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Longing…
 This year’s camp theme is “This is Our Prayer” and daily themes begin with the word “Longing”. Longing to be invited, Longing together, Longing to be heard, Longing for guidance, Longing for renewal, Longing for change and Longing to celebrate. The campers and staff will hear different stories from the bible where these prayers were made. We will try out different ways to express our longings to God. This week will be a culmination of a lot of longings for so many of us being separated for a long time, 2 years in some cases.
For those at home who cannot be at camp or would like to keep the conversation and faith formation flowing after camp we have some “Camp Meets Home” pages available. These have the verse/scripture for the day, conversation starters, a simple activity and ideas on how to practice what you have learned. The hope is you can pull this up on your phone at a family meal or other family time to discuss and enjoy. These pages will be in our Facebook group (address below) and available on our web site here.
Wherever your summer plans take you we hope that you will find rest and joy. You are doing an awesome job raising your young people and remember, God loves you.
-Michael Funston
Join our Parent Ministry Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/edokparentministry
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Youth & Young Adult Event Calendar (updated February 1, 2021)
*Denotes college-age events.
June 5, Mega Camp Staff Training @ Camp Wood YMCA
June 6-12, Episcopal Summer “Mega” Camp @ Camp Wood YMCA
June 17, Youth Commission Meeting Online, 10 am – noon
June 23, Kansas City-area Youth Day-of-Mission
June 25, Wichita-area Youth Day-of-Mission
July 17-18, Camp Canterbury* @ Camp Wood YMCA*
July 18, Wichita-area End-of-Summer Youth Campfire gathering
July 25, Kansas City-area End-of-Summer Youth Campfire gathering
July 30-Aug. 1, Campus Peer Ministry Retreat
Aug. 1, Youth, Young Adult & Campus Ministry Worship on Zoom, 11 am
*Events noted with an asterix are open to college-age adults, defined as those age 18-24 and at least 3 months after completing high school.
More info and registration forms available online:
http://edokformation.wordpress.com
Join us for weekly Young Adult programs:
(events are on hiatus for the summer and will return the week of August 23)
- The Word@Washburn, Washburn Student Union, Mondays, 12-1 pm, discussion on the week’s lectionary
- Canterbury @ K-State, 1823 Laramie, Manhattan, Mondays, 6:30-8 pm, dinner, program, and Compline
- Canterbury House of Lawrence, 1116 Louisiana, Lawrence, Tuesdays 6-7:15 pm, dinner and program
- Campus Ministry Small Group, for any college students who would like to join, Wednesdays 7-8 pm on Zoom
- Young Adult and Graduate Student Small Group is for any young adults who would like to join, Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 pm, on Zoom, email Will Chaney for the day, time and link, whdc425@gmail.com
- Tea & Compline, Thursdays, 8 pm, on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CMEC.KS
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Stay in contact with Youth & Campus Ministry
 Parents, college-age students and youth can sign up to receive text messages from the Youth Missioner. These will include event registration reminders as well as spiritual encouragements. Parents Young Adults and Youth, to sign-up, send a text message to 81010 and include as the body of your text one of the following codes:
- College-Age folks and their parents send @edokYA
- High School Seniors and their parents send @edok2021
- High School Juniors and their parents send @edok2022
- High School Sophomores and their parents send @edok2023
- High School Freshmen and their parents send @edok2024
- 8th graders and their parents send @edok2025
- 7th graders and their parents send @edok2026
- 6th graders and their parents send @edok2027
- Volunteers or others interested send @edokother
Parents, you can join as many lists as you want to make sure you get messages sent to all of your children.
Not a parent or a youth? You can join by sending a message to 81010 with the code @edokother
Follow EDOK Youth Ministry on social media:
Follow EDOK Campus Ministry on social media:
2020-21 Formation Team
Clarke, Anastasia, Karen, Mary & Michael
Youth, Young Adult & Campus Missioner:
Karen Schlabach, kschlabach@episcopal-ks.org, 913-708-5927
Associate for Youth, Young Adult & Campus Ministry:
Michael Funston, mfunston@episcopal-ks.org, 785-231-8785
Program Assistant at Canterbury House of Lawrence:
Clarke Mortensen, internku@episcopal-ks.org, 937-919-3273
Program Assistant at Canterbury at K-State:
Anastasia Cunningham, internksu@episcopal-ks.org, 920-267-0652
Curate for Campus Ministry:
The Reverend Mary Donovan, mkp19@hotmail.com, 917-880-3844
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We will be hosting two regional "Day of Mission" events in late June in place of MissionWichita this year. 
Our Kansas City Area Day of Mission will be Wednesday, June 23, from 8 am-5 pm. We will be going to True Light Family Resource Center, an organization that serves downtown Kansas City with food and clothing pantries, and as a day shelter for women. Service tasks will include: cleaning the facility, sorting clothing donations, putting together church bulletins, and sanitizing surfaces. Youth should bring their own lunches, and we will be eating outdoors at the National WWI Memorial park. Our afternoon activity will be mini-golf at Blackbob Adventures in Olathe, with bowling at Pinstripes in Overland Park as a rain-out option. We have room for 15 students ranging from grades 7th through 12th. We hope you will be able to join us for this day of service, fellowship, and fun!
As we turn the corner from the pandemic and seek to discern how we might best steward these EYE and EJE into the next chapter, the Episcopal Church is working with Ministry Architects to conduct a thorough project to plan for the future of EYE/EJE, beginning with a robust assessment to
