Here's an interview with one of the youths...

How have you benefitted from Youth worship nights?
It changes a lot in me. It helps me to be with myself and God more, and makes me realize that I'm worth something, maybe not to all, but to someone, greater than all of them.

How does it help you in your day to day work?
I gain confidence, and it continuously provides me hope, that no matter what happens, I'm not alone and I can make it, it lessens the stress and pressure.

Which part of the whole evening do you enjoy the most… praise and worship? Adoration? Short teaching? Sharing? Reflection? Fellowship with other youths?
Sharing, reflection and fellowship with other youth are my favorite parts. Sharing makes us feel that someone is willing to listen to us and respect our opinions and feelings over a matter. Reflection helps us to think over some things in our life that we often look over and took for granted. During the Praise and worship, it's my time to speak with God alone and I don't take it for granted.


Cressa Morado
Age: 21
Job: communication and promotion associate

Youth ministry - Where have we come from?

After the last few months of journeying and praising God together, it was appropriate to spend some quality time looking back at the year 2008 and looking forward to 2009. We allocated a Sunday for this.

The theme was "Where have you come from and where are you going?".

It is in looking back that we can look forward. So there was a guided time of reflection and journaling, with workshop and celebrating the Eucharist. Each youth made a collage (or picture montage). This helps to better express emotions, events and situations, new/old relationships of the year. The youth were also led to a reflection of what they feel about their hopes and dreams, desires and wishes for the coming year. Now that we have given them the tools, we are hopeful that with this they can better set spiritual goals, physical goals and emotionally goals.

All in all we had a fun and fruitful time together.