Every year Deacon Long and Deaconess Loan encourage our older TNF members to enjoy and take a break out of our week to take time to engage in a spiritual filled day among thousands of teens. Youth Day is special event that is held on the Thursday of Religious Education Congress weekend. This is the day for the youth of all sorts of backgrounds from throughout the archdiocese to participate in a Rally, Liturgy, and Workshops focused just for the youth. This year's theme was "Talk Jesus With Me"and reminds us all to always remember God always has open ears and an open heart to listen. It is up to us to speak up, communicate with God, and talk Jesus with everyone around us in order to spread the word of our faith with great pride and love.
This year we had excited 29 attendees arrive early in the morning ready to share the love for Jesus. Before we split up into workshops we enjoyed various skits about opening your heart to Jesus and understanding when struggling through hardships, Jesus is ready to listen. We continued to hear encouraging pep talk from special teen speakers in order to open our hearts to God for this special day. We also sang along to spiritual music performed by Ike Ndolo and his talented band. We then began our first session in which a few of us attended "Dealing with Stress" session led by our special speaker Judy and her dog Daisy. Judy spoke about her struggles of having post traumatic stress disorder, and urges us that when in dire times, never be afraid to ask for help. The "The Truth Sex, Love, and Relationships" session was led by Mary Bielski. Most of our members attended this session and learned how sex is good in order for God to encourage us to procreate, the importance of treating yourself with respect, and the duties to the fulfillment to marriage.
Youth Day was a great opportunity for our TNF members to join among thousands of teens sharing their faith in God and appreciating his never ending love. From spending time in the arena watching live music, to engaging in mass, or gaining wisdom from lectures with hundreds of people we all gained wisdom from the speakers throughout that day to continue talking to Jesus and as well talk Jesus to everyone around us. We hope you all found this day very inspirational and encouraging to maintaining a good relationship with God and as well proclaiming our faith with great pride.
To check out how Youth Day was like this year, check our vlog below!
Youth Day was a great opportunity for our TNF members to join among thousands of teens sharing their faith in God and appreciating his never ending love. From spending time in the arena watching live music, to engaging in mass, or gaining wisdom from lectures with hundreds of people we all gained wisdom from the speakers throughout that day to continue talking to Jesus and as well talk Jesus to everyone around us. We hope you all found this day very inspirational and encouraging to maintaining a good relationship with God and as well proclaiming our faith with great pride.
To check out how Youth Day was like this year, check our vlog below!
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Đức Mẹ Truyền Tin Torrance
