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
Christmas Service Project
Join the Ignite and Journey youth groups on November 29th 6-8 pm as we give back to the community by putting up Christmas decorations at different houses in Bryan! We will meet up at Christ the Good Shepherd Chapel and then carpool to the house we will be decorating. Food will be provided. Hope to see you there! If you will be coming please fill out and bring the permission slip below!
Advent Penance Services
We have been talking in Ignite about how to live a moral life. This has given many of them the desire to go to Confession. With the coming season, Confession is made more readily available, so consider taking your middle school or high school youth to Confession to prepare for Advent! Even though it can be scary to go, it is a beautiful sacrament through which God offers us mercy and forgiveness! If you would like to attend, here are the dates and times of all penance services in the area. Hope you find this helpful!December 5 6:30pm St. Mary – College Sta.
December 6 7:00pm St. Mary - Caldwell
December 7 7:00pm St. Francis - Franklin
December 12 7:00pm St. Mary - Bremond
December 13 7:00pm St. Thomas Aquinas C.S.
December 14 7:00pm St. Mary - Hearne
December 15 7:00pm Sta. Teresa - Bryan
December 21 10:00am and 6:00pm at Christ the Good Shepherd Chapel St. Joseph and St. Anthony – Bryan
Our Next Video!
Taylor talks about the promises we made at our child's Baptism and a way we can help keep those promises.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: No youth night!
This Week: This week we will be covering the last four things: Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell and how these things fit in the season of Advent!
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: No youth night!
Next Week: We will be having a guest speaker from 40 Days for Life coming to help us talk about the 5th Commandment and how we can respect life.
Upcoming Dates
Christmas Service Project
November 29th 6-8 pm
Join the Ignite and Journey groups as we give back to the community by putting up Christmas decorations at different houses in Bryan! We will meet up at Christ the Good Shepherd Chapel and then carpool to the house we will be decorating.
Next Youth RCIA Session
November 29th 6:30-8:00 pm
Confirmation Day of Reflection
December 3rd 1-5 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. The Day of Reflection will be held in the Parish Activity Center and will also include a rehearsal. Please contact Debra Borski at debra@ablazeyouth.org if you have any questions.
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:
"Watch, therefore; you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning. May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to all: 'Watch!"