St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1955-07-01

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generation stands on our corner
In history. very afraid and very
confused and very conscious that
they must move on, but not quite
sure where or how.
by the same token never has
our Congress met in more oppor-
tune times For generation
which needs real guidance as
desperately as ours. presents the
followers OF Jesus today a mag
nificcnt opportunity to bear ef-
fective witness TO Him and to
HIS way OF Life. For this indeed
Is mankind's only true hope OF
glory.
These awful and momentous
facts OF our times combined to
provide for US better than av-
erage chance OF being heard. For
the clear and unmistakable YER
dict OF both history and science
has been announced TO the ends Of
the earth. III not Christ, then
chaos"
Congress Theme
This year, the Congress has
elected AS It's general theme:
Christ is Lord OF Life" The fol-
lowing are some general facts a.
bout the International Youth Con-
gress Of the Church OF God In
Christ;
History OF Growth Of Congress
In 1928, the National Youth
Congress was organized by the
creative and scholarly prelate,
Bishop o. r. Jones OF Philadel-
phia, Pa. He Ia the founder OF the
Youth Department and has been
It's president for the past forty
years. This organization was de-
signed to bring together all the
church auxillaries and organiza-
tons engaged in any type OF
Christian youth work and thus TO
provide the ground work for the
development of an integrated and
more adequate all-over Christian
ministry to the young people of
tho church
In setting forth the Congress
program. a leader added: AT first,
the Congress was comprised, pri-
mariIy, of the YPWW, lie. the
Young People willing Workers.
which is a youth fellowship for
Bible study that meets every
Sunday evening in the various
churches throughout the denomin-
alton. Since that time, however,
the Congress has grown to In
clude many other organizations
doing various types Of youth
work
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As the church has grown In It's
conception OF youth work and as
the church has increased its min
istry to youth. so It has created
different auSiliaries 10 carry out
this work. The Congress is more
or less a holding organization for
all these youth auxiliaries.
Many Of the thousands OF people
engaged In youth work are youth
themselves and assemble at the
Youth Congress at it's six day
meeting. Each year, the Congress
travels TO a different city. This
provides many of the young peo-
pie with the first chance they
have ever had TO see various parts
Of our country and thus to broad
en- their cultural as well as their
spiritual outlook. This is the first
year the congress has met in
Minneapolis, The City Of Lakes.
and the group Is looking forward
TO having a very enjoyable time
while In the city.
Five Sessions Daily
The Congress program Ia car
red out in five daily sessions:
morning sessions, afternoon ses-
sions, inter-seSsions. evening ses-
sions and midnight evangeiistic
sessions.
During the morning sessions.
there is worship and devotion;
there Is Bible study and group dis
eussions on the theme.
At the afternoon sessions there |
are several Institutes for the var
iouS groups that comprise the
Congress. There Is also a panel
discussion on a topic Of current
interest. During the intersections
the CONGRESSES Counseling Com
missions for the following fields
meet: The Christian Ministry. |
Career Guidance. Health Confer
ence. Church Music. Mission Work
and Art appreciation. Also during |
the inter-sessions. the Congress-
standing committees meet.
The evening sessions are wor-
ship and evangelistic meetings:
also the session for the presenta-
ton OF many Of the Congresses
affiliated organizations and an
evening address or sermon
Midnight svnn1ehstir a>asl,r,s