Regional Youth Assembly 2025

The 2025 Regional Youth Assembly (RYA) at Epworth by the Sea in St. Simons Island, GA will be a time of fellowship, worship, and fun for the Disciples of Christ (DOC) youth of Georgia, and we hope that your middle and high school youth and adult sponsors will be able to join us this year! We can't wait to see you!

Registration Information

Registration Packets

Registration packets have been mailed to churches and include registration forms for youth and adult sponsors for those who prefer to submit a hard copy form. Download the registration packet, as it includes the following important information:

  • RYA 2025 Poster

  • Registration Fees and Deadlines

  • Youth Medical Release Form

  • Adult Medical Release Form

  • RYA School Excuse letter

  • What to Bring to RYA

  • Youth Activities Council (YAC) Application Information

Registration Instructions

  1. Online registration is available through the buttons at the top of this page.

  2. In addition to completing the registration forms, youth and adults must download registration packet and complete an Emergency Release form for either youth or adults. Submit Emergency Release forms by mail to Christian Church (DOC) in Georgia, 2306 Vineville Ave., Suite B, Macon, GA 31204.

  3. An Excused Absence from School form and a list of what to bring also is included in the packet.

Registration Fees & Deadlines

Registration Rate: $285 (same for youth and adults)

YAC Registration Rate: $200

Registration Deadline: January 6, 2025

After January 6, refunds are not guaranteed and are at the discretion of the Regional Directors of Youth Ministry. No registrations will be accepted after January 6. Any questions may be addressed to yac@gadisciples.org. No registrations will be accepted without the full registration fee.

Partial scholarships may be available for those who need assistance covering the full registration fee. Please inquire with YAC via email to check before sending in your application.

Payment Options

Payment may be made online by credit or debit card via online registration using the registration buttons at the top of this page. Please remember that registration is not complete until the payment is made in full. You may also write a check to the Christian Church (DOC) in Georgia; please note “Youth Assembly 2024” in the memo line. Mail checks along with registration and other required forms to: 

Christian Church (DOC) in Georgia
2306 Vineville Ave., Ste. B
Macon, GA 31204

More Information

Adult Sponsors

There must be at least one adult for every 5 youth of each gender (example: If a church has 6 youth attending: 2 male & 4 female, there needs to be one male adult and one female adult accompanying those youth). If this is not possible, the adult(s) must make arrangements with other adults attending the Assembly. If such arrangements are made, please note this on the registration forms for housing purposes. If you have any further questions please email the YAC Adult sponsors. Thank you for your help and cooperation!

Check In

At the beginning of the Youth Assembly, one adult from each group will be asked to check-in for their entire group. Most of the information and necessary materials will be given to you at this time to ease the check in process.

Cabin Assignments

All youth groups will be assigned to cabins and will share accommodations with other youth groups as necessary. Adult sponsors will be housed in the cabins with their youth and will be responsible for their youths' safety for the duration of the event. Members of the Youth Activities Council (YAC) will stay in cabins with their own youth groups.

RYA 2025 Flier

Post this flier in your church or include it in your church newsletter, Facebook, or Instagram page.

Keynote Speaker

Rev. Allison Bright

The Youth Activities Council (YAC) is excited to welcome Rev. Allison Bright, Associate Minister of First Christian Church, Chattanooga, TN, as our keynote speaker. Rev. Bright, ordained in 2022, is a graduate of Truman State University and Texas Christian University’s Brite Divinity School. She has worked in children’s ministry, youth ministry, and in ministry with college students. She has honed her skills as a preacher since she was in high school, studying classical rhetoric at Truman State, providing pulpit supply to churches in the Mid-America Region of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and was recognized as a Walker Ministerial Preaching Scholar at Brite. She also currently serves the wider church on the Bilateral Dialogue Team with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America She also served as the Disciples delegate to the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland.

Youth Activities Council

The Youth Activities Council (YAC) invites Disciples youth from around Georgia to apply for the Youth Activities Council for 2025-2026, a position which begins at the 2025 Regional Youth Assembly. Applications (including your Pastor’s Recommendation form) must be received by February 2, 2025. Learn more about YAC and access the youth application and minister recommendation form below. If you have any questions, reach out to the YAC Adults here.