Duke Youth Academy 2010
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Katherine Smith e-mailed me this week to say that the applications for the 2010 session of the Duke Youth Academy are now available online.There are applications for both students and staff members. You can access either by going to this link. Applications can be downloaded as a PDF, or they can be filled out and submitted online.
Katherine Smith and Fred Edie are the Director and Faculty Advisor for DYA. They lead a stellar summer program that invites rising juniors and seniors in high school to explore what it means to live the Christian life with head, heart, hands, and feet. I have worked on DYA staff the past two summers, and I think it is an enormously powerful program. Christian formation is what DYA aims toward, but that phrase doesn't do justice to the transformation of attitudes and outlooks that I've seen in many of our kids.
If you know a boy or girl who might be interested in DYA, please point them to the website and encourage them to apply.
Or, if you think you might like to work on staff at DYA, I'd encourage you to read the material on our staff positions and submit an application yourself.
The DYA dates for the summer of 2010 are June 18th - July 3rd. I blogged quite a bit about the Academy this past summer, and you can scroll through some of those posts by clicking on the "Duke Youth Academy" label below.
Labels: Duke Youth Academy
posted by Andrew C. Thompson at 8:27 AM
4 Comments:
Andrew,
My daughter has been encouraged by her youth pastor to apply. If she has any questions about it, could she get in touch with you?
Sure thing, John. You can have her e-mail me at the address listed on this site. Or alternatively, she could also e-mail Katherine Smith at the link in this post.
I'm glad to hear that she is interested!
Thanks for the post, Andrew. How does one apply to be one of the preachers for the event? Is that the general staff application?
Matt...
Matt -
The application process is only for DYA staff, positions like mentors, artists, etc. The preachers for each night's worship are chosen by the worship coordinator (which is, itself, a staff position) and are connected to the theme for the particular worship service. Worship is designed to expose the students to different traditions and approaches, but all within a broadly liturgical framework. The preachers are usually - though not always - either folks local to the Raleigh-Durham area or serving on DYA staff that year.
I hope that makes sense.
Peace,
Andrew
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