From the Office: A New Millennium
and a New YO-Mail
Hello,
reader!
It
has taken us a lot longer than we anticipated, but YO-Mail is back, and this
time it is back to stay. A lot has
happened over the past year. Many of you may have already noticed the Orthodox
Church in America’s newly designed website (www.oca.org)
and the new things appearing on the youth and young adult page (www.oca.org/yya). We have an entirely new
computer system and are now able to say with a bit of confidence, that you will
be getting your YO-Mails each and every month. [Although, if you do encounter a
problem, or talk to someone who does, PLEASE let us know.
With
the new millennium now here, we thought we might do YO-Mail a bit differently,
in the hopes of getting things out to you more often and giving you a bit
more variety. Every issue will be distributed in two versions: an .html version
for people who use programs like Microsoft Outlook and Eudora; and a plain
text version for all you AOL folk. Of course, back issues will be posted on
the website. [Go to www.oca.org/yo to
see the back issues or brush up on all your YO-Mail news.] Second, we will
feature two types of issues: the regular YO-Mail that you have come to know
and love and special issues focusing on one topic. The "regular"
issue will have all the usual sections:
ü Food for the
Soul: Short practical reflections on the
scriptures, feast days, or lives of saints
ü In the News: Current events in the Church and
society affecting young adults
ü An Orthodox
Look: Orthodox reviews of TV, movies, and
music
ü On the
Calendar: Upcoming
events -- send in info on young adult events you are sponsoring, or have heard
about.
ü Real
Questions, Real Answers!: Got
a question? Send it in. We're committed to giving real answers to your
questions.
ü
Reader’s
Write: This is where
we post your ideas on various topics that are chosen by you, the readers.
Some
months YO-Mail will focus on a single topic. It could be anything from a detailed
article on the Orthodox understanding of the ecology, to the entire lyrics
to a popular song with some thoughts on how it relates to our spiritual lives.
It could even be a page/chapter from a book on the Orthodox Faith, or the
life of a saint. In these issues, you can never be sure what you will be getting!
So
with this, we begin again. We here on the YO-Mail staff are geared up for some
great issues. Just remember we need your input and ideas to make YO-Mail the
best we can make it. If there is an issue you are facing at school, or a movie
you saw, or just something you saw in the news that you would like to talk
about, let us know! You can even write an article on in, and we’ll put it in an
upcoming issue.
God
bless! We’ll be talking to you soon!
In Christ,
The YO-Mail
staff
YO-mail is designed and
distributed by the
Orthodox Church in America's Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries,
P.O. Box 675, Syosset, NY 11791 -- tel +1.516.922.0550 -- fax
+1.516.922.0954
email youth@oca.org -- website
http://www.oca.org/OCA/youth-page