BECOMING A CHANGE AGENT
The word change and all it stands for in the recent times has become one of the most commonly used vocabulary on the lips of all and sundry. Phrases like ‘audacity of hope’, ‘change we can believe in’, ‘agents of change’, ‘a fresh breath’ and many like them point to one thing, CHANGE!
Change involves a movement away from status quo and a substitution with better innovations. Change is one thing many call for, and yet even more resist vehemently, consequently amounting to the negative attitude people have towards change in general.
Much research reveals that the idea of change not being worth personal price, the fear of loss of something valuable and a sense satisfaction with existing ways of doing things (status quo) is responsible for the general apathy towards change. This is true because human beings are creatures of habits; so they are against anything that displaces their habits.
Many leaders are described as ‘maintenance-oriented’ leaders, tenaciously holding to the methods that first gave them success and credibility in their leadership. Where there’s no flexibility change becomes difficult to come by.
Another vital area in the change process is communication. E.L. Town, a leadership expert, in relation to the problems leaders have with communication in the course of change said, “problems arise for leaders, because they are imperfect, and exercise imperfect communication to followers who have imperfect powers of observation; thus arriving at imperfect interpretations and imperfect understanding of the task at hand. When an imperfect relationship exists between leaders and followers, the less than perfect situation creates a barrier to change or innovation”.
So the problem is not that of initiating change but to communicate it effectively because many times people do not have a negative reaction to an idea or new project; it is just that the people do not have confidence in the change agent. To effect any change, it must necessarily begin in the agent of that change (you) first. This puts you in top gear to lead others in making a change in the face of dissenting views.
Finally, consider this “change-oriented leadership is neither simple for the leaders nor comforting to the masses. Thus it is essential we find ways to allow change agents to express their creativity in their leadership efforts. This cannot be done without accountability and process. Yet we must be careful that the systems and procedures we embrace do not quench the spirit of the change agents. In other words, ministries should create a change-friendly environment, places that allow leaders who champion positive change to be who they are and to lead effectively”.
To all AG youths I wish you a memorable YOUTH DAY as you patiently wait for the change you desperately long for. God is aware of yearnings. Have a blissful youth day.
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Characteristics of a change Agent
Characteristics of a change Agent
By Angela O. Musa
The call to become a change agent by the general council is timely. If you desire to be a change agent, here are 10 characteristics you must imbibe.
1. Change Agents focus on possibilities not limitations.
2. Change Agents often give up personal comfort in their quest for gainful discoveries.
3. Change Agents are willing to undertake what others have never done.
4. Change Agents pursue their dreams with singleness of purpose and steely determination.
5. Change Agents possess a clear understanding of what is right and wrong and fight to change the wrong.
6. Change Agents pursue God’s truth regardless of the cost on their personal lives.
7. Change Agents understand that all human beings are important and deserve the same respect.
8. Change Agents remain faithful to their inner conviction regardless the outer temptation for fame and glory.
9. Change Agents channel problems and personal frustrations into creative solutions.
10. Change Agents are not afraid to venture into the unknown whenever there is need for change.PF
By Angela O. Musa
The call to become a change agent by the general council is timely. If you desire to be a change agent, here are 10 characteristics you must imbibe.
1. Change Agents focus on possibilities not limitations.
2. Change Agents often give up personal comfort in their quest for gainful discoveries.
3. Change Agents are willing to undertake what others have never done.
4. Change Agents pursue their dreams with singleness of purpose and steely determination.
5. Change Agents possess a clear understanding of what is right and wrong and fight to change the wrong.
6. Change Agents pursue God’s truth regardless of the cost on their personal lives.
7. Change Agents understand that all human beings are important and deserve the same respect.
8. Change Agents remain faithful to their inner conviction regardless the outer temptation for fame and glory.
9. Change Agents channel problems and personal frustrations into creative solutions.
10. Change Agents are not afraid to venture into the unknown whenever there is need for change.PF
interview with the youth president
‘We will use the Education unit as a platform for attracting funds for scholarships as a way of rewarding hard work and excellence.’ - Nkwocha
In order to encourage the youths of this church to get educated, the youth ministries has just rejuvenated the education unit. In this chat with our correspondents Nnamdi Bonny and Emeka Anyaogu, The Youth President said among other things that youth ministries intend to use the unit as a platform for attracting funds for scholarships as a way of rewarding hard work and excellence. Enjoy!
Praisefocus: One and a half years as youth leader; how has the experience been?
Youth President: It has been filled with challenges especially following the fact that I inherited a Youth ministry that had long been comatose. Youths had begun to show apathy as they did not see how any value was being added to their lives. The main challenge has been that of getting people to once again come back to our meetings.
Secondly we have identified poverty as the major problem among young people. Young people have many problems ranging from immorality, insubordination, gossip, etc. However, within our setting, poverty seems to be topping the chart.
Thus we have decided to face this headlong.
Praisefocus: how have you tried to solve the problem of low attendance in the youth ministry?
Youth president: when we came in we met the problem of low attendance in our meetings, and we tried to solve the problem by looking at content. We observed that people have not been coming because they are not really gaining anything as it were. We first of all distributed forms for people to fill their names and phone numbers to enable us build our data base and see how we can be able to reach out via text message, you will agree with me that we have been sending text messages though some people still don’t receive text message. But basically what we have done is try to create content that we feel is lacking. Nevertheless creating a very good content required a lot of money. If we want to have a very tight program every Thursday, it required a lot of fund. Our problem has been how to generate these funds.
Praisefocus: Every good leader has clear vision of what he intends to achieve; as the youth president, what is that vision you have for the pinnacle youths
Youth Presidents: My vision is clear and I have stated it in various ways and at various times. I desire to see a youth ministries department where young people have become financially independent following kingdom principles. Poverty is one curse that must be broken from our youths. And poverty has only one cure - Information. When people are rightly informed and this information is given to them consistently over a long period of time, the principle of auto suggestion comes into play and begins to drive them to produce results in line with what they have been hearing.
We believe that if the problem of finance is solved, people will relate better and weddings will be the outcome. When a young man is poor, he is timid. Many young people that appear humble are not necessarily humble; poverty has simply made them like that. A young man naturally feels intimidated by a beautiful and well-dressed lady if his bank account is red.
Praisefocus: How have you been able to impact this vision to the youth in the last one and a half years and what have been the results so far?
Youth President: You know that sometimes people who have problems need to be told several times that they have a problem before you can even attempt solving the problem. If someone does not understand that you are trying to help him, he might even resist you and consider your offer of help an intrusion.
So we have tried to point out to everyone that our problem as a movement is poverty; that a church as numerically vast as AG with about less than 5% financially-free and buoyant people is an anomaly. We have first shown that the great commission which Assemblies of God as a movement is passionate about will suffer serious setbacks (and it is already happening) if we do not create a middle class.
Even in advanced nations, the strength of their economies is the middle class. Every economy is driven and advanced by the small and medium scale enterprises. Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, Google, etc are not the reason America is wealthy. America is wealthy because of the millions of small and medium scale businesses owned by American natives and immigrants. All these businesses service these large corporations in one way or another and by so doing they have created enormous wealth for the owners and employees.
This is what we seek to achieve - to create that middle class for Assemblies of God starting from 111 Clegg Street. We have thus brought several teachings to our people using various resource persons. And we still plan to do more.
Praisefocus: You just established a new unit in the youth ministries, the education unit; what do you intend to achieve with this unit?
Youth President: Firstly, the Education unit has always been there. We have only rejuvenated it.
We believe in the power of education. The key to the prosperity of any nation is the education of her citizens. To show how important education is, the United Nations has stipulated that every nation must set aside 26% of her national budget to education. They are convinced that this is the minimum amount required to produce a literate and innovative citizenry.
Thus we seek to encourage our people to get educated. We will use the Education unit also as a platform for attracting funds for scholarships as a way of rewarding hard work and excellence.
Praisefocus: The theme of this year’s youth week is "becoming a change agent”; is this important call only for the youth week or is it in line with your vision for the youth?
Youth President: I am particularly excited about this year's Youth week theme because it serves to buttress all we have been saying all these months. If there is anything we need in our movement, AG, it is change. If there is anything this country needs, it is change. We need to change our ideas of what church is all about. The duty of the church is not just to get people saved and then leave them to wallow in abject poverty and at the mercy of the elements of creation.
The essence of the church is to return man to the place he lost in the Garden of Eden. God intended the man should dominate the earth. Man is supposed to reign here above diseases, poverty, etc.
Being Change Agents is what the gospel is about. It is about changing this world until it conforms to the kind of earth God has always had in mind for man. We must restore order to this earth.
Praisefocus: The teens church has just been created out of the youth ministries and you where enlisted among the workers, how will you manage both responsibilities and how will this development affect the youth church?
Youth President: The truth is that it is going to be quite challenging. However I have always had a natural love for the teenagers. I simply love them. Do not forget, I teach in the Teens’ Sunday school so I do not have any adaptation problem. The challenge will be in dealing with the personal issues of both the teenagers and the youths who demand and deserve my attention. However dealing with the teenagers in this new capacity is quite an excitin
g thing for me. It gives me the opportunity to make an indelible imprint in their lives. I and my team mates will definitely need God to help us do a good job.
I do not think it will affect the youth church negatively. What this means is that we can now trust the caliber of persons who will be fed into the Youth Ministry in the years to come. They will be people who have been thoroughly prepared to serve God at a higher level. I also implore the youths to see ways of mentoring these teenagers as they are in dire need of mentorship and guidance.
Praisefocus: lastly, how will you evaluate your leadership in the last one and half years?
Youth President: we have not done so well. One of our goals was to improve the number of our attendance to 500 but we have only about 200 people who attend out Thursday meetings. And financially we are looking at a youth ministry that will have people who are doing well for themselves financially and will at the same time enrich the purse of the youth ministry, though we know that it is not something that can be achieved overnight, we believe God in the next couple of years it going to manifest.PF
In order to encourage the youths of this church to get educated, the youth ministries has just rejuvenated the education unit. In this chat with our correspondents Nnamdi Bonny and Emeka Anyaogu, The Youth President said among other things that youth ministries intend to use the unit as a platform for attracting funds for scholarships as a way of rewarding hard work and excellence. Enjoy!
Praisefocus: One and a half years as youth leader; how has the experience been?
Youth President: It has been filled with challenges especially following the fact that I inherited a Youth ministry that had long been comatose. Youths had begun to show apathy as they did not see how any value was being added to their lives. The main challenge has been that of getting people to once again come back to our meetings.
Secondly we have identified poverty as the major problem among young people. Young people have many problems ranging from immorality, insubordination, gossip, etc. However, within our setting, poverty seems to be topping the chart.
Thus we have decided to face this headlong.
Praisefocus: how have you tried to solve the problem of low attendance in the youth ministry?
Youth president: when we came in we met the problem of low attendance in our meetings, and we tried to solve the problem by looking at content. We observed that people have not been coming because they are not really gaining anything as it were. We first of all distributed forms for people to fill their names and phone numbers to enable us build our data base and see how we can be able to reach out via text message, you will agree with me that we have been sending text messages though some people still don’t receive text message. But basically what we have done is try to create content that we feel is lacking. Nevertheless creating a very good content required a lot of money. If we want to have a very tight program every Thursday, it required a lot of fund. Our problem has been how to generate these funds.
Praisefocus: Every good leader has clear vision of what he intends to achieve; as the youth president, what is that vision you have for the pinnacle youths
Youth Presidents: My vision is clear and I have stated it in various ways and at various times. I desire to see a youth ministries department where young people have become financially independent following kingdom principles. Poverty is one curse that must be broken from our youths. And poverty has only one cure - Information. When people are rightly informed and this information is given to them consistently over a long period of time, the principle of auto suggestion comes into play and begins to drive them to produce results in line with what they have been hearing.
We believe that if the problem of finance is solved, people will relate better and weddings will be the outcome. When a young man is poor, he is timid. Many young people that appear humble are not necessarily humble; poverty has simply made them like that. A young man naturally feels intimidated by a beautiful and well-dressed lady if his bank account is red.
Praisefocus: How have you been able to impact this vision to the youth in the last one and a half years and what have been the results so far?
Youth President: You know that sometimes people who have problems need to be told several times that they have a problem before you can even attempt solving the problem. If someone does not understand that you are trying to help him, he might even resist you and consider your offer of help an intrusion.
So we have tried to point out to everyone that our problem as a movement is poverty; that a church as numerically vast as AG with about less than 5% financially-free and buoyant people is an anomaly. We have first shown that the great commission which Assemblies of God as a movement is passionate about will suffer serious setbacks (and it is already happening) if we do not create a middle class.
Even in advanced nations, the strength of their economies is the middle class. Every economy is driven and advanced by the small and medium scale enterprises. Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, Google, etc are not the reason America is wealthy. America is wealthy because of the millions of small and medium scale businesses owned by American natives and immigrants. All these businesses service these large corporations in one way or another and by so doing they have created enormous wealth for the owners and employees.
This is what we seek to achieve - to create that middle class for Assemblies of God starting from 111 Clegg Street. We have thus brought several teachings to our people using various resource persons. And we still plan to do more.
Praisefocus: You just established a new unit in the youth ministries, the education unit; what do you intend to achieve with this unit?
Youth President: Firstly, the Education unit has always been there. We have only rejuvenated it.
We believe in the power of education. The key to the prosperity of any nation is the education of her citizens. To show how important education is, the United Nations has stipulated that every nation must set aside 26% of her national budget to education. They are convinced that this is the minimum amount required to produce a literate and innovative citizenry.
Thus we seek to encourage our people to get educated. We will use the Education unit also as a platform for attracting funds for scholarships as a way of rewarding hard work and excellence.
Praisefocus: The theme of this year’s youth week is "becoming a change agent”; is this important call only for the youth week or is it in line with your vision for the youth?
Youth President: I am particularly excited about this year's Youth week theme because it serves to buttress all we have been saying all these months. If there is anything we need in our movement, AG, it is change. If there is anything this country needs, it is change. We need to change our ideas of what church is all about. The duty of the church is not just to get people saved and then leave them to wallow in abject poverty and at the mercy of the elements of creation.
The essence of the church is to return man to the place he lost in the Garden of Eden. God intended the man should dominate the earth. Man is supposed to reign here above diseases, poverty, etc.
Being Change Agents is what the gospel is about. It is about changing this world until it conforms to the kind of earth God has always had in mind for man. We must restore order to this earth.
Praisefocus: The teens church has just been created out of the youth ministries and you where enlisted among the workers, how will you manage both responsibilities and how will this development affect the youth church?
Youth President: The truth is that it is going to be quite challenging. However I have always had a natural love for the teenagers. I simply love them. Do not forget, I teach in the Teens’ Sunday school so I do not have any adaptation problem. The challenge will be in dealing with the personal issues of both the teenagers and the youths who demand and deserve my attention. However dealing with the teenagers in this new capacity is quite an excitin
g thing for me. It gives me the opportunity to make an indelible imprint in their lives. I and my team mates will definitely need God to help us do a good job.
I do not think it will affect the youth church negatively. What this means is that we can now trust the caliber of persons who will be fed into the Youth Ministry in the years to come. They will be people who have been thoroughly prepared to serve God at a higher level. I also implore the youths to see ways of mentoring these teenagers as they are in dire need of mentorship and guidance.
Praisefocus: lastly, how will you evaluate your leadership in the last one and half years?
Youth President: we have not done so well. One of our goals was to improve the number of our attendance to 500 but we have only about 200 people who attend out Thursday meetings. And financially we are looking at a youth ministry that will have people who are doing well for themselves financially and will at the same time enrich the purse of the youth ministry, though we know that it is not something that can be achieved overnight, we believe God in the next couple of years it going to manifest.PF
DRESS SENSE
DRESS SENSE
By Nnamdi Bonny
L
ooking attractive and acceptable in society or in any kind of gathering is upper must in the mind of everyone one way or the other. Therefore, a rapt understanding of what is attractive and acceptable is essential to our decision on what to put on.
Issues connected to dressing are usually very ticklish as the judgment of what is appropriate varies among individuals. These judgments could be predicated on a number of factors; such as social exposure, peer influence, social pressure, etc. It is therefore expedient to strike the right balance between what is acceptable and what is right.
Dress sense is the ability to know the right clothes and accessories for various occasions and how to combine them in order to strike the right effect. The key words are ‘KNOW’ – the knowledge of what to wear and ‘HOW’ – the way they are worn.
Although this subject affects both male and female, the guiding principles are sometimes gender-specific.
DO’S AND DONT’S FOR MEN
Try not to appear in a stripped shirt and stripped pair of trouser. A stripped shirt on a pair of plan trouser or vice versa would do.
Similarly, do not wear a patterned shirt with a patterned tie (spotted or stripped) you would rather have patterned tie on a plan shirt
Your belt colour must be same as the colour of your shoe. Therefore trying to match a brown belt and black shoes is completely inapt. …To be continued. PF
By Nnamdi Bonny
L
ooking attractive and acceptable in society or in any kind of gathering is upper must in the mind of everyone one way or the other. Therefore, a rapt understanding of what is attractive and acceptable is essential to our decision on what to put on.
Issues connected to dressing are usually very ticklish as the judgment of what is appropriate varies among individuals. These judgments could be predicated on a number of factors; such as social exposure, peer influence, social pressure, etc. It is therefore expedient to strike the right balance between what is acceptable and what is right.
Dress sense is the ability to know the right clothes and accessories for various occasions and how to combine them in order to strike the right effect. The key words are ‘KNOW’ – the knowledge of what to wear and ‘HOW’ – the way they are worn.
Although this subject affects both male and female, the guiding principles are sometimes gender-specific.
DO’S AND DONT’S FOR MEN
Try not to appear in a stripped shirt and stripped pair of trouser. A stripped shirt on a pair of plan trouser or vice versa would do.
Similarly, do not wear a patterned shirt with a patterned tie (spotted or stripped) you would rather have patterned tie on a plan shirt
Your belt colour must be same as the colour of your shoe. Therefore trying to match a brown belt and black shoes is completely inapt. …To be continued. PF
THE CHANLLENGE OF CHRISTIAN RELATIONSHIP
THE CHANLLENGE OF CHRISTIAN RELATIONSHIP
By Sam Akighgbe
The word relationship naturally brings to mind, the concept of marriage or dating. But in this series, I am going to be viewing it from a different perspective. Not just relationships as is construed, but interpersonal relationship which basically has to do with the way we deal with one another.
There is no gainsaying the fact that this issue is a major challenge in the church today. There are believers who are born again, spirit-filled and have a good relationship with God, but when it comes to dealing with people it is nothing to write home about. There are many reasons behind this, and we shall examine them one after the other.
Claiming to be very holy and close to God, some Christians see other believers as carnal and not genuine, therefore leading a secluded life hiding under the guise of not being unequally yoked together… well I leave that for you to think about.
Another reason is that, many Christians today are too proud, even in the church. But before we begin to point accusing fingers, let us ask ourselves these questions. Do you see anything good in people, especially those you think you are better than? Do you behave or act like people deserve your respect or attention, irrespective of who they are? And how do people feel about your attitude towards them, especially those who are not your friends? If you cannot provide honest answers to these questions, then you may be proud and you need to check that very fast because, pride goes before a fall. (Pr.16:18).
Others are class-sensitive. This describes Christians who choose people they relate to within the church based on material things; this is to say that their judgement is hinged on one’s appearance and how much one has achieved, one’s family background and level of education. Falling short in any of these, completely disqualifies you from being in their class. But consider this, if Jesus Christ came with this kind of attitude how many do you think would have been saved?
On the other hand, you may want to ask this question: Can everybody can be my friend? The answer to that is emphatically No! But can you relate with everybody? Yes you can, if you really have the love of God in you. 1 John 4:20 says you cannot despise your brother (fellow people around you) and claim to love God whom you have not seen.
Now note that the foundation of any genuine and godly relationship is rooted in the concept of agape love. Love is generally defined as a strong feeling of deep affection towards someone or something. But agape love is stronger than that because it is not just a feeling. It is an expression of a positive attitude towards people irrespective of who they are. Note that difference! One is based on feelings and the other is a deliberate decision we must learn to make if truly we are children of God. PF
By Sam Akighgbe
The word relationship naturally brings to mind, the concept of marriage or dating. But in this series, I am going to be viewing it from a different perspective. Not just relationships as is construed, but interpersonal relationship which basically has to do with the way we deal with one another.
There is no gainsaying the fact that this issue is a major challenge in the church today. There are believers who are born again, spirit-filled and have a good relationship with God, but when it comes to dealing with people it is nothing to write home about. There are many reasons behind this, and we shall examine them one after the other.
Claiming to be very holy and close to God, some Christians see other believers as carnal and not genuine, therefore leading a secluded life hiding under the guise of not being unequally yoked together… well I leave that for you to think about.
Another reason is that, many Christians today are too proud, even in the church. But before we begin to point accusing fingers, let us ask ourselves these questions. Do you see anything good in people, especially those you think you are better than? Do you behave or act like people deserve your respect or attention, irrespective of who they are? And how do people feel about your attitude towards them, especially those who are not your friends? If you cannot provide honest answers to these questions, then you may be proud and you need to check that very fast because, pride goes before a fall. (Pr.16:18).
Others are class-sensitive. This describes Christians who choose people they relate to within the church based on material things; this is to say that their judgement is hinged on one’s appearance and how much one has achieved, one’s family background and level of education. Falling short in any of these, completely disqualifies you from being in their class. But consider this, if Jesus Christ came with this kind of attitude how many do you think would have been saved?
On the other hand, you may want to ask this question: Can everybody can be my friend? The answer to that is emphatically No! But can you relate with everybody? Yes you can, if you really have the love of God in you. 1 John 4:20 says you cannot despise your brother (fellow people around you) and claim to love God whom you have not seen.
Now note that the foundation of any genuine and godly relationship is rooted in the concept of agape love. Love is generally defined as a strong feeling of deep affection towards someone or something. But agape love is stronger than that because it is not just a feeling. It is an expression of a positive attitude towards people irrespective of who they are. Note that difference! One is based on feelings and the other is a deliberate decision we must learn to make if truly we are children of God. PF
WANTED: CHANGE AGENTS
WANTED: CHANGE AGENTS
By Anyaogu Emeka
The world we live in has suddenly become unbearable; we now see and hear negative stories every day. Sin, Confusion, poverty and complaining have become the order of the day. Unfortunately, people have come to live with this menace, considering themselves to be victims and believing that they cannot do anything about it, therefore they accept anything the world throws at them.
This year’s general council youth week theme: ‘becoming a change agent’ is meant to address these issues. If there is anything we need at this chaotic period, it is change.
To effect this change therefore, the world is looking for problem solvers, people who will make new discoveries that will permanently put paid to the many social, political and economic ills that are plaguing the world today. We need Change Agents; those who are willing to change their own beliefs and begin to think outside the box. Such persons must live in the future, not in the present. Regardless of what is happening today, the person must have a vision of what should be and uses that as the governing sense of action.
Christians are the light of the world, if there is anybody who can bring this much desired change, it is you. I encourage you therefore to make yourself available to be used of God. This is not the time for complains and criticism but a time for action. Change can only come when we offer the necessary support to whoever is in authority. Rather than criticize and gossip, you can be an intercessor like Daniel, Mordecai, and Elijah of the bible days.
NB. To this end, PRAISEFOCUS will be dedicating a column for whoever feels passionate about this change and wants to ignite the same passion in others. If you have a message that could bring positive change to the youth of this church and the nation at large, you can forward your write-ups to praisefocus@yahoo.com. If the message is worthwhile, I promise you, we shall publish it on PRAISEFOCUS and together we shall make a big change in the world. PF
By Anyaogu Emeka
The world we live in has suddenly become unbearable; we now see and hear negative stories every day. Sin, Confusion, poverty and complaining have become the order of the day. Unfortunately, people have come to live with this menace, considering themselves to be victims and believing that they cannot do anything about it, therefore they accept anything the world throws at them.
This year’s general council youth week theme: ‘becoming a change agent’ is meant to address these issues. If there is anything we need at this chaotic period, it is change.
To effect this change therefore, the world is looking for problem solvers, people who will make new discoveries that will permanently put paid to the many social, political and economic ills that are plaguing the world today. We need Change Agents; those who are willing to change their own beliefs and begin to think outside the box. Such persons must live in the future, not in the present. Regardless of what is happening today, the person must have a vision of what should be and uses that as the governing sense of action.
Christians are the light of the world, if there is anybody who can bring this much desired change, it is you. I encourage you therefore to make yourself available to be used of God. This is not the time for complains and criticism but a time for action. Change can only come when we offer the necessary support to whoever is in authority. Rather than criticize and gossip, you can be an intercessor like Daniel, Mordecai, and Elijah of the bible days.
NB. To this end, PRAISEFOCUS will be dedicating a column for whoever feels passionate about this change and wants to ignite the same passion in others. If you have a message that could bring positive change to the youth of this church and the nation at large, you can forward your write-ups to praisefocus@yahoo.com. If the message is worthwhile, I promise you, we shall publish it on PRAISEFOCUS and together we shall make a big change in the world. PF
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