About EYE
EYE is a triennial event for the entire Episcopal Church (pronounced E-Y-E). About 1000 people (high school students, their adult mentors, and Bishops from around the church) come together and live on a college campus for a little under a week. Time is spent is worship (amazing, awesome and very memorable worship), large group presentations, small group discussions on the presentations (youth lead), workshops on a variety of topics (from meditation to outreach to AIDS in the life of our church to knitting, and everything in between), and a lot of time hanging out and meeting people from around the world.
Why go?
It’s an incredible spiritual experience! You can meet people from all over. You’ll get to know people who share your beliefs and also some who’s disagree with your views, but with whom you can discuss differences and still be friends. You’ll be able to take part in HUGE and EXCITING liturgy (people can volunteer as acolytes and Eucharistic Ministers). You’ll take part in a mission activity where you’ll be helping people and serving God. You may even learn some new things, grow and change as you broaden your experience and watch God move in others (and in yourself). And you’ll be able to sleep in a college dorm and experience college cafeteria food (ok, maybe not a selling point, but still an experience!).
Who can apply?
While we encourage everyone to apply, we will be bringing a delegation of diverse young leaders who represent the breadth of our Diocese. We will be choosing people through an application process to ensure that the selected youth are ready to experience the greater church and her diversity, and who also demonstrate capacity to bring home what they have experienced and learned to share with their peers and members of our Diocese. We will have a diverse group of faithful, mature high schoolers, along with adults enthused about learning with them, and empowering and equipping them to be disciples in the world. All members of our delegation will need to be able to handle travel, to speak up in groups, to have the language to share their own faith journeys, and to be trustworthy in honoring the covenant for behavior required of all participants.
How will we get there?
We will travel by plane as a group. We will fly out the morning of the 10th and fly back the afternoon of the 14th. Upon arrival, the sponsoring Diocese has ground transportation to get us to and from the airport.
What is the cost?
We ask that each youth apply raise half the cost to attend on their own or through a home parish sponsorship. The total cost is $850, so that leaves $425 to raise. Don't let cost keep you from applying. We will award between 5-10 full scholarships to those in need. We just ask those that are able to pay to please contribute to this great event.
Want even more information? Visit the Episcopal Church website here. They have every detail that has been released on EYE 17. You can also follow the EYE page on Facebook.
Why go?
It’s an incredible spiritual experience! You can meet people from all over. You’ll get to know people who share your beliefs and also some who’s disagree with your views, but with whom you can discuss differences and still be friends. You’ll be able to take part in HUGE and EXCITING liturgy (people can volunteer as acolytes and Eucharistic Ministers). You’ll take part in a mission activity where you’ll be helping people and serving God. You may even learn some new things, grow and change as you broaden your experience and watch God move in others (and in yourself). And you’ll be able to sleep in a college dorm and experience college cafeteria food (ok, maybe not a selling point, but still an experience!).
Who can apply?
While we encourage everyone to apply, we will be bringing a delegation of diverse young leaders who represent the breadth of our Diocese. We will be choosing people through an application process to ensure that the selected youth are ready to experience the greater church and her diversity, and who also demonstrate capacity to bring home what they have experienced and learned to share with their peers and members of our Diocese. We will have a diverse group of faithful, mature high schoolers, along with adults enthused about learning with them, and empowering and equipping them to be disciples in the world. All members of our delegation will need to be able to handle travel, to speak up in groups, to have the language to share their own faith journeys, and to be trustworthy in honoring the covenant for behavior required of all participants.
How will we get there?
We will travel by plane as a group. We will fly out the morning of the 10th and fly back the afternoon of the 14th. Upon arrival, the sponsoring Diocese has ground transportation to get us to and from the airport.
What is the cost?
We ask that each youth apply raise half the cost to attend on their own or through a home parish sponsorship. The total cost is $850, so that leaves $425 to raise. Don't let cost keep you from applying. We will award between 5-10 full scholarships to those in need. We just ask those that are able to pay to please contribute to this great event.
Want even more information? Visit the Episcopal Church website here. They have every detail that has been released on EYE 17. You can also follow the EYE page on Facebook.
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