REGION II Calendar for 2010-11 - What of this will happen?

As you know from the previous blog entries and emails, OYYAM has undergone a restructure which will impact the ability of our staff to be as directly involved in the activities/meetings/programs of the parishes that make up Region II.

If there is an interest in pursuing calendar items or gatherings that we put on the calendar at our spring meeting, I would encourage those of you that are interested to work together to make it happen. Please feel free to use this blog as a way to discuss and connect around this as it makes sense.

For the DRAFT calendar that we put together in the spring, please go to this link. As appropriate and available, our staff will assist you with resources from our office. In particular, as we begin implementing our new staff structure, please contact Bridget Harris at 206.274.3175.

Remember that the Annual Fall Gathering is happening on Thursday, September 9 at Palisades.


Blessings,
Tauno Latvala
Director of Athletics
Office for Youth and Young Adult Ministry

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.

REGION II - Strong Catholic Families, NFCYM training

One of the in-service/training opportunities discussed at the Region II meeting on February 22, 2010 was Strong Catholic Families, NFCYM. This document has some additional sample pages that were not available at the meeting.

Please contact Tauno Latvala at tauno.latvala@seattlearch.org with any questions.

REGION II - Standing as One Human Family, CRS and CMD

Here is one of the in-service/training opportunities presented at the Region II meeting on February 22, 2010: Standing As One Human Family, CRS-CMD.

If you have questions, please contact Tauno Latvala at tauno.latvala@seattlearch.org.

Jr. High Rally Details...Flyers to be available in mid-January...

Registration brochures will be available mid January...

Junior High Rally 2010
DIVE DEEP!
Saturday, March 6th

Location
Highline Community College
S 240th & Pacific Hwy South
Des Moines, WA

Cost
$50 per person on or before February 22nd
$55 per person between February 22nd and March 5th
$60 per person at the door (no t-shirt)
No refund after March 1st

Special opportunity! For every youth a parish brings over the number they brought to Rally 2009, the cost is only $10 per youth!

Tauno will request the registration numbers from last year so if you are interested in verifying how many you had, please let him know. This is a great way to make the experience more affordable by spreading out the costs among your participants. For those of you that didn't bring youth participants last year, this is a SCREAMING deal.

Get some preliminary information into your bulletins, family folders and information kiosks so that people save the date and so you can recruit your team of chaperones...also know that as per our policy we will not be scheduling CYO Athletics for 6-9th graders for that Saturday so there will NOT be a conflict.

Please remember that you must choose between scholarship and this discount and that adult chaperones are required to register as participants and pay full price. Many parishes build chaperone cost into their "parish fee" if their budget doesn't allow for it.

Age
Participants must be in 6th through 9th grade

Meals
Meals are not included. Please bring a sack lunch/dinner or make plans to visit off-site restaurants. The on-campus college cafeteria will be open for purchase of food.

Tshirts
Each participant who registers by March 5th will receive a tshirt.
(Ed. note: Please pay particular attention to this. Because we have to order the t-shirts in advance and in an effort to keep sunk costs down, we try to be as close to actual registrations as possible, this is pretty important to be aware of. Thanks.)

Schedule
8:30am Registration Open (in Gym)
10:00am General Session I
11:15am Workshop I
12:15pm Lunch (on your own)
1:30pm General Session II
2:45pm Workshop II
4:00pm Mass
5:30pm Dinner (on your own)
7:30pm Dance & Games
9:00pm End and Depart

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...

Catholic Relief Services Food Fast - Who is doing it in Region II?

A request has gone out to see who in Region II is doing Food Fast and whether there would be interest in collaborating. This is a great way to get youth involved in parish youth ministry who might not be involved in other ways and/or to prepare/develop a group for summer mission experiences. You probably have already received your postcard and ordered materials but if not you can get materials and more information online here.

Region II Blog Page Up and Running...

This blog page will give all those involved in Youth and Young Adult Ministry in Region II an opportunity to find out what is going on in regards to the region. If you have ideas about what would be helpful in regards to information or posts, please contact Tauno Latvala at tauno.latvala@seattlearch.org. Look for posts to come...