Youth Programs Coordinating Committee

This page is for the business of the Youth Programs Coordinating Committee (YPCC) and its employee, the PYM Youth Programs Coordinator (YPC).

For information about the various youth programs for children, teens, young adults, and adult allies to youth, click here.

Contact Information

The YPCC Clerk Kiernan Colby <kiernan.colby@gmail.com>

The YPC Supervisor for 2021 -2022 is Nancy Mellor (Sacramento Friends Meeting).  <nancymellor582@gmail.com >

The Youth Programs Coordinator (“YPC”) is Keenan Lorenzato (Davis Friends Meeting).
<youthprogramscoordinator@pacificyearlymeeting.org> (530) 563-6369

Resources & Work

• Youth Programs Fund of the Bob Vogel Endowment
• Additional Resources & Funding Opportunities
• YPCC’s new blog of past projects funded through the Vogel Grant/YP Fund

Calendar of Youth and Intergenerational Events: 

• • Main PYM calendar page
  • List-style youth and intergenerational calendar (and link to Google Calendar version)

Forms & Other Reading Materials:

• Information for Adult Youth-Workers
• Child Abuse Prevention Policy
• Intergenerational Book Project, December 2011
• “Build It! A Toolkit for Nurturing Intergenerational Spiritual Community” (FGC Youth Ministries)

Job Description

See job descriptions page

Reports and Documents from YPCC and YPC

• Goals & Objectives of the YPC Committee (ver. 8/2019)
• Communications from YPC/C – reverse chronological ‘blog-type’ list

Reverse chronological

• All YPC/C Reports, Epistles, Announcements – reverse chronological ‘blog-type’ list
• 2019 Annual Session Report – YPC/C
  • 2019 Program Evaluation Report and Survey Responses – YPCC
• 2019 RepCom Report – YPC/C
  • Program Evaluation 2019 – Request for input
• 2018 Annual Session Report – YPC/C
• 2018 RepCom Report – YPC/C
• 2017 Annual Session Report – YPC/C
  • Traveling in the Ministry in Australia in 2016: Reports from Cathy Walling to YPCC and PYM 2017
  • Australia Traveling Ministry Report – Alyssa Nelson
• 2017 RepCom Report – YPC/C
• 2016 Annual Session Report Item – YPC/C
• 2016 RepCom Report – YPC/C
• 2015 Annual Session Report – YPC/C
  • Minute of the YPCC regarding requests for lists of youth-workers (July 2015): see YPCC 2015 report to Annual Session
• 2015 RepCom Report – YPC/C
• 2014 Annual Session Report – YPC/C
• 2014 RepCom Report – YPC/C
• 2013 Annual Session Reports:
  • 2013 Annual Session Report – COORDINATOR
  • 2013 Annual Session Report – COMMITTEE
• 2013 PROGRAM EVALUATION and RepCom Report – YPC/C
  • Appendices: To request a copy of the the appendices to this report, contact the Clerk or Coordinator
• 2012 Annual Session Report – YPC/C
• 2012 RepCom Report – YPC/C
• 2011 Annual Session Report – YPC/C (PDF)
• 2011 RepCom Report: see 2011 RC Minutes, Attachment 11, via PYM Minutes Page (search ‘youth’ in the PDF)
• 2010 Annual Session Report: see 2010 AS Minutes via PYM Minutes Page (search ‘youth’ in the PDF)
• 2010 RepCom Report – YPC/C (PDF) – Announcing the hiring of Sarah Beutel
• 2009 Annual Session — See Original Proposal section, below
• All YPC/C Reports, Epistles, Announcements

Epistles from the Coordinator and Announcements

(and some other bits, including photos in some of the epistles)

Reverse chronological

• Announcement of hiring the third YPC
  • Introducing Javaughn Fernanders – May 2019
• XIII – May 2019 – Alyssa’s Farewell
• XII – April 2015
• XI – October 2014
• X – June 2014
• IX – December 2013
• VIII – June 2013
• Epistle from the  Adults of the CPQM Teen Program Committee – May 2013
• VII – December 2012
• VI – April 2012
• V – December 2011
• IV – September 2011
• Announcement of hiring the second YPC:
  • Introducing Alyssa Nelson– July 2011
  • Sarah Beutel’s resignation and farewell letter – May 2011
  • Letter from the Committee – May 2011
• III – June 2011
• II – March 2011
• I – December 2010 – Sarah’s first epistle
• All YPC/C Reports, Epistles, Announcements

Original Proposal