God at Work through YOUTHX 2025

PSD
Apr 27
2 min read

Thanks be to God for His faithfulness at this year’s YOUTHX event! And thank you—for your prayers, support, and care for the youth in our district.

This year brought its share of challenges. With a late Easter, the event was held a month earlier than usual—during spring break for some—and at a new location with unfamiliar logistics. A month out, only 44 students had registered. The pressure was on.

But God provided.

By the time YOUTHX began, 175 students from a record 15 churches—reaching from Victorville to Simi Valley to San Diego—had registered. The event was a Spirit-filled weekend full of energy, worship, and powerful Gospel encounters. A huge thanks goes to the dedicated YOUTHX planning team—a group of passionate leaders who poured countless hours into organizing, coordinating, and praying over this event. Their work created a space where God moved in big ways.

This year’s theme, Pressure, resonated deeply. Today’s youth feel the constant weight of expectations—school, sports, social media, friendships, even church and family. The message they often hear is that they must be enough, do enough, and prove their worth. But the truth is, none of us can meet those expectations on our own.

We looked to Peter—confident, loyal, and sure he’d never deny Jesus. But he did. Under pressure, he failed. And yet, even in that failure, Jesus was already carrying Peter’s burden. At the cross, Christ bore the full weight of our sin and shame.

“He was pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities… and by His wounds we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5)

One of the most powerful moments came when students wrote what they feel pressured to be on rocks—words like “perfect,” “smart,” “enough.” Those rocks were later placed in a wire cross, a powerful image of Christ carrying our burdens. It was a moving, sacred moment that made the Gospel feel real and personal.

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Untold thousands are still in darkness, lost like “sheep that have gone astray”. But this is exactly the mission our Lord has created His Church for – reaching the lost for Jesus’ sake in as many ways as necessary. This is the purpose for which our 300 churches and 150 schools were founded in their many contexts. And “the fields are ripe for the harvest” right now!

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