Y-ACT Marks 19 Years of Impacting and Empowering Pagadian’s Youth for Christ

By Sherman Calotes | Philippine People's Press 

Now on its 19th season, Y-ACT Driven /Youth Adventures in Christ Today continues to shape the spiritual landscape of Pagadian City, celebrating nearly two decades of empowering young people through faith, leadership, and community transformation.

Launched in 2006 with a vision to engage the Youth in meaningful encounters with God, Y-ACT has grown into one of the City’s most Influential Youth Movements. This year’s gathering, themed “The Legacy Lives On,” drew hundreds of youth from various churches and campuses, uniting under one call to be a generation that knows God and makes Him known. 

Over the years, Y-ACT has focused on reaching young people during their most formative years, recognizing the strategic importance of youth in shaping the future of the Church. Church Leaders emphasized the recurring message, “If we fight for the youth, we are also fighting for the church,” underlining the ministry’s deep commitment to Generational Discipleship. 

This year’s speakers delivered messages aimed at healing, awakening, and purpose. Ps. Rowella Ramayrat highlighted the unconditional love of Jesus, emphasizing free will and the invitation to salvation. Ps. Juan Lubaton challenged the youth to rise from spiritual ruins, drawing inspiration from the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Ps. Jezreel Manugue encouraged awe and intimacy with God, reminding the Youth that in a vast universe, every individual is seen and valued by the Creator. 

Though rooted in Pagadian City, The Movement has sent ripples far beyond. Alumni of Y-ACT now serve as leaders, missionaries, and ministers across the Philippines and abroad, carrying the same fire, purpose, and identity they found through the ministry. What started in a small Group, has now reached Families, campuses, churches, communities, and Nations. And yet, the heart remains the same: to know Jesus and make Him known.

Now in its 19th year, Y-ACT continues to honor the past, celebrate the present, and plant seeds of faith for the future. Season XIX proved that this generation is not just surviving they are rising, worshiping, leading, and leaving a mark that will not fade. 

In a time of increasing secular influence, Y-ACT stands as a consistent force for spiritual revival among young people in Pagadian. Leaders vow to continue the work, building on a legacy that has already changed countless lives and preparing the next Generation, A generation that says yes and their yes will change Everything.

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