Teens invited to experience God's love at Steubenville conference

Published: 2006-06-29

STEUBENVILLE, OHIO (CNS) -- Nearly 1,000 teenagers from across the country flooded the campus of Franciscan University in Steubenville June 16-18 for the summer's first High School Youth Conference. Events included talks and workshop sessions, liturgies, time for prayer and fellowship, as well as skits and musical entertainment. Organizers described the conference, one of a dozen hosted by the university on its campus and around the country, as "a weekend to get rocked by God, to get serious about life in Christ and his church, and to learn the truth of the Gospel." Speaker Kate Barta, a religion teacher from Houston, shared her experience of being captivated by her unborn baby's heartbeat during a recent ultrasound. "The heart is the deepest center of who we are," she said. "God made us in his image, and he has a heart that is so good." Barta added, "There's one thing above all else that God's heart is -- it's unchanging."

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