Resources and Reflections for our Diocesan Youth Ministers
Welcome to our new page for Youth Ministers in the Diocese!
First, let us say thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to the young people of this Diocese. Your gifts and boundless energy continue to astound us! Please contact a Diocesan youth staff member, Sarah Sartain, Deputy for Christian Formation and Youth Ministry, or Leslie Manning, Youth Ministries Assistant, if we can assist you in your ministry in any way. We are here for full-time, part-time and volunteer youth leaders. We hope you will be able to join us for our monthly gatherings at St. Stephen's in Birmingham.
Let us know how we can be helpful to your ministry.
God's Peace,
Sarah Sartain, ssartain@dioala.org
205-715-2060 ext. 314
Leslie Manning, lmanning@dioala.org
205-715-2060 ext. 325
Save the Date!
Our last Diocesan Youth Ministry (DYM) Gathering will be Thursday, May 22, at Leslie Manning's home in Birmingham. All part time, volunteer, and full time youth ministers are welcome to come for this time of fellowship and renewal. To end the school year we are going to have a CRAWFISH boil...among other good eats and treats. Come and play Bocce, horse shoes and ping pong. So come and enjoy one another's company. We will begin at 1 p.m. Stay as long as you'd like! For Directions and to RSVP contact Leslie, lmanning@dioala.org or call 205-715-2060 ext 325.
Upcoming Continuing Education Opportunities
"Adults Who Work with Youth "
sponsored by Kanuga Conference Center
June 22-27, 2008
For anyone who is connected with teenagers in the church — youth workers, Sunday School teachers, confirmation mentors, clergy or laity.
Jesus assures us that there is a place for us in God’s house and that he has gone ahead to prepare rooms for us.
Youth Ministry itself is a house full of different rooms: rooms we play in, rooms we pray in, rooms where we rest, rooms where we work, rooms where we listen and rooms where we speak.
Rookies, veterans, volunteers and paid staff — anyone connected with teenagers in the church — are invited for this week of exploring and preparing the rooms where we invite young people for ministry.
To register or find more information please visit http://kanuga.org/conferences/2008/awwwy.shtml
--taken from the Kanuga website
"Teaching Today's Youth"
Hosted by the Virginia Theological Seminary's Center for Ministry and Teaching
June 8-10, 2008 at VTS
Cost: Tuition, $150, and Room and Board, $155
Led by Paul Canady, Deputy for Youth in Washington, D.C. and Dorothy Linthicum, Director of the CMT
Questions or registration, call Dorothy at 703-461-1888 or see www.vts.eduWebsites that we suggest:
Explorefaith.org is dedicated to providing information, thoughts and insights about God, faith and spirituality.
Ministry Resource Center, Diocese of Pennsylvania:
http://www.mrconline.org/finallinks.htm
Youth Workers Network:
http://www.youthworkersnetwork.com/
Happening in Alabama, a peer led retreat for high school youth:
http://www.freewebs.com/happeninginal/index.htm
The Taize Community:
Group Publishing: hands on resources, curriculum and supplies
Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation (EGR)
