2024-2025 Youth Ministries Calendar

Youth Retreats

  • The Friday before Great and Holy Pascha our Teen GOYAns invited the younger children to learn about Holy Week and Christ’s Resurrection. This is a perfect chance to deepen their faith by teaching and by immersing them in the faith that afternoon with a service.

  • Each December our GOYAns come together to worship our God, service our community, learn about the Faith, and have fellowship with each other by competing in ginger bread house making, Christmas Card assembly, and baking sweets for Holy Trinity.

  • Beginning in 2023, our local College Ministry group retreats to the Metropolis of Atlanta, Diakonia Retreat Center. During this time they learn about the Faith in America, worship in a beautiful traditionally constructed temple, and love nature on the camp grounds.

  • Every year from December 27-30th our GOYAns travel to Atlanta to compete against the rest of the Metropolis of Atlanta in Basketball, Volleyball, and Bible Bowl. Opportunities for friendship, iconography, and chanting abound!

  • Recognized as the highlight of the summer, St Stephen's Summer Camp offers teens of the Metropolis of Atlanta entering 6th through 12th grades when school begins in the fall, an opportunity to spend a week at our Diakonia Retreat Center. Campers are only allowed to attend camp for one week.

Weekly involvement

  • Each Wednesday we have classes and opportunities for our children to learn about our history and culture. Classes include:

    Greek School: 4:30-5:30pm

    Greek Dance: 5:30-7:00pm

  • Altar boys arrive around 9:45am on Sundays to provide help in the altar for the Parish Priest and Deacon. Contact the Youth Director —Mr. Joseph— if your son is 3rd grade or older.

  • Once a month we ask that our children and teens join our Parish Council members in greeting the Parishioners on Sunday Mornings.

  • Our GOYA Teens are involved in many aspects of our community and many Sundays they have projects and meetings to further their salvation and the salvation of the community.

  • Like many churches our community has a catechism class for the children to learn their faith in a way that they can understand. We boast a curriculum that matches any other in the States.

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Volunteer your time

  • From preschool until High School we all learn about our faith in a room of our peers. We have a duty to educate our children on the Faith of the Apostles.

  • Currently we have two teachers for 4 classes between 3:30 and 7:30 pm.

  • 5 classes and 3 teachers.

  • Each June we provide a Vacation Bible School and request 16 Volunteers to make it happen.

  • If you have experience working as a youth worker. Anything you provide is welcomed and accepted.

    Our teen group, GOYA, follows the traditional youth leadership officers: President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, Sergeant-at-arms, and Chaplain. Voting occurs in May.


Spring 2024

 

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