09/19/11 - Added pictures and videos from our Scooter Night kick-off to the fall season (regular meeting Sep 18th). ("Galleries").

03/14/11 - Added pictures from our March 13 Bowling Party. This gallery consists of 45 pictures of the bowling action. ("Galleries").

02/27/11 - Added pictures and videos from our Presidents' Day Weekend ski trip to Hidden Valley. This extensive gallery consists of 96 pictures and 23 video clips spread over five new web pages. ("Galleries").

09/20/10 - Added pictures and videos from making marshmallow shooters from PVC pipes and having a target shooting contest with them (regular meeting Sep 19th). ("Galleries").

09/13/10 - Added pictures and videos from our Scooter Night kick-off to the fall season (regular meeting Sep 12th). ("Galleries").

07/09/10 - Revised the "Next Workcamp" page to show that we plan to go to Hammond, Indiana next year. ("Workcamp Next").

07/09/10 - Added to the 2010 workcamp picture page the collection of memories our youth group has from the trip, written by the workcampers on the trip back home. Also added Crew 33 pictures. ("Workcamps 2000-").

07/07/10 - Added a Workcamp 2010 picture page, containing a clickable group picture that leads to all the pics from the Group Workcamp picture thumb drive that each individual is in. This also includes the travelogue of the St. James' youth group's experiences together during the week, including the trip out to Buffalo, our Wednesday afternoon together, daily devotions, free time and the trip back home. ("Workcamps 2000-").

02/20/10 - Added an article with pictures from our Presidents' Day Weekend ski trip to Hidden Valley. ("Galleries").

09/15/09 - Added an article with pictures and videos from our Scooter Night kick-off to the fall season (regular meeting Sep 13th). ("Galleries").

07/12/09 - Added the workcamp presentation that was presented to our church congregation this morning to show them what we did and to thank them for supporting this mission trip. Also completed the chronicle of the St. James' youth group's experiences together during the week, including the trip out to Reading, our Wednesday afternoon together, daily devotions, free time and the trip back home. ("Workcamps 2000-").

07/11/09 - Added Crew 37 pics to the Workcamp 2009 picture page. ("Workcamps 2000-").

07/08/09 - Added a Workcamp 2009 picture page, containing a clickable group picture that leads to all the pics from the Group Workcamp picture thumb drive that each individual is in. ("Workcamps 2000-").

07/04/09 - Created a page for planning for next year's workcamp trip, with details to be announced as soon as they are determined. ("Next Workcamp").

02/24/09 - Added an article with pictures and videos from our Presidents' Day Weekend ski trip to Hidden Valley. ("Galleries").

11/23/08 - Added pictures from our "When-Life-Gives-You-Lemons-Make-Lemonade" Lock-in, Nov 21-22. ("Galleries").

11/16/08 - Pictures added from today's youth group meeting activity: making "Christianity For Dummies" books. ("Galleries").

09/13/08 - Sign-up form for the 2009 workcamp posted on the forms page. ("Calendar/News/Forms|Forms" or "Calendar/News/Forms|Calendar" or "Next Workcamp").

09/13/08 - Added an article with pictures and videos from our Scooter Night kick-off to the fall season (regular meeting Sep 7th). ("Galleries").

07/27/08 - Added the workcamp presentation that was presented to our church congregation this morning to show them what we did and to thank them for supporting this mission trip. ("Workcamps 2000-").

07/13/08 - Addition of the chronicle of the St. James' Youth Group's experiences together as a youth group throughout the week of workcamp is complete. Also an extensive set of pages showing the site, people and work done by Crews 22 and 23 (including Crew 21 for the three days they were on the site). ("Workcamps 2000-").

07/04/08 - Added a Workcamp 2008 picture page, containing a clickable group picture that leads to all the pics from the Group Workcamp picture thumb drive that each individual is in. ("Workcamps 2000-").

07/03/08 - Created a page for planning for next year's workcamp trip, with details to be announced as soon as they are determined. ("Next Workcamp").

06/07/08 - Added an article with pictures and videos from our Giant Monopoly Marathon June 6-7. ("Galleries").

05/20/08 - Added an article with pictures and videos from our Scooter Night (regular meeting May 18th). ("Galleries").

03/10/08 - Added a new panel to the building blocks on the home/intro page. This panel contains icons and links to pictures of major events in the life of our youth group for the past year. Current icons are for the most recent workcamp, the fall kick-off bowling party, the winter ski trip, and the trip to Baltimore Blast Christian Youth Night. All of these pictures have always been accessible through the "Galleries" and "Workcamps" selections on the left-side menu. This panel simply provides another way to get to them. ("Home").

03/08/08 - Added an article with pictures from the Baltimore Blast Christian Youth Night. ("Galleries").

02/25/08 - Added an article with pictures and videos from our Presidents' Day Weekend ski trip to Hidden Valley. ("Galleries").

09/23/07 - "Can't get off" and "Site Created with Notepad" graphics added to the top frame on the primary menu system.

09/14/07 - Added pictures and videos of our 2007-2008 season kick-off bowling party. ("Galleries").

09/03/07 - Added pictures of three of our members marching in the Kensington Labor Day Parade. ("Galleries").

08/03/07 - Added a planning page for next year's workcamp. ("Next Workcamp").

08/03/07 - Sign-up form for the 2008 workcamp added to the forms page. ("Calendar/News/Forms|Forms").

08/03/07 - News article about the workcamp from the local Port Jervis edition of the Times Herald-Record (Middletown, N.Y.) added to the 2007 workcamp page. ("Workcamps 2000-").

07/29/07 - Presentation about the workcamp that we prepared for our church congregation added to the 2007 workcamp page. ("Workcamps 2000-").

07/15/07 - Workcamp 2007 planning page turned into a complete report on the workcamp trip, including a chronicle of our lives together during the week as a youth group, pics from the crews we worked on, and a clickable group picture that leads to all the pics from the workcamp picture CD that each individual is in. ("Workcamps 2000-").

06/08/07 - Planning page for the 2007 workcamp trip to Port Jervis, New York added. ("Workcamps 2000-").

05/18/07 - On the pages for our mission trip to Costa Rica, added pictures from our participation with the Cristo Para la Ciudad ministry in feeding the poor on Aug 9th. ("Workcamps 2000-").

03/05/07 - Added an article with pictures and videos from our Presidents' Day Weekend ski trip to Hidden Valley. ("Galleries").

02/13/07 - On the pages for our mission trip to Costa Rica, added more pictures from the outbound trip on Aug 6th. These are pictures taken by Joyce Graf and Don Mullins. ("Workcamps 2000-").

02/12/07 - Added pictures from our mission trip to Costa Rica. These are pictures of us helping in the English class at the Abraham Project. Also added more pictures to the hat gallery and re-organized the main page for this trip. ("Workcamps 2000-").

02/10/07 - Deleted the old "Costa Rica Mission" entry from the menu structure. The pictures and descriptions of our experiences on the 2006 mission trip to Costa Rica appear as the 2006 workcamp experience under "Workcamps 2000-" ("Workcamps 2000-").

02/09/07 - Added pictures from our mission trip to Costa Rica. These are pictures from our Tuesday night "dinner out" at La Casa de Doña Lela, and pictures in and around Franco's B&B where we stayed. ("Workcamps 2000-").

01/27/07 - Added pictures from our 16-hour Monopoly Marathon held in conjunction with the youth of St. Anne's, Damascus ("Galleries").

01/05/07 - Changed 'Other Past Events' to 'Galleries' in the menu systems.

09/09/06 - Added appeal for new acolytes. (in marquee and block intro page).

09/09/06 - Added sign-up form for the 2007 workcamp at Port Jervis, NY. ("Calendar/News/Forms"). Also altered intro page block design to accomodate an additional column of blocks.

08/29/06 - Added the Costa Rica mission trip powerpoint presentation that was presented to the St. James' congregation on August 27th. Also added Robert Mc Keon's relfection on the Abraham Project's six-year-old resident child, Jocelyn. ("Workcamps 2000-").

08/21/06 - Added pictures from our mission trip to Costa Rica. These are scenes from our outbound trip on August 6th. More pictures are coming. ("Workcamps 2000-").

08/19/06 - Added pictures from our mission trip to Costa Rica. These are pictures of work scenes around the Abraham Project. More pictures are coming. ("Workcamps 2000-").

02/26/06 - Added an article (with pictures) about our Presidents' Day Weekend ski trip to Hidden Valley. ("Other Past Events").

02/05/06 - A stand-alone site about our plans for a mission trip to Costa Rica added. The "Next Workcamp" menu entry changed to "Costa Rica Mission".

07/19/05 - Added several pages and pictures about our 2005 workcamp trip to Olive Hill, Kentucky. Main group picture is clickable to bring up all the workcamp CD photos the person is in. ("Workcamps|2005") We now have over 1,740 pictures on our website and 311 HTML files.

07/19/05 - Next Workcamp page revised to contain information about our 2006 plans. [Points to a new directory, 'next'] ("Next Workcamp")

02/09/05 - Incorporated 'About Workcamps' info into the Next Workcamp page. [Next Workcamp points to the 2005 workcamp planning page that was created on 09/19/04.] ("Next Workcamp")

02/08/05 - Propogated the menu structure re-design through the secondary and tertiary menu systems (DHTML horizontal dropdown style menu and horizontal non-Java HTML table menu system, respectively). Updated the privacy statement to reflect hosting by Interland instead of Verio. Revised about_us.htm (renamed from who_what.htm) to reflect current meeting times. Added privacy warnings to Bravenet-hosted message board and guestbook.

02/07/05 - Created a Forms page and re-designed the menu structure in the primary menu system (tree-style menu vertically arranged in the left-side frame). Did away with the Scrapbook entry and brought Workcamps up to the top level. Top level now is: Home (info about us, games we like, info about the website), Calendar/News/Forms (info for the next 2 months), Next Workcamp, Workcamps 1994-1999, (past) Workcamps 2000-, Other Past Events (which is the news of all of our special activities other than workcamp since Sep 2000), Connections (alumni page, message board, links and guestbook), Resources (ideas for other youth workers), and Contact Us.

12/13/04 - Added an article and pictures from our visit to Episcopal High School on December 12th. ("Scrapbook|Past Events").

11/09/04 - Added a description and pictures of the game "Match That Pose!". ("Home|Games We Play").

10/05/04 - Added pictures from our September pool party at the Areiras' house. ("Scrapbook|Past Events").

09/19/04 - Added 2005 workcamp page; currently contains sign-up and advance planning information. ("Scrapbook|Workcamps|2005").

07/14/04 - Minor updates to the Intro panel -- cleaning up stuff that is no longer applicable. ("Home").

07/10/04 - A couple more pictures added to the Crew 62/63 page (pictures of the handprints). ("Scrapbook|Workcamps|2004").

07/09/04 - Made the St. James' youth group picture clickable and added the pictures from the worckamp CD of all the St. James' youth group members. ("Scrapbook|Workcamps|2004").

07/06/04 - Added Crew 2 pictures and Crew 62/63 pictures to the 2004 Workcamp section. ("Scrapbook|Workcamps|2004").

07/02/04 - Added pictures of our St. James' group during the trip out to Wisconsin and back (and on our Wednesday afternoon off) to the 2004 Workcamp section. ("Scrapbook|Workcamps|2004").

06/14/04 - Added an article (with pictures) about our Community Carnival and Silent Auction fundraising event to support our mission trip to Racine, Wisconsin. ("Scrapbook|Past Events" OR "Scrapbook|Workcamps|2004").

02/19/04 - Added an article (with pictures) about our Presidents' Day Weekend ski trip to Hidden Valley. ("Scrapbook|Past Events").

09/01/03 - A new secondary web page is now in place at stjamespotomac.org/youth/alt_index.htm for those who cannot see the Java applet-driven menu on the primary web page (at /index.htm). The new alternate menu system is displayed by a Javascript script. For readers who cannot handle Javascript, I have also created a tertiary menu system that uses just straight HTML to display the menu.

08/07/03 - We now have a re-designed site with new top frame and logos and a sliding tree menu on the left side. The new menu uses a Java applet. There is a link above the menu that you can click if you can't see the new menu. It will retrieve the old layout at stjamespotomac.org/youth/alt_index.htm.

06/07/03 - The graphic image containing the words "St. James' Episcopal Church" in the top frame (above the blue navigation bar) is now hyperlinked to the church's main web page (stjamespotomac.org).

05/27/03 - Added a page of pictures from the recent Confirmation service at the National Cathedral. ("News/Scrapbook").

05/05/03 - Added a tab on the navigaton bar for FirstFridays, linked to the FirstFridays website. Also added a new silver block to the Intro panel (also called the "home" page) containing a link to the FirstFridays website. ("Intro").

04/29/03 - Added at the bottom of the Intro panel (also called the "home" page) a horizontal scrolling marquee to advertise upcoming events. ("Intro").

03/09/03 - Added an article (with pictures) about our bowling party to raise money to fight HIV/AIDS in Zambia. ("News/Scrapbook").

02/28/03 - Added an article (with pictures) about our Presidents' Day Weekend ski trip. ("News/Scrapbook"). We now have 891 pictures on our website and 221 HTML files.

12/19/02 - Added an article (with pictures) about the youth Christmas play presented Dec 15th. ("News/Scrapbook").

07/10/02 - Added an article (with pictures) about assembling a gift box to take to workcamp. ("News/Scrapbook").

07/07/02 - The group picture taken at this year's workcamp is now clickable, with links to pictures of each individual. We now have 807 pictures on our website and 212 HTML files. ("Workcamps|2002").

07/01/02 - Added a group picture taken at this year's Kingsview Workcamp. Much more coming soon in this area! ("Workcamps|2002").

04/19/02 - Added pictures of our activities with our new wheels. ("Intro|games we enjoy"). Our website now has 715 pictures and 204 HTML files.

04/13/02 - Added link to YUGO website page about the Spring 2002 outreach trip to Mexico. The page has some pictures that iclude some of our members. ("News/Scrapbook").

03/24/02 - Added article (with pictures) about building an indoor labyrinth for the parish to use during Holy Week. ("News/Scrapbook").

02/22/02 - Added article (with pictures) about our ski trip to Hidden Valley over Presidents' Day weekend. ("News/Scrapbook").

01/12/02 - Expanded the pool of "classic" pictures randomly displayed on the intro page. ("Intro").

01/12/02 - Added pictures of our group playing these games: Super-gigantic 4-square, Poop Deck, Human Ping-Pong, Indoor Field Hockey, Indoor Softball, Take Two and Paper Airplane War. The pictures were chosen to demonstrate the game materials and how the "courts" are set up and some of the action. ("Intro|games we enjoy"). Our website now has 669 pictures and 198 HTML files.

12/16/01 - Added pictures from today's presentation of the musical play "Three Wise Men and a Baby." ("News/Scrapbook").

12/09/01 - Added notes and pictures from our regular meeting tonight in which we painted the set for the musical play "Three Wise Men and a Baby." ("News/Scrapbook").

12/09/01 - Added notes and pictures from our Lock-in Nov. 31st. ("News/Scrapbook").

10/18/01 - The floating picture of Wild-Bill-the-Webmaster (that madly-typing dude over there to your right --->) was added
to this page on 10/18!

10/15/01 - Added article (with pictures) about our hayride on Oct 14th. ("News/Scrapbook").

10/10/01 - Replaced drawing of St. James' church in top frame with new St. James' logo.

10/06/01 - Added article (with pictures) about our visit to the new labyrinth at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Bethesda. ("News/Scrapbook").

9/18/01 - Added Bishop Frank Griswold's statement on "backlash violence" to the article about the ceremony of prayer/discussion of the terrorist attacks. ("News/Scrapbook").

9/17/01 - Added article about yesterday's ceremony of prayer and discussion of the terrorist attacks. ("News/Scrapbook").

9/17/01 - Added a note (with pictures) about the pool party hosted by the Panzeras on Sep 9th. ("News/Scrapbook").

9/04/01 - Added pictures to the news article about our sailing trip on the Chesapeake Bay. ("News/Scrapbook").

9/03/01 - Added a news article about our sailing trip on the Chesapeake Bay. ("News/Scrapbook").

8/10/01 - Added news articles about this summer's workcamp and about our trip to Philadelphia to see the drum and bugle corps competition. ("News/Scrapbook").

8/09/01 - Added a generic description of Group workcamps and info about what people can do to help plan/prepare for the 2002 workcamp in Germantown, MD. ("Workcamps|Future: 2002 Germantown, MD").

8/05/01 - Added more pictures from the 2001 Country Roads Workcamp trip to Smithers, West Virginia, including scenes as we met at the church before leaving. Many thanks to Elaine Schneider for the pictures. ("Workcamps|2001").

8/01/01 - Added a report from Paul Randall in Houston and re-organized the alumni reports so that our readers can get to an individual's reports quickly by name, or read through them all, at will. ("Alumni").

7/30/01 - Added a fifth report from Brian Crumpler in Cambodia. ("Alumni").

7/30/01 - To give a flavor of what to expect of the August 4 trip to Philadelphia to the drum and bugle corps competition, added pictures from the Jersey Surf Drum & Bugle Corps exhibition at West Chester University July 29th. ("Calendar").

7/22/01 - Added more pictures from the 1999 Covered Bridges Workcamp trip to Windsor, Vermont. Many thanks to Don Mullins for the pictures. ("Workcamps|1999").

7/17/01 - Added a description of the need and surroundings for the 2002 workcamp we are planning in Germantown, MD. ("Workcamps|Future: 2002 Germantown, MD").

7/17/01 - Added a fourth report from Brian Crumpler in Cambodia. ("Alumni").

7/08/01 - Added pictures of rafting to the recent workcamp trip collection. ("Workcamps|2001").

7/08/01 - Added a third report from Brian Crumpler in Cambodia. ("Alumni").

7/07/01 - The group picture taken at this year's workcamp is now clickable, with links to pictures of each individual. We now have 522 pictures on our website and 160 HTML files. ("Workcamps|2001").

7/01/01 - Added a group picture taken at this year's workcamp and some highlights of our trip home. Much more coming soon in this area! ("Workcamps|2001").

6/20/01 - Added a list of what to bring to workcamp. ("Workcamps|2001").

6/20/01 - Added a report from Christina Sainato. ("Alumni").

6/17/01 - Provided more detail in the plans for the 2001 workcamp trip, particularly the fun things we're going to do at the end of the trip. Includes a link to a weather report for Smithers. ("Workcamps|2001").

6/17/01 - Added a news article (with pictures) about the silent auction last week and the commissioning of the workcampers during today's 10:30 service. ("News/Scrapbook").

6/16/01 - Some individual pictures loaned by Don Mullins have been added to the 2000 River Valley Workcamp trip picture collection. Many thanks to Don for the pictures! ("Workcamps|2000"). (Our website now contains 435 pictures and 145 HTML files.)

6/16/01 - Fifteen more individual pictures loaned by Don Mullins have been added to the 1998 Atlantic Beaches Workcamp trip picture collection. Many thanks to Don for the pictures! ("Workcamps|1998"). But we still have six people in that group picture for whom we have no individual pictures!!

6/16/01 - Fifty-two more individual pictures loaned by Don Mullins have been added to the 1997 Citrus Grove Workcamp trip picture collection. Every person who is in the group picture for that year is in at least one of the new pictures, so no matter which face in the group picture you click on you will see some of them. Many thanks to Don for the pictures! ("Workcamps|1997").

6/14/01 - Directory email address updates. ("Directory").

6/14/01 - Added alumni news reported from/about Becca Moore and Kristen Larson. ("Alumni").

6/07/01 - Added news article about the beach trip. ("News/Scrapbook").

6/07/01 - Created a new section for alumni news. There is now a selection on the main menu bar for "Alumni". Currently this section has reports from Brian Crumpler's summer stay in Cambodia. Reports from other alumni are welcome. ("Alumni").

6/06/01 - New individual pictures have been added to the 1999 workcamp collection. Thanks to Leela, Chad and Beverly for the pictures they've loaned! ("Workcamps|1999").

6/06/01 - The 1996, 1997 and 1998 workcamp group pictures are now clickable, with links to pictures that have the individuals in them. ("Workcamps|1996", "Workcamps|1997" and "Workcamps|1998"). We now have 368 pictures on the website. We have very few pictures from the 1998 trip. If you have any, please loan them to Bill Josey for scanning. Also, we still need some photos from the 1994 trip.

6/04/01 - The 1995 workcamp group picture is now clickable, with links to pictures that have the individuals in them. ("Workcamps|1995").

6/04/01 - The menu selection "Prior to 2000" on the Workcamp navigation bar has been broken out into separate years. There is now a selection for each year in which the St. James' youth group has participated in a Group Workcamp. ("Workcamps|Prior" changed to "Workcamps|1994", "Workcamps|1995", etc.").

6/03/01 - Added group picture from the 1995 workcamp in Williamsport, Pa., courtesy of Leela. ("Workcamps|Prior"). Many thanks to Leela for the picture.

5/28/01 - Added article and pictures about building a cross to take to workcamp in June. ("News/Scrapbook").

5/20/01 - Added group picture from the 1996 workcamp in Brownsville, Tenn., loaned by Chad. ("Workcamps|Prior"). Many thanks to Chad for the picture.

5/18/01 - The 1999 workcamp group picture is now clickable, with links to pictures that have the individuals in them. 97 pictures were added to support this capability. Some pictures were added that were not on the old youth group website, so check it out! Be sure to check out Brynn's pictures; there's one that's got a special orientation! ("Workcamps|Prior"). We're now up to 298 pictures on this website. We'll be working on doing the same for the earlier workcamps as time permits. But to do that, we still need your old workcamp pictures (1998 and prior). Please loan them to Bill Josey.

5/15/01 - Added article and pictures about our St. Patrick's Day party at the Genters'. Also added downloadable permission slips for the beach retreat and the June workcamp. ("News/Scrapbook").

5/14/01 - Added article and pictures about making a banner for All Saints at our Hallowe'en party ("News/Scrapbook"). We now have 201 pictures on this website!

5/13/01 - Revised the "Intro" page, replacing a predominantly plain-text page on white background with a colorful tabular arrangement that includes a random picture display and introduces the building blocks theme.

5/12/01 - Added this "What's new" page (as a link from the "Intro" page)!

5/11/01 - Added article and pictures about our Holy Spirit Regatta ("News/Scrapbook"). We now have 188 pictures on this website, with many more to come!

3/14/01 - Thanks to some help from former members Leela Sirotkin and Brian Crumpler and some research by Stephanie Gregg at Group Workcamps, Inc., we now have a complete list of all the Group workcamps that the St. James' youth group has gone to. The list includes the name of the workcamp, its location, dates and the workcamp theme. ("Workcamps|Prior"). We'll be adding pictures of our group's activities at these workcamps as past participants contribute them and we get time to scan them.