Conference

The annual GYC convention, themed "For This Purpose" has just concluded and God has blessed beyond measure...again!   For the five days of the convention we hosted over 3200 regeristered attendees.  On Sabbath 5500 young people of all ages attended Divine Worship.  The conference included 17 different seminars covering a wide range of subjects to better help our youth define and commit to God's purpose for their lives. On Sabbath, our  outreach volunteers filled 50 school buses, knocked on over 23,000 doors in San Jose, gave out 18,000 pieces of literature and combined with our first-ever Health Expo signed up over 1300 precious souls for Bible Studies.  These contacts will provide the launch for an up-coming evangelistic series to be held in the San Jose area.

Next year's conference will be hosted in Louisville, Kentucky on the dates of December 30, 2009-January 3, 2010.  Our theme is unASHAMED based on Romans 1:16, "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ..."  We look forward to seeing you there!

Some interesting statistics regarding registration/attendance for you to enjoy... 

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| State                | Count |
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| Alaska               |     1 |
| Alabama              |     5 |
| Arkansas             |    20 |
| Arizona              |    54 |
| California           |  1434 |
| Colorado             |    12 |
| District of Columbia |     1 |
| Florida              |    44 |
| Georgia              |    30 |
| Hawaii               |     2 |
| Iowa                 |     1 |
| Idaho                |    32 |
| Illinois             |    33 |
| Indiana              |    28 |
| Kansas               |    13 |
| Kentucky             |     7 |
| Louisiana            |     6 |
| Massachusetts        |    16 |
| Maryland             |    31 |
| Maine                |    23 |
| Michigan             |   200 |
| Minnesota            |    27 |
| Missouri             |     9 |
| Mississippi          |     4 |
| Montana              |    20 |
| North Carolina       |     9 |
| North Dakota         |     3 |
| Nebraska             |     9 |
| New Hampshire        |     4 |
| New Jersey           |     5 |
| New Mexico           |    36 |
| Nevada               |    24 |
| New York             |    32 |
| Ohio                 |    48 |
| Oklahoma             |    40 |
| Oregon               |    99 |
| Pennsylvania         |    10 |
| Rhode Island         |     1 |
| South Carolina       |     3 |
| South Dakota         |     6 |
| Tennessee            |    57 |
| Texas                |    93 |
| Utah                 |     2 |
| Virginia             |    27 |
| Vermont              |     1 |
| Washington           |   121 |
| Wisconsin            |    12 |
| West Virginia        |     2 |
| Wyoming              |     2 |
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| Country                              | Count |
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| AUSTRALIA                            |     4 |
| AUSTRIA                              |     1 |
| BANGLADESH                           |     3 |
| BOTSWANA                             |     1 |
| CANADA                               |   217 |
| COLOMBIA                             |     1 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC                       |     1 |
| GERMANY                              |     2 |
| SPAIN                                |     2 |
| ETHIOPIA                             |     1 |
| UNITED KINGDOM                       |    27 |
| GHANA                                |     2 |
| GUAM                                 |    15 |
| IRELAND                              |     2 |
| KOREA                                |     4 |
| MEXICO                               |     1 |
| MALAYSIA                             |     4 |
| NETHERLANDS                          |     4 |
| PHILIPPINES                          |     1 |
| SWEDEN                               |     7 |
| UGANDA                               |     1 |
| UKRAINE                              |     1 |
| UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS |     1 |
| UNITED STATES                        |  2725 |
| SOUTH AFRICA                         |    11 |
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