The Big Year Out

The Big Year Out was literally one of the greatest and most transformative experiences of my life! Like nothing before, it taught me the value of ongoing Christian community and how important and life-giving it can be. It allowed me share my faith journey with people my age whilst being guided by those further along [...]

A key part of the Big Year Out is the mid-year cross-cultural exposure trip, designed to immerse participants in another culture and to experience what life and faith are like for Christians in that culture. The BYO trip to the Philippines in 2008 was a life-changing event for those who went.
In 2010 we will be [...]

We’re excited and ecstatic that the Big Year Out will be starting in 2010 in Victoria. It is being co-ordinated by the Uniting Church’s youth ministry unit, in particular by Adrian (Age) Greenwood, the Young Adult Discipleship Educator and host of morepraxis.org.au.
The Application and Registration forms on this website now contain Victorian contact details. For [...]

The Big Year Out is coming again in 2010. We had a ‘gap year’ ourselves in 2009, but in 2010 it will be happening again! Over the coming weeks you’ll be hearing from previous BYO participants, seeing photos and video, and learning more about what’s in store.
The Big Year Out is a ‘gap’ year for [...]