It's E-Y-E. Not "eye".
It stands for the Episcopal Youth Event, a triennial (meaning once every 3 years) gathering of high school aged young people from all across the Episcopal Church. For 5 days these young people and some adults gather together to share food, prayer, laughter, love, knowledge and many, many stories. For most youth it's a once in a lifetime experience.
It's a big deal. Because The Episcopal Church spans most of the world. Take a look at this and see how many places you'll find Episcopalians -
North AND South America, AND the Caribbean AND Europe AND Asia.
What happens is that groups of young people from Dioceses all around the world travel to one place (in 2014 it's Villanova University near Philadelphia PA) to experience all the many ways of being an Episcopalian. For many of them (most of them?) it's a unique chance to be together with a thousand other Episcopalians. To worship together, to hang out and learn. For a great many of our young people over the last 10+ years their trip to EYE is one of the most memorable things they've ever done in church.
Recent trips included (click on the caption to see more pictures)
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| 2011 - Minneapolis MN |
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| 2008 - San Antonio TX |
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| EYE 2005 |
If this looks like fun then you need to fill out an application soon! There are only a limited number of slots allocated to each Diocese. You can expect the cost to attend EYE to be between $500 and $800(should be closer to the bottom than the top). The final costWe do everything we can to keep the cost low and to help with fundraising.
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