Who: VCYC 18-21 & YACM 22-40

What: Comedy Night Featuring Sean Sarvis

When: Saturday December 27, 2008 @ 11:00pm

Where: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Cost: $7.00 – Table Seating, First Come First Serve

SEE YOU THERE!

So this is just a little list of things I felt many of the youth in Zion could identify with.  So let’s get started!

You know you’re a Zionite when:

1. You had close friends in more than 2 states as a teenager because of the Winter Meeting
2. You had close friends you only saw once or twice a year because of the Winter Meeting
3. Even as a teenager, you had a favorite hymn (“It is Well”, “God of Our Fathers”, “Blessed Assurance”, “What a Fellowship”)
4. Every time you see a biblical or musical reference to Zion, you think about the denomination
5. You’ve had several pastors in your lifetime at the same church…and you’re still just a teenager.
6. If you’re a PK, your life is similar to that of an Army Brat.
7. You wished all your friends were members of the AME Zion Church so you wouldn’t have to explain so many things.
8. Your male friends refer to their significant others as Missionary Supervisors or First Ladies
9. You visited more cities than all your friends by the age of 15 because of the various Christian Education meetings you have attended.
10. You pretend like you don’t know if you’re going to the Winter Meeting even though you’ve already purchased clothes for every event of everyday.
11. You look forward to the Winter Meeting as much as Christmas, if not more.
12. You wonder why Bishop McCoy doesn’t wear purple
13. You know Rev. George McKain’s nickname
14. Imitating the Board of Bishops is a regular form of entertainment
15. You and your friends know the exact year you will be eligible to run for Bishop
16. You rock or have rocked Winter Meeting t-shirts in public
17. You have several totes, bags, & backpacks with The AME Zion Church logo on it
18. Your heart started pounding when you found out a resolution about discontinuing the Winter Meeting was going to be heard on the floor of the General Conference
19. You have arguments about why your bishop is cooler than someone else’s
20. You have sung the Wesleyan Grace in public (with harmony)
21. You jazz up the traditional worship songs found in every AME Zion Church service (All things come of thee, The Gloria Patri, The Threefold Amen, etc…)
22. You randomly quote snippets of the Communion Ritual (“Therefore with angels and archangels and all the company of heaven…lol”)
23. You wonder why Rev. George Maize IV hits his stomach when he sings.

If I missed anything or you think of something that should be included, add your ideas to the list by commenting below.

Ruth D. LaToison

Executive Vice President, VCYC