26.02.2024
Winter Madness Draws Great Crowd
There was a full house on Saturday evening (February 24) for Dublin and Glendalough Youth Council’s Winter Madness event. Over 200 young people filled Holy Trinity Church in Rathmines for the evening which was organised by DGYC’s Youth Ministry Coordinator Emma Fawcett in conjunction with Summer Madness.
Emma and CIYD’s Simon Henry welcomed young people and youth groups from all over Dublin and Glendalough as well as groups who came from Limerick and Down and Dromore.
Oliver Rea and his band led the worship and the speaker was Laurence Bellew from Belfast whose talk was on the theme of ‘Don’t miss the goal’ based on the story of Jonah. He urged the young people to keep their eyes on Jesus and not be distracted by what was going on around them. “God has amazing things planned for you but you have to keep your eyes on Jesus so that you don’t miss them,” he commented.
Taking up the theme that Jonah was told by God to ‘go’, Emma said that to go sometimes might mean a big moment in someone’s life. But it also might just be to step out. “Jonah might have turned away from the ‘go’ or you might be ignoring the ‘go’,” she said. “Sometimes it’s scary to go but God is safe hands and he will not fail you.”
DGYC celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. One of the ways the youth council is marking the milestone is giving copies of the book ‘Luke: an eyewitness account’ to young people. Everybody present on Saturday evening was given a copy.
Winter Madness took place for the first time in Dublin last year. This year more than twice as many people attended.
DGYC and Kill o’ the Grange are hosting a youth worship night on April 19.
