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Navigation Who We Are Youth and Young Adult Organizations The Leadership Team What We Do International Christian Youth Conference on Evangelism (ICYC) International Methodist Young Leaders Seminar (IMYLS) Youth and Young Adult Committee News and Events Devotional Blog Links Gallery Contact Us Who We Are Youth and Young Adult Organizations The Leadership Team What We Do International Christian Youth Conference on Evangelism (ICYC) International Methodist Young Leaders Seminar (IMYLS) Youth and Young Adult Committee News and Events Devotional Blog Links Gallery Contact Us Welcome! Here you will find information on the Youth and Young Adult groups of the Methodist/Wesleyan family. Image Link Young Methodist Steward Reports from World Council of Churches Assembly The journey of a thousand miles began with a simple prayer; God of life, lead us to justice and peace.” Bags packed and tickets in hand, I set off for this once in a lifetime journey across the continents of the world to the Asian nation of South Korea which hosted the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, still unclear of what awaited me. UMC Global Young People’s Convocation and Legislative Assembly Unity Statement MANILA, Philippines July 20, 2014/GBOD – United Methodist young people from around the world have urged leaders of the denomination to seek solutions that promote our global unity” and not be divided by issues such as homosexuality. Brazilian Methodist Youth Confederation holds Campaign for Prayer in March From March 2-31 the Methodist Youth Confederation of Brazil along with the Youth of the Ministry to Combat Racism (First Ecclesiastical District) engaged in a campaign "Praying for Justice. Image Link April/Easter 2015 Blog Resurrection, Superheroes, and the Fight For Justice Growing up in church, Easter was always my favorite holiday as a child. Although our observance of Christmas was sure to mean new presents for me, somehow Easter was the one I enjoyed the most. I loved the Easter speeches we children recited on Easter Sunday during Sunday School. Image Link Reflections on USA Black Methodist Youth and Young Adult Consultation There is great potential in ecumenism today. In an international context, the prominence of individual Christian denominations has fallen substantially from the shibboleths of unquestioned power they had this time a century ago. Thus, the need for working together to accomplish tasks is even more pressing now than it was then. Billy Graham might have said, this is a big world; we need all the help we can get.” The sentiment holds significance still today, yet from a different vantage point. Image Link Applications Available for the 2016 International Methodist Young Leaders Seminar Image Link World Methodist Council Home "I look upon the whole world as my parish." John Wesley September 2015 Devotional Blog Posted on October 6, 2015 by admin in Devotionals Matthew 5:16 Make your light shine, so others will see the good you do and will praise your Father in heaven.” Growing up, I was always surrounded by impressive Christians. These persons had such great faith and sense of purpose and I wanted to be like them. I wanted to be able to preach with […] Read More August 2015 Devotional Blog Posted on October 6, 2015 by admin in Devotionals Coexist –Luke 4:14-19 Jesus returned to Galilee powerful in the Spirit. News that he was back spread through the countryside. He taught in their meeting places to everyone’s acclaim and pleasure. He came to Nazareth where he had been reared. As he always did on the Sabbath, he went to the meeting place. When he […] Read More July 2015 Devotional Blog Posted on October 6, 2015 by admin in Devotionals What, to the Christian, is Forgiveness? or The Place of Forgiveness in Freedom And Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.” (Luke 23:24) This July, the United State of America, along with 23 other nation states, celebrate their country’s independence. The […] Read More June 2015 Devotional Blog Posted on October 6, 2015 by admin in Devotionals When I was 16 I decided, along with one of my friends, to spend a day fasting and praying. After dinner on Friday night, we both started. Saturday morning, we borrowed the keys to our church building, stocked up on all our favourite worship cds and barricaded ourselves in so we wouldn’t be distracted by […] Read More May 2015 Devotional Blog Posted on October 6, 2015 by admin in Devotionals Recently I was assigned to read Practicing the Presence of God” once again. When the author writes Brother Lawrence (let’s call him Larry) to tell him of a friend who loses a close friend to death, Larry tells him to advise his friend to use these moments to his advantage. What a great opportunity to […] Read More 2016 International Methodist Young Leaders Seminar Applications now Available! Posted on June 1, 2015 by admin in Featured Category , News and Events We are pleased to offer you the application for the 4th International Young Methodist Leaders Seminar (IMYLS) which will be held from August 28-29 in Houston Texas, United States. This event immediately precedes the 21st World Methodist Conference. This will be the culmination of several youth and young adult oriented activities as we seek to […] Read More 1 2 3 › » Translate: Sign up for our First Friday Newsletter for more information about the World Methodist Council! Email Address * Title First Name Middle Initial Last Name Denomination Youth Leadership Name * = required field Youth and Young Adult Main List Leadership Yes Yes Council Communications Committee Chairs New Alerts from the World Methodist Council news Social Justice Committee Observers Yes Preferred Format HTML Text powered by MailChimp ! View Verse of the Day (c) 2012 World Methodist Council Translate...