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
Volunteers Needed!
We are still in great need of high school small group leaders, security, and registration. If you are interested, please contact McKenzie Neu at mckenzie@ablazeyouth.org and let me know where you could give your time and talent to serve the youth of our parish!Next Youth RCIA Session
If your middle school or high school youth is in need of baptism and/or First Communion, please have them attend our next RCIA for youth session on Wednesday, October 4th from 6:30 to 8 pm at the St. Joseph Secondary Campus portables. If you have any questions, please email Debra Borski at debra@ablazeyouth.org.Next Confirmation Session
We will have our next Confirmation session October 15th from 1-2:30 pm in the St. Joseph's Parish Activity Center. Parents and/or their sponsors must attend the session as well. If you have any questions, please email Debra Borski at debra@ablazeyouth.org.Our Next Video!
In Ignite next week, we will be talking about how to pray with Scripture. Prayer is so important in our faith, and one of goals in youth nights is to provide a space for youth to be able to pray, for both the high school and the middle school programs. We would love to encourage you to give prayer a try if it has been a long time and to ask your youth to share what types of prayer we have dived into in youth night!Journey nights:
Journey is a safe and fun place for youth from 9th-12th 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 is every Sunday 6:30-8:30 pm in the Gym at the St. Joseph Secondary Campus.
Last Week: We talked about the Holy Spirit, who He is and how he wants to give us gifts in our lives.
This Week: We are going to be continuing about the Holy Spirit and how He has special gifts to move the Church forward in it's mission.
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 meets on Sundays from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Gym at the St. Joseph Secondary Campus.
Last Week: We discussed the laws of our faith and our lives and why laws exist.
Next Week: We will be learning a few different ways to pray with Scripture.
We will also be having the Middle School Retreat this weekend! Sign ups close October 4th. If your child would like to attend the retreat, please email me at mckenzie@ablazeyouth.org or turn in the registration form to the St. Joseph's parish office.
Upcoming Dates
Next Youth RCIA Session
October 4th 6:00-8:30 pm
This is for all youth who haven't received Baptism and/or First Communion and are not already going through a program to receive their sacraments. We will be meeting in the portable in the St. Joseph's Secondary School parking lot. If you have any questions, contact Debra Borski at debra@ablazeyouth.org.
Confirmation Session
October 15th 1-2:30 pm
If you have registered this year for confirmation, don't forget to attend this session! Both the youth and the sponsor and/or parent will need to attend these sessions. The sessions will be held in the Parish Activity Center. Please contact Debra Borski at debra@ablazeyouth.org if you have any questions.
Middle School Retreat
October 7th-8th
Cost: $35
Registration due by October 4th.
We are so excited to announce our fall retreat! The theme for this retreat is Cornerstone, and we hope that this retreat inspires your youth to seek a firm foundation for their life: Christ. For more information and to register please see our registration form. Retreat will be at Holy Rosary in Frenstat.
Encounter
October 28th 7-8:30 pm
High School Retreat
November 3-5
Cost: 55$
Bring the registration form to Journey or the parish office to register!
We are so excited for our fall high school retreat! This retreat is for youth in 9th-12th grade and will be at Holy Rosary in Frenstat. Our theme for this semester's retreat is Rest in His Peace and we hope this retreat provides a place of rest for the high school youth who attend and helps them recenter their life on Christ! For more information, visit our website for the registration form and packing list.
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:
"Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed."