Young people around the world celebrated Global Youth Day (GYD) on March 18, 2023. In the Trans-European Division (TED) alone, 56 projects ran in parallel, including distributing fruits and free hugs in the Netherlands, celebrating Mother’s Day in England, and inviting people to sit and rest on a comfortable “Sabbath sofa”—conveniently placed in the streets of Serbia—to join in song with a choir in Poland.
While diverse, all initiatives across Europe, and indeed across the world, shared the same goal: sharing the love of Jesus with the community. Broadcasting live from the South England Conference (SEC) studio, Dejan Stojković, TED Youth Ministries director, shared, “I hope you feel the energy of our young people serving and being the hands and feet of Jesus wherever they are.”
Since 2013, the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s GYD has touched millions of lives around the world for Jesus, and this year was no exception. Thank you for making GYD so inspirational!
Sneak behind the scenes with Dejan Stojković and discover how the TED organized the live broadcast.
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Here’s a hope and prayer: that Global Youth Day spurs the church on to connect with the community in the name of Christ all year round.
The original version of this story was posted on the Trans-European Division website.