The Tribune

By ALESHA CADET

Tribune Features Reporter

acadet@tribunemedia.net

THE YOUTH Department at Macedonia Baptist Church last week hosted a seminar under the theme “Powered Up for Service”.

Brent Stubbs, Macedonia Baptist Church Youth Department Director, said the event was well attended by the young people, who heard from a distinguished group of lecturers, including Evangelist Laverne Sturrup, Minister Sharmaine Adderley, Minister Clinton Minnis and Minister Lionel Elliott.
He said there were also special guest appearances made by Sean Williams, who was in town from Whole Life Sports Ministry in Kingston, Jamaica. Additionally, the Gospel group ‘CREAM’ was also in attendance.

The Rev Elliston Smith, president of the Young People’s Fellowship of the Bahamas National Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention and Youth Minister at St John’s Native Baptist Church, along with Deaconess Joanne Webb of the Golden Gates Native Baptist Church and the assistant director of the Baptist Sports Council also came out to support.

Members of PUSH, in connection with the Youth Department at Macedonia Baptist, all gathered at the Church on Bernard Road for the seminar.

PUSH: Powered Up for Salvation and Healing is a new group that was launched during last year’s anniversary of the Macedonia Baptist Church’s youth department.

The seminar, according to Mr Stubbs, was designed to motivate and empower the young people of the church, helping them carry out their functions in the manner that God designed for them to do.

While the young people could have found so many things to engage in, especially on a Saturday, they took the time to come out and listen intently to the speakers, who spoke on a mirage of topics, said Mr Stubbs, who was very encouraged by the youth participation. 
The topics included: ‘Get on board. Are you a part of the team?’; ‘Reach out and touch somebody’ and ‘What’s next? Where do I go? What do I say? What do I do?’

According to Mr Stubbs, the seminar was such a success that the newly installed senior pastor, the Rev Hartman Nixon commissioned PUSH to stage another one within the next three months.

“Each of the speakers who took part, were able to enlighten and inspire. The whole idea was to get as motivated as we can for the youth movement that our pastor has outlined,” he said.

Mr Stubbs said the PUSH Seminar was just a beginning to laying the ground work for an Evangelistic trust, not only in the church, but the wider community of Fox Hill.

“I think we can say that we’ve gotten off on the right foot and we intend to achieve our ultimate goal,” he said.