Local Chapter MYF AGM Guide
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Please take note of the following for your Local AGMs.
1. 7.4 By-law 3
The Nomination Committee shall comprise of the :
i) President
ii) Immediate Past-President
iii) Pastor In Charge
iv) Counselors
v) Local Church Executive Committee Chairman
vi) Lay Leader
vii) Three (3) Youths Elected At the Local Chapter Methodist Youth Fellowship Annual General Meeting
The Nomination Committee shall be chaired by the Pastor and shall meet at least two (2) weeks prior to the elections.
2. 5.7 By-law 4
Written notice of your AGM shall be given to the following at least 2 weeks ahead.:
a. All Local Chapter Methodist Youth Fellowship Members
b. Pastor In Charge
c. Counselors
d. Local Church Executive Committee Chairman
e. Lay Leader
f. District Methodist Youth Fellowship President
The Local Chapter AGM shall be conducted by the President. In the absence of the President, shall be conducted by the Vice-President.
The Elections shall be conducted by the Pastor in charge. In the absence of the Pastor, the Counselors shall preside.
3. 7.3 By-law 2 (d)
Full year account of the previous year (1 Jan – 31 Dec of 2008) shall be presented for info and half year account of the current year (1 Jan- 30 June 2009) shall be presented for approval. The same account to be presented at the District AGM
4. 7.11 By-law 10
The President and 2 other elected delegates from the AGM to represent the local chapter at the District AGM. Two other alternates to also be elected.
The President and 1 other elected delegate from the AGM to represent the local chapter at the Conference AGM. One other alternate to also be elected.
5. Decision by the General Conference of the Methodist Church in Malaysia in 2008.
All elected agency office bearers to take office only on 1st January of the coming year and shall serve until 31st December of the same year.
UNITAR. Campus Ministry
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YD’s voice, MYF Sunday
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The World Around
We live in a postmodern culture where there is no commonly held standard of right and wrong. This attitude increasingly affects youths, even those who profess faith in Christ.
The waves of information technology age, have influenced our culture badly. Whether we like it or not, the knowledge we have obtained or continue to obtain, controls our beliefs, values and feelings. Many youths have been led astray. In their minds, there’s nothing wrong with being a Christian and continuing to do immoral things. At present we find more and more youths caught up in struggles, such as drinking and smoking. We have to combat against these postmodernism values.
Church
Daug Fields said in his book Purpose Driven youth Ministry, “Imagine a sports dynasty for a minute, and pick your favourite. Its success can’t be attributed to any one component; several factors combine to produce success. A true dynasty is stronger than its one great player. It must also have supportive key players, a motivating head coach, experienced assistant coaches, a position in the free agency market, a risk-taking owner, a productive front office and a strong farming system. Average sports fans don’t consider all of these factors when they watch their favourite team play. Instead they focus on the team’s best player and falsely assume that the teams’ success is due to that one great player.”
Daug’s finding gives us a similar picture for our churches. Sadly, many in the church view the youth ministry with the same mentality. We look for that one great player (the pastor) who can save the youth ministry that will attract the youths to stay on in church. A healthy youth ministry is built on a strong leadership of adult volunteers who express their passion by caring and taking time from their busy lives to build relationships with youths and help them to grow in their faith.
Parents
MYF has been a platform for youths to strengthen their faith in Jesus and a source of encouragement to them to live godly lives. I belief that parents who have trusted God and sent their children, with prayers to MYF, are truly blessed. Many Christian parents are playing defence with their children when they ought to be playing offense. Playing defence means hoping your children won’t smoke, won’t drink, won’t do drugs, and won’t get into trouble. As good as that is, that’s too low a goal for Christian parents. We ought to raise our children to play offense – to learn how to change the world for Jesus Christ.
Sometimes our dreams for our children are too small. We want them to get an education, find a career, settle down and marry a good person. That’s not enough. Do you want your children to serve the Lord? It won’t happen by accident. You must sharpen them like arrows and aim them in the right direction.
Youths
TAC-MYF youths, remember that you are handpicked by God to be His arrows. God has great plans for you. Arrows are not meant to be kept safe in the quiver. He wants you to eventually release that arrow to make an impact in the world with the love of Christ.
As we celebrate MYF Sunday on 19th July 2009, let us be grateful to God for the MYF he has designed in our churches. Pray that God will continue to inspire our young to think differently and move strategically.
Have a Blessed MYF Sunday. May our youth fellowship continue to be God’s arrows in Malaysia.
May our good Lord continue to bless and lead us to greater heights.
Soli Deo Gloria,
Rev. Jonathan Jesudas Youth Director Tamil Annual ConferenceWho Am I? – A worship rally at TMC Shah Alam
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A Youth worship rally for all.
Even before you were born, God knew you. He had set you aside for a special task! You were designed for a special purpose. To share His glory to the world around you.
So come and experience a power-packed worship and sharing of the Word. Find out your purpose in Christ.
Bro. Victor Arumunayakam will be sharing the Word of God. He is a youth pastor at the Toronto Harvest Missionary Church, Canada. A vibrant church that ministers to the Tamils in Toronto, it has grown from 12 members to over 500. He was previously an MYF youth from TMC Banting who had gone to Canada to further his studies.
The service is open to all and the message will be bi-lingual. This rally is organised by TMC Shah Alam MYF. For more info, please contact James at 0125959941 or j.anantharaj82@gmail.com.
Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=96328934859&ref=nf
