DEPARTMENT NEWS
“Unbreakable”
A Special Message from a General Conference Youth Director
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hat do you get when you have a powerful preaching ministry, a love for youth, and a global calling? You get someone like Pastor Pako Mokgwane. In 2015, while speaking for the South African Union Pathfinder Camporee in Dundee, South Africa, I met Pastor Pako at breakfast one day. It was a powerful experience. You could tell the young man had a purpose and calling. At the time, he was the youth director of the Botswana Union. He was filled with energy, passion, and love for life! It was several months later that he was elected the associate youth director of the General Conference. On October 10, Pastor Pako shared a powerful and spirit-filled message with the youth and young adults of the Alberta Conference. He spoke on the subject of the apostle Paul and the earthen vessel. We are earthen vessels. God made us all different, but when we submit to Him, He can use us to do powerful things, even amid challenges and unforeseen circumstances! Pastor Pako Pastor Pako emphasized Mokgwane it's not the vessel that matters; it's the content of the ship. Paul had something powerful in his boat: the grace of
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God. Paul chose to become a victim of grace, sharing the message of love, forgiveness, and grace with the world around him. Through this powerful, inspirational, and empowering message, Pastor Pako shared that while sometimes we encounter experiences that make us feel broken, we can have Christ, who is unbreakable. — Submitted by Dr. Lyle Notice, Youth Director ALBERTA CONFERENCE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT WEEKEND
OCTOBER 10, 2020 TIME: 11:30 AM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: 4:00 PM
Speaker:
Pako Mokgwane
General Conference Associate Youth Director Pastor Pako is passionate about Youth Evangelism through the various forms of media. Media and physical opportunities prompt each young person do their part to expedite the coming of the Lord, contributing to TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT and more intentionally TOTAL YOUTH INVOLVEMENT. He recently served as the Youth, Stewardship, and Communications Director for the Botswana Union Conference after first serving as a frontline pastor in both North Botswana and South Botswana Conferences.
More information: Dr. Lyle Notice
Youth Director The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
5816 Hwy 2A, Lacombe, AB T4L 2G5 Phone: (403) 342-5044 ext 227 freshalbertayouth.ca/ lnotice@albertaadventist.ca
