M.A.D.

Mid-Atlantic District Youth

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            The 2006-2007 cabinet is pictured above. We provide leadership for the Mid-Atlantic District Church of the Brethren youth program.. We met together in a planning retreat at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, MD on August 18-19 (bottom 3 pics above).  Check out the activities we have planned. In prep for our big Winter Retreat, we'll meet again overnight in early January. You can see who we are below. Come and join us this year!
Joy Bowman
           "Hey, my name is Joy Bowman, this is my third year on the cabinet....and i am defintely excited and ready to go. I am a Senior at frederick high school and i go to frederick church of the brethren. My hobbies are singing, painting, and of course socializing. Our MAD youth band is playing at most of the events so be there, we gonna rock it!!!! I am so glad to be on the cabinet this year and serve you all, can't wait to see you soon."
Tim Duffey
           Tim is a bright young man out of the Westminster area. He attends the Westminster COB and Westminster High where he is a senior. Tim is a huge fan of life. He is President of the International Thesbian honors society. He's been spotted in everything from fairy attire to Marilyn Monroe. Tim most enjoys his time spent with his church friends and will be missing many of them as they go off to college. He plans on attending Bridgewater College next year. He also enjoys the outdoors hiking, golfing, and beaching. I love the MAD Youth.
Tim Esworthy
           Hey my name is Tim. I like cereal. I play the guitar. I have six of them. I am the guitarist of my band. I am a venture scout in crew 710. I live in a corn field in the tiny town of Union Bridge, MD. i live with my mother father and dog Trinity. i have two sisters : Kama and Amy. I plan to attend Virginia Tech. I want to be a wildlife biologist. I'm looking forward to being on cabinet this year and look forward to being the guitarist for the district band.  My church: Glade Valley COB. My School: Walkersville H.S.
Pam Evans
           "Hi! I am Pam Evans and I am from Nokesville COB. This is my second year on cabinet and I am excited for another great year. I am a 17 year old senior at Brentsville District High School. I love to have fun and enjoy the many things I do. I play soccer at my school and ride horses. I also play the piano, trombone, and the trumpet. This is going be an awesome year and I am can not wait!"   
Madison Geisler
   Heyy! I'm Madison..If you havent noticed. Im 15 year old sophomore. I love music, hugs and freeze pops. This is my first year on cabinet, and hopefully not my last. I have one sister, Kimmie. I really enjoy babysitting, horseback riding, and going to concerts. I hope to meet new people through district events. I attend  Manassas COB. and go to  Osbourn High School. =]
Alycia Mordan
           Hi I'm Alycia, a 16 year old senior at Walkersville High School. I attend Glade Valley COB and am involved in drama and FFA. This will be my second year on the M.A.D cabinet. I live in Woodsboro, Md with my Father, little Sister Emily, Stepmother Dorothea, 2 cats ( Boots and Frank ) and my new puppy Daisy. I hope this year is great and all the events go smoothly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   I hope you are excited as I am. Hope to see you there.
Kelsey Nelson
           Hi I am Kelsey Nelson and I go to Nokesville COB. This is my first year on cabinet. I go to Liberty High School. I am a junior and play soccer and play the bass in orchestra. I enjoy hanging out with friends and just having fun. I have 2 brothers, 1 sister, and a brother-in-law. I have a dog, sunny, and my brothers dog Abby when he is home from school. I hope we have a great year and meet lots of new people!
Adam Shenk
           "Hey what's up everybody? My name is Adam Shenk from Long Green Valley COB. This year I am a senior at Western School of Technology and Environmental Science, also known as WESTERN TECH (better than eastern tech). Things I enjoy doing are hanging out with friends, playing sports, and eatin' puddin'. But just about all my time is packed with sports. My favorite sport is baseball which I have played varsity the past three years at school but I enjoy just about all sports. I found some time in my schedule and now this is my second year on the MAD Cabinet and I am looking forward to planning awesome events for the district this upcoming year. Hope to see you there!"

Shawn Smyth
           Hey....I'm SHAWN Smyth and I'm from Long Green Valley COB which is the best church ever. I am a Junior at Eastern Technical High School in Essex, MD or EASTERN TECH for short. In my spare time I love to fish in the spring and summer and in the winter I snowboard at Roundtop or Liberty. Also, I play baseball for Essex travel C team and Hamilton in-house team. I'm very into the music aspect and love mostly rock and all divisions of it. At school I am in the snowboarding club and we travel every year to go "knuckle dragging". This is my first year on the MAD cabinet and so far, I'm having a great time. It is the best thing to do to support my church community! Hopefully this year will be the best~~!

Nathan Wheatley
           My name is Nathan Wheatley, and I represent Long Green Valley COB.  I'm a senior at Merganthaler Vocational H.S. ("Mervo" for short), and I live in the city of Baltimore. I'm a person you can come to with a crazy idea that most sane people wouldn't do, and we could work on it together. If you need a laugh sometime, ask me about the bunny. I'm also a very outgoing person that isn't scared to be different. If you're looking for me, I'm the really goofy-acting one.
Jill Wilson
           Hi, i'm Jill I am 17. I go to boonsboro high school  and i am a member of bush creek COB. I dance, which i love. I take tap, jazz, lyrical and sometimes we do other types. i love playing most sports. and you can see me at the district events if you want to talk to me.

Jan Walker (advisor)
           "I’m one of the advisors to have the pleasure to work with the Youth Cabinet and plan great events for all of you throughout our District!  I’m a member of the Locust Grove Church of the Brethren in Mt. Airy, MD, where I enjoy working with the youth and playing the piano for the worship team and services.  My paying job is as a computer programmer/analyst and air pollution scientist with an environmental consulting firm in Baltimore, MD.  Besides the District Youth events, I also have enjoyed spending time with many of you at Shepherd’s Spring Youth Camp, where I have served as a Co-Director for quite a few years.  I hope to see and meet many of you at the District events the Cabinet had planned for this year."
Pete Haynes (advisor)
           "I'm the 'old guy' here (tho' Jan has served longer than I - by the way, she's the organized one!). It's my privilege to work with an amazing group of young women and men in this cabinet. They are full of ideas and energy. It's going be a great year!  I co-directed the first week of Youth Camp at Shepherd's Spring back in 1991. Looking further back, I was a youth pastor in Indiana, attending my first NYC in 1982. For the last 16 years I've been pastor of the Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren in the northern suburbs of Baltimore. I have four children, ages 12 to 21, the oldest two now in college.  I  love camp, music, drama, Jesus, and His church. If you're bored and want to read more, check out this bio info.

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