SAY it!

YOUTH SUNDAY!

2008-04-30T13:29:00.002-05:00

This Sunday, MAY 4th, is YOUTH SUNDAY.

Your fearless youth leaders--Jim, Julia, and Laura--will be preaching. Melanie and Madeleine will be reading senior letters to the congregation, and many of you will be ushering, singing, reading, and leading prayers!

And.

DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR BATHING SUIT!

We'll be heading to Sidney Childress' house after church for a pool party and cookout!

This will be the last official youth gathering before summer, so let's go for broke, and MAKE IT COUNT!

As always, your priest loves you.

BOWLING.

2008-04-21T14:45:00.001-05:00

To quote Jumpin Jim:

"Fun times at whatever-its-called with Meryl McStrikerson and Mother Trevor"

The night of ONE MILLION SANDWICHES...

2008-04-21T14:05:00.006-05:00

Okay. Really there were 343 sandwiches made. But that's still a lot!

On April 13th, Saint Anne's EYC built 343 meat and cheese sandwiches for our brothers and sisters at the Open Door Community. Here are some pictures!....

Jr. EYC came in for the first half of the sammie building...They had a great time!

Then in came the Sr. EYC. Almost as efficient as the Juniors, far sillier.

Hunger Walk Pics!

2008-03-02T20:09:00.007-05:00

We raised almost $700 and walked three miles in a stand against hunger & poverty in the Atlanta area. Thriteen St. Annians participated in this year's Hunger Walk downtown. Check us out:

HUNGER WALK

2008-02-07T11:12:00.000-05:00

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

The 2008 Hunger Walk is

MARCH 2nd!

We'll order pizza after the 10:30 service and leave from the church at 1:15. We'll return sometime later in the afternoon....More details to follow.

Bring at least a $25 donation!

wmp+

FEBRUARY!

2008-02-07T11:05:00.000-05:00

WOW. The senior high raised $597.00 at the Pancake Supper! That means we only have.......um.....$4403.00 for the New York trip! We can do it.

Here's your update to February's calendar. Some things have been switched up.

February 10th--Meet at the regular times! A Youth Advocate from the Partnership Against Domestic Violence is coming in to talk about relationships & dating & safety & stuff. BRING A FRIEND, GET A COOKIE.

February 17th--Meet at the regular times! We're going to take everything we learned last week, and talk about what it means as Christians!

February 24th--It's that 5:30 service again! Come! You'll dig it!

Carry on!
wmp+

WOW. It's been a looooong time.

2008-01-09T11:07:00.000-05:00

Hi, Folks. It's been a long time since I've posted anything! Here are some up&comin' things.

This weekend the Sr. Highers are off to Camp Mikell for the Diocesan Youth retreat. Woo-hoo! Junior EYC will meet at the regular time, 4:30-6:00. Taco night!

Other dates to keep in mind....

January 20th--We're going to the moooooovies! Stay tuned for when/where!
January 27th--it's the cool, new 5:30 service. Check it out! No regular EYC.

February 3rd--Meet at the regular times! A Youth Advocate from the Partnership Against Domestic Violence is coming in to talk about relationships & dating & safety & stuff. BRING A FRIEND!
February 10th--Meet at the regular times! We're going to take everything we learned last week, and talk about what it means as Christians!
February 17th--Meet at the regular times!
February 24th--It's that 5:30 service again! Come! You'll dig it!

March 2nd--BOWLING! Times TBA.
March 9th--Meet at the regular times for our Creation Project!
March 16th--NO EYC. (Spring Breaks!)
March 23rd--NO EYC. (EASTER!)
March 30th--Come on to church at 5:30 for the 5:30 service! Yahoo!

April 6th--Meet at the regular times!
April 13th--Meet at the regular times!
April 20th--KICKBALL. Time/place TBA.
April 27th--5:30 service!

May 4--TBA!
May 11--End of the year crazy bash!

Fall Feeding Project '07: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

2007-11-08T11:34:00.000-05:00

On Sunday, Saint Anne's EYC put their hearts & hands to work for this year's Fall Feeding Project. TONS of donated food items were bagged into individual meals for families who have children staying long-term at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Yesterday 320 meals were delivered! Here are some pictures of the time you spent together for this project....

HAUNTED

2007-10-22T16:44:00.000-05:00

Come on out for the HALLOWEEEEEEEEN FESTIVAL this Wednesday, the 24th! Show up at 5:15. We'll feed you and put you to work at the festival or in the uber-haunted room in the youth center!

Boo!

wmp+

PSATs?!

2007-10-16T13:53:00.000-05:00

Are you taking the PSATs tomorrow?! Eat breakfast and get some rest! I'll say a prayer!

;-),
Wendy+

Six Flags: PICTURES!

2007-10-15T20:05:00.001-05:00

Is Six Flags ever NOT fun? Look:

YAY! See y'all in church!

wmp+

UPDATES!

2007-10-15T12:34:00.000-05:00

HALLOWEEN MANSION 2007

Holy Ghosties and Ghoulies!

Once again this year the EYC of St. Anne’s will be creating the Halloween Mansion for the Festival on October 24th! Here are some things to keep in mind…

+we’ll be setting up downstairs SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21st from 4:00 to 8:00. please come when you can! all are welcome! some of us will break to go to the 5:30 service in the parish hall. wendy’s preachin’!
+as we’re setting up, if you get a case of the hunger, there will be a simple meal after the 5:30 service.
+if you have any haunted house decorations at home (or anything that can be fashioned into something scary!), bring it on!
+EYC’s running the Mansion again this year, so bring yourself in a scary costume and your friends downstairs on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24TH at 5:30. let your parents know that we’ll be done by 7:00.

……………..EYC on October 28th…………….
Junior EYCers come on out at your regular times! Dress in your Halloween Costume, ‘cause we’re going to do some reverse Trick-or-Treating at the Terrace!
Senior EYCers come out at 6:00…We’ll leave a little early for a the Haunted House in Lawrenceville. Anyone want to volunteer to hold Wendy’s hand? She’s totally chicken.

ATTENTION PARENTS! Wendy and The Faithful Awesome Youth Leaders—Laura, Julia, and MK—are still looking for friendly feeders to host a portion of this year’s Progressive Dinner on December 2nd! Call Wendy at the office if you’d like to serve an appetizer, the main course, or dessert! 404.237.5589 or wporter@saintannes.com

as always, find us on the web at www.stannesyouth.blogspot.com
and find our facebook group under “saint anne’s eyc”

6 FLAGS

2007-10-12T12:24:00.001-05:00

Come to the Parish Hall after church on Sunday.
We'll be eatin' at 11:45 and then hittin' the road this Sunday to go to
SIX FLAGS!

Bring 20 bucks.

See ya there.

wmp+

UPDATE! OCT. 7th! MEET @ IN THE PARKING LOT AT 2PM!

2007-09-30T21:17:00.000-05:00

We're taking the Walk To Emmaus on Sunday! Jr. & Sr. EYCers meet in the parking lot at St. Anne's on Sunday, October 7th at 2:00!!!

**SUGGESTED DONATION: $15!
We'll go to St. Luke's, walk to Emmaus House, play some ball, and eat some hotdogs!

We'll be back at 6:30!

wmp+

Meeting #1: EYC's BACK!

2007-09-25T09:35:00.000-05:00

Hi, Y'all! We're off to a great start! This past Sunday we ate tons of pizza and played all kinds of hilarious games! Check us out! The Jr. High is up there puttin' away a pizza!

And don't forget to come next Sunday for more goodtimes.

Ask the Sr. High about Troll Wrestling:

wmp+

THE SIX FLAGS DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED! ~&~ other good information!

2007-09-06T10:07:00.000-05:00

The countdown IS ON! The EYC kickoff is something like 17 days away! Here's what we've got planned! Remember! Junior EYC (6th, 7th, 8th graders) meets Sundays from 4:30-6:00. Senior EYC (9th-12th graders) meets Sundays from 6:30-8:00!

Sunday, 09/23..........Kickin' it off! Come to Saint Anne's for pizza & games! Regular meeting times.
Sunday, 09/30..........Community buildin' stuff.
Sunday, 10/07..........More community buildin' stuff.
SUNDAY, 10/14*************SIX FLAGS!!!!*********************RIGHT AFTER CHURCH!
Sunday, 10/21.........Stay Tuned!
Sunday, 10/28.........Jr. EYC: Halloween at the Terrace!
Sr. EYC: Off to a Haunted House!
Sunday, 11/04.........Jr. EYC: Bagging food for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Sr. EYC: Bagging food for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Sunday, 11/11..........Come on to Saint Anne's at the regular meeting times!
Sunday, 11/18..........NO EYC
Sunday, 11/25..........TURKEY, TURKEY! No EYC!
Sunday, 12/02..........Progressive Dinner
Sunday, 12/09..........Let's Talk Christmas!

wmp+

And a brief note about Saturday...

2007-07-22T02:45:00.001-05:00

We've written a sermon. Details posted next week when we're home.

Oooo! And, P.S. Book 7 is out. We have it:

As Promised: Pics from Friday.

2007-07-22T02:04:00.000-05:00

The good people at World Vision put us to work on Friday BIG TIME. Mainly, we were in the World Vision warehouse in south L.A. organizing donated items to be sent out to various folks and facilities in the area. Lookit:

Bags and bags of travel-size Advil:

Boys baggin' more pantyhose (Scroll down; see Tuesday)

Dudes haulin' stuff away:

Robert wearing earrings (Hi, Mary):

The Boutique (We hung up TONS of donated clothes and organized 'em on racks. Check it.)

Over 300 bookbags stuffed with school supplies to be delivered to schools in L.A. (Thanks for posing!)
This, by the way, felt like our greatest achievement... We worked FAST and it felt awesome to do such good, tangible work for the children of Los Angeles. And it took the WHOLE TEAM to make it happen. 300 bags in less than a half hour. Pretty flippin great.

Happy, satisfied faces.

--wmp+

Friday: Bookbags & Pantyhose & Advil, OH MY!

2007-07-21T03:49:00.001-05:00

We'll post pictures of today soon and very soon. But it's nearly 2 in the morning, and we are PLUM POOPED TIRED after a full day of hanging out, serving the community, riding in the vans, and running around Disney--woohoo!--land.

Tomorrow, readers, you may all look forward to pictures and captions of the following:

Bags and bags of travel-size Advil
Boys baggin' pantyhose
Robert wearing earrings
Over 300 bookbags stuffed with school supplies
Happy faces.

Rock on,

Wendy+

Thursday Rocks.

2007-07-20T00:46:00.000-05:00

Thursday was superdeduper busy, but fandiddilitastic good.

Yay! It's Caroline's Birthday! We decorated the Silver Sas Van as a part of the celebration:

Then we headed off to the soon-to-be women's shelter to work our fannies off in the sun. We hauled lumber, did some neighborhood cleanup, swept and swept and swept and swept. . .

Don't worry, Moms. We took our water breaks:

That afternoon it was off to the beach to get some sun and surf and swimmin over the rocks...

This picture isn't the greatest, but, y'all, that's Aprile surfin like it's her job.

We ended our day at the beach playing volleyball and singing the Love Round and squeezing each other's hands and praying together and being good and thankful for this rockin opportunity to give back, to live the gospel, to love each other.

Tomorrow: We're stuffing backpacks full of school supplies at the World Vision warehouse. Then, we're going to Disneyland. Look out Buzz Lightyear.

;-)

W+

Wednesday Day!

2007-07-19T00:42:00.000-05:00

Wednesday started out in traffic. Vans, Silver Sas and The Red Bull, made their way from St. John's (the amazing church with the outdoor pulpit) to what will be a renovated church with a women's shelter. We spent the day cleaning the space up--sweeping, hauling, lifting, cleaning. At the end of our morning we felt productive and tired and wacky and wonderful.

For lunch: BBQ sandwiches.

Then we loaded The Sas and The Bull and headed back to Laguna for some relaxation. Much, much needed. Ah, and then we hit the beach. The blessedly beautiful Pacific Ocean. Here's much of the group:

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At the end of our days here we have taken to 'rounding up for prayer and discussion. We fill in the blank: "Today I saw/heard/felt_______." Tonight, as we sat on the beach singing and praying, one of us said, "Today I saw one group." And she was right. East met West on Monday night. There were two groups. And between then and now, the two became indistinguishable. Through work and play, we are beautifully meshed.

Thanks be to God!

Tomorrow: More work at the soon-to-be women's shelter. Plus! Surfing Lessons!

wmp+

What Tuesday Looked Like

2007-07-18T23:38:00.000-05:00

Like any day that's bound to be good, we started with breakfast:

I mean, let's face it: Muffins? Good. Cereal? Good. AMAZING FRUIT SALAD? Real, real good. Special thanks to the folks at St. Mary's who woke up SO EARLY to cut fruit and make the coffee. Delicious.

And then we loaded up. Eight of us in the silver van (we call her "Sassy") and nine of us in the red van (we call him "The Red Bull"). The traffic in route from Laguna to LA didn't quite live up to the horror we Georgians had prepared for, but the people at World Vision certainly lived up to the kindness we'd been told to expect. The World Vision warehouse was full of donated supplies--everything from whirlpools for rehab center and school supplies. When word came that we had to wait a while for our next stop, the people at world vision put us to work, organizing approximately seven tons of Advil and hanging up donated clothing and--get ready!--sorting out boxes and boxes of donated PANTY HOSE. The guys loved this:

Hurtin? Have a BAG OF ADVIL:

And the panty hose.... Thanks, guys! Very helpful!

Next we loaded up and headed to the Midnight Mission, a brilliant and beautiful and MASSIVE homeless ministry at the heart of Skid Row. After an history lesson and a tour, we were put to work again, preparing food to be served...

Babes in netted headware. Awesome!

...In the meantime, Wendy totally wiped out on the sidewalk in front of World Vision. Here she is with a pastic glove of ice on her knee. Pictures of all the bruising and stories of all limping best told in person.

And we stayed the night in a church with an outdoor pulpit. This thrilled the priests on the trip to no end. (Carri could hardly keep from singing.) Seriously, what a blast. And it was beautiful. Check out this pic!

It was a good, good day. And not just because we had breakfast. (Scroll up, re-read if necessary.)

Respecfully Submitted,
With lots of love,

wmp+

We. Have. Arrived.

2007-07-17T00:22:00.000-05:00

The flight: Flawless. In fact, we arrive four minutes early. Tales of inflight trivia and the view from the sky to come.

The arrival: Just right. Carri saw her family off while our new friend Kristen pulled around THE BIGGEST RED VAN EVER for us to pile into.

Ben left his book on the plane. Arg!

We got to St. Mary's, played games about beanbags and candy bars, walked to the yogurt place for yogurt, and hit the beach for a night view of the waves. Carri was super reserved and--literally--ran with all her might to dip her little toes in.

Then we came back to the church. We said a little compline, sang a little song, and now we're all crashing in sleeping bags on the floor. We are happy and good.

The folks her are AWESOME.

We're having a BLAST.

Tomorrow we wake up at 7am to head to LA where we will stay until Tuesday. Plans include eating at In-and-Out Burger, touring the Museum of Tolerance, and spending some time with World Vision. You probably won't hear from us until Tuesday when we arrive back in Laguna. And, oh, just wait....There will be pictures.

Signing out,
A very sleepy,
Wendy+
(it may be 10:29 here, but it's 1:29 in my heart.)

no spottiness or smack talkin: The Laguna Group Takes on a Covenant

2007-07-09T11:52:00.000-05:00

Ben's not wrong. In fact, he's right. A covenant is a fancy church word for agreement, and here's the unannotated covenant we came up with last night for next week's trip to Laguna Beach.

the no's:

no drugs
no sex
no alcohol
no profanity (B, F, GD, S, A....)
no handheld gaming things
no smack talk!

the yeses:

stay posititve! help keep each other "up"
totally participate (no opting out, you know?)
ipods & cell phones are a-okay when we're not in community time

We can do it!

Keep the faith,

Wendy+

We've Got Mail!

2007-06-24T10:46:00.001-05:00

Hi, Y'all! St. Mary's Church in Laguna Beach sent us a letter. Here's what they said:

Dear Youth of Saint Anne's:

The Youth Group of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Laguna Beach, California invites you to join us for a week of service, fellowship and fun.

Although we are still planning for your visit and some things may change, we can tell you that we will welcome you on Monday, July 16th with a dinner in our Parish Hall. You can see the ocean from here.

The next day, we'll travel to Los Angeles to do work on behalf of World Vision. On its website, World Vision describes the work it does in Los Angeles as follows:

In this city of stark contrasts, World Vision has worked against poverty's destructive forces for more than 20 years. We partner with more than 800 local churches and faith-based organizations to support and unite local leaders, offer essential family supplies and job assistance, and walk alongside at-risk children and youth.

Most nights, we will be returning to Laguna Beach to have dinner on some of the local beaches. Bring a sweater or sweatshirt since it becomes quite chilly in this tropical environment. We may stay in Los Angeles one night and see some sights around Hollywood.

After a week of working in Los Angeles, we'll visit Disneyland on Saturday as well as do some surfing early in the morning.

We are all excited to meet you, work with you, and have fun together. See you soon!

God Bless,

St. Mary's Youth Group

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Uh, did you see the part about DISNEYLAND?

Okay. See ya.

--Wendy+

Work Camp Info!!

2007-06-10T17:50:00.000-05:00

Alright, y'all. You've gotten the info sheet, and now it's posted on the new blog! Yahoo! It's gonna be a blast. Don't forget to call or email Carri+ or me if you have any concerns or questions, k? K. ~Wendy+

from east to west
july 16th-22nd
saint anne’s youth
work camp 2007
_________________________

what to bring (not optional)
§ comfy work clothes (old t-shirts, light pants/shorts, good & comfortable tennis shoes)
§ work gloves
§ chill-out clothes (a light sweater is recommended)
§ decent clothes for church
§ a hat with a rim
§ towel & washcloth
§ sunscreen
§ beachwear! (bathing suit, flipflops, etc.)
§ lightweight beach towel
§ journal
§ toiletries
....& don't forget your Bible!

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel

...optional...
a personal music/listening device (ipod, mp3, etc) & headphones
camera (+ film, if applicable)
cards

what not to bring
cell phone
laptop
game-esque toys (i.e. gameboys)
crummy attitude

we’re online!!!!
...obviously!

Also, send emails to sayitatlanta@gmail.com

*reminder!* ...there’s a three hour time difference!

On 07/16….meet at the church with your stuff at 2:30 to carpool to the airport….
On 07/22….parents meet us at the top of the escalator at the Atlanta airport!

home base....
Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church
428 Park Avenue
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
The Rev. Elizabeth Rechter, rector

l8r. wmp+

Whoa. We're blogging.

2007-06-07T09:10:00.001-05:00

This is Wendy+ reporting for Saint Anne's Youth. More to come...
Look for us to report this July from Laguna Beach. Yahoo!