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HELLOOOOOO DEAR READERS! Kelsey here (Obviously)!!And it is just 3 DAYS until many of us depart for the mountains for our parish’s annual fall retreat!!!! WOOT WOOT! Enclosed is the PACKING LIST and a few things to know before we are reunited on Friday! 🍩 🍰 🎂 🍪 🍫 🧁 🍨 🥨 1. Bring Snacks! … Continue reading Laurelville! Bring lots of snacks!

Hello! The Dark Room Faith video on Sunday is called “Emma’s Kinda Jealous” and the blurb reads: Emma gets DM’s from random guys, and sometimes enjoys the attention. Zach will go three weeks without watching porn, but then it will be hard to stop. Eva realized she liked girls more than boys by the time … Continue reading Sunday’s Video

Hello! So glad to welcome everyone last weekend, and looking forward to being back together again tonight (middle school, 6.30-8.30pm) and Sunday (high school, 6-8.30pm). Thanks also to the seven high school singers and musicians who led so well last Sunday! Let’s gather again to practice at 5.15pm on Sunday in the Gordon Chapel. A … Continue reading Harrisburg 2023 Dates

Thanks to everyone who made last weekend’s pair of CAYG events such an encouraging time! It was wonderful to be back together again, and a shout out to everyone who was so welcoming to new people (including my daughter)… Also thank you Jane for hosting a table-full of parents back at our house on Sunday … Continue reading Timings

As well as the context for my favorite group photos (see above), the parish retreat at Laurelville is an annual highlight of the CAYG calendar. From Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, we enjoy the retreat center’s rural delights, s’mores and singing with the wider congregation, as well as our own youth track at the youth … Continue reading A week to sign up for Laurelville!

High School Musicians and Singers! If you’d like to play or sing as part of the Sunday night music team this fall then do come FIFTEEN MINUTES EARLY (i.e. 5.45pm) to CAYG this Sunday and meet me near the grand piano in the Nave. We can choose songs, agree on who is doing what, but … Continue reading Musicians’ Meeting. Sunday 5.45pm

Exercise can benefit both our physical and our mental health, and how much better when you work(out) as a team and can really see the difference the same day! These workouts may not show immediate differences in your six-pack or biceps, but you will see real change if you jump into one or both of … Continue reading Free Workouts

CAYG returns this Friday! If you haven’t yet signed up, please do here today! Middle Schoolers (Grades 6-8), Friday, 6.30-8.30pm. Drop off and collection at the GLASS DOORS in the NEVILLE street lot. [ALSO SATURDAY, 9-12am, come help me and others take down the BIG TENT! Pizza at the end! The more the merrier, and … Continue reading We start this weekend!

Starting this Sunday, September 11, we are experimenting with a new monthly gathering for CAYG parents. Coinciding with the first high school CAYG of the fall, my lovely wife is inviting CAYG parents to our house for soup, chat, encouragement and prayer, from 6.15pm-8pm. The first gathering is a get-to-know-you, but we have plans for … Continue reading Parents! Souper Second Sundays

High Schoolers! Looking forward to being back together again, but this time filling up the couches that have been moved to room to 105 in the Education Wing. We start again on Sunday September 11, but note the timings. 5.45pm Early Bird Pizza – arrive through the glass doors on the Neville St side. 6.00pm … Continue reading Grades 9-12? Jump in!