A re roriseng - Let us worship
Kick-off
The day finally arrived after months of preparations for this Spirit-filled conference. A Re Roriseng is an initiative from the Diocese to provide a space for young people to pray, fellowship and grow in ministry. The cold Rosettenville weather did little to dampen the spirits of the eager youth. Young people started to arrive at 5pm and the registration office just got smaller and smaller with youth flooding in from all over the Diocese.
Keynote Addresses
The keynote speaker for the weekend was Bishop Peter Lee. He gave three talks throughout the weekend, which focused on different techniques and ways of praying and listening to God. These were based on meditation with Scripture.
Fellowship
After the opening service, the youth enjoyed coffee and cupcakes. This was a time for people from different congregations to get to know each other. A lot of fellowship was witnessed during the conference and some lifelong friendships were forged. We also had attendees from our Anglican Dioceses in St. Mark the Evangelist and Mpumalanga.
Morning Prayer
For Morning Prayer the youth had three options to choose from: Eastern Spirituality which focused on how Eastern concepts and rituals can enhance our worship of Christ. The elements of water, air, fire and earth were used in this time of worship and the young people were 
given a taste of inculturation from an Eastern perspective. Celtic Spirituality which is an age-old method of praying, practiced by the Celts, recognises God’s presence in nature and thus also used some elements of nature to pray. These people believed that Christianity should be lived out as a way of life and not just put in a box for Sunday. They believed God should not be left at home when we go to work or school, but we should be ambassadors of Christ everywhere. The Prayer Walk was a creative way of praying and listening to the voice of God through our lives. Worshippers here are blind-folded and have to listen to the voice of the leader giving them instructions through an “obstacle course”. This is symbolic of our need to listen to God lead us through life. The Prayer Walk took the streets of Rosettenville this time. It included bold posters held high claiming the land for God. One poster read “All people come to the Father through Jesus Christ” while another read “Jesus is the truth and the life”.
Spiritual Direction, Soccer and Workshops
We had the opportunity to have one on one Spiritual Direction during the conference or we could play soccer on St. Martin’s School
grounds. After this time of recreation or counseling, we got into our workshops. We had 11 workshops to choose from. These included sessions such as Praying the Anglican Rosary, Spiritual Warfare, Liturgical Dancing, Praying with Icons etc.
Holy Eucharist
Fr. Kumeran celebrated an explained Eucharist with us. He explained each step of the Eucharist so that it made sense to everyone as to why we burn incense; why we wear long robes and so on. The young people really appreciated this since most of us have just been doing things because they are done at church.
This was really an educational service that made us feel very proud to be Anglicans.
On Sunday Fr. Robert led a Creative Eucharist. This included cool music, spiritual dancers, poetry and other creative expressions of worship. For the penitence we were asked to come forward to wash our hands in bowls of water, to symbolise God washing us of our sins.
Holy Spirit Empowering Service
Young people were invited to receive the empowering of the Holy Spirit through the laying on of hands. This happened after Fr. Kumeran explained that we do have the Holy Spirit in us already, but sometimes we need to stir Him up within us. This is because we sometimes leave the Holy Spirit to settle at the bottom, just like Milo settles at the bottom of the cup if left for too long. Young people grabbed the opportunity to be refilled by the Spirit and God manifested in a mighty way, with some young people receiving certain gifts like the gift of speaking in strange tongues.
African-Styled Vigil
On Sunday evening we had a chance to experience an African-styled vigil. Young people enjoyed singing and giving testimonies of what God has done in their lives. The vigil was filled with lots of energetic praise and worship. The Djembe drummers drummed as though they would never drum again. After this service, we got a chance to be around a bon-fire and roast some marshmallows. 
