CCYM/ROCK
Planning for 2009
ROCK 2009
January 30-February 1,
Ocean City, MD
Click here to register for ROCK 2009
CCYM Challenges Youth Groups To Raise Funds for the New West River Dining Center
Prizes for youth group participation. Deadline December 1st. Click here for full details>>
NEW - All God's People (PDF)
CCYM/ROCK meeting dates:
Fall meeting dates
September 13
October 11
November 8
December 13
All meetings will be held from 10:00 am - noon unless otherwise noted with (pizza following the meeting). Some meetings may require a small breakout meeting following the regular meeting.
All meetings are held at:
The Baltimore-Washington Conference Center
7178 Columbia Gateway Dr. Suite D
Columbia, MD 21046
For additional information contact Tom Price, Director for Youth Ministries
ROCK Teams and Team Leads - If you want to be on one of these teams please e-mail tprice@bwcumc.org or pbowne@bwcumc.org and let us know.
Conference Council on Youth Ministries (CCYM)
CCYM -- Who We Are/ What We Do
Recognizing that youth are a vital part of the body of Christ, the CCYM is committed to:
Focus on joyful Christian discipleship;
- Develop programs and events that promote Christian fellowship, growth, and unity;
- Encourage and empower youth leaders; and
- Be both a forum and advocate for the youth of the Baltimore-Washington Conference.
It is our prayer that God will use the CCYM to focus our youth ministries on the transforming power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that we will be emboldened by the Holy Spirit to be agents for renewal in our church, and that we may grow together in Christian servanthood.
CCYM is the Conference Council on Youth Ministries. Each local United Methodist Church has a council on youth ministries responsible for the youth programs of that church. All the local churches of a district are connected by a district council on youth ministries, which is responsible for youth events and programs which can connect the youth of many local churches. There are nine districts in our conference which includes the District of Columbia, most of Maryland and a eastern panhandle of West Virginia.
CCYM Officers
Youth growing in faith, leadership, and discipleship - the CCYM makes our "connection" real through programs and relationships with youth around the conference and the world. Youth from all 9 districts select the CCYM officers at the May meeting and vote on the slate of officers during the June meeting.
President
Lauren Stitzlein
Oakdale Emory UM Church
Washington West District
Executive Vice-President
Christine Poole
Northwood Appold UM Church
Baltimore North District
Vice President NEJ Representative
Bethany McDonald
Vice President NEJ Representative
Nickie Barker
Vice President NEJ Representative
Johari Coxe
Co VP Youth Service Fund
Courtney Jones
VP Communications
Kevin Olchevsky
VP Web Communications
Nate Strong
VP Spiritual Nourishment
Nick Poole
VP Spiritual Nourishment
Taylor Dowell
VP Public Relations
Kelsey Woolcott
VP Missions & Outreach
Paige Devore
Souper Bowl of Caring
Friends,
As you know, many of our churches participate in the annual Souper Bowl of Caring. If you have youth minister lists, please pass this on. We are almost to the 1 million dollar point. I think if we beat the bushes a little, we will hit that mark.
To report, they would just go to www.souperbowl.org
Thanks for sending a gentle reminder!
Peace,
Jay
P. Jay Clark
Faith Formation & Leadership Development withYouth and Director of Youth 2007
Division on Ministry with Young People
GBOD | The United Methodist Church
P.O. Box 340003
Nashville, TN 37203-0003
Phone: 615.340.7058 or 877.899.2780 ext. 7058
Fax: 615.340.7063
Nothing But Nets
Read about what one youth Will McCurry, from St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Kensington, MD is doing to help support and educate about malaria in Zimbabwe. http://nothingbutnets.net/
Friends,
The people of The United Methodist Church have joined with the United Nations Foundation, NBA Cares, Sports Illustrated and others in support of Nothing But Nets, a global effort to end malaria, a leading killer of thousands of children in Africa each year.
For only $10 you can save a life by buying a bed net to protect children and adults while they sleep.
Visit www.umc.org/nets to donate or to purchase a Nothing But Nets Game Plan Kit to help your church or organization save countless lives.
What if you could save a child’s life just by skipping lunch for one day? April 25 is Africa Malaria Awareness Day. Malaria Awareness Day in the U.S. is an attempt to educate the public about a disease that kills one child in Africa every 30 seconds.
United Methodists are encouraged to skip lunch and donate the money saved to the Nothing But Nets campaign - www.NothingButNets.net - to purchase mosquito bed nets for children in Africa. A $10 contribution will pay for an insecticide-treated bed net, getting it to a family in Africa and teaching them how to use it properly. A challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is matching contributions dollar for dollar, so your gift will have twice the impact.
If you have questions contact Jo Chesson at jchesson@bwcumc.org
Planning for 2009
Put these dates on your calendar!
ROCK 2009
January 30-February 1, in Ocean City, MD
Look for information to be out the end of September, 2008.
"Together in the Journey"
District Council on Youth Ministry (DCYM) - Check out the website for your district and see all the activities your district is involved with. Contact your district coordinator and let them know what youth activities you are doing in your local church youth group. Be adventerous in making disiciples for Jesus Christ.
GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!
This Web site is a sample of the youth ministry programs being offered through the Youth Ministries division of the Baltimore-Washington Conference Council on Ministries. It is our intention to offer programs and resources that will honor God and strengthen the youth ministries of our Annual Conference spiritually as well as programmatically.
I believe God is calling us to do a new thing in Youth Ministry. I believe we are being called to come together and begin laying a foundation for how we will disciple youth and each other for years to come.
Recognizing that youth are a vital part of the Body of Christ, the CCYM is committed to:
Focus on joyful Christian discipleship
Develop programs and events that promote Christian fellowship, growth, and unity
Encourage and empower youth leaders
Be both a forum and an advocate for the youth of the Baltimore-Washington Conference
It is our prayer that God will use the CCYM to help focus our youth ministries on the transforming power of the gospel of Jesus Christ, that we will be emboldened by the Holy Spirit to be agents for renewal in our church, and that we may grow together in Christian servanthood.
Tom Price
Director, BWC Youth Ministries