OUR FALL FUNDRAISER HAS OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF!!!

For those who may have missed it, we are planning on saving The Old Dining Hall from dilapidation by renovating it, and will rename it after our first camp director, Father John Namie. A generous benefactor has offered a $200,000 matching donation, and if we reach that match by the end of the year then we can move forward with plans for Namie Hall by the end of 2023.

WHERE WE'RE AT

At the halfway point of our second week (out of a four week fundraiser) we find ourselves 41% of the way to our $200,000 goal, which means there's been some significant effort from our AV family to help get the word out about this fundraiser, and which also means we need that effort to keep going stronger.

SESSION WARS

As for Session Wars, our competition to see which session can raise the most to save The Old Dining Hall:

Session Two is currently in the lead with $25,582!
Session Three has caught up to second place with $17,230.
Session One has dropped to third place with $16,825.
Session Four has dropped to last place with $7,515.

Check out the homepage on our website for regular updates on where the sessions are at, and catch veteran AV counselors Remy and Matthew (Matoota) weekly on all our social media for "Inside Session Wars," where they give their takes on how the sessions are doing.

(Watch last week's Session Wars update here.)

We are incredibly thankful for where our AV family has gotten us so far, and we humbly ask for further generosity in these last few weeks of 2022.

REGISTRATION APPROACHES

Are you ready to sign your kids up for Summer Camp? How about Arch Week? Maybe Chanting Camp or Iconography Camp?

All of our Summer Camp programs open for registration on Saturday, January 7th, at 9AM EST.

Make sure to save that date and time! Some of our sessions fill up very fast, and we want everyone to have as much of a heads up as possible before that first sign-up happens!

Please note that Summer Family Camp registration opens Wednesday January 18th, also at 9AM EST.

REGISTRATION STILL OPEN FOR WINTER PROGRAMS

We still have open spots for both Winter Camp and Winter Family Camp. Head over to our website to sign up, and check with your parish priest or youth advisor to see if there's already a group going in your area.

Winter Family Camp is January 13-16 and features our guest speakers Fr. Stephen and Pani Daria Loposky. There might also be a superhero surprise!

Winter Camp is February 17-20 and features the camp legends Erin Ghata, Fr. Philip Rogers, and Karen Hanna

(Karen, Fr. Philip, and Erin)

STAFF APPLICATIONS OPEN

Staff applications are open for our Summer programs! Please join our Summer staff family if you'd like to spend your Summer here ministering to the youth of the Archdiocese and having a blast with your fellow staff, all while we work on bringing each other closer to the Kingdom of Heaven.

We are also accepting applications for the 2023-2024 internship, Arch Week Staff, Summer Volunteers, CIT's, and more.

Apply Now

T-SHIRT DESIGN COMPETITION

This January, The Antiochian Village is hosting a T-Shirt Design competition!

The contest is open to anyone, and the winner will receive a free T-Shirt with their design on it, a T-Shirt that will be sold in the Namie's Nook store starting Summer 2023!

Start sketching those ideas now! We'll be accepting submissions as soon as the new year hits through January 21st.

Learn More

NEW INTERN

Liam (right) pictured here under the supervision of Luke Shadid (left).

The Lodge Office is bursting at the seams! Liam Borris has finally arrived to begin his Spring Internship.

As anyone who's called the office over the Summer knows, Liam brings top tier customer service skills and a genuine passion for social connection to the front desk of The Village. We are excited to have him on board for the next few months.

ON THE HUNT

The applications for Director of Operations have closed and we have begun interviewing candidates to fill James Matthews' big shoes. Keep an eye out in our next newsletter, we might have someone amazing to introduce you to!

SANTA CLAUS CAME TO TOWN

The AV Christmas Ornaments are here! Order yours now if you haven't already, they're super pretty.

Buy the AV Christmas Tree Ornament

A MESSAGE FROM US

We've found ourselves asking a lot of our Antiochian Village family this season, but we want to take the time to say thank you as well. Thank you for the prayers you give us when you pray. Thank you for meeting us at the chalice every week at Liturgy. Thank you for trusting us with your children, yourselves, and your spiritual well-being when you join us in person. Thank you for giving us the opportunities to serve that make this life worthwhile. Thank you for being with us, because you are what makes this AV family unique. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. We can't wait to give back the gifts we've been given to the campers of 2023.