How churches could be more relevant to youths in overcoming challenges in the job markets. Here are some suggestions given by our Youth Liaisons:
Help communicating with members who are employers and young people who could possibly fill in the job vacancies.
facilitate church members to fill in their corresponding professions or skills they possess, so when there [...]
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What would youths do when they are unemployed?
Thomas Cho, from Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hong Kong, listed some of the possibilities. They include go to internet cafe, just stay at home, go to karaoke bar or disco, hang out at the playground at night, play computer games……
There are also some examples of well-educated youths ‘choosing to be [...]
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No doubt. The contributions of youths to economic development can be tremendous. That’s why many governments in Asia are willing to invest lots of money in Education.
As pointed out by UN World Youth Report 2007, access to quality education has expanded in many parts of Asia, making it possible for a much broader range of youth to contribute meaningfully to economic and social development.
Many [...]
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Remembered that last month, Roger and I went to the presentation of the United Nation World Youth Report 2007. After attending the meeting , we thought it would be great to invite Lutheran youths in different regions to give their feedback on that. Thanks a lot for their support, the idea bears its first fruit.
Titled ‘ASIAN YOUTH in the Context of rapid GLOBALIZATION’, the first chapter of [...]
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Posted in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Church, Ecumenism, Europe, LWF, Latin America/Carribean, Middle East, North America, Youth, Youth participation on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
The Lutheran World Federation is about community. People from all over the world who belong to a host of churches on all continents say: We belong together. I care what happens to sister or brother in a far away country. We are connected in Jesus Christ.
That is really not a new idea. Christians from the [...]
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Posted in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Latin America/Carribean, Middle East, North America, Poverty, Poverty/Affluence, UN, Youth, Youth participation on April 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, Francis and I went to the Presentation of the World Youth Report 2007. For the main website of LWF (www.lutheranworld.org) I put together a formal report. Here is it:
“There has never been a generation that was more likely to volunteer and be involved in community causes than this one,” said Patience W. Stephens, the [...]
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Posted in Asia/Pacific, Life on April 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Remembered that last year when I worked as a businsess journalist, everytime I looked at the price of various commodities(including food), they never failed to surprise me. The price has been soaring like a rocket! But still, at that time they were more or less some of the figures to which I had to pay attention.
Until recently a vivid experience taught me how much the surge of [...]
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Hello everyone…from THAILAND!!!We are the Asia-Pacific group in the leadership training program. We come from India, the Phillipines, Indonesia, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Australia, Bangkok and Israel. The training and staying at the Bangkok Christian Guest House in the centre of the big city!For the past two days we have gotten to know each other and learned [...]
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What is your calling?
Interns from YWCA, YMCA, WSCF, ACT, WCC and LWF spent three days last week in an Internship Retreat in Louverain, Switzerland.
During the Retreat, One of the major focus for us was to reflect on the callings God has given to us.
Facing the beautiful snow mountains, the lake, along with the birds’ singing, I [...]
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Posted in Africa, Asia/Pacific, HIV/Aids, Latin America/Carribean, Life, UN, Youth, Youth participation, tagged advocacy, AIDS, international meetings, Mexico, Youth, Youth participation on February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As the first International AIDS Conference (IAC) ever held in Latin America, the XVII Mexico International AIDS Conference, “AIDS 2008″ will bring together 25,000 researchers, decision-makers, and advocates from around the world to collaborate and share in an effort to strengthen our global responses to HIV and [...]
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