GOYA
(Greek Orthodox Youth of America)
Our GOYA Chapter is very active at Saint Sophia with events scheduled throughout the year. Each meeting and event touches on three specific themes - Faith, Fellowship and Service. Our meetings start with a discussion topic related to our Greek Orthodox Faith and includes a Service aspect where we strive to help the surrounding community. And of course, there is the Fellowship component that ranges from snow tubing, camping, bowling and many many more fun activities that keep our teens focused on serving the community and following the teachings of of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Our service partner in the community is Manna on Main Street in Lansdale PA. Manna is a soup kitchen and food pantry that serves 2,000 meals a month and has over 700 families that use their food pantry. Our GOYA conducts several food drives throughout the year to help supplement their food pantry. We also have monthly casserole "meetings" where our youth make several meals that are then served at the soup kitchen.
If you have a teen that is between 13 and 18, please contact us and we will include him or her in our GOYA email list. They can also check us out on our Facebook page by going to https://www.facebook.com/groups/stsophiagoya/
Questions? E-mail us! goya@saintsophiachurch.org
(Greek Orthodox Youth of America)
Our GOYA Chapter is very active at Saint Sophia with events scheduled throughout the year. Each meeting and event touches on three specific themes - Faith, Fellowship and Service. Our meetings start with a discussion topic related to our Greek Orthodox Faith and includes a Service aspect where we strive to help the surrounding community. And of course, there is the Fellowship component that ranges from snow tubing, camping, bowling and many many more fun activities that keep our teens focused on serving the community and following the teachings of of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Our service partner in the community is Manna on Main Street in Lansdale PA. Manna is a soup kitchen and food pantry that serves 2,000 meals a month and has over 700 families that use their food pantry. Our GOYA conducts several food drives throughout the year to help supplement their food pantry. We also have monthly casserole "meetings" where our youth make several meals that are then served at the soup kitchen.
If you have a teen that is between 13 and 18, please contact us and we will include him or her in our GOYA email list. They can also check us out on our Facebook page by going to https://www.facebook.com/groups/stsophiagoya/
Questions? E-mail us! goya@saintsophiachurch.org
Sights & Sounds 2020: Several of our youth are participating/competing in this year’s Sights & Sounds Youth Festival at St. Luke Greek Orthodox Church on Saturday, March 14th. This festival allows our GOYANS the opportunity to discover and display their God-given visual and performing arts talent in an Orthodox Christian setting. A Memory Book is being compiled which will include useful information about the day’s events and also it is a wonderful way for proud parents, grandparents, family members and friends to wish our GOYANS Good Luck!
PLEASE use THIS FORM to submit your short Shout Out or Full-Page Tribute or Business Advertisement. Thank you for your support!
2014
DVYC GOYA Service Project -
Food Drive for Philabundance
Welcome to the Delaware Valley Youth Commission GOYA service project. We thank our St.Sophia GOYA families for welcoming the other children from the different parishes as we gathered together on Saturday, 11/22, to collect food for Philabundance as we assist them in preparing Thanksgiving meals for the poor and needy of the Philadelphia region. The following parishes participated:
St. Sophia, Jeffersonville, PA
Annunciation of Elkins Park
Holy Trinity of Wilmington, Delaware
St. Luke, Broomall
Holy Trinity, Egg Harbor, NJ
St. Thomas, Cherry Hill, NJ
St. Anthony's, Vineland, NJ
PLEASE VIEW OUR PHOTOS BELOW. Thank you to Mr. Anthony Dimitriadis for sharing these photos.
St. Sophia, Jeffersonville, PA
Annunciation of Elkins Park
Holy Trinity of Wilmington, Delaware
St. Luke, Broomall
Holy Trinity, Egg Harbor, NJ
St. Thomas, Cherry Hill, NJ
St. Anthony's, Vineland, NJ
PLEASE VIEW OUR PHOTOS BELOW. Thank you to Mr. Anthony Dimitriadis for sharing these photos.
On Saturday, October 11, 2014, GOYAns from St. Sophia and 4 other Greek Orthodox churches gathered at St. Luke in Broomall to participate in a dodgeball team contest and dance fundraiser for Juvenile Diabetes Research. About 100 kids came from around the Delaware Valley. The games were intense and a lot of fun. Everyone had a great time!
Thank you to Tony Dimitriadis for taking these wonderful photographs.
Thank you to Tony Dimitriadis for taking these wonderful photographs.
GOYA Activities throughout the year.
