We are better with you than we are without you, and so are you.
Any school … All Saints, St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Saviour Parishes …and all your friends!
7th & 8th grade for Junior High Youth Group; 9th -12th grade for High School Youth Group and Highschoolers of the Well (HOW).
Please visit us at www.allsaints.cc Parish Life\Youth Ministry.
“Do not be afraid; just have faith.” Comforting, direct, succinct, encouraging, loving words from Jesus in today’s Gospel (Mark 5:21-43).
Sunday, July 1, is the halfway day of the year. As many days from today are left in 2018 as the number of days we have lived in 2018. At this halfway point, let’s look at some things with a little twist. We measure, calculate, figure, analyze, study, and plan … but we often direct our focus on that which is passing, fleeting, temporary. We measure height, weight, and strength. We calculate budgets, grades, expenses, and savings. We analyze what folks say and how they say it. We plan vacations, schedules, and events.
Let’s consider spending some more time following Jesus’ words, “Do not be afraid; just have faith.” Let’s tend to our faith, and let’s ask for God’s grace to grow our faith. Let’s live in our world but not be of our world. Let’s move Jesus to the top of our to-do list. Let’s worry less about planning and figuring, and let’s do more believing and loving.
Let’s spend the next half of our year practicing for the rest of our lives … just have faith!
Junior High and High School Youth Groups Schedule:
July “Prayer, Dinner & a Movie” nights are: Thursday July 12 for Junior High,
and Thursday July 19 for High School. Both nights are from 6:30PM – 9:30PM in the all Saints Youth Room. Plan to join us! We’ll be looking for!
“Prayer, Dinner & a Movie” is as it sounds. We gather, spend 20 or so minutes in prayer, have a pizza dinner, turn the couches, chill the room, get out the blankets, and watch an age appropriate movie with all the typical movie treats.
The movie is “kinda” selected by those who attend. We will only show G & PG rated movies to the Junior High, and G, PG, or PG 13 rated to the High school folks. Gaining movie consensus is part of the evening, and we have lots of movies from which to select.
“P, D, & M” is always a great time for all. We hope you join us!
Parents, please know that you are very welcome to join us for all or part of any Youth Group / How gathering. You may drop in at any time. If you want to help us during the gatherings, you will need to complete in advance VIRTUS training. We hope to see you.
Highschoolers of the Well, HOW
The folks who join us for Highschoolers of the Well during the school year, are usually intentionally trying to take a step forward with their Faith. HOW great!
Please use these summer weeks to cultivate your Faith and your love of Jesus, through prayer, Mass, silence, good works, community, and study. Start at home. Expand from there. Summer is often a break from Math & Science, but please don’t let it become a break from your Faith. Jesus loves you just as much in the summer!
Students Taking Action
We like to highlight kids and their efforts in this space. We like to celebrate good things, good causes, good behaviors, good attitudes, and good!
Let’s actively seek to catch kids doing good! And when you do, please let us know so we can celebrate them.
Some of you got your first job this summer. Some of you got your driver’s license. Some of you are taking the ACT or SAT. Some of you are taking some summer bridge classes. Some of you are traveling to places you’ve never seen. Some of you are helping a neighbor. Some of you went to camp. Some of you won the big game and some lost the big game. To all of you out there trying … BRAVO! Keep it up! Well done! Strive!
And while you’re doing that, here are just a few friendly reminders: start your summer reading assignment, pray a little more today than you did yesterday and a little more tomorrow than today, join your Parish for Mass each Sunday, thank God for His gift of you, show your family some love, and be sure to love yourself as Jesus loves you. Keep the Faith! Grow it!