Episode 45 - Season 3 Kick Off

Welcome to Season 3 of the Next Gen Now Podcast! Are you ready to hear what's next in Next Gen Ministry? Join Next Gen Minister Jill Shelby and Lead Student Minister Adam Herndon as they review Seasons 1 & 2 and preview Season 3 of the podcast. The next generation needs you now! But, you also need the next generation and what God is doing among them. Want to serve in Next Gen? Click here: https://thehills.org/serveothers Register for Next Gen Activate on August 13 here: Keller Next Gen Activate - 2:00-4:30 pm North Richland Hills Next Gen Activate - 3:00-6:00 pm West Fort Worth Next Gen Activate - 2:30-5:00 pm Check out our Next Gen Ministers who spoke about the next generation on Communicators Weekend.  Jill Shelby | Meet The Moment | Communicators Weekend 2023 - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSSVOTVZPSM&t=593s Adam Herndon | The Overflow | Communicators Weekend 2023 - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBcQGCZDO0k Susan Conway | Anticipating God's Voice | Communicators Weekend 2023 - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGL8WsCR1Tg Jackson Sanford | Carry The Fire | Communicators Weekend 2023 - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hki_f7mD1fE&t=687s Tquan Moore | Identified | Communicators Weekend 2023 - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXaJoieQR0w Next Gen Manifesto We are an army. We have a leader. Our leader is Jesus. We will follow him anywhere. He is our king and our friend. We know Him, we trust His voice, we obey His calling. He tells us who we are. He has all power and authority and he shares it with us. We are an army. We have an enemy. Our enemy is real. We know his tactics are lies, confusion, chaos, destruction and death. We are aware of his activity when we see it. We are not deceived by his lesser stories of materialism, secularism, consumerism, and individualism. Our armor and weapons include truth, Scripture, worship, and prayer. We practice using these every day. We are an army. We have a purpose. Our purpose is loving God and loving others as we pursue the Kingdom of God. The world needs us. They have been deceived. They need light, revelation, insight, healing, and breakthrough. They need to discover the Way, the Truth and the Life. We're on assignment and living our calling. We are not self-actualizing, we are self-emptying following in the footsteps of Jesus. We are an army. We are equipped and activated. Our training is constant. We know where the battle is--in the heavenly realms. We lock arms with brothers and sisters, gaining ground for the good king and leaving his good kingdom in our wake. We have the armor of God, the word of God as truth, and the Holy Spirit as our constant companion. We are an army. We have a story. It's the best story and the only true, beautiful story there is so we will keep re-telling it for all generations so each generation can set its heart anew on God. This is how we meet the moment. We tell stories. We pray hungry. We lay down our lives. We rise up to meet the moment in the power of the Holy Spirit to fulfill his purposes for us in these times. We are an army!