2013 youth college 지도자대회

2013년 청소년(YI) / 대학생(CI) 지도자대회가 7월 22일부터 26일까지 조지아주 아틀란타에 위치한 에머리대학에서 미 전역의 고등학생과 대학생들을 대상으로 열리게 됩니다. 이번 대회는 청소년지도자대회와 대학생지도자대회가 연합으로 열리게 되는 두 번째 대회로, 함께 예배를 드리고 네트워크를 만들어가는 귀한 장이 될 것입니다. 대회와 관련된 정보와 등록 절차는 아래 영어로 된 기사부분을 참조하시기 바랍니다. 많은 한인연합감리교회의 청소년, 대학생들의 참여 권고와 기도의 지원을 부탁 드립니다.

Dear Pastors & Youth/College Leaders,

On behalf of the Youth Initiative [YI] & College Initiative [CI], we want to welcome you to join us at the YI & CI Student Leadership Conference 2013. This year, the conference will be held at Emory University in Atlanta, GA from July 22nd – 26th. We know that every church has a busy schedule but we want to especially ask and invite you to take some time and invest in raising the next generation leaders of the Korean United Methodist Church. We hope that God will bless all the leaders of the next generation and through your prayers and support that this conference will be built for God’s Kingdom.

This is our second year that the YI and CI Conferences will be having a joint conference with the theme Rooted in Love. We have gotten a great experience of worshiping and building a network within our churches. We were excited, and again excited for this year’s conference, to see what God will continue to do with the next generation of student leaders. Our goal is to mobilize and equip student leaders with both spiritual and practical knowledge to not only survive, but also thrive in today’s world. We hope to inspire the young leaders to rediscover how God is calling them to contribute to the church and to the society within their local contexts.

Because the conference brings student leaders from around the nation, they come and experience great diversity, inspire each other and realize they are not the only ones struggling with leadership or spiritual issues. The Spirit guides and leads them to bring the walls down; and above all else, the Spirit reminds and brings the leaders together as one body of Jesus Christ. The experience of this style of conference allows student leaders to develop a sense of new leadership challenges, and sense of unity, with strong encouragement for them to go back to their local churches and develop the Kingdom of God within their local areas.

It is our dearest desire that you may come join us this year. We are already honored to be serving together with you in the body of Jesus Christ in whichever decision you may choose. We ask for your continual support and prayers for this conference. If you have any additional questions, please contact Gloria Kim, YI program director, at 678-925-3415 orgloshin@gmail.com, or Daniel Cho, CI program director, at646-808-6336 or dicex327@gmail.com. We look forward to meeting your youth and college student leaders in HOTlanta! Thank you once again for your time! Many blessings to you and to your ministries!

Here are some of the guidelines for both the YI and CI Conferences:

1. Each church can send a maximum of 10 students with 2 adult chaperones to each Conference. (If your church is sending students to both YI and CI, that will be a total of 20 students and 4 adult chaperones.)
2. Students must have completed 9th grade (no 8th graders allowed).
3. If a student will have graduated from high school (and will be entering into college as of fall 2013), they should register for the College Initiative Conference.
4. Registration Forms and Fees must be postmarked by May 31st, payable to “Youth Initiative”.
   Early Bird Registration $275 registration fee Postmarked by 4/30/13
   Regular Registration $350 registration fee Postmarked by 5/31/13
5. Signature of student, parents (if under 18 years old), and pastor must be on the Registration and Liability Forms.
6. Registration Forms and Fees should be mailed to:
   Youth Initiative/College Initiative
   c/o Gloria Kim
   5970 Respite Court
   Johns Creek, GA 30097

Participants should book their flights into Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (airport code ATL). Please plan to arrive around NOON on Saturday, June 22nd, and leave around 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26th.