High School Programming is in Full Swing!

blessedsacramentym
Oct 3, 2017
2 min read

With Youth Ministry kick-off here and gone, all of the high school programs are up and running! This year, we have 5 small groups meeting on Sunday nights ranging from 9-12th grade. These small groups are growing in faith and fellowship together as they meet in homes or in the case of the seniors, at a local coffee shop.

The Youth 2 Youth retreat is getting their groove on and has already started brainstorming themes for the retreat next spring!

If you have been on the retreat before and would like to be on team, there is still room!

The Outreach Team had their first meeting of the year and started it off with a Prayer Service for Peace. Thank you to those who participated. Here's an excerpt from the prayer:

Even for me, though these names are little more than headlines to weep over and shake my fist at, they still leave me reeling. They make me wonder how much longer the world as I know it can possibly survive. They make me wonder what I can do, how I should respond, if I too am complicit in this violence.

But you, God, know these names better than all of us. They’re not just names to you. You’ve studied every detail of every life damaged or lost in these tragedies. You’ve numbered the hairs on every head, gathered every tear. The people I’ve only ever known as victims, you’ve known all along as reflections of your own image.

You know far better than I that the world wasn’t made for hatred and pain. You’re the one who knew our human race from the very beginning, the one who breathed life into our dust and called us very good. You know just how beautiful we were intended to be.

So if my heart is breaking right now, surely your heart must be breaking too.

Afterwards, the team met and worked on a fundraising project for the team. Look for more information on the "Push the Envelope Fundraiser" in the near future!