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Youth eager for mission to Zimbabwe
Written: 5/15/2007
By Woody WoodrickAdvocate Editor LaKeadra Coffey has never flown in an airplane. She’s picked a doosey of a trip for her first air travel. Coffey will be among 26 people, mostly youth, from the Mississippi Conference traveling to Zimbabwe on a mission trip. The trip is part of the Chabadza Covenan...

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Youth call churches to non-stop prayer
Written: 8/15/2006
By Woody WoodrickAdvocate Editor United Methodist youth in Mississippi are calling on their fellow church members to spend the next year focused on prayer. The Mississippi Conference Council on Youth Ministry “Pray Without Ceasing” plan began Sept. 1 and runs through July 31. The program is modele...

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Morning sessions give youth insight into issues
Written: 6/13/2006
By Woody WoodrickAdvocate Editor Some might think having youth members simply show up at conference is enough.  Youth leaders, however, don’t think so, and during the 18th session of the Mississippi Annual Conference meeting this week at Christ United Methodist Church in Jackson, they are doi...

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Richardson to coordinate youth activities
Written: 4/5/2006
The Rev. John Richardson wants to help young people find out who God created them to be. Richardson, the new conference youth coordinator, believes conference youth ministry can play an important part in young people’s faith development. “Youth ministry is not about the church tomorrow; it’s about...

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Retreat confirms local church training
Written: 2/28/2006
By Pat Centner Special to the Advocate OXFORD — Worship, workshops and fun were the main attractions when more than 120 youth and 30 adults attended the first confirmation retreat at Camp Lake Stephens. Darrell Whitaker, executive director of Lake Stephens, said the retreat was offered to complem...

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Search resumes for conference youth leader
Written: 1/18/2006
Special to the Advocate Efforts to fill a conference staff position relating to youth ministries are back on track after being delayed by Hurricane Katrina. John Moore, director of Connectional Ministries, met with the Conference Council on Youth Ministries the weekend of Jan. 6-7 at Camp Wesley P...

Youth prepare Christmas boxes for coast
Written: 11/18/2005
Mississippi Conference youth are filling boxes of with wrapping paper, cards, ornaments and other Christmas items to deliver to coast families in need. Youth will deliver the boxes door-to-door Dec. 3. Each Christmas box assembled will also include a home-made Christmas card from the youth group or ...