Episcopal Diocese of Georgia Youth Ministry

Sign up now for Hometown Missions 2018!

Grades 6-12 (plus dedicated adults!)

June 1-3, 2018, 2018

Hosted by the Augusta Convocation

Cost: $115 before May 15, $125 after May 15

(Register before May 15 and save $10!)

During Hometown Missions, we reach out in love and service to the world. Some of our work will take place on an international level, and some will happen on a local level. On Friday night the group will gather at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Augusta, for a meal-packing event in partnership with Rise Against Hunger, an international hunger relief organization. During that event we plan to pack 15,000 meals, at a cost of only 29 cents per meal! Then on Saturday, participants will divide into small groups to take on local projects in the Augusta area. Some of these projects will involve working with local organizations, and others will involve service for individual members of different Augusta Convocations.

On Saturday night we will take time to play, relax, and worship together, while also processing the experiences of the past two days. Then on Sunday the group will worship at Good Shepherd before finishing with lunch and dismissal into the world!

This event will offer service hour opportunities for those who need those hours for their schools. Come and join us, offer your gifts to the world, and fulfill a school requirement as well!

Register online at http://bit.ly/HometownMissions2018. The cost is $115 before May 15, and $125 after that date. Sign up early and save $10! Please contact Canon Joshua Varner at jvarner@gaepiscopal.org with any questions or to discuss scholarship opportunities.

Join us at New Beginnings #52, March 9-11, 2018 at Honey Creek. The total cost for the weekend is $115, and Financial Aid is available. Participant registration is now open!

Register Now for New Beginnings #52!

New Beginnings is a weekend retreat for teenagers in grades 7-9 led by a team of mostly teenagers, with a few adults, and two clergy who serve as spiritual directors. The weekend takes participants through a discovery about ourselves, our friends, our families, our faith, and how to live out our faith in our daily lives.

How might this discovery happen? Through making new friends and sharing with old ones, through singing, skits, talks given by teens, videos, games, worship, and conversation with each other! You are encouraged to bring friends from your church and an adult who will stay through the weekend. Everyone will take an active part in the program. You can go to New Beginnings as many times as you’d like…as long as you’re in grades 7-9. We know once you go, you will want to go back.

All youth in grades 7-9 are encouraged to register with friends from your church! Financial Aid is available. For information about financial aid, please contact our Canon Missioner for Children & Youth, the Rev. Joshua Varner at jvarner@gaepiscopal.org. For all other questions, please contact New Beginnings Coordinator Maggie Bloodworth at mabloodworth3@gmail.com.

Participant registration is now open!

Click here or visit http://bit.ly/NB52SignUp to register!

Join us at New Beginnings #51, December 8-10, 2017 at Honey Creek. The total cost for the weekend is $115, and Financial Aid is available. Participant registration is now open!

Register Now for New Beginnings #51!

New Beginnings is a weekend retreat for teenagers in grades 7-9 led by a team of mostly teenagers, with a few adults, and two clergy who serve as spiritual directors. The weekend takes participants through a discovery about ourselves, our friends, our families, our faith, and how to live out our faith in our daily lives.

How might this discovery happen? Through making new friends and sharing with old ones, through singing, skits, talks given by teens, videos, games, worship, and conversation with each other! You are encouraged to bring friends from your church and an adult who will stay through the weekend. Everyone will take an active part in the program. You can go to New Beginnings as many times as you’d like…as long as you’re in grades 7-9. We know once you go, you will want to go back.

All youth in grades 7-9 are encouraged to register with friends from your church! Financial Aid is available. For information about financial aid, please contact our Canon Missioner for Children & Youth, the Rev. Joshua Varner at jvarner@gaepiscopal.org. For all other questions, please contact New Beginnings Coordinator Maggie Bloodworth at mabloodworth3@gmail.com.

Participant registration is now open!

Click here or visit http://bit.ly/NB51SignUp to register!

Join us November 10-11 in Valdosta, Georgia!

Register for the Full Convention at http://bit.ly/ConventionYouth2017

or

Register for the Lock-in Only at http://bit.ly/ConventionLockIn2017

Youth in grades 6-12 are encouraged to come and be part of the 196th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Georgia! Youth can arrive either on Friday morning, November 10, and work with the Convention throughout the day, or arrive for the Convention Eucharist on Friday afternoon. Friday night there will be a lock-in hosted by Christ Church, Valdosta, and the youth will lead worship on Saturday morning at Convention!

Cost for those who are working the Convention on Friday is $10! Cost for those who come for the Eucharist and Lock-In only is $30 per person.

For more information, read the full information sheet!

Please contact the Rev. Joshua Varner, Canon Missioner for Children and Youth, with questions about the Youth Presence at Convention at jvarner@gaepiscopal.org.

Acolyte Festival, October 21-22, St. Anne’s Tifton

Grades 3-12, Cost $40 (scholarship available)

Register Now at http://bit.ly/AcolyteFestival2017

The October 21-22 Acolyte Festival is open to 3rd through 12th graders. During the Acolyte Festival, participants will enjoy an Acolyte Olympics and can also expect to participate in acolyting and church leadership workshops facilitated by experienced practitioners; to meet other young acolytes and church leaders from across the diocese; to learn about other liturgical practices; to share their own church experience; and to have fun!

Participants should bring their own vestments (marked with a church name or participant’s name) and their home church’s banner if available, which will be processed during the 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning Eucharist at St. Anne’s, Tifton, where the festival will be held.