We often receive questions from folks who want to stay connected to with youth and young adult activites and ministries across The Episcopal Church. Here are the networks we most commonly recommend:
First, connect with your Diocesan Office and Provincial Leadership. Provincial Leadership can often help you find out what neighboring dioceses are doing similar work.
Second, make sure you are connected to all the various ways the Formation Team distributes information:
Youth
Young Adults
- Website
- Young Adult and Campus Ministry map
- Sign up for the Broadcast eNewsletter
- Subscribe to the blog
- Twitter (@EpiscoYAs)
Episcopal Church News Releases and Information
- Subscribe to emails from the Office of Public Affairs
Other Resources
- Lesson Plans that Work
- Sermons that Work (Sermons, Bible Studies, and Bulletin Inserts in English)
- Sermones que Iluminan (Sermons, Bible Studies, and Bulletin Inserts in Spanish)
Third, Make sure you are connected to our formation partners:
- Forma and Forma’s Facebook Group
- Kanuga (if you are in the southern states)
- Pneuma (if you are in the western states)
- Center for the Ministry of Teaching
- Young Adult Service Corps
- Episcopal Service Corps
- Episcopal Camps and Conference Centers
- d365, daily devotionals
- Society of Campus Ministers is a society of Campus Ministers, lay and ordained, working with Episcopal campus ministries and ecumenical campus ministries that include Episcopalians.
Finally, always feel free to contact a member of the Formation Team for ideas, connections, and network opportunities. Our Team focuses on network development, leadership development and training, and work assigned to our office by General Convention. We work closely with departments within the Presiding Bishop’s office, provincial leadership, dioceses, and organizations to leverage our resources and capacity and to ensure we are as integrated as possible. We try to respond to requests in a timely way. Here’s our contact information:
Bronwyn Skov, Youth Ministries
Bronwyn Clark Skov
The Rev. Shannon Kelly, Young Adult and Campus Ministry
The Rev. Shannon Kelly
Wendy Johnson, Digital Formation and Event Specialist
Wendy Karr Johnson
Heidi Kim, Racial Reconciliation
hkim@episcopalchurch.org
The Rev. Chuck Wynder, Justice and Advocacy
cwynder@episcopalchurch.org
Valerie Harris, Administrative Associate
vharris@episcopalchurch.org