SOYO

Living the Orthodox Faith in Christ Through Worship, Witness, Service and Fellowship

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here is a strong tradition at St. George of young people who are committed in their faith. The youth organization at this parish is part of an association of youth organizations in the diocese and in the North American Archdioces of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church. What follows is from the constitution of this organization.

We believe that the goal of Orthodox Christian youth ministry is the
integration of each young person fully into the total life of the Church.

We believe that Orthodox Christians must commit themselves to living the Orthodox Faith daily.

Further we believe that Worship, Witness, Service and Fellowship are the natural expressions of that commitment and we define them as follows:
Worship - For Orthodox Christians, corporate worship is the sacramental expression of and participation in Holy Tradition, and is the indispensable foundation of ministry at all levels. Upon this foundation, we must cultivate a daily personal prayer life and reading of Holy Scripture.

Witness - Christ calls us to be His witness in the world. We must enable our members to express their faith both for themselves and to others in order to be true witnesses to Christ and the Orthodox Faith.

Service - Christ came not to be served, but to serve. We need to motivate our members to do the same. We honor and glorify God by loving and serving mankind in the name of Jesus Christ, using our God-given gifts and talents.

Fellowship - The Holy Trinity is the perfect model of fellowship; the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit share perfect communion and exists in perfect love as a community. By gathering together in fellowship, and by showing love for one another in Christ, we emulate the life of the Holy Trinity in our daily life, and; our ultimate goal must be to see that our youth grow to love Christ and His Church and to pursue a righteous way of life.