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THE YOUTH OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF ALABAMA
2010-2011
What is Youth Department? The Youth Department is a
group of eleven Episcopalian youth who are elected at EYC Convention by the youth of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama. They serve one year terms. During the year, they plan and organize four different youth events.
Youth Department 2010-2011 Members at Large
Lydia AllisonLee AumanBetsy CobbZeke Jones
Maddie Webb
TVA DistrictKatie Grass
Harrison Hudson
Birmingham DistrictSarah Katherine Cole
Abbey Moore
Montgomery DistrictAnn Kathryn Parrish
Taylor Lollar
Christmas Conference
What: A three-day long Senior High event
Where: Camp McDowellWhen: December 28-30,
2010
“Christmas Conference beats Santa Claus, Buddy the Elf, and all the reindeer! I love our Episcopal
family!”-Emily McDuff, 17
-St. Mary’s-on-the-Highlands, Birmingham
Spring Break Conference
What: A mini- Spring Break!
Where: Camp McDowellWhen: March 18-20, 2011
“I really love how happy SBC is. Everyone is so
excited to be there and if they don’t
come happy, they surely leave happy.”-Sabol Rodgers, 16-Nativity, Huntsville
EYC Convention
What: Annual meeting of the youth of the Diocese of AlabamaWhere: St. John’s, MontgomeryWhen: April 15-17, 2011
“I loved the networking that came with Diocese…Especially now being in
college and walking around and runninginto a friend that I met from
church events.” -Liza Lee Tweedy, 19
-St. John’s, Decatur
What else is going on?
Happening in Alabama•What: Happening is a spiritual retreat for youth grades 10-12.“Only someone who has been through Happening can fully understand the extent of the complicated emotion that is evoked by this weekend. It is a feeling of love, overwhelming joy, and a calm sense of spirituality”-Andrew Rains, 17-St. Stephen’s, Birmingham
Special Session“When you’re there the most beautiful
thing happens…the love within that session is an overwhelming feeling.”
-Hannah LaRue, 16-Grace Church, Anniston
What: Camp session for people with special needs.Where: Camp McDowellWhen: The week of July 4th
Sawyerville Day Camp
• What: Day Camp for the children of Hale County, Alabama
• Where: Greensboro Elementary School
“The Holy Spirit is a constant at Sawyerville…it is the highlight of my summer, and I am truly
blessed to have the opportunity to go.”-Molly Shuster, 16
-St. Luke’s, Birmingham-Nashville, TN
Junior EYC Events!
Fall Fling, New Beginnings, and Winter Weekend
“I love the community and the people who go. Also, I feel really connected to God and stronger spiritually
after these events.”-Elise Nelson
-Nativity, Huntsville
“I love the friendships and bonds that you form with others. I like how small groups
put you with people you never would have talked to otherwise.”
-Win Smith, 17-St. Mary’s-on-the-Highlands, Birmingham
“The Youth Department hosts youth events all over Alabama and gives every
kid involved in these opportunities to have amazing new experiences that they
wouldn’t have had otherwise.”-Rich Bailey, 18
-Ascension, Montgomery
“GO JESUS!”-Andrew Rains, 17
-St. Stephen’s, Birmingham
“The great thing about being involved with the Youth Department is that you meet people you wouldn’t normally
and they become like family. I love the fact that when I come to these events, no matter the length, I feel so much closer to
people. You create lifelong friendships that under normal circumstances would take years to build.”
-Margaret Blackerby, 15-St. Mary’s-on-the-Highlands, Birmingham
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