December 2016 Newsletter
Give the young people in your congregation the gift of beloved community and active worship! Join us at the beautiful Barbara C. Harris camp (Feb. 3-5) for the 2017 High School Retreat. It's a meaningful weekend your youth will not want to miss!
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
A National Happening!
Apply to Attend Episcopal Youth Event

Applications are now available to attend the national Episcopal Youth Event (EYE) this summer. Over a thousand young people, grades 9-12 and their adult mentors, will attend. High school senior Avery Nasworthy from St. Andrew’s in Ayer is on the national planning team and promises that this event will be “pretty sweet.”

The trip is subsidized in part by the diocesan Office of Youth Ministry, but some fundraising by participants will be required to cover travel costs. This gathering only happens every three years, and there are a limited number of registrations allowed from each diocese, so early application is encouraged.
July 10-14, 2017
Univ. of Central Oklahoma

***The registration deadline is Feb. 15, 2017, or whenever the trip reaches capacity.

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Youth Organizing and Advocacy Opportunity 
February 23, 2017
11:00am start 
138 Tremont Street
Join young people from across the diocese: together in partnership learn how to build power and make change on issues that young people care about on the state level.

The event concludes with a group action to demand a state budget that invests in youth.
Two PreConfirmation Retreats in 2017
Sign up today to attend a PreConfirmation Retreat in 2017. This is a chance for young people to meet other young people discerning their call to Confirmation or even the faith journey in general.

Each of the retreats will begin on a Friday night at 7:00pm, and will finish by 4:00pm on Saturday afternoon. Because these are one night retreats, we do pack a lot into 20 hours!
 March 17-18, 2017
or
April 7-8, 2017

at Barbara C. Harris Camp
Greenfield, N.H.
Resources for Youth Ministry
Lesson Plans for Christmas 

Episcopal Digital Network offers structure for youth group worship and reflection

Jump start your brainstorming with lesson plans written and published by the Episcopal Church. They're written with practical approaches and the needs of volunteer teachers in mind: 

“Go!” said the angel. Joseph had learned he could trust the angel. And yet, he put his sleep deprived wife and infant son on the back of a donkey and plodded all the way into Egypt? He had to trust and go if the infant was to survive Herod’s paranoia. Joseph had to act...