Methodist Youth Conference 2007 – An overview

On the 16th of November 2007, 150 young Methodists descended on Cardiff Bay for a weekend of discussion, debate, worship and fellowship. This year’s Methodist Youth Conference (MYC) was held in the purpose built Urdd City Sleepover centre in Cardiff Bay. Everything including the conference room, meals and beds (!) were all in the same building. There were less business sessions than in previous years so on the Saturday afternoon the delegates had the chance to explore attractions in Cardiff Bay such as the Doctor Who exhibition and the Senedd (the Welsh Assembly building).

Exploring the theme

The theme of Let my people go provoked thought and discussion of issues relating to freedom; from this year’s 200 year anniversary of the passing of the Slave Trade Act, concerns about people trafficking and exploitation today, to the freedom we can experience through Christ.

Some of the resolutions passed during the weekend were:

Action for Burma: This called for the Methodist Church to continue to pray regularly for, raise awareness of and take action on the situation in Burma.

Ecumenical Youth Links: MYC agreed that a “common ground” approach to ecumenical work has been found to be a good way of working ecumenically and that both MYE should participate in setting up an ecumenical youth network and that ecumenical links should be considered when setting up new work.

Recycling Bins: MYC believe the Church should do more to protect the environment through recycling especially since large amounts of paper is used and not all churches have recycling bins.

Songs: This called for more modern worship songs to be included in future worship resources.