Diocese of Ontario Says Yes! to Igniting Youth Leadership in our deaneries

This year, in thanksgiving for and recognition of the ministry of Bishop Michael, the Diocese of Ontario is partnering with the Anglican Foundation of Canada’s (AFC) Say Yes! to Kids (SYTK) initiative—a ministry that is near and dear to Bishop Michael Oulton. 

SYTK is a nationwide effort to create a sustainable, abundant source of funding for youth-focused initiatives across the Anglican Church of Canada. Since it was launched in 2021, SYTK has provided over $625,000 to more than 100 unique beneficiaries and fundraising partners in support of youth-focused ministry and outreach, including many in our own Diocese of Ontario. 

All SYTK projects are different—from faith formation to poverty reduction to arts and music and Indigenous ministries they cover numerous impact zones. But they share a common goal: to imagine more and to put that imagination into action to grow a brighter future for young people.

All gifts to the Ontario Says Yes! to Igniting Youth Leadership team will establish a fund, distributed equally among our four deaneries, to support initiatives identified by the deanery as important to the growth and development of youth leadership. “Whether sponsoring our next generation of youth leaders to attend a conference or social justice gathering or supporting deaneries in organizing their own Ignite Youth Leadership events,” says the Ven. David Selzer, diocesan executive officer, “this fund will be used broadly to kindle the fires of youth ministry burning in our Diocese.”

Please give generously to the Ontario Says Yes! To Igniting Youth Leadership team. “Our team has already received a $1,000 match from AFC, and we are well on the way to achieving our $5,000 goal,” says Selzer.

Gifts can be made only at tinyurl.com/ontariosytk or cheques can be made payable to the Anglican Foundation of Canada—with “Ontario Ignites Youth Leadership” in the memo line—and mailed to 80 Hayden Street, Toronto, ON, M4Y 3G2.