Grade 7 and Grade 8 Faith Formation Program

7 and 8 Grade Faith Formation Schedule
 

Sundays starting with the 11:00am Mass until 1:45pm
(Lunch will be provided)

The focus this year will be on Jesus Christ, our Brother, our Savior, our Friend. We will look at Jesus as the one we meet through His life-giving message of hope and peace, through His transforming presence and miracles, through His saving us from the power of sin and death by His own death and resurrection, and through His coming so close to us in the Eucharist at Mass. We will meet Him also as we serve others in His holy name, and as we respond to His call for each of us to engage in personal relationship with Him.

Changes continue to be made to the program, with the hope that each time we gather there will be an experience for the young people to have an encounter with the Lord. We will aim to do this through games, community-building, activities, instruction, small-group sharing, and various experiences of prayer and service.

We have a great team of adult leaders and also peer-ministers who are juniors and seniors in high school. This supportive team will prepare our lessons, facilitate them and then journey with the junior high youth.

More team members are needed; contact Jim Flanagan if you are able to help. We will train!

Christian Service Opportunities
 

Adult Ministry Opportunities adults always needed!

Faith Formation Team  We need adults and young people willing to accompany our young people in Faith Formation as facilitators, small group leaders, monitors and tech coordinator. We will train!

Adult leaders who are willing to be a Ministry of Presence Team are needed at all Junior High events. There must always be more than one adult present at events and meetings with the students. It is so amazing to work with young people. What a gift this can be for those who are open to stepping forward. There is a statistic which reports that young people who remain part of the Church are ones who have had a least five faithful and faith-filled adults who have played significant roles in their lives.

Youth Ministry Advisory Board  This is a group of adults and young people with the task of envisioning the future of our Junior High Youth Ministry Program, more than for other forms of work. It will help us look to the future, and that is a very important need. The Board will by no means replace the Youth Service Project Council or the Faith Formation Council. It will meet monthly.

Contact:  Jim Flanagan, Director of Youth Ministry, 978 377 1804  jim_flanagan@holynameparish.com