Hello everyone!
If you are receiving this newsletter that means your child is in St. Joseph's youth ministry! We are Sam Shepard and McKenzie Neu, parishioners from St. Joseph's and your youth ministers! We are so excited to serve as part of this beautiful community.
High school youth nights are called Journey and middle school youth nights are called Ignite. These will be times for growth, fun, and fellowship. Read for more information on the activities coming up.
We will be sending weekly newsletters to keep you up to date on the fun and exciting things we have going on. We can't wait to meet each of you and your youth!
Thank you and God Bless!
-Sam and McKenzie
Beyond the Pew
Beyond the Pew is a parent resource video series made by our leadership at Ablaze Ministries. In this series, they discuss how to talk to your youth about the Catholic faith, how to help them grow in their faith, and how you can live out the faith as a family. Some of the videos will address what we teach at each youth night. We will be including Beyond the Pew videos in some our newsletters, and we hope this resource helps you and your family!Journey nights:
Journey is a safe and fun place for youth from 9-12 grade to grow in their faith. We do this through talks, testimonies, games, dramas, skits, activities, and small groups. We meet Sunday nights after the 5:30 mass, where we have dinner and social time and end at 8:30 pm. Please join us! We would love to have you!Journey will start meeting this Sunday, August 20th, from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Gym at the St. Joseph Secondary Campus.
Ignite Nights:
Ignite is a safe and fun place for youth in grades 6th-8th to grow in their faith. We meet Sunday nights after the 5:30 mass in the St. Joseph's Secondary School Gym and end at 8:30 pm. We start the youth nights with dinner and social time, and then go into games, talks, small group, and other activities to help the youth grow in their faith. Please join us! We would love to have you!
Ignite will start meeting this Sunday, August 20th, from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Gym at the St. Joseph Secondary Campus.
Upcoming Dates
First Youth Night/Parent Meeting:
August 20th
We will be meeting after the 5:30 pm mass in Christ the Good Shepherd Chapel. The youth will meet in the St. Joseph's Secondary School gym to begin the youth night.
You can register here!
Revive
September 9th
1:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Early registration: $50
At the door: $60
Revive is a youth rally held at the Palace Theater in Bryan. It features great speakers, praise and worship, and loads of fun! It is open to both high school and middle school youth. To sign up (through individual registration) and for more information, visit revivebcs.org.
Nice to meet you!
If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to contact us.
Sam Shepard
High School Youth Minister
sam@ablazeyouth.org
979-485-9910
ext. 710
McKenzie Neu
Middle School Youth Minister
mckenzie@ablazeyouth.org
940-485-9910
ext. 711
Quote of the week:
"Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch."