesn’t ring true to them unless
we make an effort with the time we have.
Often we feel we give our teens as much time as
we can. “ 1ju st can ’t do any m ore,” we say, especial
ly those o f us who are single parents. T h e i« p w e r
isn 't necessarily doing more but what takes priority
with the am ount o f time we do have.
I learned a valuable lesson from my older^daughter a few years ago. One evening I was w atching my
favorite television program as she was going to bed.
I norm ally go to her bedroom and talk about the
day, pray, and kiss her good night. On this night,
how ever, she cam e out o f h er bedroom before I
could get there. “ If y o i^ ia v e to w(a it for the com-
needed to change. The next time they went to lunch,
the m an criticized ano th er aspect o f my frie n d ’s
counseling. Again, my friend listened.
On a third luncheon, the other counselor criti
cized a third aspect o f my friend’s work. My friend
w ho w as telling the story leaned over to me and
said, “You know, if he asks me to go to lunch again,
I’m not going.”
W hy not? He didn’t enjoy the constant criticism.
It's in o u r nature to avoid the critic and tu rn to
someone who will accept us without criticism.
Could it be that we do the same thing to our chil
dren? 1 know it could be a m ajor flaw in my rela
U nqualified Acceptance
tionship w ith my daughters. I ’m eager to offer my
The second need teens’ favorite rock stars meet is advice, even when it’s not asked for. It’s tough to
unqualified acceptance. They never criticize teens. ju s t sit and listen. But I see my children pulling
They never em barrass them in front o f their friends. back when I come on too strong. This is one area 1
T h ey n e v e r say, “ Be re sp o n sib le . P ick up y o u r work on all the time.
clothes. If you eat that, y o u ’ll get pim ples. Sit up
1 often play catch with my daughters. As a former
straight. Do your hom ew ork,” and so on. They ac coach, I find m yself “teaching” my daughters how
cept teens ju st as they are.
to do it better every time we play. But they want on
I d on’t b r ie v e we should never correct teens, but ly to play catch!
if we com m unicate criticism better than acceptance,
T h e y ’ve ra ise d th e q u estio n m ore than once.
w e ’ll lose them every time.
WHk
“C an’t we ju st play? Does everything have to be a i
I have a friend who is a family couraelor. He tells learning experience?” I’m trying, but it’s no w onden
c^" a tim e w hen a fellow counseloim nvited him to my girls aren’t as excited about playing with their
I
lunch, during which he criticized a certain aspect o f daddy as they used to be.
R eliable research has suggested that for every
my friend’s counseling. My friend listened, but felt
c o n fid e n t in his p ractice and d id n ’t feel th at he correction we give a child, we should give 10 poii-
m ercial to kiss me good night,” she said matter-offactly, “d on’t bother.”
You can bet I jum ped out o f my easy chair and
fo llo w ed h er into her bed ro o m to kiss her good
night im mediately!
She was actually asking, “ Do you really love me?
Prove it.” She w anted to know if she was more im
portant than television.
If we d o n ’t show our children love by spending
time with them, then the rock stars are always there.
They are never late. Nothing else is ever more im
portant.
Com stock
tive reinforcements. W hat is our purpose when we
“play catch” with our children? Is it to “make them
better”? Or is it simply to spend time with them be
cause we enjoy being w ith them ? O ur perceptive
kids know the difference.
We have to ask ourselves, “Is there an atmosphere
o f acceptance in my home? Or do my kids feel as if
anything they do is never good enough, no m atter
how hard they try?” M aybe th at’s why Paul warns
fathers not to provoke their children, “or they will
becom e discouraged” (Colossians 3:21, n i v ) .
Understanding and Interest
The third need teens’ favorite rock stars meet that
parents may not is understanding. They know the
questions teenagers are asking in our godless soci
ety. Typically, rock stars are telling our teens, “You
need to explore your sexuality. Your parents are out
o f touch. They don’t understand your problem s like
I do. That Christianity they try to cram down your
throat is a bunch o f old w ives’ tales to keep weak
people in line.”
W hy do teens listen to such m essag es? These
rock stars have built up a lifetim e o f trust. They
have earned the right to be heard. How about us?
Say I worked hard at my job for eight hours a day,
som etim es w orking six, even seven days a w eek
when necessary. Say I work at this job for 52 weeks
a year for 10 years or m ore. A nd I love it. How
would I feel if my wife didn’t know what I did dur
ing the day and showed no interest in finding out?
I would feel that she didn’t care for me as a per
son, w ouldn’t I? If she cared, she would show some
interest in what I ’m com m itted to.
We need to ask, “W hen w as the last tim e I sat
down and listened to my child talk about the frustra
tions o f being a young person . . . w ithout being
quick to offer advice or criticism ?”
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offered them acceptance, why should they believe
we understand their problem s? And if we d o n’t un
derstand their problem s, why should they accept our
solutions?
Axl Rose, lead vocalist o f one o f rock’s most pop
ular bands, Guns ’N Roses, says, “Rock music was
my best friend when I was growing up.” This same
quote could have been made by most o f today’s rock
stars and millions o f today’s young people.
Yet I ask m any o f today’s parents, “W hat are your
teen s’ favorite m usic groups?” O ften the response
is, “ I d o n ’t know. 1 tell them to turn it dow n and
close their door. I d o n ’t w ant to hear it.”
W hat does our lack o f interest in our teen s’ world
show? As far as they’re concerned, it shows we re
ally d o n ’t care for them as people, even if we truly
love them.
M eanwhile, rock stars are giving them em otional
hugs, som ething only som eone who really cares is
able to do. Is it any w onder that our teens scream , “ I
hate you!” when we forbid their music? We are tak
ing away their best friend.
I ’m not su g g estin g w e allow teens to listen to
w hatever they like. But there’s a better w ay to deal
w ith this issue. If we see rock music as a problem ,
we need to understand that teens see it as a solution
and a friend; it m eets their needs!
Before we talk to our teens about changing their
music, we have to earn the right to be heard. W e’ve
got to replace the artificial em otional hugs they get
from rock stars with the real em otional hugs o f the
love o f God shining through us, their parents.
We m ust ask ourselves, “Do my teens trust me as
a friend? W hen I attem pt to take aw ay their ‘friend,’
am I replacing it w ith a better one?”
The one they really want is you.
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Rhythms of the S pirit
Between the Routine
and the Suhlime
MORRIS A. WEIGELT
M o rris A. W eig elt teaches spiritual forma
tion at Nazarene Theological Seminary.
focusing on the
Lord’s Prayer, the leader asked this dis
concerting question: “At which phrase
in the Lord’s Prayer do you normally
begin to really pray meaningfully?”
The primary question is: how do rep
etition and frequency o f devotional
practice fit into the pattern o f spiritual
formation?
Frequently, I have noticed persons
who lead in public prayer shift from the
first person o f address to the third per
son. Instead o f praying: “We ask you, O
gracious God, to touch and heal and re
store,” I hear them saying: “We ask that
God will come and touch and heal and
restore.” 1 can never quite decide to
whom the prayer is addressed. I am
tempted to believe that routine has re
placed reality. The routine seems to
have lost touch with the divine.
Howard Tillman Kuist in Scripture
and the Christian Response tells the
story o f a person who purchased a
beautiful painting because o f the vivid
depiction o f the fire roaring in a fire
place. In just a few years, the brilliant
pigments began to lose their vitality
and the picture lost its appeal. The buy
er took the painting back to the artist
and said, “Would you be so kind as to
relight the fire?”
Most o f us have had the longing to
go back and ask that the fire o f our spir
A t a recen t retreat
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when we listen to the words: “Your will
be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
What kind o f evidence would you re
quire to know that this petition is being
answered in your context?
In an affluent world, few come alive
at “Give us this day our daily bread.”
So many o f us are so self-sufficient that
we don’t even begin to think about
trusting God for daily bread— much
less thank Him for it.
Maybe we only check in when we ar
rive at the request for forgiveness. But
the second half o f the petition shakes us
out o f our lethargy when we realize that
God only promises to forgive us as we
forgive our debtors. This just might be
the most offensive place to check in
while praying the Lord’s Prayer.
Would it be too late to really begin
praying when we arrive at the request
that we not be brought to the time of
trial? Isn’t there something about trust
ing God to hallow His name and ac
complish His will that precedes the re
quest for deliverance and rescue?
There may be days when the outlook
is so grim that we are numbed into rote
praying until we arrive at the final
phrase: “But rescue us from the evil
one.” W hat a marvelous God we have
that He would condescend to hear our
routine praying when we only begin to
get serious when we come to the re
quest for deliverance!
itual lives be relighted. We all recog
nize the validity o f the theme that ap
pears frequently in the writings of
Lloyd Ogilvie: “Nothing can happen
through us that is not happening to
us.”*
All o f us have had the experience o f
repeating something very familiar when
suddenly the divine presence breaks in
and the old becomes new; the ordinary
becomes extraordinary; the mundane
becomes eternal.
How are we going to maintain the
proper balance between the routine and
the extraordinary? I would like to use
the issue o f praying the Lord’s Prayer
meaningfully as a pattern for address
ing the issue.
In which petition o f the Lord's
Prayer do you begin really praying?
When, and how, does routine become
spiritual reality?
It is so easy to repeat the opening ad
dress without thinking about it. After
all, we have prayed the
“Our Father” so many
times already. But the invo
cation should shock us: It
is radical to pray “Our Fa
ther” in the privacy o f our
How do we maintain the proper
own prayer space. Even the
balance between the routine
use o f “Father” was a revo
and the extraordinary?
lutionary idea when Jesus
raised it.
Sometimes “hallowed be
Your name” becomes the
shocking phrase. What
would happen if God were to hallow
Then there are the days when our eyes
His name in my immediate environ
and hearts only begin to open as we hit
ment? How would my life have to
the doxology. Let praises ring— and then
change?
we go back and pray the Lord’s Prayer
Perhaps the awakening comes while
again and every phrase bums with illu
you are praying: “Your Kingdom
mination. The fire is relighted. We are
come!” And all the little fortifications
able to give o f that which we have re
we have built for ourselves come crash
ceived. And the routine and ordinary be
ing down in flames. Do we really want
come the mysterious and the heavenly.
His kingdom to break through into our
Thanks be to God!
little self-designed worlds?
*Uoyd John Ogilvie, Silent Strength for M y Life (Eugene, Oreg.:
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PURITY IS FOR GOD’S PEOPLE
William B. Pope
by Tom Floyd
p u rific a tio n , sh a v in g th e ir b o d ie s,
o ses and co m p an y
w ash in g th eir clo th es, and offering
b u sily e n g ag e d th e m
a n im a l s a c r i f i c e s f o r t h e i r s in s
selv es in le arn in g the
(N u m b ers 8:5-24).
r u d im e n ta r y le s s o n s
W hen Jesus co m p leted H is cadre
o f b e in g G o d ’s c h o
o f apostles, He told them to “w ait in
se n p e o p le . O n th e ir
J e r u s a le m u n til” th e y w e re fille d
w a y to th e P ro m ise d
w ith th e H o ly S pirit
L a n d , th e y c a m p e d
at Pentecost.
at the foot o f M ount
C h r is tia n s a re to
S in a i w h e r e G o d
be
a p u rified people.
g a v e th e m la w s ,
0 UR WORSHIP IS
A ll im p u rities are to
c o m m a n d s, an d in
be “ shaved” from the
s tru c tio n s on h ow
MORE SOPHISTICATED
so u l, c le a n s e d fro m
th ey sh o u ld live.
the “clo th in g ” o f the
D etailed d irections
NOW, BUT PURITY IS
s p irit, a n d “ w a s h e d
a b o u t sp ecial fe a sts,
in th e b lo o d ” o f our
s a c rific e s , c o n s tru c
S avior— Jesus.
tio n o f th e T a b e rn a
STILL REQUIRED.
We have
p ro c le , a n d d e d ic a tio n
g ressed c o n sid erab ly
o f th e p r ie s ts o c c u m m m m t mmmm
f r o m th e k i n d e r
p ie d th e ir tim e. P re
g arten d ay s o f Israel
c is e d ir e c tiv e s r e
in the Sinai. W e are m uch m ore so
g a rd in g d u tie s a n d m in istry o f the
phisticated and ed u cated in ho w to
L e v i t e s a t th e T a b e r n a c l e w e r e
love and w o rsh ip H im . B ut the need
sp elled out.
for purity o f heart and life is ju s t as
E a r l y o n , r i t u a l s o f c le a n s in g
great.
d e m o n s tra te d th e im p o rta n c e G od
A ll im p u re th o u g h ts, h a b its, a c
p la c e d o n p u rity in th e life o f H is
tio n s, an d d e sire s ca n be e x p e lle d
peo p le. C ertain d iseases resulted in
a n d th e h e a r t m a d e p u r e b y th e
e x p u lsio n from the cam p (N um bers
clean sin g p o w er o f the H oly Spirit.
5:1-4).
W h e n d e d i c a t e d f o r m in is tr y ,
T o m Floyd is senior pastor, Liberty Tow
L evites w ere clean sed cerem o n ially
ers Church o f the Nazarene, Sacramen
to, California.
ifc
b y sp rin k lin g on them the w a ter o f
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Observer at Lar6e
Seeing Jesus
J o h n C. B ow lin g is president of Olivet
Nazarene University.
I t w a s i n A u g u s t o f 1986 that a
w om an nam ed Rita Ratchen was
driving along Route 12 tow ard her
hom e in Fostoria, Ohio. Suddenly, as
the lights o f her autom obile played
against the side o f a soybean oil stor
age tank, the im age o f the Lord Jesus
C hrist m anifested itself to her.
She told no one about this sighting
for four days. Then she took her
friend o f 35 years, D orothy Droll, out
on Route 12, and as they approached
the storage tank, Dorothy, too,
claim ed to see the image. The next
evening, they took another friend.
She also saw the face, becam e very
excited, and began telling others
about this vision.
Soon the cars becam e a caravan.
Fifteen cars, then 20, then 100, then
1,000, and before long, Time m aga
zine joined the nightly procession and
published a picture and story about
this im age on the storage tank.
The fam ily o f m y wife, Jill, lives
relatively close to the place o f this
sighting, so 1 asked m y m other-in-law
if she had heard about this event.
“ Yes,” she said. “In fact, I drove
over to see it.”
“ Did you really? W hat did you
think?”
“Well, I w as skeptical,” she
replied, “but I took m y friend, G race,
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Evidently there w as som ething
about Peter that saw Jesus m ore
clearly, som ething about Jam es that
follow ed Him m ore nearly, and som e
thing o f John that loved Him m ore
dearly.
W henever I hear o f this inner circle
o f the three, 1 alw ays ask m yself, “ Is
there a desire in m y heart to be in the
inner circle o f the Lord Jesus C hrist?”
Surely w e can live as closely to
C hrist as we desire. The Bible gives
us the assurance that if w e will draw
near to Him, He will draw near to us.
As Luke tells o f this event, he adds
an im portant note saying, "A s he was
praying, the appearance o f his face
changed, and his clothes becam e as
bright as a flash o f lightning” (Luke
9:29, n i v ).
It w asn’t the m ountain that made
the difference, it w as the prayer. The
greatest vision these follow ers o f Je
sus ever had o f Jesus w as w hen they
w ent apart to pray.
If w e are to see C hrist spiritually,
there have to be tim es o f personal
and w e drove over one night. People
had stopped their cars and w ere gath
ered by the side o f the road up ahead.
So w e pulled over, got out, and start
ed w alking tow ard the crow d. As w e
drew closer, 1 looked ahead tow ard
the storage tank and said aloud, “I see
it. I do see it!”
G race asked m e, “W here?”
“T here on the tank,” I replied, only
to have a passerby (on his w ay back
to his car) turn and say, “N o, no, it’s
on the other side o f the tank.”
Such is the pow er o f suggestion.
The Time article concluded that
rust had oxidized on the side o f the
tank in such a w ay as to present what
w as appearing to m any as an im age
o f the Lord Jesus Christ.
There is, evidently, deep w ithin the
hum an heart, a desire to have some
sort o f visualization o f Jesus. W hile
faith is surely the evidence o f things
not seen, still w e w ould like to see.
Fortunately, w e have
been given som ething
better than the side o f a
soybean oil storage tank.
We have been given the
If we are to see Christ spiritually,
Bible w ith its man por
there have to be times of
traits o f God. A m ong
those w ord pictures is an
personal spiritual focus and
account that tells o f an
devotion in our lives.
appearance o f Jesus that
m ade an indelible im pres
sion on those w ho saw it.
M atthew chapter 17
opens saying: “A fter six days Jesus
spiritual focus and devotion in our
took w ith him Peter, Jam es and John
lives. W ithout such tim es, w e join
the brother o f Jam es, and led them up
those disciples w ho did not share in
a high m ountain by them selves.
this transform ing m om ent and re
T here he was transfigured before
m ained at the base o f the m ountain.
them . His face shone like the sun, and
The question is this: W hen the
his clothes becam e w hite as the light"
headlights illum inate my life or
(vv. 1-2, n i v ).
yours, can people see the im age o f
Jesus took 3 out o f the 12 to be
C hrist shining forth in us? O thers will
w ith Him, leaving the other 9 at the
see C hrist in us only as w e draw close
foot o f the m ountain. W hy ju st 3?
to the Savior in prayer and allow His
W hy these 3?
grace to m ake us m ore like Him.
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eptem ber
1995
ith tem p eratu re s o f 121 deg rees and
a h eat ind ex o f a b o u t 1,000 , y o u
m ig h t t h in k N Y C ’95 in P h o en ix
w a s n ’t a g reat p l a c e to b e in late
Ju ly , b ut th en , y o u w o u l d be w r o n g . I h a v e
n ev er seen so m a n y sharp y o u n g people, sm il
ing, wo rsh ipin g, w orking, playing, go ofing off,
and sw eating in m y life. It truly w as a " O n ce
in a L i f e t i m e ” e v e n t . A ll
a lo n g , th e N Y I f o lk s h ad
b een p ro m is i n g in th eir p r o
m o tio n al lite ra tu re , " I t's
G o n n a Be H o t ! ” N o o ne I
k n o w w'ho w as there will ever
char ge them with false ad v e r
tising.
I h a d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y to
ch at w ith a n u m b e r o f teens
du ring the week. T h eir m ost co m m o n re sp onse
to " H o w w o uld you describe N Y C ’9 5 ?" was
" A w e s o m e . " T hen they p r o c e e d e d to tell me
ab o ut the part o f the w e e k ’s ev en ts that w as
m o s t i m p o r t a n t to th e m , w h i c h ran the
g a m u t — the N e w s b o y s co n c e r t, the m o r n in g
speakers, G ary Sivew right, Point o f Grace, the
ch an ce to help others th rough the service pro j
ects, the food ( just kidding), a n d on an d on.
I ask ed th em a b o u t the p r o b l e m s that kids
face in th eir c o m m u n itie s th ese days. Alm ost
w ithout exception, they spoke o f drugs and al
cohol. " T h e r e ’s a lot o f p eer press ure to be in
v olv ed in drugs, drinking, an d sm o kin g," said
M a r y T e r e s a D a m a t a , a 16 - y e a r - o l d j u n i o r
from Quincy, M ass achusetts. “ T h e r e ’s always
a party g oing on so m e w h ere .”
"P r e g n a n c y ," resp o nd ed 15-year-old Jessica
S tarbuck o f M ia m isbu rg, Ohio, w hen 1 as ked
her about the m ajo r y outh p ro blem s in her city.
“ Pretty m uch h a l f o f the girls in the freshm an
class at m y school are pregnant."
Scary i sn ’t it? No w o n d er sex w as a hot to p
ic du ring the week. It was address ed by several
speakers. O n Friday evening, G ary Sivewright
spoke about it and, at the close o f the service,
gave the y o u ng people an opportunity to sign
" L ov e Can W ait" cards. T he cards represent a
pledge by teens to abs tain from sexual in tim a
cy until they are married. Reco g nizin g the im
p o r t a n c e o f a c c o u n t a b i l i t y , G a r y u r g e d th e
y o u n g p e o p l e to g i v e t h e i r p l e d g e c a r d s to
f r i e n d s w h o will h o l d t h e m r e s p o n s i b l e for
th eir actions. It w a s a special m o m e n t to see
teens m o v in g through the crowd, h anding their
c o m m i t m e n t card s to friend s, y o u th pastors ,
a nd sponsors.
W
W h e n I w a s a y o u th minister, w e c o n s i d
ered a n y activity w here w e m ad e it back to the
ch urch with our kids alive a good one. N Y C
’ 9 5 w a s truly a g o o d ev ent, not b e c a u s e the
kids survived, but be cause they got a chance
to se e t h o u s a n d s o f o t h e r k i d s l i k e t h e m
se lv e s — w ith th eir h a n g -u p s and fru s tra
tions— kids w h o h ave prob lem s with parents
a n d te a c h e r s o r w ith m e m
b e r s o f the o p p o s i t e sex —
teens w h o s e p arents are d i
vorced. M ost im portantly,
they saw that there are tons
o f N a z a r e n e kids w'ho love
Go d, w'ho w an t to do right,
an d w h o w an t to se rve oth
ers.
I re m e m b e r grow'ing up in
a small N a z a re n e ch u rch in a to w n o f abo ut
12,000 people. Baptists and Chu rch o f Christ
f o lks w e r e a b o u t as n u m e r o u s as ants on a
T en n essee anthill. It w a s n 't until I w as much
older an d had the opportunity to attend a N a z
arene General A ssem bly that I cam e to realize
h o w bi g o ur ch urch is. 1 c a n ’t really fathom
h o w im portant this event was to these you ng
people from the small towns, as w'ell as cities
a c r o s s N o r t h A m e r i c a , to se e h o w b i g o u r
ch urch is, to see how m uch the leaders o f our
ch urch love them to spend so m uch m o n ey on
an ev en t that is as profes sionally pr esented as
anything they will ever attend, an d to see that
G o d is al i v e a nd w ell a n d r e a d y to c h a n g e
lives— w'hich He did for thousands o f you ng
p e o p l e ( an d for o l d e r fo lks like m y s e lf ) in
Phoenix.
T he closing service o f N Y C ’ 9 5 included a
ch allen g e from NYI D irecto r Fred Fullerton
for the yo u n g people to go from Phoenix and
let their lights shine for others to see. As they
w a v e d light sticks and sang the chor us to the
N e w 's b o y s ’ " S h i n e , ” 1 w a s r e m i n d e d o f the
p a s s a g e front J o h n ' s G o s p el, " H i s life gave
light to ev eryone. T he light keeps shining in
the dark, an d d a rkn ess has n e v e r pu t it o ut"
(John 1 : 4 6 - 5 , C E V ) . T h e kids at N Y C ' 9 5 were
p r o o f positive that G o d keeps His word. These
kids will carry G o d ’s light to places you and I
will never reach. And t h a t ’s OK.
“ It truly was
a once in a
life tim e e v e n t ”
39
Editor’ s Choice
Psst! Want to Hear Something About Your Pastor?
WESLEY D. TRACY
a c h o c o l a t e ice cream co n e,
summer is gone— delicious, but it went
too fast. One delicious part o f my sum
m er w as N azaren e Youth C ongress.
N othing like P hoenix in July, right?
You kids confused me with your taste
in music and clothes but impressed me
with your commitment to Jesus Christ.
B ut it w as PALCON— Pastors and
Leaders C onference— that dom inated
my summer. I participated in all eight
PALCONs, each o f them on a different
N azarene college campus. I spent the
sum m er w ith our pastors. Do I have
news for you about your pastor!
1. L isten up, kids, these m en and
women really care about you. I heard
them pray. I know, you sometimes think
that they just want to control you. Not
so. You see, almost daily they are faced
with trying to rescue people who have
messed up their lives. You know, drugs,
unwanted pregnancies, bitter divorces,
A ID S — a ll s o rts o f d e s tru c tiv e
lifestyles. Pastors know firsthand the
agony o f such things. Believe me, they
would do ju st about anything to keep
you from having to go through such
pain. They really care for you. Did you
know that?
2. Your pastor wants, more than any
thing, to be close to God. PALCON ’95
was not about slick programs and cute
gim m icks. It w as about being G o d ’s
person, about being C hristlike. I saw
your pastors enter into days o f spiritual
self-examination, including 10 hours of
L ik e
40
soul-searching in silence. Imagine, hun
ever have a landlord? What if you had
dreds o f pastors silent for 10 hours? But
100 or 200 landlords? In some church
es, nearly every m em ber acts like a
how God broke through upon us. It was
more splendid than I can describe. But
tough landlord, always encroaching on
this I know, at the top o f your pastor’s
the privacy o f the p a sto r’s family. If
priority list is being a man or woman o f
you run out o f things to pray for in your
God. Did you know that?
next quiet time, pray for your pastor’s
3. P astors are hum an too. I m ean,
spouse. You m ight put legs on your
they have strengths and w eaknesses.
prayers and do an actual deed o f kind
They have feelings too—ju st like the
ness (like a night o f free baby-sitting, a
re st o f us. You know how you feel
note o f appreciation, or a hug).
when you pour your heart and soul into
The best thing you can do for your
a project and all that your friends or
pastor is be nice to his spouse. But, you
parents or teachers see is the part that
say, my pastor is a woman. Great, dou
w asn’t perfect. It hurts, right? Pastors
ble all o f the above. The husbands of
are the same way. Did you know that?
our women pastors need all the support
Everything they do may be secondyou can give them. Did you know that?
guessed: they selected the wrong hymn,
5.
Your pastor is a little w eird— at
least by the w orld’s standard. You see,
preached too long, didn’t make enough
hospital calls, or failed to notice your
he or she is not out to get rich. Your
new o u tfit. So w hy not give them a
pastor chose to enter a vocation that is
whack so they will be more careful next
notoriously fam ous for low salaries.
time? Pastors are among the most ten
But pastors don’t put money first. They
derhearted, sensitive persons that God
spend their lives working on the things
that matter most. They find fulfillment
created. The Lord gave them a pastor’s
heart so that we would
have g entle shepherds
to guide us when we get
c a re le s s o r re c k le s s .
T h a t’s sm art on G o d ’s
part, but it m akes pas
tors really vulnerable.
Hey, kids, if you only knew what
W hen they get gouged,
makes your pastor t i c k . . .
kicked, or lied about, it
hurts them a whole lot.
Did you know that?
4. T h e p a s t o r ’ s
spouse could use some
encouragem ent. Som e
times the pastor is so busy taking care
in o b e y in g G o d , s e rv in g p e o p le ,
o f everyone else’s family that his or her
preaching the gospel, and helping oth
ow n is n eg lected . N o one feels that
ers find C hrist. A nd they th ink they
more than the pastor’s spouse.
have the best job in the world. Weird,
huh? Did you know that?
Anyone in public life has to field a
lo t o f c ritic ism . O fte n th e p a s to r ’s
I saw a lot o f gray and bald heads at
spouse needs a shovel to handle all that
PALCON. A lot o f m inisters my age.
comes along.
We don’t have many years left. I pray
The p a sto r’s spouse usually has to
to God that He will call thousands of
raise a family in a church-owned house.
you kids to take our places. He will too.
That’s good in some ways. But did you
Did you know that?
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