Hey everybody, this is Steve, director of
the Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries
of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
We're Y2AM, and we need your help.
Over the past few years, we've been working really
hard to develop Christ centered youth and
young adult ministy resources and it all started
two years ago with "Be the Bee", our weekly
video series about finding God in everything
everyday. As more and more people in more
and more places began to watch, we realized
that people are really ready to learn more
about the faith, to draw closer to Christ
and that there's a lot more we can do to help.
So we added another video series "The Trench".
We're working on expanding our blog "The Ladder"
to daily posts, we've got a few podcasts in
the works, on top of our monthly "Be the Bee" retreats
which offer sessions and workshops
for youth, young adults, parents, and youth workers.
We're working really hard to help
people come to know Christ, whether at home
or in the Parish or at camp. And as much as
we're doing, we realize that there's a lot
more work that needs to be done. We'd love
to expand the current work that we're doing,
to bring in people to help with script development
and graphic design and editing,
to improve the current work that we're doing and even
add to it. We'd love to develop print resources,
lesson plans and theology books and even kids
books, to give people more Christ centered
material that we can fit into a five minute
video or a short blog post.
Ideally, we'd love to develop a complete set of resources for youth and young adult ministry,
something to help Parishes and camps bring young people to Christ. Though we'd love to, we can't at the moment.
You see, we can't develop new
content without more funding and a long time ago,
we decided we'd never run advertisements
on our YouTube videos, and we'd never charge
subscription fees for access to our content.
We're committed to making our resources free
and available to everyone. So the only way
we'll be able to do more is with your help.
Because rather than charge for our work and
turn you into consumers, we'd rather ask for
your help as fellow Christians, dedicated
to spreading the Gospel. And if you sign up
to be a supporter of Y2AM, a part from being
incredibly grateful, we'll also offer some
perks as a small token of our thanks. If your
in a position to help financially, we hope
you'll consider offering whatever you can
to help us continue bringing Christ into the
lives of youth and young adults around the
world. If you don't want to offer anything
or simply can't, don't worry, our videos and
podcasts and blogs are free for everyone.
We hope you'll at least keep us in your prayers
and even help us by spreading the word to your family and friends.
So remember, Be the Bee and Live Orthodoxy. And thank you for all your support. God bless you.
