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Meeting Minutes from Sept. 28, 2014

9/28/2014

 
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:
  • 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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