How Do I Go About Finding A Good Church?

Unfortunately, the only exposure many of us have had to a church is seeing someone on TV (who also happened to be a little strange). Others might make a plunge and go to a church because someone invited them. However, we can still have one or more of the following reactions:

• "What they had to say had nothing to do with the real world."
• "They used weird talk, lots of words I never heard before."
• "They didn't really use the Bible, and I didn't learn anything new."
• "They seemed more interested in my money than anything else."
• "The music was pretty bad."
• "They asked the new folks to stand up and introduce themselves."
• "Frankly, the people I met there seemed a little odd. They also seemed to have their own personal opinion of everything."

The obvious result: few new people return for more.

Actually, church should be:

• Practical and relevant to today's world.
• Use normal language.
• Follow the Bible, using it as their only source of God's truth, and their final authority.
• Let the visitors know that they are not expected to give any money.
• Have good music.
• Allow people to visit the church without putting them "under a spotlight" or have them do something they would not normally do in public.
• Teach the truth, not existentialism.

Christians On Education

A Christian education will teach a child how to grow with God and to understand, appreciate, and praise Him. It teaches the child how to know what his function is as God's loved creation and his obligations as a child of God in this world. The student is taught to glorify God and to develop and use his gifts from God, his intellect, talents, and skills, as instruments to help shape a world that is pleasing to God.

As parents, the decision on how to educate children is major. Guidance is often needed and the decision can only be made if we are educated ourselves in the reasons for selecting a Christian education.

Charitiable Teenagers

Being a teenager today is not an easy task. Being a Christian teenager is a challenge. Every day, you face constant peer pressure and it’s hard to know where to turn for advice. Just how do you know what’s cool and what is not? Questions like these are hard for any person to answer. Sometimes, what your parents say really makes no sense to you. The problem with parents is that they’ve been through the same things you have, but don’t always know how to tell you how to get through them. Most of the time, you do end up having to figure it all out by yourself.

The good news is that the Bible does provide the answers you need. It’s a matter of applying what you already know in your life and learning what you don’t already know. For providing the solutions and guideance, the youth members of All Saints’ Cathedral, Allahabad, India are working on the project where you can get the help from the expertise and people of God. Here at All Sts’ Cathedral Youth Fellowship(ASCYF), we believe that the best way to help you do this is to provide you with your own section on the site filled with resources, ideas and lots of entertaining information.

We know being a teenager is hard, but also know that you can live a good Christian life and still have fun and enjoy your teen years.