Youth within the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior are an active and exciting group. A number of our parishes regularly hold youth events, meetings, and activities for youth in their parish and community. Contact a parish in your community for more information. Youth are also involved on a number of committees within APCI, taking a part in discussion and decisions.

APCI youth are involved in the British Columbia and Yukon Anglican Youth Movement (BCYAYM). Many of us attended the last Fall Conference over Thanksgiving weekend at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Seventeen youth from APCI joined a group of about fifty-five youth from across BC! There are currently three youth on the BCYAYM Council from APCI meeting with other youth, a clergy rep, and an adult lay rep to plan the coming conferences and retreats. We are looking forward to the next Fall Conference taking place in the Diocese of New Westminster.

Sorrento Centre offers the Young Sojourner’s Program May 8 -10, 2009 with Rev. Dan Hines and the Leadership Team. We join together and enter the Danger Zone, that place of danger in the gospels and in the presence of Jesus. Our time will also be spent doing work on the Centre grounds, and engaging in music and play! More information and a registration form to come soon.

Come back often for updated information on the upcoming retreats and conferences. If you have any questions or would like more information about youth ministry in APCI please contact:

Rev. Dan Hines: djhines@shaw.ca
Melissa Green (APCI Youth Representative) melissakgreen@gmail.com

Some sites of interest:

National Anglican Youth Site: www.generation.anglican.ca
A site where Anglican youth and young adults can gather for discussion, read articles, look at recourses, and much more.

PWRDF Youth Initiative: www.justgeneration.ca
A site for the “youth initiative of PWRDF, who believe that there is enough for all, and that another world is possible! Drawing together young people from across Canada, we join in national and international development projects and calls for change.” –PWRDF Youth Handbook

Ask and Imagine: www.askandimagine.org
Information on the opportunity for youth across Canada to gather and “encounter with self, life, leadership, and faith.”

BCYAYM: www.bcaym.bc.ca
Information about the BCYAYM events and council.