Over 60 leaders and young people from BC and Alberta descended upon Cranbrook this past Thanksgiving weekend. They travelled from far and wide; crossing mountain ranges, time zones, the straight of Georgia, and for some the street outside their house, to finally arrive at Christ Church Anglican. They gathered for the BC and Yukon Anglican –breath– Youth Movement’s (BCYAYM) Fall Conference: Wanderers.
Over the weekend these wanderers built an altar, danced, prayed, played, ate, sang, shared, and learned through scripture and workshops what it meant to be wanderers on a journey. Transcending everything was community; knowing that as children of God we do not travel alone through this life. As the weekend closed, the wanderers knew that as they journeyed home to their wildernesses, that the love of God and the community that had formed that Thanksgiving weekend would go with them. They are not alone.
“And we will walk on
Knowing God is always with us
The wilderness is holy ground
And through uncertainty
There’s so much possibility to be found”
-Rev. David Taylor
PHOTOS by Kimberly Blair