Las Posadas Advent Event, Youth on Vestry, 2017 High School Retreat

November 2016 Newsletter

November has already been a big month for our nation and our church. With a national election and a diocesan convention complete and in the books, we look forward to the work ahead with the guidance of these words now on display at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul. Read on below for all the upcoming events and initiatives for the youth of the diocese.

Advent Youth Event!

Las Posadas / Searching for Shelter

Join Bishop Gayle Harris and the people of San Lucas/St. Luke’s in Chelsea for Las Posadas, a traditional Advent celebration in which those gathered will trace Mary and Joseph’s traveling search for shelter. As the group celebrates this well-known story from the Christian tradition, it will hold close in heart and mind the serious plight of modern-day refugees struggling to find shelter today.

This is a bilingual and multicultural celebration with processions, music, food, and hospitality. Sign up soon! Registration for this event will close on Wednesday, December 14th (or when space runs out!)

December 17, 2016

Saturday: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

San Lucas, Chelsea

Do You Know Youth On Vestry?

Let us know by filling out this form! We want to learn about their experience to help other youth serve in the future.

Getting Ready For EYE17 Next Summer

DioMass Representative Avery Nasworthy Shows Off Newly Unveiled Logo!

High School Retreat Sign-Ups Are Now Open!

Come enjoy the midwinter beauty at the Barbara C. Harris Camp, and meet young people and adults from all over the diocese! We will have small group workshops, indoor and outdoor games, worship that gets you both moving and thinking, a live band, and above all, time away from the stress of everyday life, so that we can pay a little more attention to the Spirit of God!

February 3-5, 2017

Friday to Sunday

Barbara C. Harris Camp

Resources for Youth Ministry

Get Ready For #AdventWord 2016!

Join young people in MA and Anglicans from all around the world in creating a global advent calendar

The Anglican Communion Office in London, in partnership with Anglican/Episcopal monks of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist (SSJE) are offering a way for people all over the world to pray through your phone every day of Advent and help create a global Advent Calendar by contributing pictures on social media.

How does it work? Sign up for a daily email at AdventWord.org and where ever you are in the world you will receive an email with a meditation and a beautiful image and invitation to respond with a picture of your own on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. When you respond your photograph becomes part of the Advent Calendar and you can view all the images that come in from all around the world. AdventWord shows people coming together in joy day by day.

We'll share some of our favorite #diomass #adventword posts on the youth ministry blog throughout Advent.

Learn More

Office of Youth Ministry | Diocese of Massachusetts | (617) 482-4826 x215

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