YOUTH WEEK

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 10, 30 September 1942, Page 6

YOUTH WEEK

CAMPAIGN FOR CHRISTIAN

ORDER

Within the next few days a new badge will be appearing in increasing numbers on the streets and in the of New Zealand—not a badge of military service, Ivut a simple paper badge with the device of a white cross ontlineil in red on a blae'k background, and bearing the slogan "Christian Victor" (Christ Victorious). It Avill be worn by young people and it will be the outward sign that the wearer is participating in the nation-wide Youth Week organised bv the National Council of Churches as part of the current Campaign for Christitn Order. Youth Week will run from Sunday, September 27 to Sunday October i, inclusive, and it will be the culmination of a great deal of planning and organisation by the various churches In the Campaign, and particularly by their youth workers, youth groups, and allied bodies. Main emphasis is being placed on activities within the individual parishes and. congregations, in the form of special youth services, meetings for study and witness, and the participation of young people, in the conduct of church services. Where possible, united youth witness meetings and processions are being arranged. Special literature and badges are being distributed, and otlu avenues ol pubiicily are being use< All these youth activities are bein dovetailed with the period of ,s*uut taneons preaching from the pulpi! of all churches talcing, part in. ih Campaign for Christian Ord-r. A; rangcmcnts are also k-dng made ; many places to hold ChUdrm Weeks for younger people (especial !y Sunday School children(. but Ih dates of these fix lures n;ny var; from place to place.

The purpose of Youlh Week is to brins' home to the youth of this country the nature of the challenge that confronts- the whole Christian Church, and to develop the .solidarity of Christian Youth in meeting it. A vital and integral part of the Campaign for Christian Order, \outh Week in New Zealand owes some of its insipiration and form to the Conference of Youth held in 'f>-J9 at Amsterdam, which was attended by 1800 delegates (more than one-third of whom were under 25 years of age) representing 70 nations. Both the .slogan of the Amsconference ("Christus Victor") and its special hymn ("We would be Building," to Ihe tune of Sibclius's "Finlaiulia") have been adopted for the present Campaign in New Zealand.