NGUK on iTunes

Thanks to Justin and Johannes in the Media Dept. NGUK are now on iTunes! To tune in, just go to the iTunes Podcast Directory, and look us up under New Generation Podcast. So far the selection is pretty slim, but rest assured. We´ll be uploading weekly and prety soon you´ll be able to find all our trailers, Word of the Week vids and other random films of interest from NG Studios, downloadable straight to your iPod. Nice.

The Power of One

Miss Rosa Parks. If you’ve never heard this name before, or you don’t recognise the picture, then it’s probably because this lady’s story often gets mentioned as part of another story. A story that tells of how a black Baptist preacher from the southern states of America changed the course of American, and actually world, history with his “I have a dream”-speech. Martin Luther King has become a bit of an icon at New Generation. Not for being a perfect man or a great evangelist, but because he proved that one man really can make a difference. But what’s even more interesting is to look at the woman who prompted his whole campaign, Miss Rosa Parks. Rosa was an ordinary 42-year old black lady on her way home from a long day’s work at Montgomery Fair department store. An ordinary lady who just wanted to sit down for a little while on an almost empty bus. An ordinary lady who inspired not only one American preacher, but a whole generation, to say enough is enough and stand up for what they believe in. Her actions inspired a whole movement of protesters that brought about change in racial laws and the beginning of an end to segregation. Her refusal to give up her seat on the bus that day just because she was black changed the thinking of a whole generation, and altered the course of those to come. In our eyes Miss Rosa Parks is a hero. A perfect example of what one person can achieve.

The Bible's full of stories about olden day versions of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King. Full of stories about God using simple, everyday people to play a part in bringing about His plans here on earth. All throughout history, He’s shown what one person can do if they just decide to follow their calling and live out the plans God has for them. Just look at Jesus. No other man has changed history the way He did. But He was the Son of God you may say. If you’re not satisfied, try reading up on some old Bible stories or pulling out your history books for a while. Look at the lives of Noah, Esther, Gideon, St. Augustine, Martin Luther, Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela and so many more... All simple, everyday people with one thing in common: a determination to make a difference. All people who lived for something greater than themselves, and set something in motion. You can be another one of those names. You can set something in motion at your school, uni or workplace. Time and again we see the power of ordinary people deciding to do extraordinary things, and God’s ability to use one person to change history. One is enough.

Will you be the one?


“People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”

- Miss Rosa Parks, Montgomery, Alabama