Newday 2025 - The tide is coming in
In late July, Everyday Church took 47 teenagers to Newday. That included a big group of younger teenagers coming for the first time, and 7 teenagers who, as far as we know, are unchurched. I wanted to give you an update of how that went.
But to do that, I need to start a bit earlier.
Earlier this year, at a prayer meeting, Pat Flowers had a prophetic word for our youth ministry. She had a picture of the tide coming in. Pat felt this was a picture for our young people, that the tide has been out for a while, and it's starting to come in. Gradually, then suddenly.
I tell you that because at Newday this year, a lady I didn't know found me across a crowded room and prophesied something very similar.
"she saw shoots starting to emerge, signs of spring"
She said she saw shoots starting to emerge, signs of spring. She said that God was calling me to speak out about what God was doing in our young people and to tell others that spring was coming.
So, having faith in that, let me tell you what I saw...
- 3 members of our group gave their lives to Jesus.
- 10 raised their hand to say they’d like to get baptised when they get home.
- At least one member of our group said they were filled with the Holy Spirit for the first time. Not only that, they opened their mouth to pray, and God gave them the gift of tongues then and there.
- Someone prophesied over a stranger they met last year, and that person came to find them this year to tell them that God had fullfilled that prophecy.
- A member of our group was healed of a sinus issue they have had since they were 4.
- 10 raised their hand to say they’d like to get baptised when they get home.
- At least one member of our group said they were filled with the Holy Spirit for the first time. Not only that, they opened their mouth to pray, and God gave them the gift of tongues then and there.
- Someone prophesied over a stranger they met last year, and that person came to find them this year to tell them that God had fullfilled that prophecy.
- A member of our group was healed of a sinus issue they have had since they were 4.
"Across Newday, 760 people reported they'd given their lives to Jesus, and nearly 500 reported they'd been healed."
Those are just our stories. Across Newday, 760 people reported they'd given their lives to Jesus, and nearly 500 reported they'd been healed.
And God is working in Everyday Church far beyond Newday.
"God is working in our teenagers."
Last year, we took a survey of our youth. Almost 70% of the young people who responded have given their lives to Jesus. This year we have had highest attendance at Sunday morning’s Deeper in our history. Our Nightlife attendance has doubled in a year. God is working in our teenagers.
Working with young people right now, feels like reaping a harvest I did not sow (John 4:35-38). We are standing on the shoulders of giants that have prayed for your young people for years, when the tide was out. And now look, the tide is coming in.