Starting in 2025, and alternating with our Summer Service Trip to Mission at the Eastward (MATE), every other year we will take a group of teens on a pilgrimage to a place of sacred significance, somewhere around the world.
In 2025, we took a group to France, to spend three days hiking in the Alps before arriving at the Taizé community, where we spent a week living and working in the midst of a gathering of thousands of other young people from around the world. Read on to learn more!
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Learn More about the 2025 SYP to Taizé
Our 2025 Summer Youth Pilgrimage took us to France! We spent three days hiking in the Alps before arriving at the ecumenical monastic community Taizé, where we joined thousands of other teens and young adults from around the world for a week of worship, fellowship, and growth. It’s part French countryside escape, part music festival, part international summer camp with 6,000 of your new best friends. It’s a faith community that is all about fostering reconciliation, connection, and peace in a fractured world, and that provides the space for each of us to discern what role we have to play in this work. We need that now more than ever!
Students who participated were expected to help us fundraise as a group to cover some of our costs. To participate in the pilgrimage, students need to be 15 years old by the beginning of the trip (Taizé’s rule, not ours).
Explore Taizé
Visit the Taizé’s website to learn more about the community.
Get a feel for what Taizé is like…
Support our Pilgrims!
There are many ways to support our young pilgrims as they embark on this journey! Pray for us both before, during, and after the trip. Come to worship when our pilgrims share about their experiences. Participate in fundraisers organized by our young people to help finance their journey (more information about future trips will be published as available). If you would like to make a direct financial contribution to their efforts, please contact Kayla. Thank you for your support!
