CALLING ALL HIGH SCHOOLERS

It was very disappointing to have to inform the Parish Life committee today that we were unsuccessful in finding any of the 9-12th grade crowd to take charge of the games part of this year's church picnic. We know you're out there but we're not going to drag you in kicking and screaming, that's not the point of Youth Fellowship. You have to come because you want to. We're trying to come up with ideas that will interest you but it's really hard without input from you.

Let me start by appealing to your intentions for the future. Service and mission projects sound really dull, boring or ugly...too much like work? Yeah, well these are the things that deans are looking for on your college apps and besides things like Hope Club, National Honor Society and Student Council, church is where you're going to find these opportunities that will add caveats to your applications. And the more you have? The better your chances of landing that college you really want. Today we did a service project that was actually fun, building bears for the children of Spooner House. Yesterday was the Postal Workers Food Drive. Sure that was work but actually fun work. We are still working on creative ways to raise money and goods for our sistser church in New Orleans and for the Back Bay Mission in Biloxi, MS...all devistated by the hurricanes of this past summer.

Next Fall the Senior Hi Youth Fellowship will go back into full swing. With a lot of fun stuff and some service/mission events. We'd really like to take a group to Nightwatch at St. John the Divine in NYC again. Bowling? Skating? Movies? What do you want to do? We're not going to hunt you down. You're teens who want to be treated with respect? Then call or email a member of the YMT.

Kathy Creighton - Youth Ministry Team

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