Dear EDGE Parents:
As the school year closes, our EDGE Core Team is celebrating a successful year of middle school ministry at St. Margaret-St. John and St. Anthony. Our ministry continues to grow and improve. We seek to bring your child the truths of the Catholic Church in relevant and applicable ways. We have been blessed with wonderful 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students, along with several high school teens who participated in our EDGE Sessions this year. This is a sign of God moving in our parishes. It was also exciting to welcome our youth’s friends throughout the year. Their desire to bring friends to EDGE is a testament to their ability to evangelize their peers and lead them to Christ through positive peer pressure. Thank you for your help and support this year. We could not have reached as many middle school youth without you. If you were not able to be on Core Team this past year, please consider it for next year.
Over the years, we have found that the parents of our middle school youth make some of the best Core Members because they have a genuine love and concern for young people and a genuine interest in helping them build a solid spiritual foundation that will last the rest of their lives. As a Core Member, you will be blessed far beyond what you can imagine. And you will be able to actively participate in your child’s faith formation.
Please take some time to pray about being a part of the Core Team. The Core Team member attends each Edge Session and arrives a few minutes early to greet youth as they arrive and stays to talk together as a team at the end of the Edge Session. Don’t worry! There is a leader for each small group so that you have a built in support system. We will provide you with all of the training, materials and support that you need.
If you are unable to offer your gifts and talents to the Core Team at this time, please consider helping in other ways. If you need more information about our EDGE Ministry or about the Core Ministry description before you make your decision, please do not hesitate to call me at the parish office at 513-338-6680 or email me at [email protected] or look on the web smsjsacym.weebly.com, go to EDGE Middle School Ministry, EDGE Core Team.
Thank you for your support and considering the request to minister to our middle school youth and bringing them closer to Christ. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours in Christ,
Nathan Eten
Youth Ministry Coordinator