Get the word out!

Light on a Rainy Day

It was a rainy day.  The skies were grey outside but there was a lot of sunshine indoors!

23 young people (including a small smattering of young-at-hearts) got together to reach out – and be blessed in the process.   We started off with an excellent worship set led by Bro. Nitin Ogole.   Then a short message about “loving our neighbours as we love ourselves.”  The participants were divided into mini-teams of 2-3 and briefed on the HIV affected family that they would be  spending the day with.   A prayer later they were on their way – fanning out across Thane to do good – and be changed.

A few hours later we reconverged for a time of sharing and reflection.

What joy to hear what took place.

“This was the first time I ate with someone who was HIV positive.”

“I normally do not do any work at home – but here in the home of my new friends I was able to help out.”

“I was afraid about coming to this programme – and being apart from the people  I came with – but when we got to the home it was so wonderful.”

“The family was so happy to have us visit them.  They said that their own relatives have ignored them.”

“I told people about my hope in Jesus for the first time.”

We then broke into the church groups that we had come through – in order to visualize what we had experienced over the day – and make think about the next steps to take together.  These were then shared with the bigger group!

Finally it was time to wrap up the day.  We had been together since 9AM when we went into the last song:

Ek aag har dil me Humko jalana hai

Bhatke hue dil ko Prabhu se milana hai…..

Sansar ki aasha bhari

Nazre humipar hai..

Udhar ka sandesh bhi

Kandho ke upar hai….

Ek deep se lakho diye

Humko jalana hai…..

Itne saral ye raste

Kal na khule honges

Prachar ke avsar hume

Kal Na Haasil  hogi

Tayyar rehna kal hume

Khudhko mitana hai…..

Next YAA Day of Service!

OK here is the choice: what do we do with our lives?

There are lots of things to do.  Every day is filled with possibilities.

How about spending a day with people you love – and people you can learn to love?

The next YAA Day of Service is just around the corner.

We plan to take Saturday July 10th off – and move out in small groups with each group spending a day with a family affected by or at risk of HIV/AIDS.

Its going to be great.  We have really had some superb times in the past.

For more info please call: 9321112065 or 25896952 or send us an email at: jsk@vsnl.net

Its your choice!

YAA Day of Service – Young People speak!

Sanjay is asked what moved him about his experience on the YAA Day of service.

This is what he said:

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Monika tells us (in Hindi) what she went through when she visited a home where people had HIV.

Lend her your ear:

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Ravi shares about his experience when he visited a home affected by HIV on the YAA Day of Service – March 6th 2010.

Listen in as he shares his experience:

We did it!

March 6th was just gr8!

We had 25 folks show up and get their hands dirty.  It was wonderful to see so many young people from so many different churches get together.

We sang.  We learned.  We were touched.  We prayed.

Then we moved out and spent the day with families affected by HIV.

Each person who went was touched.

Just around the corner

We are just around the corner for the first YAA Day of Service of 2010!

The excitement is building – we have 18 confirmed folks already – and 10 families to be visited…  A new band in the wings – some thought-provoking and heart-touching things to learn – some hands to get dirty and some hearts to be broken – for GOOD!

See you!

YAA Day of Service – March 6th 2010

Hi!

Its here again – an opportunity for young people to reach out and change lives!

YAA is organising a Day of Service on the 6th of March.

Do you want to put love into action?  Then come along.

We will  match youth from different churches with familiesaffected or at risk for HIV/AIDS.

You will get an opportunity to spend a day with them – helping, sharing, understanding.

We will be following the same plan which we did at the first YAA Day of Service in Nov 09 (you can read about it by clicking here and here).

But we need you.

Call us at 9321112065 or 9867454986 for more details.

See you soon!

SU Fest 10

Youth Against AIDS will be running an HIV/AIDS prevention seminar at SU Fest 10!  Hope to see you and your friends there!

Date: 26th January – 3-9 PM at Canossa School Grounds, Mahakali Caves Rd., Andheri (E)

For more details – contact Dinesh (9833873847) or Rodney (9320793779)

Impact

Take 30 pairs of hands eager to help.  Take 30 young hearts with a passion to change things.  Take 30 pairs of legs willing to go to new places.

Put all of this talent to good use – sending them in small groups to families who have HIV or are at risk of getting the disease.

See what can happen.

A lot!

We were totally blessed to have an excellent YAA Day of Service 09.

On the 28th of November – folks from 10 different assemblies came together to serve.  And serve they did.  Meeting people in their homes, eating with them, helping out in practical ways, getting into other people’s shoes…

Everyone was changed.

Two months on – we see some really amazing long-term relationships developing.

Many thanks to all the tireless work that the JSK team did in organising our time together – especially John Jebaseelan and Ashis Karthak and Binson James for their roles in getting things ship-shape.   Huge thanks for the passionate young guns who came along and made a world of a difference – in the lives of others – and in their own lives!

YAA Day of Service 2009

Aim:

The YAA Day of Service seeks to open the eyes of youth by bringing them face to face with people affected by or at risk of HIV/AIDS.

The YAA Day of Service is at the core a group activity where individual church youth groups are paired for a day with families affected with/at risk of HIV.  The youth will be given specific service tasks to do in order to minister to, and understand what reaching out to affected families means.

What we will do:

1. We will meet in different regional centres nearest to you  (Ambarnath, Kurla, Mulund, Thane etc) on the morning of November 28^th.

2. There we will have a short orientation with a time of worship, task distribution and pep talk.  We’ll pray and move out to the families assigned.

3. We will spend the bulk of the day with the affected/at risk families doing specific acts of service and kindness.  Have a packed lunch together.  Talk.  Share.  Worship.  Build friendships.  Leave after tea at 4 PM.

4. Finally we travel to the JSK Centre in Thane for a debriefing and celebration session from 6-8 PM.  This will involve testimonies, prayer and an inspirational message as well as music and understanding the way ahead.  Your youth group will be able to meet with members of other youth groups.  The day will end with a fellowship meal.

Activities:

Are you ready to get your hands dirty? We have exciting activities for you to help you understand the kind of life HIV affected people live.  We want you to open your eyes to seeing poverty and dignity – and to give you an opportunity to help them within your capacity, so that by the end of the day you have the satisfaction of doing some good work and learning a bit more about life.

The varied activities include:

1. House keeping and improving their environment
2. White washing and repairing homes
3. Helping our friends in their profession
4. Cooking with them and sharing the meal

Apart from the activities we come to hear their life experiences and the problems they are facing and praying with them.

Program:

1. Meeting at the regional centres at 9 am sharp.
2. Time of prayer and orientation 9.00 – 10.30 am.  Then disperse for service
3. Service & fellowship with affected families 11 am –  4 pm     (enjoy a meal with the family you are serving with)
4. Travelling to JSK Centre Thane (4-5 PM)
5. All youth groups meet at the JSK Centre at 5.30 PM.  Have a cup of tea and enjoy the singing.
6. From 6-8 PM: sharing, reflections, challenge and future action plans
7. Share a fellowship dinner at 8 pm.

Interested? Give us a call!

25896952   or   9321112065