1. Life Teen last month
- Senior Sendoff - We wished our seniors well individually, showed pictures of them through the years, and gave them a wall cross with Scripture on it for their dorm room. Then, we played outside.
- Sports Night - Although we are not running life nights throughout the summer, we are still getting together for events like Sports Nights (just playing games with good friends), and of course Prayer Group (PG) runs every Wednesday all year round.
- At our weekly Prayer Group/Bible Study/Current Event Discussion we talked about President Obama at ND, Same-sex marriage, and research revealing that above $50,000/year, money has no positive effect on happiness.
- We took 25 adults and teens to see a docudrama, The Human Experience, at its only showing in Cleveland. This winner of 18 film festival awards was made by several young Catholic men who search to answer the questions: Who am I? Who is Man? Why do we search for meaning? They spent a week living with the homeless in NYC, went to an orphanage for disabled children in Peru, and visited a leper colony in Ghana. It was a powerful film.
- 8th Grade Welcome - We welcomed the incoming freshmen and their parents into Life Teen. The students had a life night and learned about the kinds of topics and activities we do in LT, and parents learned about what LT is, how it runs, the benefits, and how they can get involved to help the ministry grow to lead teenagers closer to Christ. INCOMING FRESHMEN ARE INVITED TO ALL LIFE TEEN SUMMER ACTIVITIES - from Sports Nights to PG to Guys' and Girls' Nights Out, The FEST, etc.
2. Life Teen this month
- Several Core members are heading out to Arizona to receive training at the national Life Teen Conference. They will attend practical workshops, but also be renewed and refreshed in the Spirit by getting a vision of what Youth Ministry can and should be.
- Prayer Group every Wednesday, 7:30-8:30 p.m. in the parish office.
- Steubenville - We'll be taking a dozen teenagers to a weekend-long retreat at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. Hearts get transformed for God. This retreat's spots fill up quickly, so get your teen in soon next year. The teens who go on this usually become our teen leaders.
3. A Few Victories for God
- A teen told one of our Core members that the retreat was the first time she realized the importance of having a relationship with God.
- After fighting and losing friendship, two teens forgave each other during the girl breakout at the retreat and are now friends again.
4. Parent Website of the month - http://www.cpyu.org/
The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding is a nonprofit org committed to building strong families by serving to bridge the cultural-generational gap between parents and teenagers. Learn about the #1 song, the #1 movie, the #1 book, and the #1 video games your teens are interested in. It helps keep parents up to date on the latest youth culture news and information. Parents can now understand teenagers and their culture so that they will be better equipped to help them navigate the challenging world of adolescence. Who are the media role models your teens are looking up to?
5. Please support our teens with prayer and through the monthly Life Teen envelope. Our ministry of leading teens closer to Christ can't be accomplished without your help and generosity!
