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July 6, 2003
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Dressed to a 'T'
By ANNA GROFF
Goshen College Sunday, July 6, 2003
The creators of T-shirt designs said they were inspired by inside jokes, scripture passages or catchy phrases. Many youth groups wore their matching shirts to the opening night worship, and have worn them during the servant projects each afternoon.
The youth group from Calvary Community Church in Hampton, Va., wore T-shirts with the Biblical reference “Chosen Generation” and with, for some, an obscure message, “Representing 757.” Viewers of “American Idol” will know the inspiration came from a recent winner, Ruben Studdard, who also wears his area code. South Hutchinson Mennonite from Kansas chose a slogan for its T-shirts: “Satan is a Nerd.” MYFer Joe Ramsey said the youth pastor already had a similar shirt, and the youth group liked it. One youth member decided to add “Jesus Rocks My World” on the back. Brent Garber said the group wore the T-shirts today for greater visibility as they tried to stay in groups of three while going to the seminars. Marion Mennonite Church youth from Shipshewana, Ind., all wore red Old Navy T-shirts. According to their advisor, Michelle Sharick, the youth group wanted to match for a day, at $5 apiece. With 5,000 other teens walking around the Congress Center, one can easily get lost in the crowd. But the t-shirts help the young people who pray together stay together.  |
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