Taizé 2012 Young Adult Spiritual Pilgrimage
July 27 - August 6, 2012
You Are Invited!
If you are between 16 and 29 years of age, you are invited to join Bishop Devadhar and chaperones on a weeklong spiritual development experience. Additional adults may request to attend as space provides opportunity. The group will leave the USA on July 27 and return on August 6, 2012.
Coming to Taizé is an opportunity to seek communion with God through common prayer, singing, personal reflection and sharing. Everyone is here to discover or rediscover a meaning for their life and to find a new vitality. Being in Taizé is also a preparation for taking on responsibilities back at home with a view to being bearers of peace and trust.
As you arrive at Taizé, you are welcomed by a community of brothers who have made a lifelong commitment to follow Christ in common life and celibacy, in simplicity of life. The GNJAC goal of the pilgrimage is to discover new depths of faith that enable us to make disciples for Jesus Christ who are committed to a world-wide connectional sharing of the gospel, in word and deed.
Taizé is located in France, a bus ride from Geneva. Accommodations there are rustic, with dormitory style life, sleeping in tents. Pilgrims sleep on their own bedrolls. Food, showers, and other accommodations are very simple. Special diet requests can not be accommodated.
Pilgrims must carry their own clothing, supplies, air mattresses and sleeping bags. There will be no use of electrical appliances. We will be sleeping in large tents. Daily routines will include worship, Bible study, prayer, silence, reflection, faith sharing, camp chores, and fellowship with 5,000 pilgrims from around the world.
Churches are urged to pay the cost of the pilgrimage experience. It is a unique investment in spiritual development. The funds expended will provide personal, church, and conference benefits for years to come. Adult pilgrims are strongly urged to travel to Taizé, but it should be clear that the focus of this pilgrimage, and this week at Taizé, is Youth & Young Adults. Pilgrims must be approved by pastors and sponsored by churches of the Greater NJ Annual Conference. Only those pilgrims who have parental consent will be permitted to travel with the group. Every pilgrim will be required to enter into the Taizé Pilgrimage Covenant.
Cost: Pilgrim non-refundable deposit of $375 required for registration by Feb. 15, 2012.
$1,000 payment due March 15, 2012
$825 final payment due on April 15, 2012
Download the 2012 Taizé Brochure: [PDF]
Download the 2012 Personal Statement and Recommendation Form: [PDF]
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Registration forms should be mailed to:
GNJAC - Taizé
1001 Wickapecko Drive
Ocean, NJ 07712
For more information contact Rev. Erica Munoz, Pilgrimage Director at 732-359-1042 or Emunoz@gnjumc.org
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