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Children & Youth - Taize Trip
As you have heard during announcements, Nicole and
Eric Matejcek, Jenny Hager and Bryce Armstrong will
be participating in a continuing education opportunity
in April. We will be joining about 16 other young adults
from the Minnesota Conference of the United Church
of Christ to Taize, France for a young adult pilgrimage
where they will be learning about Taize worship, how
to use it in our congregation and participating in educational sessions with other young adults from around
the world.
Taize worship is filled with music and prayer and is a
powerful tool that we have already begun to use pieces of here at Associated during Lenten Vespers and at
ATTIC youth group. If you would like to read more
about Taize, check out information on our website at:
www.AssociatedChurch.org/Taize.
Thanks in part to the Ashley Endowment Fund, the
MNUCC Conference is able to provide this trip for $750
per person. The Children and Youth Ministry team voted to use the Children and Youth Coordinators’ continuing education budget to pay for part of Nicole and
Eric’s trip. The rest is being paid out of pocket by the
participants.
We are truly excited for this opportunity and to see
what positive things will come with it when we bring
back all that we have learned. Please pray for us and
the rest of the participants as we prepare for this upcoming experience and don’t hesitate to ask us if you
have any questions about our trip.
Nicole Matejcek,
Youth Ministry Coordinator
[email protected]
Eric Matejcek,
Children’s Ministry Coordinator
[email protected]
Jenny Hager,
Children & Youth Ministry Team
Bryce Armstrong,
Children & Youth Ministry Team