Ubuntu and You: A Young Adult Perspective on General Convention

Posted By: Jake Melnyk

I am not a person who sleeps before trips.  The excitement of travel, especially to a new destination always captivates me and leaves me too fueled with energy to even consider the idea.  Reading my status updates on Facebook in the early morning on Sunday July 5, anyone could clearly see I was more than excited for my upcoming adventure to California, a mission to learn more about the inner-workings of our church and to manifest Ubuntu theology by living, learning, and worshiping together in a community of more than 15,000 Episcopal clergy, youth, young adults, and lay deputies.

Why Wait?

Posted By: Mrs. Joan Geiszler-Ludlum

The next time I become worried about the future of The Episcopal Church, I need only recall General Convention 2009.  In addition to two young Clergy Deputies, and my own  Lay Alternate daughter, part of the two percent of Deputies and Alternates under 35, and a first time 23 year old Deputy who served on the Legislative Committee on Structure, I have had the further privilege of working with several representatives of the Official Youth Presence.  These bright, energetic young adults are sufficient to sustain my hope for The Episcopal Church of the future.