We started off our morning with group breakfast, then headed
over to the morning worship service. We watched a video about mountain top
removal. Someone from our National
Office answered questions about the effects this causes on the community . You can get more information at
ilovemoutains.org. He encouraged us to
do an energy audit and form a green team, but Melissa told us Trinity already
did that. When worship was over we all
went to our first workshop. Some learned
about stereotypes, some learned about immigration, some learned about
connecting our body and spirit and some did self-discovery. We all discussed our workshops over lunch in
the café. More workshops continued after
lunch. We learned about serving mission
and many more. We gathered to have our
yearly thank you card contest. Nicole
Chuma was our winner. (Note from
Melissa—ALL the thank you notes were so amazing, we aren’t mailing them until
we get home so we can copy and share them with the congregation). We also signed our books for the Literacy Labyrinth and added them to
the labyrinth after dinner. Evening
worship followed dinner. We heard a
personal story from a woman affected by HIV.
It made us realize that anyone can get HIV and struggles like that can
build character and be life changing.
Directors from the Harlem Teen Choir worked with some NYE youth and
performed a great number at the evening worship. They inspired us to get up and moving! Tonight, at 7:00, Kevin Cantrell will be on stage with the
guitar group. You can watch it live at www.ucc.org/youth/nye
We are having a lot of fun, enjoying ourselves and thank
everyone for making this possible.
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