THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN A GROWING MOVEMENT OF THOUSANDS OF LIKE-MINDED YOUTH WORKING TOGETHER TO TAKE ACTION TO HELP OTHERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND AT THE SAME TIME TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN LIVES.

SAVE THE DATE – FEBRUARY 18, 2012

The Simulcast will be broadcast live from Grauman’s Egyptian Theater in Hollywood on February 18.   Click here to register and find out more.

The broadcast at offsite locations will begin at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. Students will get to be part of an amazing high-energy 90-minute media experience with celebrities, athletes, leaders, and students from around the world. They will learn first hand about what it means to be an Ambassador of Compassion and how they can participate in the program. Because this is an invitation only event, students who want to participate must register through the leader of a group or organization. You can book a place for your students to participate by registering on the attached form.

Evan Allnut  (South Island Cluster) and Mark Lamden (North Island Cluster) pulled together 52 youth leaders for a great day of training and equipping. The theme was “Multiply” focused on multiplying leadership heart and strategies in youth disciple making. Multiply is year two of our four year training strategy.

It was great to have Mark Colwell with us again this year as a trainer. Mark is Western Ontario’s PAOC youth director.  Mark’s heart beats for discipleship and he has been a key part of our national youth team’s focus on Discipleship.  Also, Ryan Morgan helped with some training. Ryan is the new youth pastor at ET in Nanaimo. If you haven’t met him yet say hi and check out his blog.

A special thanks to Evan and the Glad Tidings crew for hosting us so well.

A Few Random facts:

• Victoria is beautiful even when it’s not sunny…but it was sunny!
• Had a lot of coffee.  Victoria has some of BC’s best coffee  -  check our Habbit & Discovery.
• Evan introduced me to “Fifth”  where we ate huge Buffalo Burgers.
• Went to Nanaimo ET on Sunday morning.  Darcy Siggelkow and team are building something really good.  Excited for the future.

The future of the church is alive and well inside each one of our churches.  But what will it take to reach their generation?

We asked some of the sharpest teenage minds in the church TODAY about what the church will need to be like TOMORROW.

You’ll hear from LAUREN.  Lauren is a very articulate young woman, zealous-for-God and the lost..  At 17 years old, who’s a leader among her peers, and a real leader and voice for the future in her church.

NICK officially joined his church staff when he was just 16; and is currently training for full-time ministry.  He’s passionate about studying all-things church, and will no-doubt be an unstoppable force in the next generation of the church.

And you’ll meet JACOB.  Jacob is a tremendous leader and speaker.  As a teenager, he led his church in Chicago to start a movement to help eradicate world hunger and reach out to those who need the Gospel of Jesus.

These are just three of the more than two dozen young leaders we’ll introduce you to.

We asked these young leaders “What does the church need to change to reach your generation?”  Their answers make up our entire three hour online conference.

The conference is scheduled for Thursday, March 1.  It is free and online… all you need is your computer and a good internet connection.  But you must pre-register to attend.

I hope you’ll join us as we take a look at the future of the church through the eyes of those who will be leading it.  You may not have heard of the speakers yet, but they are our future leaders.  And we can learn from them today.

Take one minute right now to register for this free event at http://groundswell.tv.  It all happens March 1!

Jake Hamilton from Jesus Culture Music shares his passion for the theme GLORY and invites all Historymakers to HM12 to experience the fullness of God’s presence and GLORY. As per the words of Jake’s song War Drums “someone in this generation is gonna make a noise that is gonna shape a nation” Make history with Jake May 18-20, in Abbotsford. Registration now open at http://hm12.ca

Encounters focus on assurance of salvation, inner healing, freedom, Holy Spirit Baptism. It’s an opportunity to spiritually clean house and lay the groundwork in our lives for supernatural fruitfulness.

NGM is currently booking for 2012 and 2013. Please contact our NGM office if your ministry is interested in requesting help to develop an encounter weekend.

Click to find out more and register in your region.