Being At Convention

At our recent Diocesan Convention I asked some of the youth reps to write a quick report on the experience.  Kayli Christ, Haley McCrossan and Caitlyn Conibear submitted this joint report.

Being at Convention was a bit boring I guess you could say.  But it was nice to know what's going on in the diocese.  Learning about the Mustard Seed project was pretty cool,  hearing how many churches and their ideas towards the project.  The most exciting part was talking to the bishop and giving him ducks.  He is overly excited to spend time with the youth at upcoming youth events.  Haley, Caitlyn and I had come up with an idea to teach the Bishop "Gangnam Style".  He is very excited to learn the dance.  His exact words were "I need some new dance moves".  He does not know what he is getting into!  There was some fun but also serious moments.  It was very informative at most points and even though the talk about the Fair Share was boring it was interesting hearing everyone's thought about.  So overall we had a good time.

In case you're not aware shortly after Bishop Franklin took office he and the youth of the diocese developed a running joke concerning ducks.  At Convention every time he left the dais he would return to discover yet another duck (mostly small Halloween theme rubber duckies) sitting at his microphone.  Our young people got the chance to observe our form of governance up close.  The Diocesan Youth Representatives are an important leadership position for our high school aged youth.

We will begin the process to select our youth reps for Convention 2013 early in 2013.