Mission:  Love God, Embrace All People, Share the Gospel Joyfully
Vision:  Forming Disciples through Authentic Relationships

Youth Ministry Website

S.T.E.P.S. of a Disciple
Serve in Ministry and Missions - be an Active Disciple
Goals:

1. Identify and appriciate the gifts, passions and personality God has given you
2. Identify what types of service you are passionate about (working with children or the elderly, the poor, the lonely, the environment, etc.
3. Share your gifts, time and talents inside (ministry) and outside (mission) the parish

• Ministry

1. Altar server, usher aid, choir, lector
2. Assist at Parish Events

• Mission

1. Bundle Saturday (St. Vincent de Paul)
2. Family Service Project
3. Mission Possible

1. Understand that tithing means giving 10% of your earnings
2. Understand that tithing is an importand sign of your trust in God
3. Practice offering money to God and noticing how God blesses you

• Give back to God a portion of what he has blessed you with - from your allowance, job, gifts given to you, etc.

1. Have friends at church with whom you feel comfortable sharing fun and faith.
2. Have frequent, meaningful interactions with at least one adult at church, discussing what matters most to you, as well as the faith.
3. Grow in your understanding of the faith and how to keep growing.

• Faith Formation and Confirmation Preparation

1. Weekly participation in Mass
2. Explore different ways of praying and pray daily
3. Have a deep, personal relationship with Jesus

• Weekly Mass and Holy Days of Obligation
• Reconciliation
• Retreats (7th and 8th grade)
• Daily 3-Minute Retreat, Loyola Press website
• Daily Examen Prayer

1. Get to know the people around you by listening to them and putting their needs first, building trusting relationships
2. Pray for a specific person who does not have a relationship with Christ
3. Explain your faith to someone with whom you have a trusting relationship

• Live your Faith wherever you are, wherever you go:  at home, at school, in the community