Beach Day is where the whole SYC gets together to welcome new members, and to say goodbye to recent grads!!!

This year’s Beach Day will be August 14th at Popham Beach State Park from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM and it’s going to be a ridiculously fun time! This is the same location as last year.

Bring your own food and beverages (you know what not to bring) and whatever beach necessities you may need, in addition to the $4.00 state park entrance fee, and of course – your SYC event registration form (required):

SYC Beach Day 2010 Registration Form

If it looks like we might be rained out be SURE to check this website the morning of the event, before you leave. If the event is canceled or postponed we will announce it right here.

You can get directions to the event on the Maine Office of Tourism Website.

See you there!

Just a quick note to let everyone know that our Annual Mid-Winter Retreat will be in Belfast February 19-21st. Thanks go out to the First Church Of Belfast for agreeing to host us!

Read on for more information, including the registration form, newsletter, and directions to the event!

This is one of many great opportunities provided by the SYC for high school age youth to meet others their own age from around the state and have a great weekend of fellowship and faith.

The registration forms are due in as soon as possible, and can be downloaded here:

SYC Mid-Winter 2010 Registration and Information Sheet

The most recent SYC Newsletter is also available.

Please pass this along to all of your friends or any high school youth you work with and encourage them to attend. This is also the annual business meeting for the youth of the conference, and will include elections for the SYC Executive Committee.

*EVERY CHURCH* in the Conference should have at LEAST one youth delegate in attendance to vote and optionally run for a committee position if they desire. During times where most churches are seeing a decline in youth involvement this is an excellent opportunity to keep them engaged and offer them leadership opportunities.

Churches are encouraged to provide financial support for their youth but assistance is also available from the SYC (cost should not prohibit anyone from attending). If your church is unable to provide you with needed assistance simply use our contact form and an SYC Executive Committee Adult Advisor will make sure you can attend.

Directions to the event may be found in the newsletter (link above) and on Google Maps.

Cya on the 19th!

For everyone who is on facebook, we’d like you to know that we will soon be decomissioning the SYC Facebook “Group” and instead moving everything to a Facebook “Organization Page”. A “Page” is much better for our type of youth organization and will enable us to stay in touch with everyone on Facebook much more efficiently.

…And how cool is it that you can go to a website and click a button to “Become a Fan” of the Maine SYC?

So if you are on Facebook and you haven’t already done so, please make the move soon!

Visit the new Facebook organization page for the SYC and “Become a Fan” today!

Beach Day is where the whole SYC gets together to welcome new members, and to say goodbye to recent grads!!!

This year’s Beach Day will be July 25th at Popham Beach State Park from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM and it’s going to be a ridiculously fun time!

Bring your own food and beverages (you know what not to bring) and whatever beach necessities you may need, in addition to the $4.00 state park entrance fee, and of course – your SYC event registration form (required):

Beach Day 2009 Registration Form

If it looks like we might be rained out be SURE to check this website the morning of July 25th, before you leave. If the event is canceled or postponed we will announce it right here.

You can get directions to the event on the Maine Office of Tourism Website.

See you there!

Get Involved! On June 6th the Maine Conference will be holding a special meeting to learn more about the three properties of the Conference (The Pennell Center, Rockcraft Retreat Center, & Pilgrim Lodge) and to hold a vote regarding the possible sale of Rockcraft Retreat Center.

You should participate! Read on for details!

As youth under 20 years of age and a member of a church in the Maine Conference you may ask your church if you can be a Youth Delegate. Doing so will let your voice be heard and give you the right to vote at this meeting!

Be quick! You need to make sure that your church recognizes you as their youth delegate and register with the Conference Office (your church Clerk may handle this) by June 1st.

More information can be found on the Maine Conference website.