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CHICAGO, IL (July 7, 2009) \u2013 High school students living as far apart as Arlington, Massachusetts, and Unalakleet, Alaska, gathered in Chicago to spend last Tuesday through Saturday developing new spiritual practices, listening for God\u2019s call on their lives, and learning to serve in their communities.
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\nStudents and youth leaders from nine Evangelical Covenant churches representing five conferences participated in this year\u2019 Youth Nexus<\/a> event, says coordinator Bob Auger. The participants were \u201cwonderfully diverse\u201d ethnically, he added, noting that they included African Americans, Africans, Caucasians, Indians, Native Alaskans, and Latinos.<\/p>\n

\"Kids\"\u201cAs always it was amazing to see the students and leaders gel so quickly as they began to share their experiences with each other and to have shared experience together,\u201d Auger says.<\/p>\n

Students spent the mornings learning from faculty of North Park Theological Seminary and denominational leaders. Following lunch, they engaged in activities or visited sites that built upon the day\u2019s theme. Click here<\/a> to see additional photos.<\/p>\n

Daily themes included spiritual formation, caring for themselves and their relationships, ways of approaching differences together, and developing an understanding of what God may be calling them to do.<\/p>\n

It was important for participants to learn about more than how ministry is done in Chicago, Auger says. The students also learned how to contextualize the lessons into their own settings.<\/p>\n

No one suffered for a lack of things to do.<\/p>\n

\"Group\"Students took trips to the new Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, the Art Institute of Chicago, and John Hancock Tower observatory. Auger noted that going to the top of the Hancock \u2013 the city\u2019s fourth largest building – offered an opportunity for \u201ca macro, hands-off view of the city that was later contrasted with a very micro, hands-on view of several city-based ministries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newly commissioned Covenant short-term missionaries John and Rebecca Kim shared how they each discerned their calls to mission.<\/p>\n

Some of the time was spent just relaxing. The students visited the Field Museum, Millennium Park, and rode the Ferris wheel at Navy Pier, where they also watched the city\u2019s large fireworks display.<\/p>\n

The seminary\u2019s Making Connections<\/a> initiative, funded by a Lilly Grant, sponsors Youth Nexus as a way to communicate North Park’s ministry vision to church communities around North America. Youth pastors nominate the students based upon their potential as future ministry leaders. The program started in 2004.<\/p>\n

The number of participants was slightly smaller this year, Auger says, due to several timing issues. The denomination\u2019s Annual Meeting, the Cornerstone Christian rock festival, and CHIC all are being held within several weeks of each other.<\/p>\n

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