{"id":482,"date":"2014-09-01T09:06:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T09:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2014\/09\/01\/first-impressions-from-ayc-2013\/"},"modified":"2014-09-01T09:06:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T09:06:46","slug":"first-impressions-from-ayc-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/first-impressions-from-ayc-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"First Impressions from AYC 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>31 July 2013 Novi Sad, Serbia [Agnieszka Kluska, ted<\/em>NEWS]<\/span> Some have been travelling 14 hours by bus, some have been travelling 8 hours by car, but for some it has been only a 2-hour flight. Young Adventists from all around Europe have been flooding to Novi Sad, the third largest city in Serbia, to take part in Pan-European Youth Congress, under the theme \u2018The Power of One\u2018.<\/p>\n

The Congress has been organised by the Trans-European and Inter-European Divisions, but there are guests coming from all around the world. There are 19 people from Euro-Asia Division, 15 people from Australia, 8 from Canada, 2 from Chile and 2 have just arrived from Papua New Guinea\u201c says Judy McKie, Congress Assistant. \u2018We\u2019re expecting around 3,000 people with the climax of 4,000 people on Saturday\u2018.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Everyone comes to the Congress with different expectations, however, there are some goals shared by all; meeting new friends and hearing good preaching is the key focus of youth coming to Novi Sad. \u2018We\u2019d like to meet new people and have a chance to meet Jesus\u201c say Anja, Stephanie and Valeria from Germany. \u2018I\u2019m expecting things I have not done or seen before. Maybe some new ideas for outreach and church work,\u2018 adds Paulina from Poland. \u2018We want to have fun!’ laughs Daniel from Italy.<\/p>\n

The preachers are keen to work with the youth and share their message. \u2018I would like to see young people inspired and coming back again to the core of adventism. I\u2019d like to see them interested in God, the story of God and the Bible. On Friday all young people will be taken onto the streets of Novi Sad. I\u2019m expecting to see a lot of these young people ministering,\u2018 says pastor Janos Kovacs-Biro.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Some newcomers are surprised by the heats, but the majority are enjoying the sun and are takeing a chance to do some sightseeing before the programme officially starts. Novi Sad, a city situated on the banks of the Danube, is a major cultural centre in Sebia and it has a lot to offer. \u2018We went for a walk around the city and it\u2019s lovely. There are lots of nice cafes,\u2018 Ola and Sara from Poland are very enthiusiastic about their experience. \u2018We feel at home here, \u2018 say young people from Croatia.<\/p>\n

All the time new people arrive to the Congress site. The hall is crowded and full of laughter and excitement. If you\u2019re not able to join us in person, click here<\/a> for the live coverage from Novi Sad. [ted<\/em>NEWS]<\/p>\n

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The Congress has been organised by the Trans-European and Inter-European Divisions, but there are guests coming from all around the world. There are 19 people from Euro-Asia Division, 15 people from Australia, 8 from Canada, 2 from Chile and 2 have just arrived from Papua New Guinea\u201c says Judy McKie, Congress Assistant. \u2018We\u2019re expecting around 3,000 people with the climax of 4,000 people on Saturday\u2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1592,7,1577],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bosnia-herzegovina-montenegro-north-macedonia-serbia","category-news","category-organisational-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}