twe12th

Hello everyone!

This Sunday we’ll be heading into the main service to hear a panel of three DISTINGUISHED guests:

Marcus Kroese - Youth Director, Island Evangelical Community Church

Marcus has been in Hong Kong for 4 years and is a youth pastor to teenagers aged 11-18.  He originally came to Hong Kong as a singer for Disney but God has taken him in new directions since!  Marcus believes that God has something special planned for the youth of Hong Kong and is excited to be a part of that.  He has recently been seen causing trouble for God with a joint-youth event called RESOUND.  A longtime friend of the twe12thFloor, Marcus joined us in blood sweat and toil during our 2008 [JOY]Rebuilt mission trip.

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Yohann Rivaud - Outreach Coordinator, Gateway Camps

Yohann has been in Hong Kong for 3 years and has worked with thousands of teenagers through YWAM and Gateway Camps and Outreaches.  He annually coordinates hundreds of missions experiences for teenagers from both local and international backgrounds.  Yohann received a missionary’s calling at age 13 and has recently been seen conspiring for God’s Kingdom with an outdoor leadership training camp called Niko (which he previously ran in Hawaii for 6 years!)  Yohann has been a guest at the twe12thFloor and in one visit made quite the impact.  Partly because of his name, which gushes with power.

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Richard Wu - Youth & Worship Director, Faith Community Church

Richard has been enjoying youth ministry since he was 15 years old…so much so that he went to college to study it! He has led youth groups of 100 and youth groups of 2, and has seen many of the teens under his care find their way into God’s calling for them.  Richard believes that teenagers are an indispensable gift to the church, pushing us to be more true to our vocation through their questions, critique, and passion for God.  He currently heads the twe12thFloor & Youth Sunday School.  OH WAIT—YOU KNOW WHO HE IS!!

Peace you all,

Rich Wu.

TWE12TH is the youth group of Faith Community Church in Hong Kong.  We’re a family of kids from different places and perspectives.  As twe12th we’re about loving God and loving people.  We’re Christians, which means we’re dealing and living with Jesus and his Way…plus His Father and the Holy Spirit to boot.  Which is kinda complicated but pretty awesome if you think about it. ’ Cos that means our God is one being, yet within his very being there exists relationship…and that’s a model for our life as a community.

Often we get asked, “What does ‘twe12th’ mean?  Is it just a random name?”  No. Not random.  Many years ago we chose the name “twe12thFloor” because we were located on the twe12th floor of a building.  So everyone THINKS we were named after a floor number.  Which is partly true…but it ain’t the whole shmoley.  (For the record now we’re on the second floor.)

We’re named twe12th because the no. 12 is an evocative, symbolic number in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures.  Twelve symbolizes God’s people; God’s family; God’s community in this world.  Israel had twelve tribes and Jesus’ had twelve disciples—a carefully chosen symbol of the new people of God he intended to create.  And we are “twe12th”: one part of that twelve—a local expression of God’s new and renewed humanity in this world.

We ARE local.  We meet weekly at two locales, and you should contact us to know where we are meeting on a given week.  The first locale is our new youth centre at Sheung Wan.  The second is at Sparrow House, where our youth pastor Richie and his awesome wife Sarah live.   Do come by and visit us—we’d be honoured and blessed to know you :)

Twe12th usually meets on Fridays at 5pm, but has been known to occasionally meet on Saturdays for special events.  Contact us to find out where we are this week!