Discover: Use this summer to join others, serve others, make new friends, and improve your faith. While you’re on that wi-fi network, visit our youth ministry site smsjsacym.weebly.com for big and small ways to become the best person you can be.
Youth Ministry 101: The third goal of youth ministry is “to foster the total personal and spiritual growth of each young person.” Adolescence is an important time for mental, spiritual, social, and physical growth. Their experiences and relationships greatly influence their healthy and positive development. The Church strives to surround young people with the best possible external scaffolds—networks of caring relationships of family, school, peers, and other adults—while young people are developing their internal psychological and spiritual backbone—their values, life skills, commitments, and moral compass. The church fulfills this third goal of youth ministry by...Enabling young people to develop a personal relationship with Jesus. Actively supporting positive youth development and fostering healthy values and life skills. Supporting families of young people by providing resources, programs, and services. Providing opportunities to experience and express caring, service, and compassion for others.
Encounter Summer Fest: All high school aged youth are invited to participate with tons of other teens from the area in this one day experience. Play new games, celebrate Mass with Bishop Binzer, grill out, and have time to praise and worship our awesome God. It’s going to happen on, Saturday, July 13th from 2:30PM-9:00PM at the Holy Spirit Center in Norwood.
Take Me Out To The Ballgame: On Sunday, August 11th, the Reds take on the Padres as a part of Reds Faith Day. After the game there’ll be a free concert by Platinum recording group, MercyMe. Our ministry will get group seats to take it all in. Tickets will be around $12 and limited. Send an e-mail to [email protected] with the number of tickets you would like to help when ordering.
Twitterverse: Our ministry is on all of the major social networks! Teens and parents, new videos, pins, pics, likes, blogs, and statuses are updated weekly. Search for @smsjsacym or go to www.facebook.com/smsjsacym. You’ll find a weekly resource to help you read, reflect and respond to the Sunday readings, ministry happenings, retweets from smart people, inspirational quotes, scripture verses, other tidbits of our faith, and current trends in the world. Followers are welcomed. The only one missing is you.
Signed. Sealed. Delivered: National Catholic Youth Conference (a.k.a. NCYC) is an incredible bi-ennial faith filled experience for teens that will be in high school for the 2013 school year. Over 25,000 high school youth from around the country will flock to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on, November 21-23, 2013, to celebrate and learn more about our faith while having a blast at the same time. For details, including cost, contact Nathan Eten, today! Check out http://ncyc.nfcym.org, the official site for NCYC for more information about the conference itself. Express your interest by Sunday, July 28th. There will be a registration meeting in early August for parents and teens.
Blessings,
Nathan
SUMMER FUN 4 A CAUSE: The Summer Pool Party will take place on Sunday, July 21st from 1:00PM-5:00, at the Madisonville Recreation Center on Stewart Rd, the pool will open up at 1:30PM and close at 4:30PM. There’ll be plenty of food, faith, and fellowship to go around. Also, plan on bringing a few extra bucks to participate in a cornhole tournament fundraiser that will help send a few teens to the National Catholic Youth Conference in November! Don’t forget your bagged chair or lawn chair. Everyone will have a chance to win fabulous gift card prizes!