Student department leaders had a time of workshop with the teen members in Philippines. The workshop was held after the activity session prepared by the Philippines members. There were four different workshops: Worship, Prayer, Design, Evangelism.

The first workshop was led by Chungwon Yoon, OTM US Worship Department leader. The Prayer Department leader, Dowon Kim led the workshop which was on prayer. Then Heewon Ham, OTM US Design Department leader led the workshop for design. Each department leader shared their personal testimony, then they shared what was done in each department. Lastly each department leader shared 3 practical advices on each topic. After the 3 workshops from 3 department leaders, Pastor Amanda, OTM representative gave a workshop on evangelism. During this last workshop, Pastor Amanda shared the importance of evangelism and gave some advices.

After all the workshops, all the members went out to evangelize. The teens shared flyers to many people inviting them to a Bible Study. When they came back from evangelizing, they had a joyful dinner fellowship. The membership training ended with a short time of prayer. All the teens and the student leaders had a joyful time together.

The current OTM Korea leader first listed the objectives of the meeting. The first is “each department will unite with the headquarters of each ministry.” As teens, they are the next generation and when the time comes, they will be working in various ministries. What they can do now is to train in each department to prepare for their ministry beforehand. They should inherit the works of the first generation well. The second is that “all departments will have a direction for missionary work.” All departments in OTM US & Canada have the same mind, they were all eager to “convince one more teenager.” OTM Korea hopes to carry the heart in OTM HQ so that whatever department they are in, they can do it with the hope that a lamb of the Lord will return.

Next up, they revamped their previous department system. Leaders for Mission and Design Departments were reelected, while two new departments, Education and Prayer Departments, were set up. Media Department and Worship Department leaders were not altered. The new leadership team is expected to bring fresh strength into its operations.

The role of each department was reintroduced.

The Mission Department is where the children of the Lord with dreams of mission gather to plan and execute strategies on how to evangelize online. In the mission department, teens can learn what mission is, network with international missionaries, gather prayer topics from mission fields around the world, and strengthen the missionaries. The members also network with various teens around the world, connecting OTM members together.

The Design Department is a department that serves and supports the operations of the other departments. They gather teens with talent and passion for art and design to make OTM content accessible and beautiful. Their current works include making social media posts, supporting news, designing retreat & event flyers/schedules, finalizing resources, and helping with fundraising by creating merch.

The Education Department is the storage and armory of the member body. Teens who are thirsty for the Word of God can join this department. They collect and organize the Word of God and make resources to easily and quickly raise the sheep of the Lord. Currently, the US & Canada Education Department has already made multiple Bible Study resources with an effective recording and translation system. OTM Korea will follow them and start translating the resources from English to Korean.

The Prayer Department collects prayer topics from all other departments and prays for many projects in the community. Teens who love to pray, want to become deeper in prayer, or want to have a closer relationship with God are encouraged to join this department. The Prayer Department brings spiritual protection and power to all the works of the member body. The prayer members will not be alone but will be connected to the local prayer ministries in order to themselves be protected and know how to pray in the Holy Spirit.

The Media Department’s current focus is on recording and reporting, training in the most foundational field. However, they will also be expanding to content-making as they unite with the local Christian media ministries. Teens who are creative and want to harness the power of media for God can find their place here.

The Worship Department is where teens learn how to worship the Lord in spirit and truth while serving in the service praise teams. Here, teens not only can learn technical musicianship skills but also play the important role of directing the hearts of teens to the Lord. Current Worship Department traditions include prayer & praise nights, music lessons, performances, and praising in all services.

With all this clarified, the departments will work on their specific plans and goals during winter vacation to be ready for operation in the next quarter. Leaders will be briefed on progress once a week by conducting weekly online meetings for follow-up. Department members were also recruited in this meeting.

May all members spend their vacation’s precious time doing the Lord’s work. It is also hoped that what they do will become a culture among the next generation while discovering and growing their talents in God’s. May they truly be a light in the world and draw the lost sheep of the Lord home.

They were taught Creation and Fall and attended by two members who received great grace. One member reviewed herself through many deep questions, and, through the Word, shared a profound testimony of the Lord’s love.

One member said, “I saw the downside of my faith- I was skeptical in God. I wanted to love God, but I also saw that I was looking for something other than God. I wanted to love God, but I had questioned upon why God, who is a God of love, wanted us to love him. But after learning about true love today, I got the answer. I am loved by God. So I want to love God back. I understand that the wisdom of God is truly greater than the wisdom of this world. I think the things of this world are better, but I wonder what would happen if God’s wisdom was really greater.”

They will again learn how to spread the gospel and teach the Bible. Please pray for them to continue learning the love of the Lord and have a beautiful response back. 

From this year, OTM has brainstormed ways for new members to grow in their faith as well as unite together. Through gathering together online, teen members gained encouragement through witnessing others their age also following God.

The monthly membership training will be a time for teens to delve deeper into foundational Bible studies. In this first gathering, the topics of Creation and Fall were explained more deeply. Teenagers could meditate more on the necessity of responding to God’s love and spreading it to others. Through looking at the Fall, they could study more how Satan tempts them and how to overcome the deeply rooted arrogance in man.

After the 2 Bible studies, OTM members had a short activity on Bible trivia and then talked about teaching and evangelizing. Many teens nowadays have a passion for evangelism and teaching their friends the Word of God. This lecture allowed them to look at the preciousness of teaching and the command that Jesus gave to each Christian in the Great Commission. OTM members could receive practical guidance on how to live it out in their lives to evangelize and teach their friends.

Lastly, teens were asked to think and pray for new ways to evangelize their peers and to help teens grow in their faith in the Lord.

May God use these gatherings to strengthen and unite all OTM members that they may be raised from a young age to be devoted to God’s Kingdom.

OTM headquarters leaders will meet with Olivet Assembly UK and OA Europe church leaders to better understand their local context and give ministry presentations to parents, leaders and students. They will visit London and the OA Europe headquarters at Olivet Center Europe just south of the capital.

A parenting seminar will give guidance on raising teens to better understand emotional, physical and spiritual development of early adolescence. It will also include how parents and church members can raise teens to grow in the love of God. Members and parents will be informed on how to recruit volunteers and develop a teen mission program.

OTM leaders from North America, Asia Pacific and Europe will also gather at this time to discuss plans for raising teens in the church who will become the leaders of tomorrow. The conference will cover topics such as education, camps and leadership training. Please pray that God can guide the preparations so it may be an effective meeting.