EPISCOPAL YOUTH COMMUNITY

We welcome all 6th-12th graders to join us at Christ Church EYC (Episcopal Youth Community) which is a welcoming and inclusive community for all teenagers.

We strive to be an open and safe space for our youth as they navigate the ups and downs of life, including school, church, friendships, and everything in between.

We have lots of fun while also growing in our faith and relationship with God.

SCHEDULE:
This year, our monthly schedule will rotate each week to allow our families flexibility with travel and their busy lives.

We look forward to our first EYC gathering of the 2024-2025 year on August 18th!

1st Sunday of The Month: Hosted at a Family’s House

2nd Sunday of The Month: Going Beyond Our Walls! This could be a fun outing or a service
project.

3rd Sunday of The Month: Hosted at The Church in The Youth Suite

4th Sunday of The Month: High School 4th Sundays By The Fire

Besides Sunday, we also meet every other Friday for breakfast at 7:30am at Chikfila on Zebulon
Road (during their construction we will meet at Cathedral Coffee)


2024-2025 THEME:
Our 2024-2025 EYC year will revolve around the theme “Fruits of The Spirit: May our Roots Extend Deep Into The Nourishing Soil of God’s Goodness.”

Each month, we will focus our
intentions on a different Fruit of The Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control) and how we can apply these virtues to our day-to-day lives as teenagers in today’s world.

2024 - 2025 Youth Dates

January

14th: Youth Led Rooted Service 

19th: No Sunday School or EYC for MLK Weekend

26th: EYC During The Annual Meeting

February

16th: No Sunday School or EYC for Presidents Day Weekend

27th: Bicentennial Service & Celebration

 

March

4th: Shrove Tuesday Low Country Boil (Fundraiser for Pilgrimage)

30th: No Sunday School or EYC for Spring Break

April

13th: Palm Sunday Interactive Sunday School 

17th: Maundy Thursday Agape Supper

18th: Good Friday 

19th: Easter Egg Hunt 

20th: Easter Sunday 

27th: Youth Sunday and Senior Recognition

May

18th: Sunday School End of Year Awards and Last EYC of the Year

June

15th-22nd: High School Pilgrimage to England 

August 

4th: Blessing of the Backpacks during the 10:30 am Service 

10th: Diocesan Tubing Trip to Helen 

11th: Kick-Off Breakfast! “Welcome Home: 200 Years of Blessings and Counting”

18th: Sunday School and EYC begin! Sunday School at 9:30 am and EYC at 4pm 

September 

1st: No Sunday School or EYC for Labor Day Weekend 

22nd: High School 4th Sunday by The Fire

October 

5th: St. Francis Day at 10am in the Cloister Garden 

13th-14th: No Sunday School/ Haunted Lock-In 

18-20th: Happening High School Retreat at Camp Mikell 

20th: Parish Picnic 

30th: All Hallows Eve Celebration

November

10th: EYC Friendsgiving 

15th-17th: New Beginnings Middle School Retreat at Camp Mikell 

24th: No Sunday School or EYC for Thanksgiving Break 

December

1st: Advent Wreath Making During Sunday School 

4th: St. Nicholas Night at 5:30 pm 

15th: Advent Lessons and Carols with Youth Readers

21st-22nd: Diocesan Lock-In at St. Francis 

22nd: No Sunday School or EYC

29TH: No Sunday School or EYC 

Hope Westervelt

Director of Youth Ministry

hope@christchurchmacon.com
(478) 745-0427

Hope grew up in Macon, GA and attended Christ Church where she spent her formative years involved in the youth program, as an acolyte, and heavily involved at Camp Mikell.  Over the last decade she has worked as The Director of Youth and Parish Life at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chattanooga, TN and as The Director of Youth Ministries at All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta, GA.  A graduate of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, with a major in Human Development and Family Studies, Hope brings a wonderful combination of energy, experience, and organization to her ministry. Hope is married to her husband, Brian, and they have a young son named Davis.