YOUTH CHAPLAIN : Rev. Jess M. George

Dearly beloved in Christ,


Welcoming a New Year is filled with many mixed emotions, but at the same time, it is seen overall as a clean slate or fresh start. It is a time for us to analyze the last year and see how to better ourselves in the new year. So many challenges and New Year’s resolutions are thought out, and have already become a challenge to us. On New Year’s Day we are excited, with the same excitement that we have when starting a new project, but carrying it throughout our lives is a challenge. The real question we need to ask is who our goals are for. Many times, we see the phrase ‘self-goals’. But if we see trying to better ourselves just for ‘me’ we will tend to compromise. Our lives should be based around God and all that He is to us. God gave all for us, so when we live, we must live faithfully, giving our all to Him. How much throughout 2023 have we been distracted and taken away from pure devotion to God? When we set goals to live for God, let’s see to it that we can achieve them. To be victorious in living our life for God requires us to set our minds on things of the Spirit and abide by the word of God.

During the first week of this month, the Diocesan Youth Fellowship will have the Leadership Conference which will be held on January 4-7, 2024. The Epiphany Mar Thoma Church, New York will host it. The theme is: “SENT: Sent to See, Sent to Seek, Sent to Speak”. Let us pray for the delegates and leaders of the conference so that it will be a purposeful and blessed experience.


Let us also pray for our college-going youths who will start a new semester this year and as they head back, they can study for God. May the Almighty God bless and guide each of us this new year.


NERYF will have the Regional Retreat on February 16-18, 2024. It will be held at the Montrose Bible Conference Center in Pennsylvania. Registration is for youths 16 and above. Encourage our youths to come for a purposefilled weekend. The theme is UNIQUE, and the main speaker is Rev. Jaisen A. Thomas, vicar of the Redeemer Mar Thoma Church. Please pray and participate.


Wishing everyone a Blessed and Happy New Year 2024! God bless you!


Much love,

Rev. Jess M. George