ACCY - Region II - June 5, 2010, 10-1pm, St. Anthony

The larger gathering at the Chancery is not going to happen so we will be taking the opportunity to meet as regional ACCY on Saturday, June 5, 2010 from 10-1pm at St. Anthony Parish in Renton. This will be a gathering of regional ACCY youth (2-3/parish) and adults (1-2/parish) to build community, vision and brainstorm for ACCY next year.

Please contact Tauno Latvala at tauno.latvala@seattlearch.org or Joy Galvez at jgalvez@st-anthony.cc with questions or more details.

Region II Meeting - St. Anthony, Renton - Thursday, April 22, 2010

Reminder that our next Region II meeting for youth and young adult ministry will be taking place this Thursday, April 22, 2010.

We will meet at St. Anthony Parish in Renton from 5:30-8pm.

Our primary focus will be calendaring for 2010-11.

Please bring your calendars and your thoughts in the following areas:
1. ACCY
2. Collaborative Events
3. In-service/training
4. Networking/support
5. Young adult ministry
6. Hispanic ministry

ACCY - DRAFT Structure

Here is the ACCY Structure DRAFT that was shared at the Region II meeting on February 22, 2010.

Remember, there will be a gathering and commissioning of ACCY for 2010-11 on June 5, 2010.

If you have ACCY in your parish in Region II and are wanting to get them involved in the next steps, please contact Tauno Latvala at tauno.latvala@seattlearch.org.

ACCY Gathering/Commissioning - June 5th, Isaac Orr Conference Center

We have confirmed that the June 5th gathering and commissioning of ACCY members will take place at Isaac Orr Conference Center. We will be firming up the timeframe soon...

Region II Meeting - ACCY conversation

Thanks to David Morris and the St. Bernadette community for hosting us last night for our February Region II meeting. Among the things discussed was ACCY. Our plan is to meet twice prior to the ACCY Spring Gathering/Commissioning on June 5th.

We will be meeting twice among the dates of:
March 27
April 10, 17, 24
May 1

Please check with your youth and adult leaders who will be involved with ACCY and see what will work for them. Because of where we are in the timeline and the year, we will not necessarily be able to accomodate everyone at both meetings but the hope is we would get a majority of people involved between the two of them and start formally with the June 5th gathering for next year's group. If you have individuals who are graduating this year and will not be around next year but want to be part of that formative process, they can be your parish representatives...

While we will use the 2 gatherings prior to June 5th as a springboard into next year, it is not required that the youth representatives from your parish continue on into 2010-11. That is up to each individual parish.

We are looking at a timeframe of 10-1pm. The hope/expectation is that each parish that participates would come up with 2 youth leaders and 1-2 adult leaders for the regional ACCY.

The subcommittee will continue its work on fleshing out other items related to ACCY in the weeks prior to our next Region II Meeting on March 25.

The basic outline for the first Region II ACCY gathering will be:
1. Community building/networking
2. Role of ACCY - Listening Session where youth leaders voice their thoughts
3. Mission/purpose - visioning what ACCY in Region II will be about

Contact Joy Galvez or Tauno Latvala with questions...

Next Region II Meeting - Thursday, January 21, 5-8:30pm

We are still finalizing the location and specific agenda so look for more information to come. We will gather for those that can for a simple meal starting at 5pm, with some time for networking, connecting and reflecting until the business portion of the meeting begins at 6:30pm.

In terms of general agenda, we will be calendaring for the rest of our gatherings up until summer (youth and young adult ministry leadership as well as ACCY) so please bring your calendars with you. We will also discuss ACCY so bring your thoughts and energy around that as well.

More information to come...

Region II Gathering - Thursday, Oct. 22, 7-9pm, St. Madeline Sophie

We will be coming together to follow up our meeting time at the Fall Gathering at the Palisades Retreat Center on September 10. This will be an important meeting to discuss, among the following:
1. ACCY for 2009-10
2. Gathering schedule for 2009-10
3. Goals, purpose, mission of Region II - what will we focus on in 2009-10.
There will be a formal agenda sent out the week of the meeting. Please contact Tauno Latvala at tauno.latvala@seattlearch.org if you have thoughts!
Address at St. Madeline Sophie is 4400 130th Place SE, Bellevue, WA 98006