February 19thChristen Kong from Toronto Chinese Mennonite Church named as representative to Global Youth Summit in Indonesia 2021
Christen Kong, 26, from Toronto, Ont., has been selected, not only as a representative, but also as the official delegate for Mennonite Church Canada to the Global Youth Summit in Indonesia. She will attend GYS delegate sessions and will be assigned a special GYS project that the five representatives will work on together prior to the summit.
"I want to experience what it means to be bold in faith knowing that a congregation, who loves Jesus, surrounds us."
Kong has an undergraduate degree in environmental sustainability and international development, is a former participant in Mennonite Central Committee’s SALT program and has worked in communications for a community arts organization in Toronto.
“I look most forward to learning how to co-create ways of living together by making meaning out of our differences while encouraging our similarities,” says Kong. “I want to laugh lots and serve people through prayer. I want to experience what it means to be bold in faith knowing that a congregation, who loves Jesus, surrounds us.”
Five young adults have been chosen to represent Mennonite Church Canada in Indonesia at the Global Youth Summit (GYS) 2021 in Salatiga, Indonesia. GYS takes place July 2-5, 2021, four days before Mennonite World Conference. The event is for youth ages 18 to 30 and provides an opportunity for young Anabaptists to connect to share news, experiences, and struggles from different continents and countries, in order to enrich the faith of all. The theme is “Life in the Spirit: Learn, Serve, Worship.”
One representative was chosen from each of Mennonite Church Canada’s regional churches:
- Andrew Klassen Brown (Mennonite Church Manitoba)
- Madison Harms (Mennonite Church Saskatchewan)
- Rebecca Janzen (Mennonite Church Alberta)
- Christen Kong (Mennonite Church Eastern Canada)
- Ashley Rempel (Mennonite Church British Columbia).