3rd Sunday after Epiphany - 22 January 2006
December 23, 2005
This collect is part of a series produced for Anglican Youth Yeah! - Advent 2005 to Advent 2006. You can read the others that have been produced online, or alternatively download the full compilation.
Readings
First Reading Jeremiah 3:21-4:2
Second Reading 1 Corinthians 7:17-23
Gospel Mark 1:14-20
Theme
Repent and believe the Good News
Sentence
“And Jesus said to them, “Follow me and I will make you fish for people.”
Mark 1: 17
Collects
Our Loving God, Provider of all our Talents,
Be merciful on us, your children, forgive us for all our weaknesses.
Help us to repent and turn to You.
May we be fishers of men using our gifts from You.
Through Your Loving Name,
Amen.
Samoan
Lo matou Tama agalelei e, le puna o tomai uma,
Ia e faapalepale ia i matou o lau fanau, ma faamagalo o matou vavaiga.
Fesoasoani mai ina o matou foi atu iI lau afio.
Ia matou faaogaina tomai mai ia te oe matou te fagota ai mo ni soo se tele,
ona o lou suafa, le Agalelei e,
Amene.
Tongan
‘E ‘otua ‘oe ‘ofa, ‘a koe ‘oku ke foaki taleniti ki he kakai fuape,
Alo’ofa mai kiate kimautolu ko ho’o fanau, pea faka molemole’i ‘emau ngaahi vaivai.
Tokoni’i kimautolu pea ke hoko homau ngaahi taleniti koe tapuaki, ke ‘omi ai ha ngaahi laumalie ki he ‘afiona’
‘iho huafa toputapu
‘Ameni
Contributed by
The Youth of the Holy Family Church, Waidradra, Fiji
The Holy Family Youth Group belongs to the Church of the Holy Family, in the village of Waidradra.
Because our church is located in the village of Waidradra, our Youth Group is community-focused, meaning we work together ecumenically with our Methodist and Roman Catholic Youths of the village. Our village is located at the Adventure Capital of Fiji –Pacific Harbour. Because our village is a hotspot for eco tourism, (we have a great beach, great inland waterfalls and rivers, as well as the diverse wildlife), some of our young people have been fortunate to land jobs in the tourism industry. There are 30 Anglican youths in our Group. Realistically, because we live in a village, we meet everyday, either in the gardens, fishing, or at community events, however, we also meet formally every Monday night at 8.00pm in our Church Hall. Our Monday night meetings involve singing, praise and worship, and Bible
Study. We also make visitations once a week to the elderly and sick people in our village.
Our main purpose is to nurture our young people of Waidradra in their spiritual life and relationship with God. Another purpose is to learn to share the Word of God. We also try to create an awareness and appreciation of the young people in our village towards making the most of God’s creation by earning income for our families in the village through fishing (Waidradra is a coastal village), and planting crops for both subsistence and semisubsistence purposes. Our Youth Group has been involved in farming projects over the years, since we registered with the Government Ministry of Youth and Sport. We have had successful yaqona farming project and just this year we began a new project – watermelonfarming
project. Also this November our Youth Group will be opening our Annual Church Bazaar therefore we are preparing ourselves for this occasion. In the near future, we look forward to seeing more of our young people joining priesthood, lay minister services to help spread the Word of God to those who don’t know Jesus. We ask your prayers for the young people of the village of Waidradra. We especially ask your prayers for those young people who are breadwinners for their families, who try to meet the demands of their families on a daily basis. We also ask your prayers for those youths in our village who do not value the Word of God, who do not value their families, who lie around idle and unemployed. We ask you to pray that Our Good Lord will help them make use of their talents from above.
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