2026 Youth Congress

Please ensure that you register and book your place at AYC with the correct entity. Failure to do so will result in the forfeit of any money paid toward the conference.

If you are uncertain of your entity to book with, please contact the Mission or Conference in which you currently live, for further guidance.

Regional Contacts

For Scottish Mission, please contact Youth Sponsor Crystal Masih: Youth@adventist.scot.

For Welsh Mission, please contact Youth Sponsor Shola Semakula: youth@adventist.wales.

For Irish Mission, please contact Pastor Jefferson Melki on: Jeff@adventist.ie or +353 834361320.

For North England Conference, please contact Pastor Derek Simon: dsimon@necadventist.org.uk

For South England Conference, please contact Pastor Warren Gillin on: 01923 954554 or youthministries@secadventist.org.uk.

If, for whatever reason you are unable to make contact with the above individual in your entity, only then, would you need to contact the BUC Youth Secretary: Renatella Iunac renatela@adventist.uk.

A European Adventist Youth Congress is always a very special occasion — a time to meet with God, an opportunity for personal and spiritual growth, and a space to strengthen the sense of family in Christ that unites us. It also serves as a unique moment to inspire our young people to commit themselves wholeheartedly to service and to the mission of our God.

Event Location

The event’s venue is: Feria Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

The address is: Av. de les Fires, s/n, Pobles de l'Oest, 46035 València, Valencia, Spain.

Valencia is a city that already feels familiar to us, as it hosted the European Adventist Youth Congress in 2017 — an event that remains in our memories as a truly blessed and inspiring experience.

Event Theme

MADE FOR MORE Belonging | Believing | Becoming

“MADE FOR MORE” captures the theology of fullness and flourishing that deeply resonates with today’s generation. It speaks to the human longing for purpose, wholeness, and transformation — yet adds an outward, forward thrust.At its heart, “MADE FOR MORE” is aspirational and forward oriented, inviting young people to step into the life of fullness and flourishing that God designed them for. It suggests movement, discovery, and vocation, making it a powerful and timeless concept to visualise.

Subthemes

• Made for belonging – speaks to inclusion, feeling loved and cared for, and relational identity.

• Made for believing – calls to faith, trust in God, and conviction.

• Made for becoming – moves toward mission, growth, and transformation.

This is a journey theme that unfolds in three stages: stage 1) identity and connection, 2) faith and trust, 3) purpose and sending.

Main Speakers

Evening and Sabbath morning speaker: Damian Chandler

Pastor Damian Chandler, born in Toronto and raised in Barbados, encountered Jesus at 16 through the prayers of believers meeting in his home. He has since served in churches across the U.S.—from Seattle to Huntsville to Sacramento—and currently serves as associate youth director for the South- Central Conference, planting a new church in Nashville. A gifted storyteller, he authored The Crooked Christmas Tree and I Am Jon, inspiring many through his simple, relatable view of the gospel. Above all, Damian treasures his family—his wife Tanzy, and their children Zoe, Salem, and Levi.

Morning speaker (teaching style): Ivana Mendez

Ivana Mendez holds an MA in Education from the Matej Bel University, Faculty of Humanities in Slovakia and an MA in Theology (New Testament) from the Friedensau Adventist University (Newbold College). She worked as a teacher, translator, project manager in the Slovak Bible Society, pastor in the South England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and in the Scottish Mission. Currently, she is a lecturer of biblical languages and in biblical studies at Newbold College of Higher Education.

Congress Price

Below are the final registration fees, so that you can plan accordingly and organise the different registration options within your churches and entity leaders. The EUD/TED have done their best to keep the price as reasonable and accessible as possible:

Option A: Full Congress Package* £250

Option B: Congress and Food* £230

Option C: Sabbath Day Pass ONLY (inc lunch) £50

*For children ages 6 to 12, options A and B have a 50% discount. For children ages 0 to 5 the event is FREE. Keep in mind there is no alternative programme for children. They must always be under the care and supervision of their parents.

ACCOMMODATION

Option 1 – Full congress package price. Toilets and showers are on site. Participants will need to bring their sleeping bag and mat, etc. There will be a special section for families (husband, wife & child).

Option 2: Hotel type accommodation. Exclusively for the BUC Youth who opt for it as our listening experience suggested, our department has put together special accommodation deals that we will renew as they expire with various hotels and student accommodation units. These accommodation costs are in addition to the above registration costs.

Please check with your entity Youth leaders for current availability as we will keep these deals updated from the Union end.

CATERING

All meals will be provided on-site at Feria Valencia. First meal is breakfast on Wednesday, 5 August. Last on-site meal is dinner on Saturday, 8 August, where you will also receive a picnic breakfast bag for Sunday, 9 August.

REGISTRATION

The BUC has decentralised registration so that each entity will be responsible for registering their own youth. Payments for Congress and BUC related hotel type accommodation needs to be registered and paid for via your local entity via the links below

SEC link: https://events.sangana.co/ayc2026-sec

NEC link: https://events.sangana.co/ayc2026nec

Irish Mission: https://events.sangana.co/ayc2026im

Welsh Mission link: https://events.sangana.co/ayc2026wm_smo

Scottish Mission: https://events.sangana.co/ayc2026sm?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio

SMALL GROUPS

Part of the programme will be small groups once again and for this, participants will need to be assigned to groups according to their language abilities and preferences.

SMALL GROUP LEADERS

We will once again need to have young people who are willing to lead out in the small group time. Once again, we will need to know which languages they are comfortable leading out in.

CONGRESS WEBSITE & NEWSLETTER

Please share the link to the congress website www.aycongress.org on all possible platforms and encourage your young people to subscribe to the newsletter so they get all the info they need directly to their inbox.

We are praying for you and for your young people, that this congress may be abundantly blessed by the Lord, and that together we may form one great Adventist family from across Europe and beyond — united by a shared purpose.

Registration Links