G.O.Y.A (Greek Orthodox Youth of America)
This teen youth group involves youth ages 12 through high school. Their involvement in GOYA gives them a place and community to belong to and provides a fun and healthy environment for their development into maturity and adulthood. GOYA involvement also provides an opportunity for spiritual growth and Christian formation.
Meetings are held every Wednesday at 7:00 pm throughout the year with additional activities provided both at the local and Metropolis level at different times of the year. Please see the announcements below:
Youth Stewardship:
We are one tenth of the way to meeting our goal for September, to have at least 20 youth make a stewardship commitment to the parish community. Cheers to those who have already turned in their youth stewardship card:
- Stephanie A.
- Evan P.
Anyone who needs a youth stewardship card may obtain one at the church office from Paul Lundberg.
Coming up:
July 26th-30th—Church Summer Camp—We need help from the GOYA members to make this a great experience for the little kids. If you are interested in helping, please tell Mr. Paul or contact Mrs. Friday P. directly.
Internet and Cell Phone Safety
As summer approaches along with the increase of freedom and unstructured time that it often includes, please teach and remind youth about the dangers with which our technologically advanced world is fraught:
On the internet, please be aware of the dangers associated with formspring.me, a site that can be integrated with Facebook. Thanks to Maria and Demetra for raising awareness about this web-based question & answer posting service. For more information about it, please read the following article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/us/06formspring.html?ref=technology
Courtesy of Penny, this Sunday there will be free booklets about internet safety in the PLC foyer for anyone who wants them.
