YM // February 25
I hope you enjoyed your long President's Day weekend! We're (finally!) back at YM this Sunday! We have a special interactive and youth-focused Stations of the Cross ready for the students. We'll be using the Stations to review the Corporal Works of Mercy as well as the Principals of Catholic Social Teaching.
YM // March 3
On March 3, we'll have a special service project for the 6th and 7th graders as we begin to wrap up our year of living out the Corporal Works of Mercy! The 8th graders will spend part of the night in their small group, sharing about how they feel about high school and High School Youth Ministry. They'll have ice cream sundaes and play some games. They'll also get to hear from current high schoolers about the various YM options in high school and have some of their questions answered about this time of transition.
YM // Walter Walk // March 10
***DATE CHANGE***
On March 10 (instead of March 3) we'll be exploring the Corporal Work of Mercy to Give Drink to the Thirsty. To do this, we are coordinating with Global Compassion, a local non-profit that raises funds to provide bore wells to villages that do not have local access to clean water. We will provide more details in next week's Flocknote, but as a part of this lesson, we'll be walking all together to Plymouth Park with buckets, gathering water, and then returning to the Parish Center. This will give us a small taste of what's it's like for millions of women and children in water-scarce countries like India who have to walk for miles to gather water for their families.
As a part of this project, we would LOVE to raise funds to purchase a bore well for an Indian village in need! A bore well costs $2,500. We know that's a significant sum, but we were able to reach that goal when we did our first Water Walk three years ago! So it can be done! :) If you or someone you know would be interested in joining us in this endeavor, you can reach out to me and I can make sure your donation goes toward our Blessed Sacrament/Assumption Youth Ministry bore well. OR you are more than welcome to join us on March 3 for our Water Walk where you can submit your donation directly to the Global Compassion team! :)
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me! Thank you!
Here's a picture of the bore well that we were able to purchase for a village in India three years ago! The students chose the name "Hope" for the well. :)
YM // March 17
We'll wrap up the year with a St. Patrick's Day party! We'll explore the life the St. Patrick and how he embodied the Works of Mercy and Principles of Catholic Social Teaching that we've been learning about this year. We'll do a special activity that the kids can take home to more fully participate in Holy Week, and then we'll play games, eat food, and celebrate the wonderful year we've had together!
Middle School YM Calendar
February 25: YM
March 3: YM
March 10: YM
March 17: YM
Have a fantastic weekend!
Christine