Hopefully you saw a lot of publicity leading up to the Why Serve vocational discernment conference for young adults of color. If you didn't, let us know so that we can explore more ways to spread the word for future events. This issue of Broadcast is a reflection on that event, its significance, its teachings, and its call to the broader church in the ongoing conversation on multi- and inter- culturalism in the Episcopal Church. Since this is an e-newsletter and thus media-appropriate, we've decided to begin doing our office updates as video. Check it out:

If you have videos or stories of young adult and campus ministry you'd like to share, please contact our office and let us know! Keep up the extraordinary work in this Ordinary time. We give thanks for your ministry to/with/for young adults in and beyond our church.

Many blessings,

Douglas and Jason

Telling My Story for Me, Sharing My Story for Us
Gerlene Gordy, Navajoland Area Mission

I was given the chance to take part in Why Serve, and as I come out of it, I believe it has not only provided me with more knowledge, but it has also given me a stronger faith community. I gained the support I needed outside Navajo Land and in doing so; I also gained the resources to accomplish all that I want to accomplish. What I learned at Why Serve is that the opportunities are endless. ... >>>

A Place from Which to Serve
Ernesto Pasalo, Diocese of Hawaii

Having gone to the previous Does It Fit? conference I felt secure with where I was heading with my discernment. I attended Why Serve? to better acquaint myself with the seminary and my peers. I was not ready for what God had in store for me. God got me questioning, who am I? How do I identify myself? What culture do I identify myself with? . ... >>>

Episcopal Polity 101
Brian Romero, Diocese of Long Island

I thoroughly enjoyed the conversations with the Ethnic Ministries Officers and my friends from different states and our sharing of callings and ministries. However something that did become apparent during our time together was that these young adults (like many in our church) need Episcopal education. By that I mean that in order for these youth to have as much influence as possible they need to be educated about our governance and structure on all levels. ... >>>

Called into Holy Conflict
Jabriel Ballentine, Diocese of Washington

Now, Sewanee was seemingly an obscure place to call together youth of color...There was something miraculous about confronting the injustices of the disinherited and oppressed in an environment that celebrates the “Confederate Giants” who established the institution... >>>

What's Color Got To Do With It?

I struggle with the idea of segregated events, whether on account of race or culture, gender or age. The body segmented is always incomplete. I felt that pain most acutely this morning as I called to inform an excited young man that he, a self described "caucasian" male, was not the target audience for the event... >>>