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To
this end, YAE sponsors retreats and mission
trips through-out the year. Each activity year
commences with the YAE annual weekend for the
youth; concurrent with the Convocation's annual
convention. The weekend is intended to create
a community for young people who share an international
experience and a Christian faith through specially
designed leadership and community building workshops
and activities. The youth are also encouraged
to participate in the life of the Convocation.
At the Convention, they are welcome to present
their collective YAE concerns and goal proposals
for joint YAE and Convocation projects through
parish selected representatives (one per parish).
These representatives are also included in various
convention work sessions and have voting privileges
for certain Convocation issues. All of the attending
convention YAE youth are welcome to join the
conventioneers during worship at the opening
and Sunday morning Eucharist of the convention
and may prepare special songs and prayers as
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As a result of the 2004 Annual
Convocation YAE delegate proposals, the offfice
of the Convocation has responded to the expressed
needs of the youth by adding an additional on-line
bulletin board feature to the Convocation website
(http://www.tec-europe.org/phpbb).
This on-line bulltetin board provides a means
for the youth to keep in touch, and connected
with each other, and up todate on what is going
on with YAE event programming; through virtual
chat sessions such as, the YAE club, Prayer
Requests, Words of Wisdom, Event Coordination,
Ask the Bishop, etc...
Additionally, the Convocation
has created an official position of a coordinator
for YAE programming. This coordinator is responsible
for coordianting all inter-parish youth comunications,
support and activities; including service and
outreach projects. The coordinator will also
support parish and mission rectors and youth
leaders with the necessary resources and training
as they create activity centers/programs for
Junior High and High School age youth.
This information
was prepared by Michèle Spike, Chair
of COMB and member of the Youth Across Europe
sub-committee. Edited September 2004 |
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