Episcopal Youth Church (E.Y.C.)
Our Youth Group is open to students in grades 6 through 12, and we meet on the second and fourth Sundays from 11:45 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. during the school year (parents share responsibility for providing lunch). Members spend time sharing with each other their joys and concerns, and the program emphasizes developing independence, responsibility, and an attitude of generosity towards others. Trips and special activities are planned throughout the year that offer opportunities to practice these developing capabilities.

Youth Confirmation Classes for Grades 7 - 10
   Confirmation is an important event in the life of a young person. We have a confirmation class for young people in grades 7-10 that will be Confirmed on November 18th at the 10:30 Service.  The class has been an opportunity for young people to grow in their faith as we built on what we learned in Church School classes about our faith and Christian traditions, asked questions, talked with confirmation advisors and each other, experienced other places of worship and were involved with different service projects for the church and community.
We meet on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, from 7:30-8:30, in the third floor youth room.
    If you are interested in being part of the next confirmation program, please contact Nancy Elder-Wilfrid.  nancy@allsaintsw.org or call the church office 508-752-3766.

Acolytes
The Vinton Acolyte Guild is open to girls and boys, men and women.
Acolytes participate in the Sunday 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services.  They assist the clergy in the major worship services. They carry crosses, torches, and banners, and help with the alms and sacramental elements during the services. Our acolytes develop poise, self-assurance, and confidence in appearing before large groups of people. And most of all, participants learn that everyone has something to offer to the worship of God.

Worship Leadership
Children and youth take an active role in leading worship at All Saints Church, and this experience is valuable for them in several ways. In addition to developing a respect for and appreciation of our faith tradition, members of our choirs receive professional music training and develop skills that will serve them throughout their lives.

Past EYC Events:

• Snow-tubing at Ward Hill, Shrewsbury
• Cookout and swim at Rutland State Park
• Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper hosts
• I HN-unloading and loading of truck
• Basketball at Hillside School
• Bowling at Auburn Bowl
• ‘Millions’ (movie about a family adjusting to the death of their wife and mother, saints, and the faith of a little boy)
• Parish Picnic setup and welcome, games
• ‘Inconvenient Truth’ (movie about global warming) & discussion
• Jr. EYC apple picking
• Heifer Project International- video (‘Legacy for Efrain’) & learning games about world hunger, fair trade
• Cookie baking and walk to Christmas Concert at Worcester Art Museum
• Wachusett Mountain, Princeton, Ma. for the Applefest.   Skyride to the summit.
• EYC helps put on the: Fun Friday Halloween Party
• Rollerskating/blading at Roll on America, Lancaster, Ma.

EYC SUMMER TRIPS-

• EYC goes to Beantown –  Freedom Tour of abolitionist sites and African-American Union Brigade, overnight at All Saints Church, Brookline, MA.,  Boston Museum of Science, travel by train and subway
• Jr. EYC trip to Civil War Re-enactment in Uxbridge, MA
• EYC service trip to Bar Harbor, Maine
      We traveled by chaperone car to the Weald-Bethel Seacoast Mission. Check them out on line at www.seacoastmission.org . They are a 100 year old charity to   help the isolated rural poor in this coastal Maine community. We helped with painting jobs during our stay. We also took part of one day to visit the Acadia National Park for a hike and a swim.
• The Jr. EYC traveled to Boston by train for a day at the Aquarium. They saw two Imax Theatre presentations, and many marine animals and fish.
• The Sr. EYC held a sleepover at the church on Friday, June 25th . Fourteen youth attended. Many brought a friend along, a great way to show people the welcome of All Saints Church!
• Senior High Youth Group on Maine Mission trip
      Our Senior High traveled to the HOME Farm in Orland, Maine to help build  houses, work in a food co-op and consignment shop, and learn more about rural  life in Maine. Developed some twenty years ago by a small group of Roman Catholic sisters, the HOME Farm is a community center organized to support and empower the rural poor. View photos of activities

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