Props to some great people
So tonight is the kick off night for the first Fuel event of the year. Fuel is a youth church event that is run by some of the young adults in my home division. It is a pretty rocking place to be of a Saturday night (they are held around once a quarter) with an amazing band, fantastic speakers and an awesome tech team! (I am kind of partial to these guys, a lot of them are my good friends!)
Anyway, just wanted to celebrate these guys in relation to something I read recently. I was a on blog (strangely enough!) and someone commented about the lack of funds for the Army because there is a lack of giving by the people. And it made me think of Fuel, except in the complete opposite. Let me tell you some of the story of Fuel.
Fuel was started out of a vision to continue to unite the youth of the division and to see them grow in Fellowship, Unity, Evangelism and Love. The concept was to use semi-regular youth meetings, with cutting-edge worship and hard core teaching, to do this. To do this required the hiring of a hall, also potentially hiring sound equipment and a dream of being able to book speakers and even fly them in. However Fuel did not want to charge an admission for this. They wanted these meetings to be as accessible as possible, particularly so that youth could bring their unsaved friends without worrying about a cost. And so it was decided that instead of charging an entrance fee an offering would be taken and teaching would be given on this. But Fuel was told that after their first few meetings they would have to start charging an entry fee, even just a gold coin, to be able to cover costs. Even so, they believed that relying on offerings was what God was asking them to do. So they decided to do it.
Fuel is now into it's third year of running. This has seen them run at least 8 different events with a partnership with Life Community Church for a concert and video recording with The Lads. In this time a number of keynote youth communicators from around the area have come to speak, and Fuel has even had the opportunity to fly a speaker up from Sydney. The final event last year culminated in the opportunity to take New Testaments in the form of a youth friendly magazine that they would give to unsaved friends. All of these things have been exclusively paid for by the giving of the youth of the division. They are absolutley amazing in their generosity. Fuel actually has the issue of working out what they are going to spend the surplus money on! I truly believe that this is because the youth are being taught about a Biblical perspective on giving through the teaching given and then they are seeing God blessing their giving. It's absolutely awesome.
So on this first event of the year, just wanted to say to all the youth of Fuel that you rock and I am praying that tonight will be awesome, even if I am not there to share it with you (this is a bit sad, first Fuel that I have missed). Keep being the awesome people that you are and keep standing up into what God is calling you to be! Love you guys heaps!!!
posted by bec @ 8:28 pm
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