Awesome turn out!
The group will break into four teams:
Word – to work on ways to teach faith
Worship – to plan spiritual activities and plan and lead the opening of each meeting
Community – to plan social activities for the group
Service – to plan events that will serve others locally, nationally, and/or globally
Each youth will work on one team. Although each team is responsible for a particular
function, they should try to get input from the whole group. Everyone should be thinking about what group they would like to be a part of so work can begin next meeting
(Oct. 5).
This meeting was used to brainstorm ideas for each of these teams.
Word:
Lectures, speeches, presentations
Worship:
Community:
Service:
Next meeting – October 5 – following 7:00 Mass (roughly 7:45/8:00 start – end at 9:00)
*Everyone bring something for the food pantry.*
Proposed agenda:
7:45-8:05 – snacks and social
8:05-8:15 – opening song/prayer/devotions
8:15-8:20 – determine teams
8:20-8:45 – work in teams to come up with short and long term activities so planning
can begin at the next meeting
8:45-8:55 – regroup and discuss any ideas
8:55-9:00 – discuss plan for next week (Spanish Community celebration)
9:00 – close in prayer
The group will break into four teams:
Word – to work on ways to teach faith
Worship – to plan spiritual activities and plan and lead the opening of each meeting
Community – to plan social activities for the group
Service – to plan events that will serve others locally, nationally, and/or globally
Each youth will work on one team. Although each team is responsible for a particular
function, they should try to get input from the whole group. Everyone should be thinking about what group they would like to be a part of so work can begin next meeting
(Oct. 5).
This meeting was used to brainstorm ideas for each of these teams.
Word:
Lectures, speeches, presentations
Worship:
- Invite a friar from Newark (Fr. Mino has contact) for song and sharing
- Retreats
- Kearny retreat house – hosts 300 youths each year
- Boys club can be used with a minimum of 15 people
- Rejoice 2015
- National Youth Catholic Conference
- Spruce Lake, PA
- March for Life in Washington DC
- Silent time
- Open each meeting with a time of song (maybe finding our own “youth group anthem")
- and prayer/devotion.
Community:
- Bowling
- Baseball – to watch or to play?
- Laser tag
- Central Park Ice Skating (or Rockefeller Center and see the tree)
- Amusement Park
Service:
- Food collection each meeting for a local food pantry
- Visit a local soup kitchen
- Saint John’s
- Sisters of Mother Teresa
- One in Philadelphia (Fr. Mino has contact information)
- Talent Show/Karaoke night to benefit St. Jude’s Research Hospital (may be something
- similar to the Coffee House done at the High School)
- Bingo with the elderly (could be done at St. Al’s, Marion Manner, the West Caldwell
- Care Center, and/or Crane’s Mill)
- Writing cards/letters for the homebound and/or military
- Basketball tournament – Could play 3-on-3, $10/person, each team is playing for a
- specific foundation and the foundation of the winning team(s) get the proceeds
- Field day
- Charity runs – our own or participating in other local ones
- Visiting nuns
- Habitat for Humanity
- Supporting local clean up days or events
- Support St. Al’s giving tree at Christmas time
Next meeting – October 5 – following 7:00 Mass (roughly 7:45/8:00 start – end at 9:00)
*Everyone bring something for the food pantry.*
Proposed agenda:
7:45-8:05 – snacks and social
8:05-8:15 – opening song/prayer/devotions
8:15-8:20 – determine teams
8:20-8:45 – work in teams to come up with short and long term activities so planning
can begin at the next meeting
8:45-8:55 – regroup and discuss any ideas
8:55-9:00 – discuss plan for next week (Spanish Community celebration)
9:00 – close in prayer
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