Month of April

5th & 6th April, 2008 - Service team meeting

Service team of Mangalore had its meeting in Ashoknagar Church from 5th evening. Fr Beenish and Sr Rosemary were also present during the meeting.

11th April - Formation of St. Joseph Engineering College Prayer meeting Core team

- The first core team of St. Joseph’s engineering college prayer meeting was formed with a total of 6 members with Robert as the coordinator and Carol as the asst. coordinator. A new blog of the prayer meeting is also being created visit http://jesusyouth-sjec.blogspot.com

13th April Bl Alphonsa Chruch Prayer meeting core team formation – A new core team was formed for the Alphonsa prayer meting with a total of 9 members.

19th and 20th April - Karnataka service team training – A two day training for all the key leaders of Karnataka was held at Pastoral Centre. 30 participants were present. The main resources were Mr. Dr. Chackochan Njavally, Br. George, Br. Dony, Br.Siljo, Br. Rodney, Br Shoy and Sr.Rosemary, Sr.Cicil. The sessions were mainly on solving problems in ministry and current trends and issues at leadership level.

20th April - Living Waters at Manipal

A Professional gathering mainly involving all the doctors, engineers and the working crowd of Manipal came under one roof to experience the joy and love of Jesus. It was a one day initial program with 40 participants. The sessions were handled by Br. George and Br. Dony. All the participants were filled with the power of the Holy Spirit by the end of the program.

25th to 29th April - Full timers outreach in Mangalore

– A total of 10 full timers came to Mangalore for a mission experience. They went to various places like St. Joseph Engineering College, Wenlock Hospital, Mudipu and various prayer meetings in Mangalore. Jesus youths from Mangalore were accompanying them on each of the days.

26th & 27th April - Night Vigil at Bishop's House, Mangalore

The monthly night vigil of Jesus Youth in Mangalore was held at Bishops house from 26th evening to 27th morning. Around 50 people came for the night vigil and spent their the whole night with the lord.

27th April, Nurses Builders Program

– A one day leaders gathering for nurses took place at Olivet House, Jeppu for 80 participants. Br. Joshy M A from Kerala was the main resource.

Second step

Every Saturday 13 disciples gather together at Retreat House to spend time with their master Jesus and to learn more about Him. The sessions are taken by Merlin and Suraj.

As we thank the Lord for all the blessings that he has showered on us in the month of April we keep all the initiatives of the Jesus youth in the coming month