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Upcoming Opportunities for Youth in the Diocese of South Carolina

DIOCESAN EVENTS FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH
The Children and Youth Commission has been meeting regularly to plan a full schedule of events for the 2022 – 2023 school year. The events will start in September with an Acolyte Festival on September 10 at Church of the Holy Communion, Charleston. You can find out more about this event and register in the story below. In October, all middle and high school students are invited to the Fall Retreat at Sheldon Farms on Wadmalaw Island. This event will be from Friday, October 7 through Sunday, October 9 and will include fun and fellowship. More information and how to register will be released in the coming weeks. This fall will also include a youth presence at Diocesan Convention.  

The youth will join for all convention activities that will take place at the North Charleston Marriott and Grace Church Cathedral on November 18 and 19. The youth will assist in leading worship, serve as pages, and give the Youth Report.

Visit The Diocese of South Carolina Youth Page

​Good Shepherd Youth Program
Grades 6 - 12
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George H. McDaniel and Tina Dunning offer a variety of learning experiences in classes or outings to local venues, many focusing on racial equality. Youth Christian Ed will resume in September, 2022.  Above, Fr. Dow Sanderson instructs young people for confirmation by Bishop Ruth Woodliff-Stanley, seen on the right with a new confirmand.

A glimpse of several 2021- 2022 Diocesan events in which Good Shepherd youth participated.
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