Diocesan Youth Council
Diocesan Youth Council 2021-2022: Rebuilding and Reimagining
The Diocesan Youth Council (DYC) is a group of committed young people who occupy a visible leadership position within the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
In 2020-2021, we began to re-imagine the structure and potential scope of the Diocesan Youth Council, and we continue that exploration going forward. Although the DYC members are still one collective group, coming together several times a year, the young people of the Diocese of Massachusetts have a broad range of talents and interests, and the new structure is designed to provide opportunities for a broader range of involvement.
Although Youth Council members might be working on different projects, they all share certain things in common:
A desire to “be in the world the change they want to see”
A commitment to leadership at the diocesan level--a commitment to be responsible to help create and implement opportunities for other young people and youth groups to participate in their efforts.
A commitment to support and encourage the efforts of all the Youth Council projects, not just “their own”
Faith that God "is able to do far beyond all that we could ask or imagine by God's power at work within us" (Ephesians 3:20)
Membership in the DYC is by application. The on-line application is available now and applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through Fall 2021. Deanery representatives with voting privileges at Diocesan Convention are selected by their deanery assembly from among the DYC members.
Retreats
Held at the Barbara C. Harris Camp & Conference Center and elsewhere, these gatherings--led by the Diocesan Youth Council members--give young people and their allies an opportunity to get away with each other, meet others from around the diocese, and listen together for God's outrageous plans for them through games and activities, reflections, food, fun, and lively worship.
