CONNECT:
Our Mission:
Connect is a regional Episcopal youth group in the Mid-Hudson Valley. We mentor young Christians, amplify youth voices, and provide a place for mutual teaching and learning. Though regular local and regional group meetings, opportunities for community service, annual mission trips, we connect diverse teens on a heart level as we build spiritual power together.
Connect is a regional Episcopal youth group in the Mid-Hudson Valley. We mentor young Christians, amplify youth voices, and provide a place for mutual teaching and learning. Though regular local and regional group meetings, opportunities for community service, annual mission trips, we connect diverse teens on a heart level as we build spiritual power together.
Puerto Rico Mission Trip 2018: Travelers for Transformation
June 30 to July 8, 2018
16 Travelers for Transformation will journey this summer to Vieques, Puerto Rico and participate in a Vacation Bible School, volunteer in nature preservation with local youth, and participate in cross-cultural exchanges. We are delighted to be sending students, parents, staff, and clergy from St. Paul's Poughkeepsie, St. Paul's Pleasant Valley, Grace Millbrook, and the EPIC youth leadership program at Grace Millbrook.
16 Travelers for Transformation will journey this summer to Vieques, Puerto Rico and participate in a Vacation Bible School, volunteer in nature preservation with local youth, and participate in cross-cultural exchanges. We are delighted to be sending students, parents, staff, and clergy from St. Paul's Poughkeepsie, St. Paul's Pleasant Valley, Grace Millbrook, and the EPIC youth leadership program at Grace Millbrook.
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Spiritual Formation and Christian Education
Young people in Connect are challenged to think deeply and prayerfully about themselves and their place in the world. Connect members participate in service-learning, worship, fun activities, and discussions. We give teens the confidence and skills they need to become leaders in their congregations.
We generally meet the 2nd Sunday of the month in our local parish groups, and then we gather the 4th Sunday of the month in the full Connect body.
As part of their year of intentional living and service, the New Generation Fellow, a member of Grace Year, works together with clergy, parents, and volunteers to plan and coordinate meetings, help with logistics, lead activities, and mentor youth.
We generally meet the 2nd Sunday of the month in our local parish groups, and then we gather the 4th Sunday of the month in the full Connect body.
As part of their year of intentional living and service, the New Generation Fellow, a member of Grace Year, works together with clergy, parents, and volunteers to plan and coordinate meetings, help with logistics, lead activities, and mentor youth.
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Connect Coordinator: Mother Megan Sanders
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Mother Megan began serving as Rector at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Pleasant Valley in May of 2015. She has served as Interim Pastor at the Church of Saint Andrew on Staten Island from 2013-2015, as Port Chaplain and Tri-State Church Coordinator at the Seamen’s Church Institute at the Port of Newark, NJ from 2008-2013, and as Assistant to the Rector for Children and Families in Essex Fells, NJ from 2007-2008. Originally from Washington, DC, Megan grew up in a military and government household in the D.C. and Florida areas. She has her B.A. from Flagler College in Saint Augustine, Florida and earned her Master's of Divinity in 2007 from the General Theological Seminary in New York City. She is passionate about planting and nurturing connections with all people on a heart level in the name of Jesus.
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Download the Connect Student Paperwork here:
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