May 7, 2009
JRM YouthLink: Turning the vision into reality
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The JRM YouthLink was a newsletter initiated by our past youth leaders. Its former leaders were Ate Jasminez Lintag, Kuya Cris Orido and Ate Melai Limbo. Its original purpose was to connect the youth through writings such as news, explanations on the preachingspreaching, literary works, testimonies, etc. Its last issue was in 2005 (which I was able to get a copy). Presently, the paper has come back with its new format as a youth magazine carrying the same name ‘JRM YouthLink.’. Its missionIt exists to glorify God by being a catalyst in reaching out and discipling young people to help them build their faith on the person of Jesus Christ. is to… and it And it envisions tyoung people radically transformed into global Christians, committed to the calling of glorifying God in their lives and advancing His Kingdom to this generation and beyond. It is founded on the word of God on Psalm 45:17 which states, “I will cause Your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore nations will praise you forever and ever.”o…
November – December 2008
Through God’s initiative, the work for on reviving the paper begun during this season. Ate Jo Sallyne Vicencio and Ate Ace Escario has been encouraging Rachelle and I to start working on the paper. I was too reluctant at that time. I was holding back because I kneow it’s a difficult task and it would cost me much of my time as a student. (Time is too precious for a very busy student like me with a real deal in demand schedule) But with God, nothing is impossible. He can speak to a person’s heart. He can convict a person to whom He assigns a task. The present generation has to know that many had shed their tears and prayers for them. They have to know why the present youth ministry exists, along with its passion to glorify God even more. There has to be a means to convey these accounts. Then I thought of La Solidaridad and all the other literary publicationworkss and their impact during the Philippines’ colonial periods. Works such as these served as catalyst for change in this country. These thoughts came rushing unto me like a flood. In other words, the strong desire to pass on the story of the richness of God’s glory among the JRM Youth to the present and succeeding generations compelled me to say yes. Months after this, I found out that two of our editors my Associate Editor and another former youth leader have prayed for this newsletter/ magazine. He has answered their prayers.
Compared to other editors-in-chief, I have don’t haven’t hadhave even a single experience in writing for a publication,publication; more so on being part of a publication as an editor… much worse, as an the editor-in-chief. We/I really started from zero (zero to the nth level).. We have no advisers/mentors to back us up in the technicalities of the paper. All we have is God, encouragements and the approval of our leaders.
The Re-launch
The following is the series of events that had happened (November 2008 to May 2009) as we start and progress on this impossibility that has been made possible by the powerful hands of the Lord:
NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2008::
1. Intercession and confirmation from the Lord
2. Connect with the former leaders of YouthLink
3. Interview Ate Melai Limbo, former head of the YouthLink
4. Individual planning c/o Rachell Navarro and Andrianne Gomez
a. Researching
b. Gathering ideas from different types of publications
c. Keenly observing the lay-out, contents and style of writing of the present publications that we have (e.g. The Manila Collegian, Christian Newsletters, Church Newsletters, Newsmagazines, Commercial Magazines, etc.)
d. Interviewing people who were formerly involved in publications (e.g. former editors/ editor-in-chief of a school publication, etc.)
e. Conceptualization of the mission-vision of this endeavor (with much prayer)
5. Corporate planning (Rachell Navarro, Andrianne Gomez and Miko Cuenca)
a. Brainstorming on the contents of the paper
b. Options on the type of publication (e.g. newsletter, newsmagazine, magazine, etc.)
c. The process of making the magazine
d. Individual preferences
e. Preferences of the present youth
f. Mision-vision
g. The official name: JRM YouthLink
h. Frequency of the release of issues
i. Tasks to do
j. Positions to be filled in by the future editorial staff
k. Size of the paper
l. Number of pages
m. Design/ preferred appearance
n. Printing and Distribution of printed and electronic copies
o. E-mail address
n.p. Funding
o.q. Human resource… Identifying possible people to connect to:
i. JB Lacaden
ii. Nissi Yumang
iii. Joy Javier
iv. Ninia Tarlit
v. Michael Ramon
6. Individual prayer, planning and synthesis
7. Establishing connections and laying down of burden to other youth leaders:
a. Jo Sallyne Vicencio
b. Ptr. Boyette Dominguez
b.c. Joseph Abdullah
c.d. Thommy Harr Gamet
d.e. Abbbigail Luvinne Galita
f. Angelo Alcantara
g. JB Lacaden
h. Ace Escario
i. Jeff Lintag
JANUARY 2009:
8. Finalization of the plan
a. Powerpoint presentation of all the plans for all the issues for this year (Volume 1, Issues 1-4)
b. Members of the editorial staff were now identified
9. Formalizing JRM YouthLink as an Interest Group (withdrawing it then re-launching it as an interest groupà believe me all these happened)
10. 1st meeting was held in January 2009
11. Execution of the plan
a. Dec 2008 – Mar 2009: Collection and editing of articles
b. April 2009: Editing and Lay-outing
c. May 2009: Printing and Distribution of copies (electronic copies via e-mail, printed copies will be distributed during the youth service this May 9, 2009)
d. Establishing contact to new applicants and contributors (other youth) as an interest group
i. Nikko Izar
ii. Prean Langcaoun
iii. Marie Louise
The process may seem simple upon being enumerated but it actually caused several days of intermittently being broken before the Lord. Many times I asked the Lord to take me out of this position but He won’t allow me. There had also been a season of interplay of discouragements and encouragements but the word of God prevailed. This ministry is not just a group that writes. It is a testimony of God’s hand moving from impossibility to reality. The Lord Jesus Christ alone is to be glorified in all of these… no one else.
Luke 1:37 “For nothing is impossible with God”
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