Background:
Recently a group of young people from Okmulgee, OK came together to begin planning a one day summit to encourage young adults across the State of Oklahoma. The name of the summit is “Grown and Saved” . Realizing that most of our peers from ages 21-35 are experiencing major life events such as graduating college, marriage, or starting a new family, etc. we also have come to understand
that with these experiences many hardships occur. We have designed this summit based from the Bible text Jeremiah 17:8:
“They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit" (NIV, 2011). Our desire is to reignite the foundation in which our peers have been taught to stand on; a foundation of faith, resiliency and courage. During the Annual Summit we will not only encourage attendees but create a network so that when one is down another is there to help. The summit is now a national movement and ready to take higher heights.
