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“It’s easy to change the world”, Bethany Hartropp, volunteer Youth leader at St. Mary’s, Kirkland, states with great emphasis. The youth group at the parish is leading the way, giving others the chance to change the world - one bottle drive, one food drive, one benefit concert at a time. “It’s easy, anyone can do it!”

By Aaron Emery

An open letter to St. James Cathedral
The Very Reverend Douglas A Stoute
(Dean of Toronto & Rector of St. James Cathedral)

I write you in earnest tonight as a Torontonian. As an Anglican. As a Christian.

I write you with surplus hope, firm conviction, and limited answers. I invite you to share this space with me—by sharing your space with others.

As the Christmas season approaches we often find ourselves realizing how lucky we are and many get an even bigger urge to spread their good fortune. Harvest this feeling of love and giving in your YOUTH this Advent season by following the four lesson plans below, inspired by the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund gifts in the "Gifts of Mission Gift Guide".

By Christine Hills

Like any 11 year old, Liam Olsen loves playing and learning new things. He speaks Mandarin and English; does very well in school and is musical--has taken piano lessons, sang in the Vancouver Children's Choir for the past two years and plays trumpet in his school's band.

But Liam has another passion--helping others.

By Brianna Locke

“A movement of people who come together for the greater good.
A world where, when the call goes out, people respond.”
Me To We

Living in a world that has been plagued with global tragedy and turmoil can not be easily ignored. If you were looking to shun away the world, we would ask you to turn off your television, avoid news stands and log off social media websites. Disconnecting from the many outlets that keep us globally informed is definitely not easy, and because of it’s obvious in an in-your-face-manor, it should not be ignored...

By Danielle Morton

In anticipation of World Food Day on October 16th, learn how one youth group is doing their part to eliminate hunger!

Some may see spending two days slicing, scooping, cutting and cooking with 20 kids and teenagers as absolute madness. However, Bernadette Fowler’s, Youth Minister for the Anglican Parish of Upham in the Diocese of Fredericton, only remark was “I can’t believe I get paid for this.”

The Youth Initiatives Strategy is one of the priorities of Vision 2019 which seeks to engage young people in mutual growth for mission and offers an exciting opportunity for team members to work from various parts of the country, collaboratively via remote computer access.

At the 2010 CLAY (Canadian Lutheran Anglican Gathering) in London, a challenge was issued to the Lutheran and
Anglican youth to donate money equivalent to the development of 12 communities by the Saskatoon youth gathering
in 2012. That means that together we could go “12 for 12” by raising a total of $60,000.

By Brianna Locke
justgeneration.ca Intern

If “normal” internships imply that you zip around the office delivering coffee orders for your superiors and removing staples from old documents, then perhaps I’ve stumbled into Bizarro Internship World where your boss takes you for coffee and my work space is littered with paperclips to avoid any unnecessary office accidents.

By Danielle Morton
justgeneration.ca Intern

In about January of this year I discovered that I maybe wasn’t as happy at University as I thought I was. Almost immediately after coming to terms with this realization, I discovered that the gnawing feeling in the pit of my stomach and the poking in the corner of my brain was God calling me… but to what?