Episcopal Diocese of Georgia Youth Ministry

March 4-6, 2022

Grades 9-12

Register Here!

Participant Registration for Happening #105 is now open! Happening is a weekend retreat for youth, led by youth. Each weekend features youth on staff giving talks that offer their reflection on their lives, their struggles, their joys, and their faith. Small group reflection time allows participants to talk, laugh, and play together. Worship is central to the weekend, and there are times for music and games, and several surprises throughout!

The event begins after supper on Friday night, and ends with a Closing Eucharist, to which family are invited, on Sunday afternoon.

Participant Cost is $125 for the weekend with a minimum deposit of $45 due at registration. However, we do not want cost to be an obstacle to participation, so if there is a need for scholarship assistance, please reach out to Canon Joshua Varner at jvarner@gaepiscopal.org.

For questions about the weekend, please reach out to our Happening Coordinator, Sarah Brittany Greneker at sbsandbach@gmail.com.

The BEST is yet to come!

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/NBParticipants

Who: Youth in Grades 7-9

When: January 7-9, 2022

Where: Honey Creek!

Cost: $125 (as-needed scholarship available!)

Our next in-person New Beginnings event has been scheduled! We plan to hold New Beginnings this coming January and we’re excited! New Beginnings is an event for middle school youth led by high school youth. It offers participants a chance to step away from the challenges of school family, friends and more, and experience themselves as God’s Beloved. It also gives them time to reflect on the role God plays in their lives, in scripture, in community, and in nature.

Participants and staff in New Beginnings play, pray, and sing together, and come away from the weekend refreshed and renewed!

Please email Canon Joshua Varner with your question at jvarner@gaepiscopal.org!

The application to serve on staff is also open! Apply for staff at https://bit.ly/NBStaff.

Participant Registration here: https://bit.ly/NBParticipants

New Dates: November 19-21, 2021

Honey Creek

Grades 10-12

Cost: $125

Register here: http://bit.ly/Happening104Candidates

We had hoped to hold Happening #104 in September. However, given the surge in Covid cases caused by the Delta variant, we feel like the better choice is to postpone Happening until November 19-21. This will allow us to prepare thoroughly so that we can hold this amazing event as safely as possible! All vaccination, testing, and masking requirements will still be in place in November (see below for more details).

Happening is an event presented by teenagers for teenagers. It is intended to offer young people an experience of the love of Christ, as shown through the ministry of their peers and adults, in prayer, worship, music, and more.

Please note that in order to keep everyone as safe as possible at youth events, the Diocese of Georgia is instituting the following policies at all Diocesan youth events, including Happening:

• All eligible participants and staff must be vaccinated against Covid-19.
• All participants and staff must best tested for Covid within 96 hours of the event (this test can be an at-home antigen test or a PCR test administered in a medical setting).
• All participants and staff will wear masks while indoors at all times during the event except while eating or sleeping.

• March 27-29 at Honey Creek!
• Grades 7-9
• Cost: $115 until March 6. $125 after March 6.
• Register now at http://bit.ly/NB56Participants

Register now for New Beginnings #56! This event, led by high school youth for middle school youth, offers young people a chance to step back from their daily lives and reflect on some of the big issues of life, such as Family, Peer Pressure, Friends, and how the Love God has for all of us is unconditional and everlasting. New Beginnings #56 is open to all youth currently in Grades 7-9. The Lead Teen is Annabel West, of Good Shepherd, Augusta. New Beginnings Co-Coordinators are Allen Lamb, of St. Anne’s, Tifton, and Karen Bell, of Christ Church, Valdosta.

Diocesan Youth Events for the Winter and Spring are now open for Registration! Here is what’s coming up between now and the end of March…

Winter Youth Event, Grades 6-12, January 10-12, 2020

• Cost: $115 (or $125 after January 3)
• Register at http://bit.ly/WinterYouth2020

The Winter Youth Event offers youth a chance to come away and rest for a while. In a time when they are often over-scheduled and deeply stressed, this event gives them a chance to play, pray, and just be for a while. The Revs. Joshua Varner and David Rose will be coordinating this event, and will be exploring how we cope with stress, and show God’s grace and love even to ourselves. Cost for this event is $115, or $125 after January 3. Registration is open now at http://bit.ly/WinterYouth2020

Happening #103, Grades 10-12, February 21-23, 2020

• Cost: $115
• For more information, visit http://georgiahappening.com
• Register as a Candidate (participant) at http://bit.ly/Happening103

Happening is an experience designed by teenagers for teenagers. It offers high school youth a chance to consider the deep questions about God, Jesus, the Church, Faith, Prayer, Love, and more. All of this is done in a way that allows youth to learn from each other, and to experience the love of God throughout the weekend. For more information about Happening, or to apply to serve on Staff, visit http://georgiahappening.com. In order to register as a Candidate (participant) for Happening, visit http://bit.ly/Happening103.

New Beginnings #56,Grades 7-9, March 27-29, 2020

• Cost: $115 until March 6. $125 after March 6.
• Register now at http://bit.ly/NB56Participants.

New Beginnings, like Happening, is an experience led by teenagers for teenagers. New Beginnings allows high school youth to work with middle school youth as they encounter the daily realities of growing up in the 21st century. Youth reflect on their relationships, with God, with their families and friends, with their peers in school and beyond, and more. They support each other in prayer and worship, through small group work, led by high school staff, and by playing and praying together!

Happening #102 will be held Thursday, August 2 through Sunday, August 4, 2019 at Honey Creek Camp and Conference Center. Staff arrives on August 1. For more information and to register, go here.

New Beginnings #55 will be held September 6 through 8, 2019 at Honey Creek Camp and Conference Center. For more information and to register, go here.