What did you do for your Christmas break? No matter what you did, the youth of the Northern Europe Field would tell you that they were at the best possible place they could ever be, doing what they loved doing.
From 28 December, 2010 till 2 January, 2011 around 200 young Nazarenes from all over Northern Europe gathered in Netherlands for the Nazarene Youth Conference (NYC) to celebrate the goodness of Christ in their life.
The days were packed with workshops, Dutch food and games, a day of sightseeing and some powerful evening messages from different speakers. The theme of the event was “God of this/your city” and so the focus for the week was not just on individuals but also the community around the young people. They were each challenged to go out and seek God for the people and the community around them, to stand up for each other, to know the needs of the people and to be missional in their approach with God as their focus. The workshops not only helped the young people work on personal maturity, but also showed them how they could individually reach out to others in the 21st century and develop a strong relationship with God.
There were young people almost every day at the evening services who decided to commit their lives to Christ, some to the service of Christ but most to be a support system for each other through their journey of living a Christian life. It was a beautiful sight watching the young people praying for each other after the service and showing how committed they were to Christ’s mission.
NYC not only helped people experience God in a special way, but also the culture and the people in a new way. Most of the young people went out with a renewed strength and burden for the community and for service to Christ.
For more pictures and videos visit the NYC NEF Facebook page.
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