By Joy Pedrow, alumna of Miller Summer Youth Initiative (SYI) at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, October 31, 2014 “I don’t ever want to leave. There is so much love here, so much joy. These two weeks helped me decide who Joy Pedrow is.” I wrote this in my journal during the last week of SYI. At […]
Authentic Teenage Christian
By Joy Pedrow, alumna of Miller Summer Youth Initiative (SYI) at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, April 15, 2015 In high school, I called myself a Christian, but this just meant I went to church every Sunday. I believed in God and I knew Jesus died for me, but I did not know what that meant. I […]
SYI Impacts Transition to College
By Joy Pedrow, alumna of Miller Summer Youth Initiative (SYI) at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, October 31, 2014 When I went to SYI, I had just graduated from Gateway High School in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. I had college on the mind. I feared college. I worried about making friends, my roommate, and the professors. These worries were […]