This group is for all youth in Grades 5 - 8. The group starts with lunch, followed by a time of Christian fellowship, discussion and games. Please speak with Tracy Baxter or Gennaro Busa for more information about this group, and speak with Wanda to register.

Please note that January 17th will be a combined Junior and Senior Youth outing. Destination TBD.

This group is for all youth in Grades 9 - 12. The group begins with dinner followed by a time of Christian fellowship, discussion, and games. Please speak with Michael Dowie or Wanda Dillabough for more information about this group.

Please note that January 17th will be a combined Junior and Senior Youth outing. Destination TBD.

Please speak with Wanda to register for this year-end retreat. We will be staying at a large and wonderful cottage about an hour and a half outside of Ottawa for two nights and two days of good times. If it is half as fun as half of our past retreats it will be a lot of fun.

Thanks to the efforts of our parish's Artist-in-Residence, Graham Smith, our young people have a great opportunity to explore their artistic abilities and to view the works of other young artists.

Previous activities led by Graham are:

• The Jackfruit Tree Campaign displays the paintings of 25 young people from Sri Lanka presently hanging in our Warriors Chapel, and



• The Canadian Tree of Life is a sculpture made by young members of the parish hanging near the font.

There is a tree growing in the Nothcote Burke Christian Education Centre! All young people (under 18) are invited to make leaves for her branches. Sculptor Graham Smith will lead and supervise leaf-making on Sunday mornings during the 10:15 service for any children or teens who are interested. Dates for leaf-making will be August 12, 19, 26, and September 2.

The Diocese of Ottawa Youth Mintries Development Coordinator, Andrew Stephens-Rennie, has set up a separate webpage for the youth, young adults and youth leaders in the diocese: