Religious Science Youth Movement

Religious Science Youth is a group within Religious Science of teenagers ages thirteen to eighteen. The teens meet twice a year (summer camp and winter camp). Teens also meet weekly at their churches to do similar things. THe group has also been helping to build schools in Malawi, Africa.
Malawi
The group of teenagers has been working with "Building With Books" to build schools in Malawi, Africa. There is an annual trip to Malawi for people who are at least 15 years of age. So far three schools have been built, but many more are on the way.
Summer Camp
Summer camp includes a variety of activities designed to help spiritual growth while making a memorable fun experience. The camp is 8 days, 7 nights long.
Stroke Books
Stroke Books are books in which people can write notes to each other. A person is not allowed to see their own stroke book until camp has ended. These books are a great place to reflect on memorable events and let others know how much you care about them. This is also a good place to write email addresses and other contact information.
Co directors
Co directors are youth that lead the camp. Every year, two people are elected to run the camp the proceeding year. One must be between the ages of 15 and 18 to be elected. Co directors help plan the workshops and activities done at camp. Co directors are also put onto the RSI Youth Seminars Executive Committee. People elected for Co director for winter seminar are on the board for one year, where as people elected for Summer seminar are put on the board for two years.

Empowerment Night
Each Wednesday night teens take part in a tribal ceremony in which they discover more about themselves and more about what it means to be of a gender. Actual activities differ each year but at the beginning of the night girls and boys go separate directions and do different activities, coming back together at the end of the night with a large celebration.

Green Dot Initiation
After empowerment night, the Green Dots (Age 18) take part in a special ceremony. The specifics of the ceremony remain secret.

Free Expression
Free Expression is a time for people to stand on stage in front of the group and say whatever they feel like. This is a god time for shout-outs and any other random thoughts.

Quiet Time
Quiet time is a time following lunch when people can quietly meditate and be with themselves.

The Talent Show
At summer camp, there is an Advisers talent show for people over 18, A Hootananny for comic talent, and a talent show for real talent. This differs from winter camp where there is only one talent show.

The Dance
On the last night, there is a dance. A variety of popular dance music is played as well as a few traditional camp songs which include "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, "Sandstorm" by Darude, "Like A Virgin" by Madonna, and "Stairway to heaven" by Led Zeppelin.

Peace Prayer
Peace prayer happens every night when the group gets together and talks about peace. There is usually a reading of some sort. After that, a sharing time. The night ends with the Lord's Prayer and the Peace Song.

Winter Camp
There are four winter camps. These reside in: Malibu, California; Loma Mar, California; Summerfield, Florida; Medford Lakes, New Jersey; and Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. These camps are smaller than the summer camps and have less activities.

Winter Camps also provide several events that the Summer Camps carry such as, Talent Show, Dance, and Free Expression.

(1)http://rsyouth.org/
(2)http://rsyouth.org/events.htm

(3)http://rsyouth.org/MalawiProject/MalawiProject.htm

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