SS Peter & Paul at 434 High Street, Ionia, MI 48846 US - About Our Youth Program
| About Our Youth Program |
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| The Jesus Wall that the Youth Constructed |
Cydni Cluckey as our Youth Events Coordinator 523-6123
Mary Lee as our Youth News Coordinator 616-902-3177 marylee0909@hotmail.com
Chelsea Booth as our Youth Leadership Coordinator 616-292-6450 westie910@hotmail.com
Jean Hoskins as our Community Service Coordinator 517-242-1672
The youth program will continue to be part of the Faith Formation program with Vanessa Booth as the Coordiantor along with the volunteers listed above. We are working together just as
St. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 12:12-14 "As a body is one thou it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, aer one body, so also Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one, body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, adn we are all given to drink of one Spirit. Now the body is not a simgle part, but many." We are all one body... each part has a purpose and a need--together we are empowerd through our baptism to do Gods will. Although at this time we are not able to hire a youth minister--
together we will build a program for our youth!
We have created a facebook account for our youth to visit and share thoughts and ideas ygroup Peter-Paul--please contact Mary Lee at marylee0909@hotmail.com for more details or vanesabooth@charterinternet.com .
The Catholic bishops' conference of England and Wales has launched a program to generate biblical interest in "tweenagers." The monthly Bible Detectives' Quiz program, complete with prizes for those who correctly follow the clues, is now being offered on teh yfaith web site. This site, which caters to youth aged 11-13 is an initiative of the Cathoilc Agency to Support Evangelization, an agency of the bishops' conference. http://www.yfaith.co.uk/ is the site--I invite you to log on and check it out!
LEADERSHIP YOUTH DAY CAMP
A few individuals have attended an elite camp that will help them further develop the leadership qualities already seen within them. The camp was held on Friday, August 28th from 12:30-4:30pm. Please pray for the coordinators and the participants of this program in hopes that the Holy Spirit will be felt strongly in thier lives.
OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE COORDIANTOR IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR YOUTH NEWS COORDINATOR ARE WORKING ON OFFERING A YOUTH CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND YOUTH NEWS THAT WILL BE IN THE CHURCH BULLETIN EVERY OTHER MONTH. IF YOU KNOW OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS OR HAVE ANY YOUTH NEWS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE SHARED PLEASE CONTACT:
JEAN HOSKINS
MARY LEE
JEAN HOSKINS
MARY LEE
R.A.K = Random Acts of Kindness group represent Stewardship in our community and beyond. Several of our high school youth have worked on fundraisers for various projects. R.A.K recently participated in the Adopt A Family Project for the Christmas season and continue with their ongoing Heifer International project of raising money for a Knitting Basket. We are currently working on raising money for our next project: Recongizing and thanking community nightshift employees for thier service. We are plaining to bring them pizza while we thank them for their continued support and dedication to our local community. For more information click on our link:http://home.catholicweb.com/SSPPionia/index.cfm/NewsItem?id=256129
Over the past several months our A.C.T.S have made a big impression on many in our community--A look at where & when it started and how it has developed over time.
A.C.T.S = After Church Teen Social On January 31st we kicked off our first A.C.T.S. ---Board Games Extravaganza! Held in Apostles Hall from 6:30-8:30 over 30 teens gathered for food, games and fun. Our February gathering was awesome---We went to slopes of PANDO Winter Sports Park! The March gathering offers 2 opportunties for our youth: The Shine Youth Rally or A.C.T.S. --Open Gym Night. Join us for Mass and then we will be meeting for food & fun in Apostles Hall and then up to the gym. ALL TEENS ARE INVITED.
For more information see our weekly bulletin for more information or clink on our link:http://home.catholicweb.com/SSPPionia/index.cfm/NewsItem?id=256468Soup-er Bowl for caring--February 1, 2009. We collected $450 and 50 canned good items for our local soup kitchen--great job!
As part of our stewardship awareness we joined efforts to benefit the food programs of Catholic Charities West Michigan. God’s Kitchen of Grand Rapids last year alone served a hot meal with a side of dignity and respect to over 200,000 people. Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry is a food pantry program in Muskegon for single parents, unemployed individuals, working underpaid, and senior citizens that has been serving for the past fifteen years. Christian Community Center in Muskegon Heights opened in 1957 and serves men, women and children in the community with healthy hot meals and hot topics of the day. We will registered our collection with our Diocese and will be delivering our donations to the soup pantry in Ionia. R.A.K – Random Acts of Kindness High School Group
TRIP TO PANDO--- ON SUNDAY JANUARY 25 ALL HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH WENT TO A SNOW DAY AT PANDO WITH SAINT EDWARDS PARISH IN LAKE ODESSA.WE HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS A YEARLY TRADITION!
Recently our youth invited N.E.T. ministries to come and evangelize to us! It was a wonderful day of music, skits and community building--Thank You NET for helping us form a stronger Catholic Youth Community.
Jr. High Shine is scheduled for March 28th, 2009 11:00am-10:00 pm
For more information about activities for our youth contact Vanessa Booth in the Faith Formation Office at 527-3575 or contact Cyndi Cluckey our Jr. High Youth Leader Volunteer or Mary Lee our High School Youth Leader Volunteer. Or clink on our link:http://home.catholicweb.com/SSPPionia/index.cfm/NewsItem?id=256135
Visit our Faith Formation Page at : http://home.catholicweb.com/SSPPionia/index.cfm/NewsItem?id=17012