WEBVTT 00:00:03.380 --> 00:00:05.879 Hello and welcome to this week's episode of Trinity 00:00:05.879 --> 00:00:08.660 Talks. My name is Kyla and I'm really excited 00:00:08.660 --> 00:00:11.519 to be joined by three of the young adults here 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:14.259 at Trinity who also all happen to be... heading 00:00:14.259 --> 00:00:17.059 up our young adults ministry here. And we're 00:00:17.059 --> 00:00:19.100 going to chat a little bit more about what that 00:00:19.100 --> 00:00:21.800 looks like and what it is like to be a young 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:24.719 adult in the church today. So thank you so much 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:27.460 for joining me, folks. Thank you. Thanks for 00:00:27.460 --> 00:00:31.539 inviting us. So maybe we'll just start by you 00:00:31.539 --> 00:00:33.320 can introduce yourself a little bit, sort of 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:35.219 say your name, whatever you'd like to sort of 00:00:35.219 --> 00:00:37.759 say about yourself. And then what sort of really 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:40.859 got you interested in helping to coordinate this 00:00:40.859 --> 00:00:43.890 young adults ministry? Maybe we will start right 00:00:43.890 --> 00:00:49.289 here. Sure. My name is Zion. And I used to be 00:00:49.289 --> 00:00:51.130 the youth leader here. So some of you may know 00:00:51.130 --> 00:00:55.549 me. But I recently stepped down from that position 00:00:55.549 --> 00:00:58.049 because I just graduated from school. I was looking 00:00:58.049 --> 00:01:00.630 for a different job. And so part of what led 00:01:00.630 --> 00:01:04.349 me to want to volunteer when Rob asked me was 00:01:04.349 --> 00:01:07.670 because I was kind of missing my church involvement. 00:01:07.750 --> 00:01:12.170 So being able to step in and fill in. for this 00:01:12.170 --> 00:01:13.629 role with the experience that I already had of 00:01:13.629 --> 00:01:16.349 you know how to communicate with some of the 00:01:16.349 --> 00:01:20.569 people around in the Trinity community and kind 00:01:20.569 --> 00:01:23.030 of how that whole process works kind of just 00:01:23.030 --> 00:01:25.670 made sense and it's something that I enjoy doing 00:01:25.670 --> 00:01:28.689 I love hanging out with the young adults and 00:01:28.689 --> 00:01:32.209 in my church community so yeah okay cool thank 00:01:32.209 --> 00:01:36.129 you yeah what about for you hey I'm Eileen I 00:01:36.129 --> 00:01:40.859 only went to Trinity Probably since summer 2025. 00:01:41.060 --> 00:01:46.280 So that's so recent. The reason why I want to 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:48.780 be involved in this ministry is that I just love 00:01:48.780 --> 00:01:51.500 organizations and like hanging out with people 00:01:51.500 --> 00:01:55.519 my age. And I've always been involved in like 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:58.019 ministry since I was a baby practically back 00:01:58.019 --> 00:02:01.239 home too. So I thought it would be cool to like 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:05.219 sort of like find my own place here and like 00:02:05.219 --> 00:02:09.129 to know people and get. deeply involved in the 00:02:09.129 --> 00:02:12.169 church. So that's why I said yes when Sally and 00:02:12.169 --> 00:02:17.689 Rob asked me to coordinate this. And what about 00:02:17.689 --> 00:02:21.490 for you? Hi, I'm Chris. I'm actually, I think, 00:02:21.509 --> 00:02:24.349 one of the youngest young adults. So coming out 00:02:24.349 --> 00:02:28.610 of the high school age and going into the young 00:02:28.610 --> 00:02:31.129 adult age and getting into university, I think 00:02:31.129 --> 00:02:34.780 it's a big change for all of us. And Sally actually 00:02:34.780 --> 00:02:36.580 talked to me about this, and she said this was 00:02:36.580 --> 00:02:38.460 one of the main reasons that she asked me to 00:02:38.460 --> 00:02:40.520 be a part of leading the young adults ministry, 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:45.259 just because it can be scary going from one group 00:02:45.259 --> 00:02:47.740 to a different group. And it's really important 00:02:47.740 --> 00:02:49.439 for all of us to have a community, especially 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:53.479 a solid, fixed one where we meet regularly and 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:55.840 we become familiar with each other really well 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:57.599 and comfortable enough to share and talk about. 00:02:58.139 --> 00:03:00.060 anything that may be going on in our lives. So 00:03:00.060 --> 00:03:02.719 I think that was a big reason. Also, just like 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:04.900 Eileen and Zion, I've been a part of ministries 00:03:04.900 --> 00:03:07.080 my whole life. So I think this is a great way 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:10.919 to get into a new one, which will, you know, 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:12.900 bring us all closer together in our age group. 00:03:13.500 --> 00:03:15.860 Yeah, no, that's awesome. Yeah, I think it's 00:03:15.860 --> 00:03:19.919 neat. Like you all have sort of come to Trinity 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:21.860 like at different times, but you're all coming 00:03:21.860 --> 00:03:23.800 like with this wealth of experience and with, 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:26.460 yeah, a desire to just like. Get to know each 00:03:26.460 --> 00:03:30.379 other, which I think is awesome. Yeah. So what 00:03:30.379 --> 00:03:33.039 does the Young Adults Ministry at Trinity look 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:35.099 like? What are some of the types of things that 00:03:35.099 --> 00:03:41.180 you folks do? Yeah. So far we've been doing a 00:03:41.180 --> 00:03:44.180 social once a month. Okay. Since I think it was 00:03:44.180 --> 00:03:47.780 June. Okay. June or July. It was in the summer. 00:03:48.060 --> 00:03:51.909 End of summer. Yeah. Oh. Maybe. Anyways, not 00:03:51.909 --> 00:03:54.710 important. We've been doing socials once a month. 00:03:54.810 --> 00:03:57.750 We have an Instagram page just for the young 00:03:57.750 --> 00:04:01.169 adults where we post polls about different activities 00:04:01.169 --> 00:04:02.650 that we could do for that month, and then they 00:04:02.650 --> 00:04:05.610 vote on it, and then they also get four to five 00:04:05.610 --> 00:04:08.490 dates that they can choose from, and then whatever 00:04:08.490 --> 00:04:10.610 works for the most people, we arrange that and 00:04:10.610 --> 00:04:13.990 communicate that through our Instagram, and we 00:04:13.990 --> 00:04:15.770 have a massive group chat with everyone also. 00:04:16.050 --> 00:04:19.610 And then recently we started doing... small group 00:04:19.610 --> 00:04:24.610 also which we focus more on like um actual bible 00:04:24.610 --> 00:04:26.910 stuff and talking about the sermons whereas these 00:04:26.910 --> 00:04:29.930 once a month socials are just just social just 00:04:29.930 --> 00:04:31.649 like just find out yeah and get to know everyone 00:04:31.649 --> 00:04:34.149 yeah okay cool yeah so what are some of the things 00:04:34.149 --> 00:04:35.709 that you folks have done like as part of the 00:04:35.709 --> 00:04:38.370 different social events that you're doing it's 00:04:38.370 --> 00:04:41.189 like very connected to the season okay like during 00:04:41.189 --> 00:04:43.589 the summer we did like a pool party yeah a pool 00:04:43.589 --> 00:04:45.910 party and then what else like oh the bonfire 00:04:45.910 --> 00:04:49.000 night okay that was fun yeah it's like so random 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:51.680 but i feel like this is the beauty of like being 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:54.920 in a young adults ministry that because we are 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:57.500 just like super busy with our schedules and everyone 00:04:57.500 --> 00:04:59.160 goes to different school in different cities 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:04.019 and um it's just the trend changes every season 00:05:04.019 --> 00:05:06.139 every year so i think we try to follow with that 00:05:06.139 --> 00:05:08.740 like to see like what's fun nowadays and what 00:05:08.740 --> 00:05:11.610 the people are doing so we sort of like try to 00:05:11.610 --> 00:05:13.149 hear from the people. Again, we have a big group 00:05:13.149 --> 00:05:15.589 chat where we sort of ask for people's opinions 00:05:15.589 --> 00:05:17.529 on what to do next. So I think that's pretty 00:05:17.529 --> 00:05:19.829 cool. That's pretty laid back at the same time. 00:05:20.509 --> 00:05:23.529 Cool. Yeah. We also did like pumpkin carving 00:05:23.529 --> 00:05:26.769 in October. And gingerbread in December. And 00:05:26.769 --> 00:05:31.730 in January, our most recent one, we did a worship 00:05:31.730 --> 00:05:33.970 night. Okay. So that was fun too because we were 00:05:33.970 --> 00:05:36.189 getting some feedback that yes, the social nights 00:05:36.189 --> 00:05:38.110 are great because we all want community and connection. 00:05:38.329 --> 00:05:40.699 But we're also kind of maybe missing out a little 00:05:40.699 --> 00:05:44.019 bit on like the God aspect and, and that whole 00:05:44.019 --> 00:05:46.139 side of things. So that's why we also started 00:05:46.139 --> 00:05:49.160 our life group, um, which none of us are technically 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:52.879 like leading, but we, we go to, um, so yeah, 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:54.379 that was nice to incorporate. And our, our next 00:05:54.379 --> 00:06:01.040 event, not official. First time. Air riders. 00:06:01.259 --> 00:06:04.399 Yeah. We're going to air riders. Oh, fun. Hopefully 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:09.240 that'll be exciting. Nice. So do you have like 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:12.160 a favorite memory or a favorite like event that 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:14.720 you've done so far? Something that like stands 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:16.939 out to you? Sounds like there's been lots of 00:06:16.939 --> 00:06:22.660 different things. Yeah. Yeah. Chris? I think 00:06:22.660 --> 00:06:25.379 our gingerbread night. Okay. It was really good. 00:06:25.579 --> 00:06:28.759 Yeah. And it was like, it was fun because it 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:30.959 was kind of, it was a competition. Okay. So we 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:33.519 had like different groups, but then we also like 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:36.579 got together. Right. And, you know. Mm -hmm. 00:06:37.210 --> 00:06:40.269 We just collaborated the entire time. Oh, and 00:06:40.269 --> 00:06:42.129 we had a great game night afterwards. So that 00:06:42.129 --> 00:06:45.529 was fun. So we all got in a big group afterwards 00:06:45.529 --> 00:06:49.870 and just played games, cards, and stuff. Describe 00:06:49.870 --> 00:06:52.410 for me the winning gingerbread house. What did 00:06:52.410 --> 00:06:55.110 this gingerbread house look like? I think that 00:06:55.110 --> 00:06:57.009 was Aileen's, right? That was me. That was me 00:06:57.009 --> 00:07:00.509 and Mia and Alex, if I remember correctly. We 00:07:00.509 --> 00:07:05.389 finished so quick. I think we finished our gingerbread 00:07:05.389 --> 00:07:07.550 house the quickest like we did in 30 minutes. 00:07:07.589 --> 00:07:09.050 The best one with the least effort. Right? Yeah. 00:07:09.069 --> 00:07:11.110 Sometimes you just don't have to think about 00:07:11.110 --> 00:07:15.490 it. Yeah. But I think everyone had lovely gingerbread 00:07:15.490 --> 00:07:17.769 houses. I think Crystal did like a very detailed 00:07:17.769 --> 00:07:21.949 and like intrinsic. um design okay she was like 00:07:21.949 --> 00:07:24.050 super passionate about it with her team too yeah 00:07:24.050 --> 00:07:28.250 rylan got into it right yeah maya got into it 00:07:28.250 --> 00:07:32.470 and zion on the other hand ours didn't go so 00:07:32.470 --> 00:07:36.629 well our icing was like broken like we couldn't 00:07:36.629 --> 00:07:40.230 get it out properly but we still got second place 00:07:40.230 --> 00:07:46.149 it was totally rigged okay right well you know 00:07:46.149 --> 00:07:50.160 it was fun right yeah Cool. Cool. Yeah. What 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:51.899 about for you folks? What are some like favorite 00:07:51.899 --> 00:07:56.120 memories or things that you've enjoyed? My favorite 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:59.620 like social gathering was probably the pool party. 00:07:59.740 --> 00:08:03.600 Okay. But most recently I've really been enjoying 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:06.860 the life group too, because it's just more consistent 00:08:06.860 --> 00:08:09.819 and it's kind of like a mix between getting time 00:08:09.819 --> 00:08:12.779 to like review the sermon questions and have 00:08:12.779 --> 00:08:15.240 some Bible study time, but still also being silly 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:18.620 and. seeing all my friends and stuff. Sure. Yeah. 00:08:18.699 --> 00:08:23.360 Sharing lunch together. Right. Three birds with 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:28.160 one stone. There you go. So food, friends, and 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:34.200 Jesus. Yes. That's all you need. Love that. Okay. 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:35.980 Yeah. What about for you, Eileen? Any favorite 00:08:35.980 --> 00:08:38.240 memories? I agree with that. And I actually really 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:40.980 like the new life group because I think with 00:08:40.980 --> 00:08:44.730 the life group, we have the chance to talk. with 00:08:44.730 --> 00:08:46.529 each other like every single person we get to 00:08:46.529 --> 00:08:49.429 know each person more deeply than just like having 00:08:49.429 --> 00:08:51.929 a big social night so i really like that for 00:08:51.929 --> 00:08:53.909 us and we also get to know like each other's 00:08:53.909 --> 00:08:56.210 personality because we go in circles and like 00:08:56.210 --> 00:09:03.250 ask questions um also um we get to um talk about 00:09:03.250 --> 00:09:05.669 like more casual daily life because we meet every 00:09:05.669 --> 00:09:07.789 week so i think that's like a great way to connect 00:09:07.789 --> 00:09:10.409 and sort of like build connection a real connection 00:09:10.409 --> 00:09:14.399 with everyone and like a more deeper basis sure 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:17.740 yeah yeah oh that's awesome are there things 00:09:17.740 --> 00:09:20.840 like from those conversations together like is 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:22.639 there any like learnings or things that have 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:24.759 like really stood out to you or been really impactful 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:27.259 i know you've only been meeting for a few weeks 00:09:27.259 --> 00:09:30.700 now right but yeah what's what's that been like 00:09:30.700 --> 00:09:37.350 i feel like yes but i forgot what they were Moderately 00:09:37.350 --> 00:09:41.429 impactful. Obviously hearing about different 00:09:41.429 --> 00:09:43.990 people's perspectives, especially since some 00:09:43.990 --> 00:09:46.269 of the people in our group are like international 00:09:46.269 --> 00:09:49.269 students. So we get to hear like different perspectives 00:09:49.269 --> 00:09:52.049 that I never even thought of because I was born 00:09:52.049 --> 00:09:54.570 in Streetsville. Right. I've been here my whole 00:09:54.570 --> 00:09:57.049 life. Yeah. So just like hearing like stories 00:09:57.049 --> 00:09:59.110 and being able to like, like Eileen said, like 00:09:59.110 --> 00:10:01.490 get actually personal with each other. I think 00:10:01.490 --> 00:10:03.529 like more than any like specific teachings or 00:10:03.529 --> 00:10:07.519 anything. Sure. Like. feeling the actual connection 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:10.320 and like the friendship and like being able to 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:12.539 share with each other and openly like express 00:10:12.539 --> 00:10:15.340 our feelings and even if it's good or bad anything 00:10:15.340 --> 00:10:17.879 I think that's the most impactful for me at least 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:19.980 because yeah the sense of community is I really 00:10:19.980 --> 00:10:22.320 feel it already even though it's been like two 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:25.299 or three weeks yeah yeah no that's awesome like 00:10:25.299 --> 00:10:28.399 just yeah that need to like go deeper with each 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:31.259 other and like yeah I get to figure out all of 00:10:31.259 --> 00:10:34.220 life and and faith and all the hard things you 00:10:34.220 --> 00:10:37.600 just get to like throw it there together definitely 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:41.340 yeah for sure and i think i'd like to sorry i'd 00:10:41.340 --> 00:10:44.059 like to add to that from my perspective because 00:10:44.059 --> 00:10:46.379 i'm an international student so this is only 00:10:46.379 --> 00:10:50.139 my third year in canada so i'm like freshly very 00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:54.840 fall be fresh of the boat um so for me for me 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:57.980 this is like my first true real canadian experience 00:10:57.980 --> 00:11:02.320 where i am finally really immersed in my society 00:11:03.230 --> 00:11:06.649 like my surroundings so i get to know how is 00:11:06.649 --> 00:11:09.730 it like living life here and how people that 00:11:09.730 --> 00:11:11.909 like grew up here interact with their family 00:11:11.909 --> 00:11:14.409 and their friends and how like the education 00:11:14.409 --> 00:11:17.870 is in here and how like they perceive their social 00:11:17.870 --> 00:11:22.539 community beside them surrounding them so I feel 00:11:22.539 --> 00:11:24.379 like that's really cool. Also like to practice 00:11:24.379 --> 00:11:27.259 like my, you know, sometimes there are just like 00:11:27.259 --> 00:11:30.320 some certain lingo or like some social context, 00:11:30.419 --> 00:11:32.960 like communal context that you just don't really 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:35.600 get until you are in full for the people. So 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:38.159 for me, actually, it's like a very big opportunity 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:43.240 for me to practice. I wouldn't say practice, 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:47.320 but like to actually get to know the Canadian 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:50.980 culture. Sure. And how. Yeah, and how people 00:11:50.980 --> 00:11:56.460 my age especially live here. So that's been really 00:11:56.460 --> 00:11:58.639 interesting. So I literally have friends who 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:01.500 are from here now. Right. So that's pretty new 00:12:01.500 --> 00:12:03.740 for me. Because in school, everybody is also 00:12:03.740 --> 00:12:06.279 international, so it's very hard to get a good 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:09.000 grasp of what the city is. But I think in the 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:11.639 heart of Streetsville, I finally know how people 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:14.320 live here. Right. Yeah. Yeah. It's pretty cool. 00:12:14.500 --> 00:12:18.929 It's awesome. Yeah. Yeah. So... um like why do 00:12:18.929 --> 00:12:20.710 you think it's important for young adults to 00:12:20.710 --> 00:12:23.710 have a space to gather like in a church context 00:12:23.710 --> 00:12:26.389 as opposed to you know just like at school or 00:12:26.389 --> 00:12:28.029 wherever else in the world like what makes it 00:12:28.029 --> 00:12:32.009 special about like being part of this here um 00:12:32.009 --> 00:12:36.629 yeah i mean every day there's like awful things 00:12:36.629 --> 00:12:40.730 released on the news yeah and it's so depressing 00:12:40.730 --> 00:12:44.610 and it's really hard to talk about especially 00:12:44.610 --> 00:12:49.379 like just like with your your friends you know 00:12:49.379 --> 00:12:51.720 that you have in school everything everyone's 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:53.799 already stressed out from school sure and then 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:55.620 there's just there's lots of there's lots of 00:12:55.620 --> 00:12:57.799 negativity right now going around in the world 00:12:57.799 --> 00:13:01.340 and so I find that at least for me my friends 00:13:01.340 --> 00:13:03.620 like out of church don't really like talking 00:13:03.620 --> 00:13:06.139 about that kind of stuff that's happening in 00:13:06.139 --> 00:13:07.919 the world, just because they're like, you know 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:10.539 what, we need to just chill out and watch a movie, 00:13:10.659 --> 00:13:12.980 a funny movie or something like that. But I think 00:13:12.980 --> 00:13:15.039 the community that we have here and the fact 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:16.980 that we're so comfortable with each other in 00:13:16.980 --> 00:13:19.500 church and, you know, obviously church is all 00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:22.340 about addressing the uncomfortable topics and, 00:13:22.379 --> 00:13:24.659 you know, overcoming them with the people around 00:13:24.659 --> 00:13:27.879 you and the community around you. I think it's 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:32.620 been a lot easier for us, for me to open up. 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:35.559 to my church friends about that and i think i 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:37.700 think that's why it's so important that we have 00:13:37.700 --> 00:13:40.200 this group because otherwise without without 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:42.159 talking to you guys about this who else am i 00:13:42.159 --> 00:13:44.659 going to talk to in about and i'm going to get 00:13:44.659 --> 00:13:46.799 even more overwhelmed and just build and build 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:50.299 sure it's so nice to be able to share with people 00:13:50.299 --> 00:13:53.820 like -minded people here yeah yeah just like 00:13:53.820 --> 00:13:56.539 grounded in the same values and yeah yeah just 00:13:56.539 --> 00:13:58.740 that willingness to talk about the hard things 00:13:58.740 --> 00:14:01.620 definitely yeah for sure yeah and also it gives 00:14:01.620 --> 00:14:04.159 me like a reason to go to church because for 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:06.240 me i don't have any family here so if i go to 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:08.840 church it would just like me getting up by myself 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:11.399 and going to church sure so sometimes it could 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:13.960 get a little lonely or like i would say like 00:14:14.570 --> 00:14:16.470 quote -unquote like pointless if i just like 00:14:16.470 --> 00:14:18.610 go to church and like go home and like know what 00:14:18.610 --> 00:14:20.870 right now that we have a community we have a 00:14:20.870 --> 00:14:24.029 sense of like um belonging and we have friends 00:14:24.029 --> 00:14:26.269 that we actually know and we talk with after 00:14:26.269 --> 00:14:29.450 church it gives like a little more um reason 00:14:29.450 --> 00:14:31.210 to just like wake up in the morning and go to 00:14:31.210 --> 00:14:33.870 church because church isn't just like about the 00:14:33.870 --> 00:14:36.950 doctrine or just like um listening to the sermons 00:14:36.950 --> 00:14:40.200 and like taking notes but it's more to like how 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:42.320 we apply it to like everyday life and people 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:46.399 so we get to practice the gospel there and yeah 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:48.360 it's always good to have like a sense of belonging 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:51.799 and community and like a place where um especially 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:53.720 nowadays not a lot of young adults are known 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:57.039 for being in church so that's really like tricky 00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:59.919 because like not a lot of young adults are in 00:14:59.919 --> 00:15:03.269 church unfortunately so i think with having people 00:15:03.269 --> 00:15:07.389 my age that i can relate to that so um we can 00:15:07.389 --> 00:15:09.309 still talk about the gospel but also at the same 00:15:09.309 --> 00:15:15.210 time have the same contextual um contextual feeling 00:15:15.210 --> 00:15:18.629 like we have the same humor for example we have 00:15:18.629 --> 00:15:20.889 the same conversations that we talk about like 00:15:20.889 --> 00:15:23.149 school and work so I feel like those really help 00:15:23.149 --> 00:15:26.690 us to stay in church so that's really important 00:15:26.690 --> 00:15:31.029 yeah for sure for sure community is yeah it's 00:15:31.029 --> 00:15:32.929 just such an important part of like what we do 00:15:32.929 --> 00:15:35.649 here and so to be able to like find your people 00:15:35.649 --> 00:15:38.669 right is super important and it's nice we started 00:15:38.669 --> 00:15:41.450 sitting together in the same room that's so funny 00:15:41.450 --> 00:15:45.840 yeah the small group right after the second service, 00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:48.559 we're kind of all pushed to come to the same 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:50.840 service at the same time. We end up sitting together 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:52.340 and just going down together. So that's been 00:15:52.340 --> 00:15:55.379 nice. Yeah, our own row in the back. Especially 00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:57.419 because young adults are always late and we're 00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:59.600 slowly coming in. Yeah, we're just right in the 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:02.940 back. So the back row is pretty much the key 00:16:02.940 --> 00:16:07.120 for that. But back to your original question, 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:10.470 I also like the fact that we meet. at the church 00:16:10.470 --> 00:16:12.570 and know that we have this like safe space that 00:16:12.570 --> 00:16:16.070 we can come to. And like some of you said already, 00:16:16.190 --> 00:16:18.370 like we, and Kyla mentioned, we have like the 00:16:18.370 --> 00:16:20.590 same values and we're able to be supported by 00:16:20.590 --> 00:16:23.190 people who have a faith background, which I think 00:16:23.190 --> 00:16:24.950 is really important because you don't always 00:16:24.950 --> 00:16:26.889 get that with some of your other friends and 00:16:26.889 --> 00:16:29.029 you can have different types of conversations 00:16:29.029 --> 00:16:31.330 and support and grow in that part of your life 00:16:31.330 --> 00:16:35.649 as well. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. So when you think 00:16:35.649 --> 00:16:38.389 about like, you know, Being a young adult trying 00:16:38.389 --> 00:16:41.129 to follow Jesus today, what are some of the challenging 00:16:41.129 --> 00:16:43.610 parts of that? What are some of the things that 00:16:43.610 --> 00:16:47.490 make that frustrating or hard at different points? 00:16:48.719 --> 00:16:54.100 Oh, I think it's like very undeniable that Christianity 00:16:54.100 --> 00:16:57.500 has unfortunately been used to justify a lot 00:16:57.500 --> 00:17:00.299 of bad things in the past. Sure. So I think that's 00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:03.039 sort of why like the younger generation, we sort 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:05.640 of think like, oh, you know, Christianity is 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:07.700 evil. And so it's like really uncool that you're 00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:10.119 super traditional, the quote unquote, and like 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:12.640 you are still like abiding to the thing that 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:14.759 people used to like hurt others. So that could 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:17.769 be a little bit tricky because. it could get 00:17:17.769 --> 00:17:20.829 complicated. Like we can just like sit down, 00:17:20.869 --> 00:17:22.789 sit someone down and say like, look, Christianity 00:17:22.789 --> 00:17:25.650 isn't always bad. So it's like always very like 00:17:25.650 --> 00:17:28.730 tricky for us. So a lot of young adults nowadays, 00:17:28.769 --> 00:17:31.130 they just like shove it down and like, oh, like 00:17:31.130 --> 00:17:33.309 I'm a Christian, but like, yeah, let's not talk 00:17:33.309 --> 00:17:37.789 about it. So it could be deemed as like uncool 00:17:37.789 --> 00:17:40.109 if you're still like. practicing christian nowadays 00:17:40.109 --> 00:17:43.710 so those are definitely very challenging so we 00:17:43.710 --> 00:17:46.369 tend to like hide our identity as a christian 00:17:46.369 --> 00:17:49.009 but i totally get it like i'm not saying like 00:17:49.009 --> 00:17:51.569 christianity is like a hundred percent like pure 00:17:51.569 --> 00:17:54.930 and like like like we're always like up to something 00:17:54.930 --> 00:17:57.650 good but like unfortunately some people are um 00:17:57.650 --> 00:18:00.289 people are people and people and people so um 00:18:00.289 --> 00:18:06.069 yeah um yeah like I totally get it, like, both 00:18:06.069 --> 00:18:08.970 sides of this coin. But, so that's the tricky 00:18:08.970 --> 00:18:10.470 part, I think. Yeah, for sure. What do you guys 00:18:10.470 --> 00:18:14.130 think? Yeah. I think it's hard sometimes, just 00:18:14.130 --> 00:18:16.809 to be honest, to, like, make it to all the events. 00:18:17.009 --> 00:18:19.470 Sure, that too. Because we have young adults, 00:18:19.670 --> 00:18:22.910 our social is usually on, like, a weekend. Yeah. 00:18:22.930 --> 00:18:26.109 And then we have... School. School and work. 00:18:26.190 --> 00:18:28.690 And then we have our, like, pretty much Sunday 00:18:28.690 --> 00:18:32.450 is, like, until Sunday, like... The better part 00:18:32.450 --> 00:18:34.390 of Sunday is also taken out because now we have 00:18:34.390 --> 00:18:36.750 our young adults group, which is, it's fine. 00:18:36.829 --> 00:18:39.230 These are all great things. We all like coming 00:18:39.230 --> 00:18:41.609 out. It's just that it's like. It's just like 00:18:41.609 --> 00:18:43.569 another thing. Sometimes it's not viable enough. 00:18:43.589 --> 00:18:46.069 Especially if you have exams coming up. Yeah. 00:18:46.849 --> 00:18:50.069 Stressful. Oh, yeah. Yeah, for sure. For sure. 00:18:50.690 --> 00:18:53.789 Yeah. There's a lot going on. Definitely. Right. 00:18:55.049 --> 00:18:57.069 Yeah. Yeah. Those were kind of the two things 00:18:57.069 --> 00:18:59.990 that I was thinking, too. Like, to add to what 00:18:59.990 --> 00:19:01.589 Eileen was saying about, like, Christians don't 00:19:01.589 --> 00:19:04.049 always have the best rep right now. Yep. Like, 00:19:04.130 --> 00:19:07.170 I went to a young adult's conference, like, worship 00:19:07.170 --> 00:19:09.089 night or something. This was, like, a year ago 00:19:09.089 --> 00:19:11.529 now or something like that. Maybe even two. Like, 00:19:11.630 --> 00:19:13.369 it was in March at some point. Okay. So, March. 00:19:13.970 --> 00:19:16.750 But, yeah, I was with, like, a group of friends. 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:20.319 One friend was like, oh, I can finally find a 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:22.000 nice Christian man. And I was like, oh, yeah, 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:25.720 that's true. I was like, wait a minute. How are 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:27.819 you going to do that? We're surrounded by Christians, 00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:31.339 which is so sad. And it's heartbreaking because, 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:34.279 yeah, you want to find someone who has the same 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:37.819 beliefs and values as you. But there's so many 00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:39.460 different types of Christians. And, yeah, they 00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:41.339 don't have a good rep. And even it's affecting 00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:44.960 me. Even I don't have a good view of Christians 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:49.970 now, too. Right. And I am one, so... No, I feel 00:19:49.970 --> 00:19:55.869 that. Conflict of interest. Yes. Yeah, it's unfortunate 00:19:55.869 --> 00:20:00.839 that sometimes... the loudest people are like 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:04.680 not the most helpful people like especially in 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:06.519 terms of like a christian reputation sometimes 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:08.619 we're like yeah i'm a christian but like not 00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:10.940 that kind of christian right yeah no i'm a good 00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:13.619 one i'm a good one but every all christians think 00:20:13.619 --> 00:20:17.180 they are the good ones yeah right yeah so yeah 00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:19.839 i definitely feel that like trying to like navigate 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:23.039 and figure out like how do i faithfully follow 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:25.740 jesus right in a world where people think that 00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:28.000 they know what that means right but they maybe 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:30.279 don't know what it means like to me right but 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:32.440 it's like so complicated at the same time but 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:34.500 and also it's very hard because like we have 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:37.200 a bad rep it's hard to like actually make friends 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:40.700 with people within the christian community sure 00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:43.900 because we also i mean i kind of like think that 00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:47.339 oh maybe this is like not the good christians 00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:49.839 so it can get really tricky especially with the 00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:52.680 like conflicting events and like we can't really 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:56.240 get um get together in the church so with that 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:59.299 in mind and also like the bed rep that's why 00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:02.559 like young adults don't really like have a big 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:06.440 interest in the gospel anymore sure so that's 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:10.190 really side to hear. Yeah, for sure. I think 00:21:10.190 --> 00:21:12.589 our group is great for that because since we, 00:21:12.609 --> 00:21:15.829 we can talk about stuff like this openly and 00:21:15.829 --> 00:21:18.269 we kind of have been, and I guess it's nice because 00:21:18.269 --> 00:21:21.069 we're, it seems like we all have the same idea 00:21:21.069 --> 00:21:25.369 of like separating like our faith from like, 00:21:25.369 --> 00:21:29.549 like the worldview of like Christianity. And 00:21:29.549 --> 00:21:31.869 like, we're not trying to follow like Christianity, 00:21:31.990 --> 00:21:34.769 but we're trying to follow Jesus. Right. And 00:21:34.769 --> 00:21:37.849 I think that's like a main thing. And not a lot 00:21:37.849 --> 00:21:40.829 of, you can't really say that, like, and have 00:21:40.829 --> 00:21:43.069 people understand you always. Sure. But I think 00:21:43.069 --> 00:21:45.529 within our group, at least, we kind of have the 00:21:45.529 --> 00:21:50.250 same, like, view of, like, yeah. Yeah, you're 00:21:50.250 --> 00:21:52.009 able to, like, say stuff like that and, like, 00:21:52.009 --> 00:21:54.190 people resonate with it. They get it, yeah. Ah, 00:21:54.250 --> 00:21:57.210 yeah, no. Not that crazy of a take. Me too, right? 00:21:57.569 --> 00:22:00.670 Yeah. And it's not like we all agree on everything. 00:22:00.849 --> 00:22:04.750 Sure. But we're able to have these helpful, respectful 00:22:04.750 --> 00:22:07.279 conversations that... kind of sometimes just 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:09.599 lead to more questions. But I think that's good 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:14.079 because it's just, it's healthy dialogue to like 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:17.779 help fuel our faith. Like I know since we started 00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:20.140 doing that, I've just had more questions and 00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:22.900 more interest to like find out what, because 00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:25.460 I have, I know what I believe, but I'm kind of 00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:27.759 now like, well, why do I believe that? What makes 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:30.930 me believe that? So it's been. kind of pushing 00:22:30.930 --> 00:22:32.970 me to want to read the Bible more and actually 00:22:32.970 --> 00:22:35.529 like find out the answers. I mean, not that I 00:22:35.529 --> 00:22:39.089 will be able to find all the answers, but, but 00:22:39.089 --> 00:22:40.470 then going back to what Chris said about not 00:22:40.470 --> 00:22:42.369 having enough time, like I'm so busy doing everything, 00:22:42.450 --> 00:22:46.470 but it's hard to always go and find time to read 00:22:46.470 --> 00:22:48.410 the Bible, which again is why it's so nice to 00:22:48.410 --> 00:22:50.230 be able to come and meet at the church where 00:22:50.230 --> 00:22:52.750 I'm going to be anyway. Right. And have this 00:22:52.750 --> 00:22:54.849 nice group of friends to talk to. Yeah. Yeah. 00:22:55.190 --> 00:22:59.819 That's awesome. Um, so is there something, Because 00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:01.680 we have lots of different folks who are listening 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:05.619 to our podcast. Some would be young adults, some 00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:08.019 are not. Are there things that you wish that 00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:11.200 more people understood about your generation 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:14.559 and about how young adults are interacting with 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:16.759 the world today? That you're like, ah, if I could 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:20.579 tell them one thing or two things, what might 00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:28.480 that be? I mean, stop polluting. Yes. We have 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:33.000 to live in this world. I mean, I don't really 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:38.019 know. To be honest, as a young adult, and this 00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:41.460 is not true for all young adults, but I'm a chill 00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:45.680 and laid -back person, so I don't really have 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:47.619 anything to... You just need people to know that 00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:49.799 you're chill and laid -back, I guess. Sure, yeah. 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:56.599 Elaine, you got it. Yeah, you got that. I'm still 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:58.839 thinking about it. I want people to know about 00:23:58.839 --> 00:24:00.880 the adults. I don't know. I feel like people 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:03.960 have been young at some point in their life once, 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:07.759 so they know how it's like. Well, yeah. You'd 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:15.400 hope, yeah. But do you think being young in 2026 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:21.700 is different than being young in 2000? Because 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:24.960 now we have social media. Yeah. And is that, 00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:29.099 how's that working out? You know, I love social 00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:32.059 media. I spend all day on it. Yeah, super busy, 00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:35.019 hey? I have no time to read the Bible because 00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:37.519 I'm scrolling for too long. Which is actually 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:41.759 true. So if you're older, just know that our 00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:46.759 attention span is now too small. probably everyone 00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:49.000 is insecure because we're all comparing ourselves 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:52.380 to other people online. And it's hard to, it's 00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:56.380 also hard to be open to different things, I think, 00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:58.640 because sometimes when you're on social media, 00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:01.140 like you're the algorithm will just continue 00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:03.319 to give you things that you probably already 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:07.539 believe. So that's maybe why, um, like there's 00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:10.119 so there's different extremes now for Christianity, 00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.539 right? Like we were talking about, everyone thinks 00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:13.339 that they're the right Christian because whenever 00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:15.240 you're scrolling, You're just going to be constantly 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:16.960 flooded with more things that you agree with. 00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:21.180 And it's just constantly reinforcing your beliefs. 00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:26.339 Yeah. Fair. Yeah. It's a tough cycle. I mean, 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:29.619 that was just one random thing about social media. 00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:33.799 Fair. This is what social media means. It shocks 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:37.240 it easily. Yeah. Again, with the social media 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:40.559 thing, it's kind of. it's become harder for us 00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:43.759 to like socialize and like i feel like there's 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:47.880 like a like i don't know it's just harder for 00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:51.599 groups to like our age to like interact and like 00:25:51.599 --> 00:26:01.480 so it's yeah i think back in the days like people 00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:04.279 had nowhere to go like if you want to like connect 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:06.339 with others you have to actually come to a place 00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:09.549 and like gather yeah so they have a lot of more 00:26:09.549 --> 00:26:12.950 a lot more motivation for them to like actually 00:26:12.950 --> 00:26:16.910 get together with like their community so maybe 00:26:16.910 --> 00:26:19.470 that's why like this is just like my hypothesis 00:26:19.470 --> 00:26:23.430 like my assumption is that that's why like the 00:26:23.430 --> 00:26:27.990 church sort of um are more active in the past 00:26:27.990 --> 00:26:30.430 because that's where that's the one place where 00:26:30.430 --> 00:26:32.890 people can like gather sure but now because we 00:26:32.890 --> 00:26:34.849 have a lot of responsibilities we have a lot 00:26:34.849 --> 00:26:37.329 of it like activities at a lot of groups and 00:26:37.329 --> 00:26:40.150 most of them happen online yeah is that what 00:26:40.150 --> 00:26:42.089 you mean yeah exactly it's harder to connect 00:26:42.089 --> 00:26:45.930 yeah like we just have like we tend to have really 00:26:45.930 --> 00:26:53.029 bad social skill like in person yeah and also 00:26:53.029 --> 00:26:55.309 i feel like a lot of misconception that people 00:26:55.869 --> 00:26:58.710 make about the younger generation is that we 00:26:58.710 --> 00:27:02.309 do not care enough or like we are like less informed 00:27:02.309 --> 00:27:05.390 but I feel like the case with us is that because 00:27:05.390 --> 00:27:10.069 of the interconnected space that we are in right 00:27:10.069 --> 00:27:13.910 now like the digital cyberspace we have a lot 00:27:13.910 --> 00:27:15.930 of information coming in and we have a lot of 00:27:15.930 --> 00:27:18.809 things that we could decipher in our own mind 00:27:18.809 --> 00:27:21.190 so that's why like we tend to get like overwhelmed 00:27:21.190 --> 00:27:26.109 so that's why we tend not to very we're not we 00:27:26.109 --> 00:27:28.430 tend to not be very proactive about a certain 00:27:28.430 --> 00:27:32.069 topic because we know that oh not a lot of people 00:27:32.069 --> 00:27:34.329 like agree with us like we know the pro and cons 00:27:34.329 --> 00:27:37.250 of that so we are more scared to talk about it 00:27:37.250 --> 00:27:41.789 because we like the world was not supposed to 00:27:41.789 --> 00:27:45.690 be as interconnected as it is today so i think 00:27:45.690 --> 00:27:48.289 that's why like the older generation they are 00:27:48.289 --> 00:27:52.000 they tend to be more focal about their opinions 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:55.279 because that's what they believe in and that's 00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:57.880 what their family believes in and that's um how 00:27:57.880 --> 00:28:02.359 like their friends think about that topic but 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:07.220 for us we know like a broader view sure a more 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:09.460 like global sure it's like information overload 00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:12.380 yes yes so we tend to like oh i don't know about 00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:13.680 it like i don't know i don't want to talk about 00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:15.700 it because not because we don't know about it 00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:18.750 but we know that it could get very complicated 00:28:18.750 --> 00:28:23.569 and political and it's very multifaceted. So 00:28:23.569 --> 00:28:26.289 that's why we're afraid to make a very concrete 00:28:26.289 --> 00:28:35.609 point on it. So I think that issue can be further 00:28:35.609 --> 00:28:38.990 connected to why we are not as involved in the 00:28:38.990 --> 00:28:41.650 church or involved in the Christian community 00:28:41.650 --> 00:28:43.910 because we know that it tends to have a very 00:28:43.910 --> 00:28:46.819 bad rep and it tends to have a very... political 00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:53.180 misunderstandings. So that's why we kind of step 00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:59.819 back and be not very vocal about it. Sure. Because 00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:05.380 of that. So I think that's why the older generations... 00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:07.640 likes to say like oh the younger generations 00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:09.720 are not as active we're not as social right now 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:13.099 because now that we know a lot of things so it's 00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:14.839 like the the curve right like the more you know 00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:16.900 like the more you're you know that you don't 00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:21.599 know a lot of sure things so so i think yeah 00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:24.160 yeah yeah i don't know that's what i meant to 00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:28.200 say when i said chill and laid back yeah yeah 00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:31.400 because yeah because you're confused right yeah 00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:34.019 it's not you don't you don't know it's like you 00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:39.420 know enough to be confused about it and be scared 00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:43.579 about it. So maybe. What did I just say? I don't 00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:46.480 know. No, I think that's totally fair. I second 00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:51.750 that. There's just like all of this. information 00:29:51.750 --> 00:29:55.029 right so like overload yeah so like processing 00:29:55.029 --> 00:29:58.329 to figure out in the midst of really busy lives 00:29:58.329 --> 00:30:00.529 exactly and in the midst of being told right 00:30:00.529 --> 00:30:02.410 now you need to figure out who you're gonna be 00:30:02.410 --> 00:30:04.690 exactly like how you want to live your life and 00:30:04.690 --> 00:30:06.109 like all of these things right like there's a 00:30:06.109 --> 00:30:07.990 lot of pressure yeah a lot of things are in our 00:30:07.990 --> 00:30:11.809 place so we're just like yeah yeah no for sure 00:30:11.809 --> 00:30:16.250 and i also think that people think that our generation 00:30:16.250 --> 00:30:20.430 is really lazy but Because, you know, we're always 00:30:20.430 --> 00:30:24.150 on social media or whatever. But we actually 00:30:24.150 --> 00:30:26.430 work really hard. It's just the cost of living 00:30:26.430 --> 00:30:30.029 is too high. So high. Inflation. We can't afford 00:30:30.029 --> 00:30:33.970 to do anything. We can't get a job because we 00:30:33.970 --> 00:30:37.809 need five years of experience to get a job. But 00:30:37.809 --> 00:30:40.329 we have no experience because we just graduated 00:30:40.329 --> 00:30:42.470 school or we just started school. Started school. 00:30:42.910 --> 00:30:45.769 Yeah. Because the hustle culture is very real. 00:30:45.950 --> 00:30:50.700 Sure. Right. Because our, like. um rivals have 00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:53.359 been like very successful like if you're like 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:55.279 scrolling linkedin or even on instagram like 00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:57.500 people are like announcing their oh i just got 00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:59.240 this i just got an internship i just got this 00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:01.259 and that and you're like oh i'm so behind in 00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:04.680 life so that's really hard so because again we're 00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:08.920 we as humans we're not supposed to see this many 00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:11.460 comparisons in our life before before like social 00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:14.039 media and now because like we are very connected 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:17.420 and we can see whatever people are doing on the 00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:20.460 other side of the globe even. So we are, like, 00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:22.500 stuffed with a lot of, like, comparisons and 00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:25.380 a lot of things that people do and achieve in 00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:27.579 life. So I think that's why we tend to, like, 00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:31.099 get very self -conscious about ourselves. Yeah, 00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:35.079 for sure. For sure. Yeah, I think it's interesting, 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:37.000 like, hearing all of these different reflections 00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:38.779 and, like, all these different challenges and 00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:41.700 things that you guys are facing. And, like, in 00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:45.119 the midst of it all, you have sort of come together 00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:47.990 and said, like, We're going to like figure it 00:31:47.990 --> 00:31:51.630 out together. Right. Like we are all in the same 00:31:51.630 --> 00:31:53.650 boat. And so like, we're going to come together 00:31:53.650 --> 00:31:57.210 and like have some fun and like talk about Jesus 00:31:57.210 --> 00:32:00.630 and like talk about how crazy life is and how 00:32:00.630 --> 00:32:02.910 we don't have time for things. And the internet 00:32:02.910 --> 00:32:05.990 is a depressing place. Talk about all of these 00:32:05.990 --> 00:32:09.190 things, but like do it in joy and community together. 00:32:09.490 --> 00:32:12.589 Definitely. Yeah. And like. I don't know, even 00:32:12.589 --> 00:32:14.569 just like this conversation, I think has been 00:32:14.569 --> 00:32:17.289 full of lots of joy. Oh yeah. Even as, even as 00:32:17.289 --> 00:32:19.470 you've been like, these things are stressful, 00:32:19.509 --> 00:32:23.289 but like there's, there's joy in, in that, in 00:32:23.289 --> 00:32:27.109 coming together and figuring it all out. So yeah. 00:32:27.630 --> 00:32:30.349 Yeah. Thank you so much folks. This has been 00:32:30.349 --> 00:32:33.789 a really fun conversation. Um, and I think really 00:32:33.789 --> 00:32:37.509 helpful on two fronts. One, just to like give 00:32:37.509 --> 00:32:40.730 us a better insight into like what life is like 00:32:40.730 --> 00:32:43.880 for, 20 somethings today and like how, how all 00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:47.200 of that fits together. Yeah. And then to just, 00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:50.039 again, as an encouragement for those who are, 00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:53.220 you know, trying to figure out life right now 00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:56.799 that they don't have to do that alone. Totally. 00:32:57.000 --> 00:33:07.240 Come to young adults. Yeah. Cut that part out. 00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:16.220 Got clipped. I knew it was going to be. These 00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:21.099 things happen. Too often. Too often. And thank 00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:23.839 you for tuning in to this week's episode of Trinity 00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:26.359 Talks. Whether you are yourself a young adult 00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:29.160 looking for a place of encouragement and comfort 00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:30.839 in the midst of the challenge of this world. 00:33:31.289 --> 00:33:33.230 or whether you are just someone who knows and 00:33:33.230 --> 00:33:35.289 cares about young adults. I hope that you've 00:33:35.289 --> 00:33:39.029 been able to find some encouragement, some challenge 00:33:39.029 --> 00:33:42.470 to build your own spaces of community and to 00:33:42.470 --> 00:33:44.369 care for one another well in the midst of this 00:33:44.369 --> 00:33:46.869 really crazy world. And we will see you again 00:33:46.869 --> 00:33:47.309 next week.