Angela Maria's reeport on the gathering. she is doing B.Tech. in Information Technology at Cochin University. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela Maria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 12:20 PM Subject: Professional's gathering at Emmaus | ****** Forwarded Message Follows ******* | | The professional's Leader's gathering at Emmaus:(July 13-15) | | 13th July 2001: | | The gathering started at 7:00pm with a prayer. There were a total of 22 girls and 37 boys from Kottayam Polytechnic, Kannur Ayurveda College, Vaidyarathnam College - Trichur, Medical colleges - Calicut,Trichur and Kottayam, Calicut Law College, Engineering Colleges- Kannur, NSS-Palakkad,Cochin University, UCE-Thodupuzha,MAC-Kothamangalam,RIT Kottayam,TKM - Kollam, College of Engineering - Trivandrum and Govt. Engineering College Bartenhill - Trivandrum. | | Saturday 14th : | | The day started with a wonderful session of praise and worship followed by personal prayer. Then Chackochan Njavally gave an inspiring session on "Being a disciple of Christ" in which he emphasized on Mark 3:14-15 "He appointed 12, that they might be with Him and that he might send them out to preach and to have power to heal sickness and to cast out demons" , the "undivided commitment and immediate obedience " when Christ calls us to His discipleship and finally Luke 22:28-29 which indicates | the "Hope Factor". The mass that followed was celebrated by Fr.Cherian Nereveetil (Vth Batch Full timer - presently a parish Vicar at a church nearby) | | The afternoon session commenced with each one of us in various groups presenting skits on biblical topics- the themes being the story of Zacheus, Christ's Life and parables -Prodigal Son, Good Samaritan and the wicked vinedressers. Following this there was Panel Sharing . The Panel included Sushma from Medical College - Trichur, Binitha from Law College - Calicut, Josephina - the current batch full- timer and Renjith who completed his engineering from TKM. The panel was co-ordinated by Vimal | - present professional ministry co-ordinatord(doing his MBBS at Trichur) | | Sushma, who comes from a non-Christian background, shared with us how she accepted Christ as her Lord and Saviour, the difficulties that she encountered and the miracles that have been taking place in her life. | | Binitha spoke about our need to be witnesses at our homes ,her deep trust in Divine Providence and the timely guidance and support that she got from her parents in the hour of need. | | Josephina whose watch word is "Do your best " whichever walk of life you choose, spoke of her Jesus experience that resulted in her becoming a full timer. | | Renjith who is currently learning animation, testified how he came into the Jesus Youth Family, the fellowship, caring, concern and constant support of the prayer group that helped him grow and the risks he had to encounter . Being acutely aware of the dangers faced by the youth via media and computer games, he dreams of working to develop a healthy and positive media. | | Then we heard from was Manoj Jones,computer Engineer who passed out from Trichur Engg. college and also presently co-ordinator of Rex Band - about His involvement in the Jesus Youth , How he came into the Jesus Youth through the Rex Band. He was the brain behind the Joynet, the e-fellowship. | | Following the panel sharing, there was an Adoration lead by Berly , Jomon and Dr.Anoop. Andy, from Rex Band and Renjith assisted them in music. | | Jomon, the present Jesus Youth Co-ordinator, then spoke about prayer groups, prayer meetings, core groups ,cells, spiritual libraries and the various programmes of Jesus Youth. He also mentioned the various ministries that prevail. He made the participants aware of the necessity of having an elder and a pastor. | | At the end of the day there was a question-answer session where Jomon,Berly,Dr.Cecil and Dr.Anoop clarified relevant doubts. | | Sunday 15th: | | The day began with personal prayer. following this Dr.Julio gave a talk on constance. He emphasized the importance of Personal Prayer, Word of God, Sacraments and Witnessing God as a pre-requisite to constancy. Then there was a planning session by Dr.Cecil in which the participants took firm decisions about how they will deepen their relationship with Christ. | In the same session the professional colleges throughout Kerala were divided into 4 sub- regions: | - Kasargode,Kannur and Calicut | - Palakkad, Trichur, Cochin, Kothamangalam, Thodupuzha | - Kottayam,Chenganoor,Allepey | - Kollam, Trivandrum | Each sub region is supposed to take care of the colleges in that particular | region. | | Berly shared about the history of the Jesus Youth movement -how it came into existence, the leaders of Jesus Youth and he also briefed the participants about the activities of Jesus Youth. Dr. Anand(doing his Internship at Pariyaram medical college) shared his experience about their trip to Gujarat during the earthquake and the impact it had on the team members who went there. Finally this session concluded with the celebration of the Holy Mass by Fr.Joy Urieth ,CMI, pastor of the christeen m | inistry.All the participants were prayed over. | All have gone back with stronger desire n zeal to serve the lord in the coming months n years. | | | | Chequemail.com - a free web based e-mail service that also pays!!! | http://www.chequemail.com | | ********************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] To know more about Jesus Youth, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org **********************************************************************
