4th Sunday after Epiphany - 29 January 2006
January 12, 2006
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.
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