Youth Adult Committee (YAC)
The Youth Adult Committee is made up of mostly youth and some youth-friendly adults who plan and organized youth conferences for youth ages 12 to 19 in the district. The staff person who works with this committee is Jan Gartner, Program Consultant for Lifepan Faith Development and Youth Ministries.
YAC Registration: To download the paper forms you must have signed, visit the YAC Forms Page.
YAC maintains its own pages with information about their activities, minutes from meetings, a copy of their bylaws and policies and procedures and details for their events. Please visit their pages at: www.ohiomeadville.org/yac
If you need to contact the Conference Dean, Justice Dunnett, please email him at justiceyac at gmail.com
YAC plans several conferences and hold several committee meetings each year. To get registration forms and information, visit the YAC website at www.ohiomeadville.org/yac You can find directions to these churches from the congregation pages. In addition the district offers several youth oriented trainings each year. They are also listed below. The following conferences and meetings are planned for 2010-2011. If you cannot find a training in our district, try checking our neighboring district calendars - links to our surrounding districts are listed at the end of this section.
| Dates | Event | Ages | Location |
| August 13-15, 2010 | Summer YAC Meeting Youth Reg; Sponsor Reg |
7th grade-age 19 | UU Fellowship of Morgantown, WV |
* for conferences for all ages, 7th & 8th graders must have previously attended a YAC, Con, or SI
Registration for all yac conferences is $25 per person, sponsors are free. Registration for the Summer YAC Meeting is $25 per person, and registration for all other YAC meetings is $10 per person. See the page for any training conferences for details on schedule and costs.
Scholarships are available, please see the YAC website for details.
Online registration holds your place for the conference or meeting, however, you are still responsible for getting your sponsor and permission forms signed and bringing them to the con or meeting along with your money.
You can find the forms at the YAC pages.
To find out what might be happening at our neighboring districts, visit: St. Lawrence District, Joseph Priestley District, Metro New York, or Heartland District.
NEW RESOURCES!!!
Ever wanted to know what YAC was all about? Have youth asking you questions about conferences? You can start with these easy references, recently created by a youth on YAC.
For those who want to learn more about YAC and how it operates, download All About YAC
For those who want to learn more about YAC conferences, download, All About YAC Conferences
To find out what is happening at a national level, please visit the youth office section of the UUA website at www.uua.org/YRUU
To find out about the new Consultation On Ministry To and With Youth, please visit www.uua.org/aboutus/governance/boardtrustees/youthministry/. This is a new initiative begun by the UUA. A email list with updates on this project is available. There are also requests that congregations participate in this conversation. Please visit the website for details on how you and your congregation can get involved.


