{"id":1291,"date":"2018-06-13T10:05:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T10:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2018\/06\/13\/cyprus-teen-young-adult-campout-inaugurates-new-site\/"},"modified":"2018-06-13T10:05:32","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T10:05:32","slug":"cyprus-teen-young-adult-campout-inaugurates-new-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/cyprus-teen-young-adult-campout-inaugurates-new-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus Teen &#038; Young Adult campout inaugurates new site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>13 June 2018 | Larnaca, Cyprus [<em>ted<\/em>NEWS]<\/p>\n<p>Teens and young adults from two church communities in Nicosia, Cyprus enjoyed a weekend campout, 1-3 June 2018, which inaugurated a potential new campsite close to the sea in the southern port of Larnaca.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1287\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 15px;\" title=\"Site near Larnaca\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus3.jpg\" alt=\"2018June Cyprus3\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus3.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus3-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus3-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus3-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus3-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus3-1100x825.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus3-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>The youth enjoyed interactive presentations led by TED Teen Ministries director, Alastair Agbaje. The weekend was a positive mission not just to the Adventist youth, but to the large number of non-Christian friends that joined them from the local universities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-1289\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: right;\" title=\"Group gathering around a fire [Photo credit: Alastair Agbaje]\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus2.jpg\" alt=\"2018June Cyprus2\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus2-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus2-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus2-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus2-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus2-1100x825.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/images_news-2018_2018June_Cyprus2-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The Church in Cyprus purchased the plot of land many years ago but had never used it. With a small inauguration ceremony, a sleep over, a bonfire and singing, that has all changed.<\/p>\n<p>Agbaje reflected on how much everyone enjoyed the fellowship and sharing of stories and how much potential the field has to become a campsite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI admired the group who managed to stay one night without the essential resources, such as electricity and running water,\u201d he stated. \u201cThis land has a great opportunity to become a mission field community service project for the future.\u201d [<em>ted<\/em>NEWS]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>ted<\/em>NEWS Staff: Victor Hulbert, editor; Sajitha Forde-Ralph, associate editor<br \/>119 St Peter&#8217;s Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3EY, England<br \/>E-mail: <span id=\"cloak9e61f50871f4b3ae73e4fa24eac9cc40\"><span id=\"cloaka591f91b570e17c5b5e7794ec6cdc335\"><a href=\"mailto:tednews@ted.adventist.org\">tednews@ted.adventist.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>Website: www.ted.adventist.org<br \/>tedNEWS is an information bulletin issued by the communication department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European Division. 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