Tag: Youth Ministries

I’ve spent the last two days attending the world’s first-ever Feminist Mormon Girls Camp. Held in the Utah mountains, it’s been a gathering not just of teenage girls and their leaders, as is traditional for LDS Girls Camp (now called Young Women Camp), but whole families, including spouses and tiny tots.

It’s been a marvelous experience.

Hundreds of teens are expected to fill the Spokane Convention Center later this month to celebrate their Catholic faith as part of the Steubenville Northwest Youth Conference.

The conference will be July 2-28. This year's theme is "Chosen" and will feature prayer, music, preaching and the sacraments, according to the Catholic Diocese of Spokane.

From the beaches of Athens to the dense vegetation of the jungle, adventures await in Vacation Bible Schools across Spokane. Activities include crafts, music, games, religious lessons, and, at one church with an animal cracker theme, a blessing of people’s pets.

Now that Boy Scout delegates have taken their long-awaited vote and permitted openly gay Scouts, will there be a mass exodus by religious groups?

It depends on who you ask.

Spokane Youth For Christ succeeded in raising $75,000 during its annual fundraiser this month.

On May 6, about 450 people gathered at The Lincoln Center for the Spokane Youth For Christ Annual Dessert Banquet.

The fundraiser succeeded in its goal to raise $75,000.

School is almost out, which means it's time to gear up for summer camp. There are dozens and dozens to choose from in the Spokane area