From one of the monthly issue of standfirm- FIND YOUR PATH.
"When we began planning for passion Twenty Ten, we had thought in our minds: that a generation would awaken said Gilglio. "We're not just at an event or a conference with really cool bands. There is a heartbeat here, and that heartbeat is that you and I would awaken to the same thing: that it's good to trade something small for something huge. And that something small is the life that you and I 'run' and that we would trade that in for alife that is part of a grand epic that is God. That we would awaken to the face of Jesus."
In addition to worship, students also came to passion twenty ten prepared to impact the world through Do Something Now, a campaign birthed @ passion '07 with a mission to wed worship and justice. The campaign empowers syudents to personally connect and invest in the lives of people from the world for glory of God. As a small picture of that, students and volunteers registered with towels and socks in hand to donate to 55 of Atlanta homeless shelters.
"Whether they know what passion is all about or not" said Giglio of those receiving the items,"they will know that followers of christ have been here."
Located in "Go Center" in the Georgia World congress Center, the campaign is era where each student interact with and choose to support any 12 global causes that resonate by giving their time and resources. The goal was to raise $500,000 in global aid. The students where challanged to collect and pledge monies to bring clean water to Guatemala,rescue women from the sex trade in India,crush the injustice toward Dalit people,feed 100,000 starving children,fund surgeries for children with cleft palates in war torn Afghanistan, and more.
By the end of the conference they exceeded their goal $500,000 giving a total of $1,337,194.
The goal is to be more like Jesus. We want to be the ones who shine like stars who hold onto and hold out the Word of Life" said Giglio.
My point is this: DO WE STILL HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE ZEALOUS UNTO GOOD WORKS?. Remember. By their fruit we shall know them.