Episcopal Diocese of Georgia Youth Ministry

Sign Up Deadline: February 11, 2019

There are less than two weeks left to sign up for our Diocesan Youth Mission Trip! This year we will be going to Appalachian Mountains for a week of service in partnership with the Appalachia Service Project (ASP)! ASP was founded in 1969 and works with families in Central Appalachia to make homes warmer, safer, and drier. Each summer they host groups in different locations in Tennessee, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Our group will stay with other groups at one of ASP’s Summer Centers and will go out to work on homes in the area. Whether you have never worked with your hands, or you regularly work on house projects, this trip will provide work that you can do that will make an ongoing difference in the lives of people you meet and in your own life as well.

• Trip Date: July 13-20, 2019 and Required retreat: April 5-7, 2019 (at Honey Creek)
• Cost: $900 (includes everything except personal expenses)
• For: Youth who have finished grades 8-12 by summer 2019
• Sign Up Deadline: February 11, 2019
• Sign Up Link: http://bit.ly/2019MissionTrip

To sign up, please follow the link above and pay at least the initial $250 deposit. Additional information will be needed later. If you choose to pay in installments they are due February 15, April 5, and June 1. Please contact Joshua at jvarner@gaepiscopal.org with your questions about the trip and about scholarship assistance.

Grades 6-12 at Honey Creek

January 11-13, 2019

Register now at http://bit.ly/2019WinterYouth

Jesus said to his disciples, “Come away by yourselves and rest a while” (Mark 6:31). Between exams, the holidays, travel, and all the other things that December brings, January is often a time when we truly need a time of rest. Come to Honey Creek to relax, to tell stories, to gather around the fire, and to experience the Light coming into the world.

This retreat, coordinated by the Rev. Amy Bradley, of St. Augustine’s, Augusta, and Canon Joshua Varner, will offer time to relax, time to tell and listen to stories, and time to play together. The retreat is for grades 6-12. The cost is $115 (after January 4 cost is $125). Contact your priest and/or our Canon Missioner for Children and Youth, the Rev. Canon Joshua Varner for scholarship assistance: jvarner@gaepiscopal.org

Sign up now for Toil ‘N Sweat!

Grades 6-12 (plus dedicated adults!)

April 13-15, 2018

Cost: $115 before April 1, $125 after April 1

(Register before April 1 and save $10!)

Honey Creek is so important to so many of us. It is the place where we gather to be refreshed, renewed, enriched. Honey Creek is a place where we are given gifts of joy and wonder, and openness to tears and sadness. Honey Creek enables us to come closer to God and to each other.

Toil ‘N Sweat is our chance to give back to this place that gives us so much! Honey Creek is alway in need of ongoing maintenance of trails, trees, buildings, and much more. The staff at the Creek do an amazing job, but they need our help! Sign up for this amazing weekend, in which we will make a tangible difference not just for the Creek itself but for all those who come after us!

It’s also going to be an amazing amount of fun! We will gather on Friday night for games, music, worship, and planning for the next day! Then on Saturday, we’ll hit the ground running and go out and work on the grounds, the buildings, and more! We will spend the morning and early afternoon working, and then take a break to relax and enjoy the Creek we’ve worked so hard to help! Saturday night will include a service of Thanksgiving, and Sunday we will have Eucharist together.

All youth in grades 6-12 are encouraged to register with friends from your church! Scholarship is always available. In order to apply for scholarship please download our Scholarship Policy and Application and return it to our Canon Missioner for Children & Youth, the Rev. Joshua Varner at jvarner@gaepiscopal.org.

Register before April 1 and save $10!

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or visit http://bit.ly/ToilNSweat2018 to register!