Adventist Youth Ministries Department
FYI
4/9/08
1. Registration for Pathfinder & Master Guide Camporee and Olympics Ongoing
2. Drum Corps Meeting (this Sunday, April 13 @ MiddletownSeventh-dayAdventistChurch)
3. Youth Awareness Weekend YAW/Teens Sexuality Awareness Weekend SOLD OUT (this weekend, April 11-13 @ the Stamford Hilton)
4. Collegiate & Young Adult Summit(April 11-12 @ Church of AdventHope & ColumbiaUniversity)
5. InterHope 20/30 (April 12 @ Church of the Advent Hope)
6. Mission Trips Info and Updates
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1. Registration for Pathfinder & Master Guide Camporee and Olympics Opens Tomorrow: The Registration for the Camporee is ongoing; we are expecting about 2,000 Pathfinder, Master Guides, and Support Staff at the Camporee this year. All of the information has already been mailed to each Pathfinder Director at each church. All of the information is on the website. Please check the website (Events & Pathfinders Sections) for Updates on the Camporee. Our website is: www.gnycyouth.com.
2. Drum Corps Meeting (this Sunday, April 13 @ MiddletownSeventh-dayAdventistChurch): We are working hard on our Conference-wide Drum Corps and Drilling & Marching. On Sunday April 13, we are inviting all of our Pathfinders who are involved in Drum Corps to be present in Middletown. The Conference Drum Corps already had a practice in Manhattan and they will be having practices throughout the Conference territory. For more information, please contact Ray Hospedales
mareac3@juno.com or Owen Williams
owillim@med.cornell.edu.
The practice will go from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM.
3. Youth Awareness Weekend YAW/Teens Sexuality Awareness Weekend (April 11-13 @ the Stamford Hilton):
This event is already sold out. We are not accepting anymore registrations.
The hotel has a Courtesy Shuttle Service for anyone staying at the Hotel who uses public transport, please call the following number when you get to the train station (203) 967-2222.
There will not be Sabbath ONLY Registrations, we would like those attending this event to attend the entire weekend. Each church group coming needs to bring a chaperone per room. Check in at the Hotel will begin at 3:00 PM.
4. Collegiate & Young Adult Summit (April 11-12 @ Church of Advent Hope & Columbia University): Our Adventist Youth Ministries Department is teaming up with the Columbia University Adventist Christian Fellowship, and the Church of the Advent Hope to sponsor this yearly summit. All College and University Students are invited to attend and bring other students and friends.
The Adventist Collegiate Summit is taking place April 11-12 here in NYC. The event kicks offs Friday Night at Advent Hope with Spoken Logos (poetry/open mic night), moves to Columbia's campus on Sabbath morning for the worship service, lunch, and community outreach, and concludes Saturday night with InterHope 20/30, featuring a mini concert by Nicholas Zork, Benjamin Zork, and Elia King (all formally of Plan C). The keynote speaker for the weekend is Pastor Danny Chan, a great speaker from Southern California Conference. So if you haven't registered, do so!! It's only $15 if you register by next Friday!! For more info, scroll down and click on the link below or go to our website www.gnycyouth.com. You can also contact Alex Espana (
alexespana@yahoo.com) or Sean Peters (
escpeters@gmail.com). This is also a wonderful event to bring your friends too--relevant, safe, and spiritual. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sda/aboutsummit.html
To register go to: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sda/registration.html
5. InterHope 20/30 (this Saturday night, April 12 @ Church of the Advent Hope): It will be part of the Collegiate Summit weekend, and will begin at 7:00 PM Sharp.
InterHope 20/30 allows College, University Students, Young Adults, and Young Professionals to experience their faith as a journey, giving people the space to encounter God. The purpose is to bring all of the Adventist College & University students, young adults (18-35), young professionals, and their non-Adventist friends together for worship. The evening will be filled with music, the Word, small group discussions, and prayer. After the service, there will be a social activity; come ready to enjoy the spiritual and the social in each others company.
This event is open and safe for everyone, invite your friends. It is also casual; come as you are. Connect. Relate. Discover. InterHope 20/30.
The address for the church is: 111 E. 87th Street, New York NY 10128. It is very accessible through public transportation. Flyer and more info on website.
6. Mission Trips Report and Updates: Our Department already had its first Mission Trip this year to Jamaica. A group of young adults, a teen, and adults worked very hard, repairing and painting the Spanish Town Infirmary. We also donated sheets, other hygiene items, undergarments, and in combination with the Central Jamaica Conference Youth Department donated furniture so the residents can sit and enjoy the view. On our last day at the Infirmary, we had a good dinner for the residents, which included All You Can Eat Jamaican Patties, among other things. During our time there, the TV station RJR came and took video of us working and interviewed me, this aired on that Friday on National TV, on the 7 PM News. We were also visited by the Major, Counselors, and other governmental dignitaries during the Trip. Walter Harris and Teddy Williamson did a very good job at leading this Trip in the different areas; including our sightseeing tour to Ocho Rios and Dunn’s RiverFalls. We climbed the falls all the way to the top, it was beautiful. Our next Greater New York Conference Adventist Youth Ministries Department Mission Trip to Jamaica will take place next year, during Spring Break. We established a Partnership with the Youth Department of the Central Jamaica Conference, in which we have agreed to go back and continue to work with them for the next 3-4 years.
Mexico Mission Trip: It seems that almost 100 people will be traveling on the Mission Trip to Mexico this year. All of the information will be posted briefly on the website. If you are planning to come on the trip or your church is planning to sponsor someone for this trip, you must act quickly and sign up, very soon.
A Mission Trip can change the lives of Teens and Young Adults in your church. If you have Teens or Young Adults who are interested in going, you must contact us and make arrangements. The AY Leaders of each church have received flyers and registration brochures to sign up for this trip. The objectives are: continuing the church construction in Region 104, Cancun, a very poor area of the city; VacationBibleSchool at Region 104, Cancun. We will also have a special VacationBibleSchool in an area which is un-entered by the AdventistChurch. It is MayanVillage, where its inhabitants are Mayan Indians, some of them do not even speak Spanish, they speak Mayan.
The cost for Students is $850.00 and for Professionals is $900.00. It covers airfare, ground transportation, hotel, meals, t-shirt, and mission fee to buy materials for church building project. Everything is included, with the exception of sightseeing and souvenirs.
Philippines Mission Trip: This year, we will inaugurate a church which was started by our Missionaries during our first trip to Philippines last year, in Mindoro. The info for the trip will also be posted in the website and the dates have already been announced in the Adventist Youth Ministries Calendar and Conference Calendar. The cost of this trip, which will take missionaries half way around the world, is $1,700.00. In the meantime, for more information you can contact Kim Ayque, (516) 804-8902 or
nabuang@gmail.com.
Local Churches are also doing Mission Trips: The JacksonHeightsChurch, the NorthBronxChurch, and the SpanishDelanceyChurch will be doing mission trips this year, as well. These are local church Mission Trips, which we will post on our website, under the News Section in the Upcoming days. It’s my personal desire to see many local mission trips, outside of the country, but also in the community where the church and its members are located.
Keep in touch:
www.gnycyouth.com (website)
ay@gnycyouth.com (Secretary’s new E-mail address)
gnycyouth@aol.com (Pastor Jose’s E-mail address).
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