A weekend retreat for youth ages 13-18 years old.
May 21-24, 2010
Cultus Lake United Church Camp
Click here to download the registration form.
Sponsored by Fraser Youth and Young Adult Ministries &
Vancouver Burrard/Vancouver South Youth and Young Adult Ministries
For more information, contact the registrar, Kirstin Autio, at 604.320.1743 or mayretreat2010@gmail.com
“To do justice, and love kindness, and to walk humbly with our God” – Micah 6:8
At Walking the Talk you’ll connect with other youth – and through community building, worship, song and ACTION you’ll learn and work together – exploring the passage from Micah, going out into the city, making a difference in your life and in the lives of others. Walking the Talk is Youth Outreach in Action!
Friday, March 19 – Sunday, March 21
Dunbar Heights United Church
3525 W. 24th Avenue, Vancouver, BC
Cost $40
For more information download the poster and brochure.
Eric Hamlyn
Facilitator
604.290.2432 • eric@vanyaya.bc.ca
The New “Be Natural Cafe” for Young Adults starts January 4th, 2010!
Join us on the1st and 3rd Monday evenings of each month -
7:30 – 9:00PM
@ Highlands United Church,
3255 Edgemont Boulevard,
North Vancouver.
The focus will be on building a Young Adult Community for those aged 18 – 35ish.
For more information contact Eric Hamlyn at eric@vanyaya.bc.ca or 604.290.2432
January 3rd, 2010 @ 7:30 pm @ Lakeview Multicultural United Church, 2776 Semlin Drive, Vancouver.
Please join us on as we say farewell to this tradition.
We’ve added a few new titles to the vanyaya lending library. Drop by the office and browse through the selection of old and new resources. Here is a list of the most recent additions:
• Coming Out Young and Faithful
• GLBTQ - The Survival Guide For Queer and Questioning Teens
• book, bath, table, and time – christian worship as source and resource for youth ministry
• Play ~Belong ~Transform – A Guide to Encouraging Creative Intergenerational Community
• Leaving Home with Faith – Nurturing the Spiritual Life of our Youth
• Multi-Sensory Scripture
• Multi-Sensory Prayer
• YAY, YOU! – Moving Out, Moving Up, Moving On
• The Three Questions
• Listen to the Wind – The Story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of Tea
• The Thundering Years – Rituals and Sacred Wisdom for Teens
• Material World – A Global Family Portrait
• Single Digit Youth Groups – Working with fewer than 10 Teens
• Soul Tending – Life-Forming Practices for Older Youth and Young Adults
Here are a few pics from the well-attended Young Adult Retreat which took place October 23-35 at Springbrook Retreat Centre in Langley.
Here are a few photos taken at the Fall Youth Council gathering held at Dunbar Heights United Church, October 30-31.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
BC Conference Office
4383 Rumble St., Burnaby, BC
$10 donation for lunch
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
All are welcome to attend this important event that seeks to:
- To increase non-Aboriginal youth, young adult and adult understanding of Aboriginal communities before contact, during the residential school years and the time following.
- To allow participants through a simulation experience about an aboriginal village, to really seek to understand the experience that has led
Aboriginal people to the place they have lived through and now hold in history and culture
- To hear from Aboriginal Youth and Elders about their own history and experience
- To set personal goals for individual future involvement in building right relations with Aboriginal and non-aboriginal people and communities
Our guest presenter, Kathi Camilleri, is the an aboriginal woman who works with Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health in Campbell River, BC. Marion Best (wise elder and past United Church Moderator), Jim White (aboriginal elder and leader), Doris Kizinna (Conference Minister for Youth, Young Adults and their Leaders) and Eric Hamlyn (Vancouver Presbyteries YAYA Facilitator) will help faciliate the programme for the day of experience, conversation and mutual understanding. Kathi’s presentation and simulation exercise has been described as profound, educational and healing. Don’t miss out on your chance to experience the vision of whole and healthy communities, as they once were.
This event is subsidized by the Van Dusen Fund of the United Church of Canada and is sponsored by Youth and Young Adult Ministry at BC Conference and YAYA Ministry for Vancouver-Burrard and South Presbyteries of The United Church of Canada.
All are welcome to attend.
To download a poster click here.
To register please email or call: Missy Taylor, BC Conference @ 604 431 0434 ext. 300 or 1 800 934 0434
reception@bc.united-church.ca
The gathering will start at 7pm on Friday, Oct. 30, we’ll have a sleepover and then end at 3pm on Saturday, Oct. 31.
To download a registration form click here.
We gather together in a community of youth, representing congregations from across Vancouver Burrard and South Presbyteries.
We do this with faith and purpose to…
• Have a fabulous, wonderful, super-duper 2 days of fun!
• Meet new friends, see old friends, and build community together
• Share ideas and experiences of youth programming
• Plan presbytery youth events for the upcoming year
• Grow in our faith as individuals and as a youth council
“Youth Council” has been happening for about 18 years now and includes up to 2 representatives from each church in the Vancouver Presbyteries. The people involved have been the creators of the Youth and Young Adult Bursary Fund as well as the designers and leaders of such events as the May Youth Retreat, the Wandering Worships, the Walking the Talk event, and the list goes on. If this sounds like something you might be interested in, talk to your youth leader or call Eric at the YAYA office – 604.321.5753 or eric@vanyaya.bc.ca
Exploring the sustainability and justice of the basic necessities of life.
Food + Water + Shelter = Life
Location: Lakeview Multicultural United Church, 2776 Semlin Drive, Vancouver
Time: Worship: 7pm – Tea: 8pm – Discussion: 8:15 – 9pm
Food - October 4 – Christine Boyle & Ana Luz Cobon
Water - November 1 – Wade Lifton, Mount Seymour United Church, North Vancouver
Shelter - December 6 – Ric Matthews, First United Church, Vancouver
For more information, contact Eric at eric@vanyaya.bc.ca or 604.321.5753.
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