UOC Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry

The Spring Editions of UOC Youth! and UOC Teen! take a closer look at the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great which we celebrate during Great Lent and helps us as we learn more about the Divine Liturgy. Check out what else this quarters magazines have to offer!

The Spring Editions of UOC Youth! and UOC Teen! take a closer look at the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great which we celebrate during Great Lent and helps us as we learn more about the Divine Liturgy. Check out what else this quarters magazines have to offer! https://fliphtml5.com/bookcase/zuxrm/red

All 5 editions of Spring UOC Youth! magazines are available!
https://uocyouth.org/uocyouthinteractivemagazine
Features contain:
* Living the Liturgy - Liturgy of the Faithful
* Why We Do What We Do - Preparing for Holy Communion
* Living the Liturgy 2 - Liturgy of St. Basil
* Music Minute - Presanctified Liturgy
* Special Activity - Making Prosfora Bags
* Summer Camp
* Activities
* Youth Worker Edition Highlights - Preparing Youth for 1st Holy
Confession and Great Lent
* Parent Edition Highlights - Great Lent & Your Family and Helping to Prepare Your Child for 1st Holy ConfessionFeatures

The final icon for the Preparatory Sundays before Great Lent. Please share and discuss with your youth. You may also download the What We Learn from Icons for Great Lent at https://www.uocyouth.org/whatwelearnthroughicons

This week is the Sunday of the Last Judgement or Meatfare Sunday. Share this icon with your youth to learn about the reading and how we prepare one step closer to Great Lent. Perhaps bring your youth a special treat like kovbanossi(beef sticks) or a fast food hamburger to discuss how and why we fast. For all of the What We Learn Through Icons series visit https://www.uocyouth.org/whatwelearnthroughicons

JOIN US! Our camping ministry is in need of staff to make the summer amazing for our youth. Do any of these sound like you?
* I love serving Christ and His Church!
* I have some time I can give - a day, a weekend, a week, several weeks!
* I have talents and gifts to share such as teaching the faith, crafting, Ukrainian culture/arts, organization, party planning, conflict resolution, sports instruction, just about anything you are good at!
* I like working with kids/teens, getting to know them and helping them grow in their relationship with Christ!

We offer paid and volunteer positions! Learn more here https://www.uocyouth.org/staffopportunities

Young Adults and Teens, do you want to deepen your journey through Great Lent. Join the OYM Intern team as we journal through the fast. So buy your journal, get your favorite pens and let's get started! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLPraR0VU_VeA0z0gHJ2EwugfTAE6iaUE

Register now for the St. Nicholas Program - Camping for Families with Special Needs! We will be announcing the family workshop speaker in the coming weeks! https://www.uocyouth.org/stnicholasprogram

The Liturgical Sensory Activity Charts are now available bi-lingually. Earmark them to use in the coming weeks with your youth. https://uocyouth.org/stnicholasministry

Parents - have questions about our summer camping programs?

Great Lent is quickly approaching! Here are resources and ideas for your parish ministry and families.

Oym - great lent for parish youth and families Discover uocofusa's collection, Oym - great lent for parish youth and families

Reflection of the Second Anniversary of Invasion of Ukraine

This Sunday is the second preparatory week to Great Lent. Please share this icon explanation of the Publican & the Pharisee with your youth. We apologize that we forgot to publish last week's icon on Zacchaeus! We are also including next week's icon of the Prodigal Son.

To see all of our What We Learn Through Icons Series - including our Great Lent icons visit https://www.uocyouth.org/whatwelearnthroughicons

We would like to thank Michael Kapeluck of Archangel Icons for the use of his icons and his input into this resource. www.archangelicons.com

Next week begins our March Focus for With Faith & Love Draw Near! Fr. Gabriel Rochelle leads us on an exploration of Holy Scripture and the Divine Liturgy. Download the full March focus in English and/or Ukrainian at https://www.uocyouth.org/withfaithlovedrawnear

Link to the accompanying video https://youtu.be/2rax9ZqjbkA

Youth Workers and parishes - Got questions about Camp? Learn more here www.uocyouth.org/campingministry

video - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLPraR0VU_VeaIZe07YQ14alUofqUrOxe

Preparing for Great Lent with your youth?? Don't forget about the Lenten Retreat, A Servant's Heart, resources created by ST. Sophia Youth Ministry Certification graduate Karen Gavrilovic. Download the resource here https://www.uocyouth.org/stsophiayouthministryresources

Tomorrow we begin the prelenten Sundays. Our Christ is Risen resource begins with thse Sundays and takes you through Pentacost.

Christ Is Risen Office of Youth Ministry of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA located in Carnegie, PA

Registration is OPEN for all program! We are also looking for staff of ALL ages - paid and volunteer positions. Check out both at https://www.uocyouth.org/campingministry

The Education Commission of the Ukrainian Orthodox League has begun publishing a new resource for parishes. Children and teen bulletins that may be downloaded for parish use.

Volunteers for Work Weekends are needed 💙💛
Friends of all ages and skill-sets are invited to participate in light labor and beautification projects around campus - no experience is necessary. Volunteers will stay on campus and meals will be provided. Here is the schedule of projects we will accomplish this spring…

🪚 March 8-10: Cutting logs with wood splitter, campus clean-up

🪚 April 19-21: Cutting logs with wood splitter, campus clean-up

🧹 May 17-19: Campus set-up (preparing facilities for campers, assembling sports equipment, etc.)

We kindly ask that all interested volunteers register ahead of time - email josho [at] allsaintscamp [dot] org

Time to register for the spring Young Adult Retreat!

https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/gt8w6f5/lp/2508122d-baa3-4e4d-9106-62c4dfc988fbYoung Adult Spring Retreat 2024 Registration

As we have been deepening our understanding and participation in the Divine Liturgy, we have also been finding ways to live the liturgy at home. Here is a creative way for our youth to do just that. Create bookcovers for your home bible that resemble the gospel book! This can be found in the Winter Edition of UOC Youth! plus much more! https://online.fliphtml5.com/coymw/wsug/

Parents - here are some suggestions from the Winter Editions of UOC Parent! that can help you and your family deepen your connection to reading scripture. Check this out and much more in the full magazine https://online.fliphtml5.com/coymw/uvsz/

Registration is now OPEN for the 2024 camping season at All Saints Camp - UOC Camping Ministry. Check out all the information and reserve YOUR child's spot NOW! https://uocyouth.org/campingministry

The February Focus materials for With Faith & Love Draw Near are now available. The full four-page resource is available in English and Ukrainian language. This month's video is led by Fr. Theophan Mackey. https://www.uocyouth.org/withfaithlovedrawnear

UOC of USA youth ministry, camping and St. Sophia Seminary represented at the annual Youth & Camp Worker Conference. Our director of Youth & Young Adult Ministry, Natalie Kapeluck, serves as Chairperson to the Jurisdictional Youth Directors in NA who host the conference.

To see more about the conference, visit them at https://www.facebook.com/orthodoxyouthdirectors or www.orthodoxyouth.net Audio of the speakers will be made available in the coming weeks.