October Newsletter

October 2009 Newsletter #3

New Horizons by Eugene van Deventer Worship

...breaking the chains of tradition

I remember my first few weeks at the Miederpark Dutch Reform church. The air was thick with the vapour of teenage skepticism. During the musical worship sessions, the attempts of some individual teenagers to engage in conversation with God were drowned out by the conversations of disinterested youth.

sations and finger pointing fluttered my way. Ranging from my ability to teach to my vocabulary used during services. Despite the persisting threats the music was absent for a month. The teenagers started realizing that worship is not a planned event, but a response to the realization of who God is.

Every month I invited new Something drastic had to musicians from different be done… denominations to join us in ”How dare you take away worship at Miederpark. the music sessions?” was Not to teach the teenagers the scorn of the elderly, about musical worship, but and parents’ threats to show them how we worstarted pouring in. ship. On a daily basis, new accu- This became so successful

that J.A.S.O.N. Project was born and after eight months we had our first interdenominational worship session.

est and respectful way.

In correlation with the home-groups and the worship sessions, MANY young people started an These sessions paved the honest and pure relationway for teenagers to come ship with Jesus Christ; not basing their relationship on legalistic rules created by the traditions of previous generations... ...but seeking the guidance of the Word and the Spirit.

J.A.S.O.N. Project interdenominational worship.

together, irrespective of race, class, language or denomination. The goal was to worship God in an hon-

13th Floor

...a step of tremendous faith About five months ago I received a telephone call from the eccentric Flaps van der Merwe, CEO of 13th Floor International. The motive of his call was plain and simple:

Floor (formerly known as C-Kruis) is to to create interdenominational relation“impact society with an alternative style of ships between 13th Floor and the ministry through the arts and media.” churches, schools and universities in the area. My role in 13th Floor will mainly focus on managing and ministering to the ...sounds like J.A.S.O.N. Project, but A position on the staff of this perform- teenage musicians who have joined the based in Pretoria. God works in mysteriing arts company. The focus of 13th gap year program. In addition, I will try ous ways!!!

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