St. Paul’s Church in Owego recently hosted this spring’s New Beginnings weekend for youth in grades 6 through 8. Ten participants and five high-school age Team Leaders (together with adult leaders) enjoyed a weekend of worship, prayer, fellowship and creative activities.
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Praying for one another.
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Singing during free time.
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Group photo with the Rev. Geoff Doolittle (far left) and diocesan Youth Ministry Coordinators Tory and Kristen Blum (first row center).
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A digital “scavenger hunt.”
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Compline on Saturday evening.
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Participants made masks to represent an aspect of their personalities or how they were feeling about themselves.