Grace Presbytery’s annual youth mission trip takes place each summer.

It’s a great opportunity for youth throughout our presbytery to enjoy fellowship and hands-on mission work at a low cost to participants, while experiencing new communities each year.

This year’s plans will be made with COVID protocols in place.

To learn more, and make plans for your youth group to participate, please contact Gary Holloman in the presbytery office or Jessica Karlinski at St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church in Richardson.

Grace Presbytery’s Educator Group meets virtually via Zoom every month.

Attendees share ideas and inspiration, as well as learn about new Presbyterian children’s curriculum and discussions focused on liturgical planning.

Join us for fellowship and sharing via Zoom*. Login information is available via Resource Center Director, Leah Wyckoff.

*in-person gatherings compliment these virtual gatherings. Contact Leah for complete details.

Synod Youth Workshop (SYW) is a unique conference for high school youth adult and adult sponsors 23 years and older. Time is balanced between small group and large group activities and discussions designed to offer students the space to encounter God and one another.

Join youth from across Grace Presbytery (grades: rising 9th ─ graduated 12th) for a week of fellowship, mission projects, worship & more!

SYW is sponsored by Grace Presbytery, Synod of the Sun, University of Tulsa, and College Hill Presbyterian Church.

SYW 2022: Don’t Stop Believin’!
Location: University of Tulsa, Oklahoma

Dates: Monday, July 11 – Saturday, July 16
Questions: Email Gary Holloman, Youth & Young Adults Program Director, Grace Presbytery

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Confirmation Retreat is for youth (grades 6 and up) who are beginning their confirmation journey.

Churches are invited to kick-off their confirmation year with a bang by inviting students and their mentors to join us for a weekend-long educational & transformational retreat.

Students and mentors will have the opportunity to grow, bond, and meet other Presbyterian confirmands from across the presbytery.

Questions? Please contact Gary Holloman, Director of Youth & Young Adult Programs, or Emily Cox.

Retreat design based on/written by PCUSA Office of Christian Formation.

Led by the Crossroads College Ministry, YouthFest takes place in the fall each year at Glen Lake Camp & Retreat Center in Glen Rose, Texas.

Anyone in 6th–12th grade is invited to attend. Participants enjoy energizers, music, and small group activities, as well as free time to enjoy the facilities and outdoor activities at the camp.

Save the date and make plans to join us Friday, October 14th – Sunday, October 16th.

Registration for YouthFest will open this summer.

Questions? Email Gary Holloman, Director of Youth & Young Adult Programs.

Formally known as Youthquake, Youth Connection is a NEW DESIGN WITH NEW EXPECTATIONS!

Youth Connection is a retreat weekend for 6th – 12th grade youth from all over the presbytery at Camp Gilmont in Gilmer, Texas.

During the weekend, participants experience the beauty of creation, worship, singing, energizing, canoeing, hiking, archery, sharing in small groups, seeing old friends, and making new ones.

Registration will open this summer.
Cost is $140 per person.

Groups travel to and from camp together and stay in cabins. Event leadership is provided by the Children & Youth Ministry Committee of Grace Presbytery.

Questions? Email Gary Holloman, Youth & Young Adult Program Director.

Youth Connection offers another opportunity to be at camp – other than during the summer – to experience outdoor recreation and a shared mission project.