Hello from Ablaze Ministries!
We are in the midst of another exciting semester here at Ablaze. Our missionaries are planning spring retreats along with the rest of their semester's youth nights. We have several newly confirmed youth in our high school programs and we are now looking ahead to our larger events at the end of April. The office is quite busy this time of the semester and our team is grateful to be doing God's work!
We are in the midst of another exciting semester here at Ablaze. Our missionaries are planning spring retreats along with the rest of their semester's youth nights. We have several newly confirmed youth in our high school programs and we are now looking ahead to our larger events at the end of April. The office is quite busy this time of the semester and our team is grateful to be doing God's work!
Encounter Prayer Ministry
One of our ministries at Ablaze is Encounter, which is a series of nights focused on prayer in Eucharistic Adoration and praise and worship. These are powerful events that typically open with a talk or testimony on a specific aspect of our Catholic faith before moving into Adoration. Over the past few months, we have been sharpening our vision and our goals for this prayer ministry.
We have heard some amazing feedback from these events and can't wait to see what else the Holy Spirit has in store for this ministry:
"My experience at Encounter was the closest I have felt to God in a long time. I'm a child of God! I feel like God really touched me when we sang and stood before Him."
"Powerful presence of the Holy Spirit. Thank you for the witness talk, the incredible music, and the reverence in the presence of our Almighty Lord! Loved it."
"So grateful for this time of prayer in the presence of God. Always come away changed and renewed."
The next Encounter event is a special Pentecost Vigil Mass on Saturday, June 3rd. Similar to the Easter Vigil, this is a mass with prayers specifically for the Church's celebration of Pentecost. Adoration with praise and worship will follow the mass that evening! Please keep this specific event and the Encounter ministry in your prayers. If you can make it, we would love for you to join us at the Pentecost Vigil. Learn more here.
You are invited to our
Benefit Dinner!
We are excited to have speaker Bob Rice and host Jim Beckman join us for our second annual Benefit Dinner! Bob Rice and Jim Beckman are national leaders in Catholic youth ministry and evangelization, serving as inspirations for our ministries here at Ablaze.
We would love for you to join us this year at our Benefit Dinner! All seats are free. We will be spending the evening sharing testimonies, glory stories, and exciting news about what God has been doing within our team over the past year. Please RSVP for your seat(s) today - you can also sign up to be a table host and fill a table of eight! We hope to see you there!
Ablaze's Resources for Teens, Parents, and Youth Ministers
Ablaze Ministries offers three blogs!
- Parents: Beyond the Pew is a short, weekly video blog that provides practical applications on how to share the faith with your kids. Each week we have a new post here!
- Teens: The Forge provides practical and helpful ways for teens to grow in their faith when it comes to our culture, relationships, life, and prayer.
- Youth ministers: The Next Level Ministry blog provides foolproof tips, ideas, and encouragement in ministry. Also, check out the NLM Vlog on Youtube.
Thank you for your support and prayers! You are such an important part of all that God is doing in our ministries. Our staff is praying for you during this season of Lent. Follow us on Facebook for more frequent updates regarding our ministries and resources.
Stay tuned for our next Quarterly Update this summer!
In Christ,
the Team at Ablaze Ministries
Ministry Events
DAYS OF REFLECTION
Our Campus Ministers, Laurita & Dylan, lead a high school day retreat in January and a middle school day retreat in February. The high school retreat focused on men's and women's sessions, reminding the students of their worth in God's eyes and how to live out their identity as His sons and daughters. The middle school retreat covered different ways that the students can personally pray. "At the end of the day, an 8th grade girl came up to me saying 'This whole day was amazing. It was so powerful and moving!' Many now pray on a regular basis." -Laurita
DCYC IN WACO, TX
Two of our ministry teams took groups of students to the Diocesan Catholic Youth Conference at the end of January! They heard from amazing speakers like Father Leo Patalinghug, Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, Manny Barraza (of Adore Ministries in Houston), and Jason Deuterman. It was an awesome weekend where our youth experienced the larger Church and grew in friendship with one another.
SEEK CONFERENCE
For the first week of January, Emily, Becka, and Josh spent time at SEEK in San Antonio, TX sharing our mission with young adults from all over the country. Please keep our recruiting efforts in your prayers as we are looking to hire several more missionaries for the upcoming ministry year!
PRAYER INTENTIONS
Send us your intentions so that we can pray for you as a staff! Email admin@ablazeyouth.org
SAVE THE DATE
April 20:
Benefit Dinner ft.
speaker Bob Rice and
host Jim Beckman
April 22:
for all in grades 6-12 ft. talks, games, concerts, and more
June 3:
Pentecost Vigil Mass
at Christ the Good Shepherd Chapel in Bryan