Miss Lisa and Miss Atay
Sunday, November 23, 2003
alright lis, i need your opinion on this one.
i was talking to zel online and he wasn't buying it (of course not)- xavy was sitting right beside him on the computer, so he was under the influence. but i told him this.
i don't think florida should make it a big incentive to go to national conferences anymore because we have state conferences.
we hardly get even half of florida to go to national conferences. having to go to conferences once a year leaves us caught up with "yfc usa" - and from last conference, it wasn't that worth it. not "pastorally." i mean, what did we really get with yfc usa? the conference this year united yfc florida. but it didn't unite us with the whole country. and that's a good thing. no one cares about being united with the country. especially if we can hardly get united ourselves. we have too much florida to claim.
if anything, a "one nation under God" national conference should be like every 5 years. if we didn't have to go to a national conference in another 5 years, wed have a WHOLE LOTTA time and could bring a WHOLE LOTTA people to a nationals when it was time. we're youth. we don't have that much time for preconferences, state conferences, national conferences every year. it's not even necessary. it's almost as if the ftws wana make it so that if you miss the national conference, you're basically off the whole pastoral track. but what got accomplished with last years national conference? nothing much, if u ask me.
i think if we just concentrate on our annual state conferences, we could concentrate on the real deal. mission and community. that way our talks could be centered on REAL conference talks on growth and enlightenment. it would keep us from using propaganda as motivation. "one nation under God" - it's not even flying here. we are one nation, but it doesn't do much for us. i think youth are smarter than that and want more than that. at least we are and we do.
we need to concentrate on things like youth camps, retreats around the state, missions around the region, etc. for an extended amount of time. that's the way to claim the land Christ's. the national conference consumes unnecessary time and effort and money.
state conferences- we could have special speakers help give talks. we could get old members back. and it would be an enlightening experience for everyone.
what do you think?
