The Presbytery of the Western Reserve delegation arrived safely at Purdue on Tuesday afternoon, after a smooth and uneventful bus ride (we did it in seven hours including stops). The delegation is made up of 43 youth from 14 churches and six adult leaders. The scene is incredible when the doors of the Elliot Hall of Music open and 5000 teenagers rush to get a good seat for the worship experience. We are diving deep into the book of Esther this week, being led by a drama team from Western North Carolina. A beautiful weaving of stories from today’s teenagers and the story of Esther flow seamlessly back and forth to bring God’s word alive. Tuesday evening the preacher, Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, former moderator of the PC(USA) told the community that “we are to discern the mind of Christ and the will of God together”. Even if that means disagreeing on things, we still do it faithfully in community. We met our small groups for the first time this morning-something like 150 small groups that meet all over this large campus. Youth have come from all over the globe to be here. We met a Korean delegation yesterday that had traveled 17 hours by plane to Syracuse and then joined the delegation from that presbytery on their bus ride. Today’s worship service took place at 2pm in the afternoon. Less than 24 hours here, and already been in worship for four hours! A little break here now before dinner and then small groups again this evening where we will explore the scripture even more! Will post when we can, but it is a very active schedule and a ton of walking to get from place to place! Thanks be to God for the growing faith of young people and the ways that they are already faithfully serving in the church and the world!
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