YAC Elections: 2010-2011

Youth Adult Committee of Maine Elections!! Application forms due to the

District March 19, 2010.

This is a call to all Maine youth and adults to run for positions on YAC for
the 2010-2011 year. The following positions are open – Youth Co-chair,
Adult Co-chair, 1 Senior Youth Communications committee, 1 Junior Youth
Communications committee, 1 Adult Communications committee, Youth
Secretary, 1 at large Adult, 1 Senior Youth at large, 1 Junior Youth at
large. This is a real opportunity for the right people to continue to form and
grow youth ministry in Maine. Your leadership could have a lasting impact
on how youth conferences and other youth programming continue to thrive
and grow in Maine.

With this letter are descriptions of the available positions and application
forms that need to be filled out by interested youth and adults and sent in
by March 19, 2010 to the District Office. Interested adults will have
background checks performed by the District. Interested youth must have
their parents sign forms noting that the parents support their child in
becoming involved. Youth and adults must provide references that will be
checked by the District.

Below are testimonials from the current youth and adult Co-chairs of YAC
– we hope you get involved!!!

During the winter of my eighth grade year, I went to a weekend-long ski

conference (Con) in Augusta with some other kids from my church and
other churches around Maine. I had a good time skiing, but the
conference wasn't the amazing experience that my friends had told me it
would be. On Sunday morning, as I was walking out the door to leave, a
young woman put her hand on my shoulder saying "hey". I turned around,
worried that I had forgotten something. She hugged me and said, "Thanks
for coming." That's all. Something awoke within me and it changed my
life. For the first time that I could remember, I had felt completely safe. I
decided that I might go to another Con after all. At the spring conference, I
volunteered to be on the committee that plans and runs the Cons. The first
and second years that I was on it, I was just there, sometimes expressing
my opinion and other times just watching. Now I am the senior youth
officer on the committee. I run the meetings, facilitate decisions, and help
to train new members. Cons, and the planning of them, are the most
important thing in my life right now. They take priority over shows, friends,
and even homework if need be, because if just one more person can feel
as safe as I did, or discover themselves like I did, then all the time and
energy is worth it.

From Rick Blake, '09-'10 YAC Youth Co-chair

Since I became involved in YAC and going to and planning youth

Conferences (Cons), the culture of Cons has changed quite a bit – they
have certainly been a work in progress as many interested youth and
adults have worked towards safety for all and fun for all in a spiritual
context. I have been very proud to be a part of that work, last year as the
adult At-large on YAC, this year as adult Co-chair of YAC. I hope you will
consider becoming a part of YAC as it moves forward with the District to
bring a variety of youth programming to Maine.

From Marsha Lawson, '09-'10 Adult Co-chair