OSHAWA PRESBYTERY YOUTH

  

Youth at Fall Event 2009

 Here is a listing of information about youth events in the Oshawa Presbytery and the Bay of Quinte Conference

NOTE: resources for Racial Justice Training can be found at the bottom of this webpage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BAY OF QUINTE CONFERENCE

YOUTH FALL EVENT

Friday, November 12, 7 p.m. to Sunday, November 14, 1 p.m.

for youth grades 7 and up

Pickering Village United Church

300 Church St. N. Ajax ON

During this weekend we will be looking at the theme of Christams and consumerism.

Click on the link below to download a registration form.

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PRESBYTERY YOUTH NETWORK

We are linking United Church Youth Groups in the Oshawa Presbytery to share in different events throughout the year, whether they be sports events, 30 hour famine or social gatherings. If you would like your event publicized on this website or emailed to our contact list, please send your information to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   

  

P.S.  To see Pickering Village United Church's youth video, "Serving Christians in a Hurry", click here.

  

PREVIOUS EVENTS

  Youth Forum 2010 at Conference AGM in Brockville, Ontario

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   

  

  

  

  

  

  

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 YOUTH MISSION AWARENESS PROGRAM (YMAP) trip to Cuba

March 13-March 20, 2010
Twelve teenagers (14-17), five leaders and five other adults went to Cuba to meet and learn from our United Church mission partners including the Presbyterian Church in Cuba and the Christian Centre for Reflection and Dialogue. This exposure trip enabled interaction between Canadian and Cuban teenagers, educated the participants regarding the church in a different context; it was truly an experience of a lifetime!

   

 

   

  

  

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Youth Forum 2009 at the AGM of Conference in Pembroke, Ontario

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bay of Quinte Conference Fall Event 2008

 

        

       

    

 

YOUTH FORUM 2008 at the AGM of Conference, Napanee, Ontario

 

 

 

 

 

   

  

YOU to YOUTH: in September of 2009, we met our $60,000 goal!

YOU to YOUTH

linking youth together to fight HIV/AIDS

BACKGROUND
At the Annual Meeting of the United Church’s Bay of Quinte Conference in June of 2007, a Youth proposal challenged Youth Groups in the Conference to raise $60,000 for a youth-related outreach project. On October 13th a group of youth met as a part of the Conference Mission, Outreach and Advocacy (MOA) division and decided to take on an “Extra Measures” request from the Christian Council of Tanzania who want to start a project with HIV/AIDS positive youth. In Tanzania, as in many countries in Africa, lack of sexual health education and a reluctance to be tested due to the social stigma placed on those with HIV/AIDS result in the continued spread of the disease. A 2006 World Health Organization report states that one third of all those currently infected with HIV/AIDS are youth between the ages of 15 to 24; more than 2.6 million young people are infected each year.

THE PROJECT
The Christian Council of Tanzania has organized the “POSITIVE YOUTH ALLIANCE”. With our help,this project would extend to more HIV positive youth from Musoma and Geita. They would receive testing and treatment as needed. They would be a part of support and counseling to help overcome the stigma of living with HIV/AIDS. They would receive training and funding to establish income-generating activities. These youth would in turn spread their message in secondary schools and churches to encourage other youth to protect themselves and to be tested for HIV. There is the potential to reach tens of thousands of youth and parents with their message.

OUR RESPONSE
Coming out of the October 13th MOA meeting, we decided to hold an event called “YOU to YOUTH” to educate ourselves about HIV/AIDS and brainstorm with youth in the conference on how to take this issue back to our congregations and meet our goal of raising $60,000. At this event we heard from people who have worked on the front lines against AIDS in Africa. We drummed along with the Abbey North Drummers. We lived and learned as a community and developed educational and promotional resources; we developed strategies and tools for fundraising in our congregations and communities, some of which wel presented in the Sunday worship.

RESOURCES 

We developed a number of resources to be used for fundraising for the anti-HIV/AIDS project in Tanzania.

To see the video message, click here.

To view "Esther's Journey", click here.

To download the drama script, click here.

To download the Christmas Card, click here.

To download an informational handout, click here.

 For the PowerPoint presentation, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koq2wCpj-B8

For the extended version of the You to Youth video as seen at the Conference AGM, go to

www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=3e801470d0292b97af2f