6th Sunday after Epiphany - 12 February 2006
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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 2 Kings 5: 1-14;
Second Reading 1 Corinthians 9: 24-27
Gospel Mark 1:40 –45
Theme
Koe Otua iate kitautolu “God is with us”
Sentence
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light … For a child has been born for us, a son given to us.”
Isaiah 9: 2a, 6a
Collects
Tongan
‘E ‘Otua na’a ke foaki mai ‘a ho ‘Alo monu’ia, ke ne faka’auha ‘a e ngaue ‘a e tevolo.
Ngaohi ‘akimautolu kemau hoko ko ho’o fanau pea ke mau ma’u ‘a e mo’ui ta’engata.
Tokoni a kimautolu kemau ma’oni’oni ‘o hange ko ‘ene Ma’oni’oni.
‘I homau ‘Eiki huhu’i ko Sisu Kalaisi.
Ameni
O God, You gave us your Holy Son
The many influences of the devil, He will overcome
Make us your children, to gain everlasting life
As He is Holy, help us to cleanse our lives
Through our Redeemer, Lord Jesus Christ,
Amen
Samoan
Le Atua e, ua e foai lou atalii pele ona o i matou,
o aafiaga uma foi o leaga ua e fa’aleleina,
Ina ia matou maua le ola e faavavau, faapaia ia i matou aua o lau afio o le Paia, fesoasoani ina ia o matou ola mama ona o Le ua famamaina i matou, Iesu Keriso.
Amene.
Contributed by
The Good Samaritan Youth Group, Ofa ki he Laumalie Ma’oni’oni Parochial District, Otahuhu.
We are a Tongan Youth Group with 40 members. We meet regularly for different programmes at our Church. Our goals include enforcing our Tongan identity, organising fellowship programmes within the church and other Christian churches, organising programmes to draw more young people into the
church and use retreats/ workshops and bible studies as training for youth ministry.
5th Sunday after Epiphany - 5 February 2006
January 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment
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 Isaiah 40: 21-31
Second Reading 1 Corinthians 9: 16-23
Gospel Mark 1:29-39
Theme
Thanksgiving for Mothers
Sentence
"Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth"
Mark 1: 38
Collects
Jesus, our present help,
Thank you for the precious gift of mothers,
For the comfort and assurance they bring us.
May we honour, respect and treasure them.
Be a mother to those that need one,
And surround them with your loving arms.
Like our mothers,
May we give ourselves to prayer,
Be uncompromising believers,
Minister healing to those around us,
And be people who will rise up to the challenges of today,
Amen.
Samoan
Fa’afetai tele le Atua mo lau mealofa taua o tina, le mafana ma le faamaoni o le latou tausiga ia i matou. Ia matou faatauaina ma tausi fa’apelepele ma le fa’aloalo ia i latou.
Ia matou opo i lima o le alofa le ua leai se tina, avea ai i matou ma matua.
Ia matou faataitai ia i lo latou ola tatalo, fa’atuatua, ma le faamaoni, ola auauna e molimoli atu ai le filemu, faapea ma le toa i taimi e fetaiai ma lui o lenei talutalu fou.
Amene.
Tongan
‘Oku mau fakafeta’i ko e Fa’e koe me’a’ofa fungani ‘i hono ohi mo ‘ofa’i kimautolu
Ohi kimautolu ke mau fakalangilangi’i mo faka‘ap’apa’i ‘enau mo’ui.
Hoko mu’a ‘ae ‘afiona koe Fa’e kia kinautolu kuo mole ‘enau ngaahi Fa’e, ke nau mafana ‘iho’o ‘ofa.
Ngaohi ‘emau kimautolu ke mau hoko koe tapuaki moe fakamo’ui ki he kakai kotoape
‘i he ‘aho ni pea ta’engata
‘Ameni
Contributed by
The youth of St Johns, Suva, Fiji
4th Sunday after Epiphany - 29 January 2006
January 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment
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 (Old) Testament Deuteronomy 18:15-20
Second (New) Testament Reading 1 Corinthians 8:1b-13
Gospel Mark 1:21-28
Theme
Faith, Hope and Love
Sentence
“His work is full of majesty and splendor, and His righteousness endures forever.”
Psalms 111: 3
Collects
Jesus, Lover of my soul,
Everyday we wake up to Your Unfailing Love.
Thank You for sharing Your Love upon us.
Please help our Youth Generation to go out into the world, reaching out to those who are lost and need Your Love.
Grant this in Your precious Name,
Amen.
Samoan
Iesu e, le e pele i lou agaga,
Out e ala i lou alofa i aso uma,
Faafetai ina ua e apoina I matou i lou alofa.
Faamolemole unai lenei augatupulaga talavou e pai atu i e ua leiloa i le lalolagi ma faapea ona manaomia lou alofa, Talia mai la matou talosaga e ala atu i lou suafa mamalu.
Amene.
Tongan
Sisu, kokoe ‘oku to’oa ai homau loto,
‘oku mau faka malo koe ‘ofa ta’efilifili manako ‘ae ‘afiona ‘oku mauta’imalie ai.
Faka ivia e finemui moe talavou kotoa pe
Kenau talaki ‘ae ongoongo lelei ki mamani,
Pea kia kinautolu ‘oku nau masiva ‘ihe ‘ofa.
Foaki ‘eni ‘iho huafa toputapu mo naunau’ia
‘Ameni
Contributed by
The youth of Suva/Ovalau Anglican Archdeaconry Youth (SAAY), Fiji
The Suva/Ovalau Anglican Archdeaconry Youth (SAAY) Group is a unique group made up of 10 hyper-active Parish Youth Groups within the Navua-Suva-Nausori stretch as well as the island of Fiji’s Old
Capital, Ovalau. Our combined group is very diverse in the sense of spatial coverage, (half of Viti Levu as well as the island of Ovalau), multi-racial therefore multi-lingual Fijians, Indo-Fijians, Rotumans, Solomons, Chinese, Tongan, Samoan, and of European and part European descent), and made up of many youthful talented individuals.We believe we are the largest Archdeaconry Youth Group of our Diocese of Polynesia, with 9 Youth Groups at Parish level (Holy Trinity Cathedral, Holy Family, Holy Redeemer, St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John, St. Christopher, St. Athanasius), and 2 Youth
Groups at Mission District level: St. Michael &All Angels (Matata & Kalekana village), St. Stephen (Wainaloka village). The Total Youth Roll is 300 which is an average of 27 per Youth Group.
While each individual Parish Youth Group has their own programmes running on a weekly basis, or twice a week at the most, at Archdeaconry level, our Biennial Yearly Plan (2004- 2005) has seen us combine for 10 events in total. Our combined meetings have been for specific purposes such as Fellowship services, Evangelism Crusades, Combined Rally, Outreach events, Fiji Youth celebrations (National Day of Prayer, National Youth Day, Fiji Day), Sports/Picnic Day, Fundraisers (Variety Concert & Palau Night), as well as whenever requested by our Archdeaconry (e.g. Youth Presentation to Synod 2004, Street Appeal in aid of St. Christopher’s Home 2004,2005). Our Combined events have been graciously hosted by the different parishes in our Archdeaconry. The Core Objectives of the SAAY which we have listed in our “SAAY Regulations” have been:
- To continue to renew our lives as young, energetic, active Christians through His Word, Prayer and Action.
- To play an active, outstanding role in our respective parishes and at Archdeaconry level.
- To renew our relationship with our Anglican brothers and sisters of our Archdeaconry as well as our ecumenical counterparts.
- To promote the extension of membership to all young people within the Archdeaconry through evangelism in a form best understood by our Youth Generation e.g. Youth Evangelism through music, art, media and drama.
We hope for the extension of His Kingdom in our Archdeaconry not only by quantity but especially through Quality. SAAY supports Youth evangelism through Music. Therefore, because we have many young people with God-Given talents in music; (talents such as playing the instruments, as well as writing music and composing songs), we hope to start up a combined SAAY Band, fully equipped and it is a dream to become renowned with our music. We hope that our work as SAAY will produce QUALITY in our youths that will shine throughout their lives i.e. by producing the best in young people turning out to be the best in whatever jobs they perform, whatever roles they play in the society, producing QUALITY
Christian families, and also one day representing the Church on a larger scale such as at Diocesan level, Standing Committee level, and Provincial level. We ask your prayers for the work of the SAAY and the fulfillment of our Objectives. We pray for our mission out to the lost youths of Suva City, and the island of Ovalau We ask your prayers for youths who are less fortunate then us, especially those in St.
Christopher’s Home, Dilkusha Home, Society of the Blind and Cevalier Boys Home, the street kids and beggars in Suva. We ask your prayers for youths who are lost into the world, especially the lost youths of Suva City We also ask you to pray for the individual youth groups of SAAY. Esp. for the village youth groups of Holy Family, Holy Redeemer, St. Mark, St. John, St. Michael, St. Athanasius, who most times face financial hardships on a daily basis, as well as the other youth groups in the greater Suva area who struggle to keep the interest of their members in the Circle of the Church. We ask your prayers for the celebration of “YEAR OF YOUTH” in our Archdeaconry and we pray for His Guidance upon our plans.
Three-Tikanga celebrations
January 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment
In addition to local youth events, Youth Yeah! is focused on four main Tikanga events:
Pacific Wave (Tonga, December 2005)
Young Anglican leaders and ministers from all throughout the church met in Tonga, 2-10 December 2005, to help launch Youth Yeah! This gathering coincided with the 100th anniversary celebrations of St Andrew’s College in Nukualofa, and included prayer, worship, celebration, and planning for ways to make Youth Yeah! the best year it can be.
Tikanga Youth Exchange
The Tikanga Youth Exchange (TYE) is a common life conference of the General Synod for the youth of the Anglican Church. The next TYE meeting will be held in Gisborne, 20-25 January 2006, and will see delegates gathering from across Aotearoa-New Zealand and Polynesia.
General Synod / Te Hinota Whanui
The next meeting of the General Synod will be held in Christchurch, 6-12 May 2006. Three-Tikanga youth will be playing a part in the General Synod as delegates and stewards, and will celebrate alongside the youth of the Diocese of Christchurch as they mark the 150th anniversary of their Diocese.
The Big AYP
The last and biggest event of Youth Yeah! will be The Big AYP (Anglican Youth Party), which will be held in November 2006 in Auckland. A 12-hour celebration of Anglican youth music, drama, culture, joy and hope, this will be a great way to see out Youth Yeah! and to celebrate the best that the year has given.
Every event held during Youth Yeah! is important, because it reminds us of our mission and ministry to the young people of this church. Your prayers and active support are vital to the success of Youth Yeah!
What else can I do?
Youth Yeah! is a chance to celebrate. It’s also an opportunity for the whole church to reflect on youth ministry – what youth ministry is, the priority it is given, and what kind of resources are being allocated to it. Take action now to ensure that the church succeeds in its ministry to children, teenagers, young adults and young families – all the young people of the Kingdom of God!
For more news and information, check out the official Youth Yeah! website.