News from EYC

Upcoming Events

Camp Gailor-Maxon

Camp Gailor-Maxon has prepared for another great summer of fun, fellowship, and faith-sharing. This year promises to be one of the best ever! Camp Gailor-Maxon is held at DuBose Conference Center in Monteagle, TN.

Camp I
Thursday, June 5th - Thursday, June 12th, $526.00
Rising 10th graders through graduating seniors

Camp II
Friday, June 13th - Friday, June 20th, $526.00
Rising 8th and 9th graders

Camp III
Sunday, June 22nd - Saturday, June 28th $430.00
Rising 6th and 7th graders

Camp IV
Sunday, June 22nd - Saturday, June 28th $430.00
Rising 4th and 5th graders

The diocese of TN provides an $85.00 subsidy for all church members. If more than one child in a family is attending a camp session, each child after the first child can receive a $25.00 sibling discount, less Early Registration Discount if paid by Marth 11th ($25.00). Applications can be picked up at the church or downloaded online at www.duboseconf.org.

Summer Mission Trips

Our Little Roses
June 21st – 30th
Rising 10th – College Freshman

Mission on the Bay
July 20th – July 26th
Rising 7th – College Freshman
An informational meeting will be held on Sunday, February 3rd at 11:00am for any interested youth and parents. Come find out more about our mission trips!

New Director of Student Ministries

Holly Rankin Zaher has accepted my call to the newly created position of Director of Student Ministries and begins her new ministry among us on May 19.

Holly brings incredible credentials and much experience to this leadership position that will oversee youth ministry as well as outreach and new initiatives with college and graduate students in Nashville. She has 16 years experience working with youth and student ministries. Holly comes to us from Charleston, SC where for the past three years she has served as a teacher, writer, speaker and consultant on youth ministry far and wide. Her list of published articles and conference workshops around the nation over recent years is long. Currently she serves as adjunct professor at Trinity School for Ministry where she received a Masters of Divinity following a Masters of Arts in Mission and Evangelism. Holly received her BS from Augusta College.

Holly has served as a youth minister on the staffs of four Episcopal churches, and last year served as the Lay Chaplain for Camp Gravatt of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina. She is also a past Board Member of Rock the World Youth Mission Alliance and serves as a Organizing Group Member of Emergent Village, a “node in the web of the emerging church.” Holly is an avid “blogger” and you can get an introduction to knowing Holly by going to her site at www.happydaydeadfish.blogspot.com.

Holly is married to Jim and they bring with them to Nashville two small children, Ellie and Ben.

We are very fortunate that someone of Holly’s experience and giftedness has accepted this new ministry. I think it speaks so well of our parish and our youth ministry that Holly is very excited about this new challenge and joining our staff and leadership team for the furtherance of the gospel at St. George’s. I give thanks to Tony Welty and Kay Neal for their work with the Youth Search Task Force in recent months. I want to stress that this committee worked extremely hard over many months and was blessed to consider a lot of very qualified candidates. These volunteer lay leaders are to be commended for their dedication and commitment in arriving at Holly as the best of the best. The members of this committee are Butch Baxter, Angela Reid, Karlen Garrard, Neal Clayton, Nicole Corlew, Wende Sweat, William Shell and Anne Maradik.

-The Rev. R. Leigh Spruill