Download Diocesan Challenges!

Diocesan Challenges!
August/ September:
Get the new SOYO year started off right!
Participate in the Dormition Fast (Aug. 115) and Celebrate the Falling Asleep of
the Theotokos (August 15th) at your local
parish
January:
Host Coffee Hour
Have a discussion about the Sacred Gift
of Life- PVC (Purity, Virginity, Chastity)
Host a Pan Orthodox event to kick off the
new liturgical year
Have a bottle and diaper donation for
Sanctity of Life month
Raise Funds for your parish SOYO
February:
October: Youth Month
Read the Epistle
Usher
Give Sermonettes
Raise funds for Special Olympics
(Third Sunday of October)
November:
Have a Bake Sale in honor of Valentine’s
Day
Help the Sunday school make Valentine’s
for their loved ones
March/ April:
Donate with the Food for Hungry People
boxes
Do a creative arts project
Plan a Pan-Orthodox bible study
Do a spring fundraiser
Participate in a food drive or turkey
donation
Hold the Great Friday Vigil
Get your SOYO to serve food at homeless
shelter
December:
“Spread holiday cheer”
Sing your favorite Christmas carols at a
local hospital
Participate in Parish Christmas Pageant
Adopt needy families in your
neighborhood
Host an Easter egg hunt at your church
May:
Participate in a walk for a charity (breast
cancer, lymphoma etc)
Organize a YES (Youth Equipped to
Serve) trip or raise money for the
homeless
Volunteer at a local shelter
June/July:
Participate in the Bible Bowl
Participate in the Oratorical
Go to the PLC and Archdiocese
Convention!