Virtual youth Sabbath conference for Asia under the motto “The Youth, the hope and the strength of the Church” was held on January 29, 2022, Pastor Roland De La Paz, Leader of Asia-Division, reported via E-Mail. According the program, the conference started at 9 am with preliminaries, hymns and Sabbath School lesson. From 11 am to 12 am (Philippines’ local time) the sermon was preached by Pastor Tzvetan Petkov, General Conference President at IMS. After the sermon, specials from different Unions and Fields, including song videos by Pastor Jose Vicente Giner, General Conference Youth Leader, were presented.

In the afternoon, from 2 pm to 6 pm, the conference continued with messages to the youth from Pastor Douglas Francis, Pastor Jose Vicente Giner and Asian Division Leaders, as well as with hymns from the youth. The virtual youth Sabbath conference for Asia ended with thanksgiving, according to Psalms 103:1-5.

Pastor Roland De La Paz, Leader of Asia – Division, during the baptism of a young soul in the Philippines; a photo from the personal archive of Pastor Roland De La Paz.

Written by Margarit Zhekov