Canada Youth 2009 (56K Warning)

Over the past week I had a chance once again to attend the Canada Youth conference (CY09), the national youth conference for the Presbyterian Church in Canada. It takes place at Brock University in St. Catherines. Over the course of the week I was one of three photographers for the church's national Magazine, the Presbyterian Record.

It was an amazing time.

Monday

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At least I know where to go!

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Reid makes sure everyone gets to where they're going.

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Once we're all signed in, it's just sitting around waiting for the kick off.

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A few get to know you games, make like a tree, seriously...

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Almost everyone is here now, well except for the East Coast people, there was apparantly a broken bus.

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All gathered for worship.

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This is Reuben, he is the coordinator of the entire CY event.

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the joys of being attached to the Record, I can run around and take lots of photos.

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Seeing old friends is all a part of CY.

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Blue Tounges.

Tuesday

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Tuesday means Ice Cream for Breakfast.

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Dancing at the Stump. Each morning we'd gather here to wake up!

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I was in the Youth ministry branch (along with my photography duties), so as team building exersizes, we built trees from newspapers.

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Rock and Tree, the two mascots for CY09.

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This is Glen, he lead the praise band for the week.

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Dramatic Performance were also a part of worship.

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Tuesday evening we were entertained by Bob Cate!

Wednesday

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Every morning there were optional devotion time, but the fog that morning more so called to my photography...

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Frisbee in the morning.

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One of my favourite shots from the Stump.

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Hugh was one of the two leaders at the Stump.

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Jacqui was the other leader at the Stump.

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A couple of folks hamming it up for my camera.

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Andy Root, one of the two speakers to the Youth Ministry Branch.

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Reid Points out the lack of ice cream in his bowl at Synod night.

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Wednesday's worship featured a liturgical dance performance.

Thursday

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Thursday morning was our Sabbath time, Albertha here takes time to walk the Labyrinth at the Spirit Grove.

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Guided meditation at the Spirit Grove.

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Reflecting on the Word.

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Due to rain on Thursday morning, the Stump was moved into the Cafe.

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Watching Open mic performances at the Underground.

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One such open Mic performance.

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CY09 is powered by Fair Trade Coffee!

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Our brothers and sisters from the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church share a bit about their church and their nation.

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Rev. Harvey Self, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada.

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Thursday we took communion.

Friday

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This is the CY planning team.

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Thumbs up for the Stump!

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Nothing like dancing around in the morning to wake up! It's better than Coffee!

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The Entire Youth Ministry Branch.

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(I just really like this photo)

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(Same with this one)

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They Got Blimps!

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He volunteered to be taped to the tree, the shower came later.

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The funny part is that these two girl's grandmother called me (she used to go to my home church, but moved away) a week before hand telling me to look out for these two. She told them to look out for me, they were the ones that found me (After being told to "Look for the guy with the big camera").

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Derrek one of the speakers at CY.

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Sarah was the other Speaker.

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The International visitors to CY, from Hungary, Cuba, Taiwan, and Jobat, India.

Saturday

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Always time for some last day antics!

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Some creeping around.

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A bit of singing.

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Saying goodbye to new friends.

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Packing...

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And looking forward to CY2012!

That's just a small selection, you can view the entire collection here: Canada Youth 2009 Collection on Flickr