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 11th 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 these sessions as well. If you have any questions, please email Debra Borski at
debra@ablazeyouth.org.
Our Next Video!
Journey had such a powerful experience this past Sunday! They talked about the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, what that means, and how to invite that into your life, and had a night dedicated to prayer. Thus I wanted to continue the series on prayer and share ways to pray.
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 Family Night
October 29th 6:30-8:30
Calling all parents of middle school youth! You are invited to attend our family night at Ignite! We will be talking about the importance of family, and we would love for you to be there! If you will be attending and will be eating the meal provided at Ignite, please RSVP here and let us know how many will be eating! Ignite meets on Sundays from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Gym at the St. Joseph Secondary Campus.
Last Week: We talked about the Las Vegas shooting and did an activity where we found scripture verses and set goals from reflecting on those verses. Ask your youth what scripture they chose and how you can help them meet those goals, and feel free to write your own!The middle school retreat went really well! I am so happy about all the youth that came, and I think they really enjoyed it and learned so much! I think the most powerful moment was Confession and Men's and Women's sessions. Many youth were excited about Confession, and that was such an awesome thing to see! Next Week: We will be talking about living the moral life-how to strive to live as Christ has taught us.