The high school youth group from Christ Church Bronxville in New York embarked on a weeklong mission trip on August 9 to Atlanta and Covington, Georgia, where they got their hands dirty helping to clear debris from and make repairs to low-income homes.
Next year the world church will be celebrating the Centenary of the World Missionary Conference held in Edinburgh in 1910. Christians from all over the world will meet together in Edinburgh and explore different ways of "Witnessing to Christ today". In 1910 young people were not well represented at the Conference, even though it was mainly organised by student Christian organisations, so Edinburgh 2010 is setting out to be more diverse.
This week, the Anglican tikanga youth synod has been meeting in Auckland. One of the high points of that gathering was a meeting with the assembled bishops. And the youth took the opportunity to raise some important issues. There’s a report about that meeting, and those concerns, at: www.anglicantaonga.org.nz/News/Common-Life/Buttons. There’s quite a selection of photos up there, too.