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March, 2010
Report for Youth and Young Adult Ministry
February 28 for our Lenten reflection night, MAV did a night on "The Passion of the Christ." About 32 people attended and it was a very powerful reminder of the magnitude of Christ's love.
Fifteen of our teens and 4 adults attended the Youth Rally March 6/7. It was a great weekend for about 300 teens, and the teens were exemplary in their behavior. They are ready to set the world on fire.
Sister Joan did a great job at Living the Questions on our "What's Up Sista'" night. The teens really enjoyed her honesty, humor, and openness.
The 20th was the Confirmation Retreat. About 30 teen volunteers helped with prayers, witness talks, dramatizations, icebreakers and small group facilitating.
Living the Questions will resume after spring break on 4/11 and will continue on April 18 and the 25.
We will host a welcome party for the confirmandi on May 2 from 6:15-8:00.
Our Senior Appreciation Mass and Brunch will be May 16 at 12:15 Mass and after.
Young Adult Ministry continues to go strong. Bible Study, faith in action, and fellowship events are being consistently planned. They hosted last Tuesday's Soup Supper night and had a good time.
Family First is growing as young moms continue to support one another on their personal journeys of faith and ministry to their families.
February, 2010
Report for Youth and Young Adult Ministry
During the month of February Youth and Young Adult was definitely affected by the weather. Numbers were down.
On the Overnight Retreat 31 kids soothed their spirit while delving into the reality that the Holy Spirit lives within them. The witness talks, small group sharing, reflections, reconciliation, Mass, and free time were well received by all.
Souper Bowl weekend was not very successful. We only filled 5 boxes, so the food was not picked up by Mid Ohio. Snow, cold, and awareness were all deterrents to a successful collection.
The Inner-generational Valentine's Dance was cancelled this year due to the Volunteer Dinner Dance on Saturday and the fact that so many 55 plus members go to Florida during February. Even though it was actually Valentine's Day we chose to have Living the Questions and had a very good conversation about what real love is, followed by BYBS.
Weekly service continues on Wednesdays with Fruit of the Vine and Run the Race Club. We also held our 24 hour Food Fast February 20/21. Only 13 teens fasted, but it was a great weekend. We learned many powerful lessons on Catholic Social Teachings and discovered great insights into what we can do to bring peace and justice in our little corners of the world. $2091 was collected in the extra collection for CRS.
Kirby, Izzy and Ben were interviewed in the Dispatch covered in Faith and Values and on Fox News and ABC. Facebook and even texting are being given up by several of our teens during Lent to free up time for prayer and more personal relationships.
February 28 for our Lenten reflection night, MAV is doing a night on "The Passion of the Christ." Youth Rally is March 6/7. We have 14 people going as of today's deadline but late registrations are still being accepted with a nominal late fee.
The 20th is the Confirmation Retreat. About 30 teen volunteers will be helping with prayers, witness talks, dramatizations, icebreakers and small group facilitating.
January, 2010
Report for Youth and Young Adult Ministry
Youth and Young Adult Ministry was active despite the fact that we took a couple of weeks vacation in December. January will be extremely busy.
Christmas in Dublin was huge. We had the largest turnout in our 10 years, both in terms of participants, senior buddies, and parish volunteers. Eighty-four children from the Hilltop area of Columbus were bussed here for a day with Santa and Mrs. Claus, and 94 of the great teenagers of St. Brigid. One bus was donated by Deb Bahler which allowed for double the children to be transported. The day began with a great hot meal for the children and their buddies. Sue O'Donnell coordinated the food donations from so many parishioners' kitchens. The Care Program at the school and the adult volunteers, Lauren Lutz and Pam Anderson did a great job of making practical, homemade items for Santa's gift shop and the stockings given to the children by Santa. The phys ed teacher shared her bowling sets, and her parachute for children's games and the art teacher donated her room for crafts. John and Kim Johnson took individual pictures of the children with Santa and printed and delivered them to the Run the Race children before they left. Colleen Mar videographed the children for DVD of memories for Rachel and the children. Numerous members of Family First, Tuesday Morning Group, 55 plus members, religious ed, women's Bible Study, and high school youth ministry pulled together for a great day, complete with a Media room with Wii, Guitar Hero, and DDR. Each child left with a stocking from Santa, a gift from their buddy, gifts chosen and wrapped by them from Santa's Gift Shop, a bag full of food and cookies for their families to eat that evening, and many wonderful memories. It was quite a production and the outpouring of love was great.
Meanwhile, in December the Young Adults, went to the Zoo, continued Bible Study, and had a Christmas party at Mary Kelley's.
January 3rd, Living the Questions resumed. The Adult Core Team conducted that night for the teens focusing on finding balance and peace. On the 10th a group of younger Core Team members did a great job catechizing their peers on angels and saints. The 17th will be a MLK, end of exams, Chillax night, and we welcome Deacon Frank to present a night on images of the Church on the 24th. The big plans are for the Overnight Retreat on January 30/31 as we prepare and gather registrations.
Our weekly service continues on Wednesdays with Fruit of the Vine on the 13th and Run the Race the other Wednesdays of the month. Souper Bowl Sunday will be co-sponsored by Social Action and Youth Ministry on Super Bowl Sunday with collections of soups and other canned food to be done at all the Masses February 6/7.
Young Adults are mixing social, spiritual, and service for the month of January and are enjoying their friendships with peers of like values.
November, 2009
Report for Youth and Young Adult Ministry
Hello, My Dear Young Friends,
Well, here we are, soon to celebrate Thanksgiving and soon to begin the wonderful season of Advent. It is a wonderful time to take stock of all that God has given us, including the gift of his precious son, Jesus.
I am grateful for each of you and the fact that over 200 of you have given me the opportunity to know you by name. In this very busy time of high school, I commend you for taking the time to reach out to one another and especially to reach out to our God who loves us. Thank you, in a special way, to our teen and adult core team leaders.
The past few weeks we have honored our Bishop's desire to bring a little more emphasis to one of the seven components of youth ministry: formal catechesis. We have brought in three speakers to talk of Marionology, Vatican II, and Catholic and Scripture. Those in attendance were so polite to our presenters...preparing you for college lectures.
Our Core Team has stepped up in leading Living the Question Nights on Media, Life, and Prayer and has done great jobs of leading their peers to an interactive investigation of the impact and importance of each of these in our lives. Attendance is right around 100 each night, including those who come to BYBS, Bible Study, only.
Our BYBS usually involves around 15-18 participants and the teens are becoming students of the Word. It is exciting to share this time with them as we reflect on the Sunday readings and how the message challenges us to live each week.
Servant for a Day generated $825 and though our jobs were fewer, we are thrilled to have this money to donate to charity. Volunteers still haven't decided which recipients will benefit from their work, but should do so in a few days.
Tomorrow, five buses from Columbus will join over 20,000 pilgrims traveling to NCYC in Kansas City. We will fill you in on the experience when we return.
Plans are being made for Christmas in Dublin on December 19 from 12:30-3:30. We will be busing in 70 children from the Run the Race Club and are currently looking for 70 high school buddies to adopt each one for the day. Lunch, buddy gifts, pictures and gifts from Santa, games, fun, fellowship, carols, Santa's gift Shop, and a skit about the real meaning of Christmas are a few of the treats we will share with the children with whom we volunteer weekly.
Fruit of the Vine went well in October and the next time we will be traveling with a KNIGHT to the streets is on December 9th. Batteries, toilet paper, old sweatshirts, coats, gloves, hats, socks etc. are always welcome to be dropped off to Pam.
December 6th is a social planned by the Core Team to go to Zoo Lights. Teens are to meet at the zoo gates at 6:30. Jason Hazen is the adult in charge and Kirby McKenna, the teen.
September, 2009
Report for Youth and Young Adult Ministry
Youth Ministry was very busy this summer continuing to nurture the spirituality of our high school youth in various ways. Our Tuesday night gatherings, our Wednesday faith in action activities with Rachel Muha's Run the Race Ministry, our Gospel Road week in July, and our selection and training of 34 high school youth to be our Core Team leaders kept us pretty busy.
35-60 high school youth gathered on Tuesdays to eat pizza together and to grow our friendships through games and conversations. About 50 different youth helped at Run the Race and 28 went to Circleville for Gospel Road. The Core Team retreat was evidence of the deep personal spirituality of our Core Team who are now determined to ignite that fire in their peers. Many of them grew personally this summer through involvement in CYSC and ND Vision.
Our calendar is on our web site, the topics for Living the Questions have been selected by our Core Team on their leadership retreat, and we are ready to kick off a great year.
Our 34 Core Team leaders did an outstanding job of attempting to form a community through games, community builders, witness talks, and small group discussions on our kick-off on September 27. The theme was the calling and they themselves were a great witness to the power received from saying "Yes" to God. Their energy was high, their commitment was obvious, and their conviction was strong as they tried to help their peers recognize the importance of being part of a community of faith through Youth Ministry. The attendance was over 120 so the attempt to generate interest by volunteering on Ministry weekend, speaking at the Masses on kick-off weekend, and inviting their friends from school to attend were successful. The membership is never closed so the teens who were sick or busy on Sunday are always welcome to attend any Living the Question sessions, or any Youth Ministry activities, events, or faith in action projects. The guest speakers for this year should be very good, and we are looking forward to our BYBS renewing next Sunday after Living the Questions.
Young Adult Ministry has undergone some new leadership. We have met in our new time slot on Tuesday for Bible Study and have averaged six men and women in attendance. We had our annual fall social kick-off with dinner at Buca last Wednesday and though our numbers were a bit smaller( nine in attendance) , we met with the new Young Adult Ministry director from the diocese and discussed ways of mutually supporting one another in ministry. Ryan Schmidt, our seminarian, joined us for both Buca and the Youth Ministry kick-off. He is a great young role model.
Family First continues to flourish. We continue to have around 15 women in attendance. We are meeting Wednesdays from 12:30-2. We will be finishing Tom McGrath's Book, Raising Faith-Filled Kids, in a few weeks and then will pursue other resources to spiritually enrich young moms and young families.
Submitted by Pam Heil
Pam Heil, NCYM
Director of Youth MinistryEmail: Pamela_J_Heil@hotmail.com
7179 Avery Road
Dublin, Ohio 43017
Telephone: 718-5832
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