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Hurry and register for BION Teen Camp! Cabins for some age groups are almost full. Unless we get more volunteer counselors, we will soon have to turn people away. So hurry! Send in your application right now!
If you want financial aid for BION, call Jane at 800-244-6062x29.
If you are entering 12th grade, you can apply to be on LLS, which is the Leadership, Learning and Service team. They come to camp on Monday.
If you have just graduated, you can either be LLS or apply to be a counselor.
If you are an adult..... please consider applying to be a counselor at BION. We are limited in the number of campers we can accomodate this year because we don't have enough volunteer adults! Please help! Contact Jane Hartwell at 800-244-6062 x29 or at youth@episcopalmaine.org.
BION will be Tuesday to Saturday, August 19-23. This is an amazing 5-day camp experience! It's for people completing grades 6-12. It's offered by Diocesan Youth Ministries at Camp Bishopwood. You'll have fun with new friends, enjoy activities and explore faith while living in God's beautiful creation! Download applications and Choices Form here. Be sure to send in both as soon as possible. You can find out more about BION by clicking here.
Other News
Youth Ministries is currently seeking a new Youth Ministries Publicity Intern for the next six months. Contact Jane at youth@episcopalmaine.org.
We have an exciting fall planned!!! Be sure to check out Youth Ministries Calendar by clicking here
The teens and adults who will serve on the Diocesan Youth Mission Team to the Dominican Republic in summer 2009 had their first Team Prep in May and wil have a four day Wilderness Experience this July. To find out who is on the team and what they are doing, click here.
Co-Chairs for Diocesan Youth Council for 2007/2008 are Zan Cadman (12th grader from St. Andrew's, Newcastle) and Wayne Franklin (adult from St. Peter's in Portland). If you want to nominate people to be co-chairs for 2008/2009, email Jane at youth@episcopalmaine.org.
E.Y.E. is the National EPISCOPAL YOUTH EVENT to be held this year in Texas July 8 to July 13. This conference for teens from Episcopal dioceses all over the U.S. happens only once every three years. The teens who applied in March will attend from the Diocese of Maine. For more info on E.Y.E, click here.
In every Northeast newspaper, there are articles about youth and youth events that you can check out here.
Ever wondered who gets to be on the staff of youth events? Check out our information about leadership at youth events here.
Did you know that all Diocesan youth events are open to everyone, regardless of what church they attend or whether they're part of any church at all? You can always bring a friend.
Did you know that there is financial aid available for all youth and young adult events? Ask your church or the Youth Missioner. No one has ever been left out because of inability to pay.
The Diocesan Youth Council is extremely grateful to all of the Support Partner Churches which rearranged their Sunday service one weekend so that a diocesan youth event could happen at their church. They are: St. Matthew's in Lisbon (9 years); St. Paul's in Brunswick (Awakening 2007), Trinity Church in Portland (Happening 2004, TEC 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), St. Mark's in Augusta (Narnia I in 2007 and CrossWalk 2008), St. Giles in Jefferson (Harry Potter IV in 2006), St. Anne's in Calais (Downeast Youth Event 2006, 2007, 2008), Christ Church in Gardner (Happening 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008), Grace Church in Bath (Harry Potter 2003, 2004, 2005, Awakening 2008), St. Philip's in Wiscasset (Happening 2003), and St. Saviour's in Bar Harbor (CrossWalk 2003). Your extraordinary generosity has demonstrated to teenagers the meaning of Christian hospitality. Teens are amazed at what you do!
