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Hello Friends! If you are a youth you are in the right place! My name is Jay Clark. I am the person on staff that is charged with bringing the Youth of the United Methodist Church together. Leadership Development and Faith Formation are the two areas I help with the most. How do we let our faith be an example in our lives every day and not just when we are at church?

Duke Youth Academy

The Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation is a two-week summer program for selected high school students to live in an intentional Christian community on the Duke University campus in Durham, North Carolina.

Duke Youth Academy is an intensive encounter with Christian life. Days are patterned by worship through word and sacrament, reflection on scripture, study, service, play; practices ancient and modern that nourish the life of faith. You will leave the academy challenged to consider your baptismal vocation, confident that God is shaping your future in radical and exciting ways.  Check out their website for more information and an application form.

Teen's songs offer hope after Katrina

Elizabeth Cumbest performs one of her songs during a 2006 Hurricane Katrina service of remembrance at Seashore United Methodist Assembly in Biloxi, Miss. A UMNS photo by Woody Woodrick. Elizabeth Cumbest says the seven songs she has written about Hurricane Katrina are prayers set to music. Supporters of the Seashore Mission Church in Biloxi, Miss., hope the songs are an answer to their prayers.

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Check out the Youth '07 website to see the video daily wrap-ups and subscribe to the Backstage at Youth 2007 podcast. Over 6200 youth and their leaders from around the United Methodist Connection gathered in Greensboro, NC for worship and fellowship. Check it out and keep looking for updates on where Youth 2011 will be!

Souper Bowl of Caring
Over 15 years ago, a single prayer led a senior high youth group to a simple, yet powerful idea to fight hunger and poverty in their community. The Souper Bowl of Caring calls youth to action-individuals, youth groups, civic organizations and schools are making a difference in the lives of others through this simple movement of caring. www.SouperBowl.org

Nothing But Nets

Nothing But Nets is a grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa. While the UN Foundation has been working with the UN to fight malaria for years, it was a column that Rick Reilly wrote about malaria in Sports Illustrated, challenging each of his readers to donate at least $10 for the purchase of an anti-malaria bed nets -- and the incredible response from thousands of Americans across the country -- that led to the creation the Nothing But Nets campaign.

Legislation reflects range of young people's concerns
Young people from around the world worked on legislation ranging from social issues to representation in The United Methodist Church during a first ever global event held Dec. 28-Jan. 1.

"We got a lot accomplished for the voice of young people because a lot of good legislation came from this gathering," said Katie Zilm, a delegate from Song of Life United Methodist Church, Mesa, Ariz. <Read More>

Bright stars pierce the crisp autumn nights of Minneapolis—great sleeping weather for most residents of this northern city. Casey Robbins, 16, of Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in downtown Minneapolis is learning firsthand that the cold nights are not so pleasant for the city's homeless. And she wants others to care as much as she does. <