FAITH ALIVE

 7th and 8th grade youth ministry

March 8, 2010

Faith Alive is our programmatic response at St. Susanna for faith formation

for ALL 7th & 8th grade students. 

We meet on Monday 4:00-6:00 & Wednesday 6:30-8:30

in the Youth Room in the Undercroft We’ll have faith, food and fun!

Please come and bring your friends.

This year, Faith Alive is SICK!  (That’s Seriously Intentional Catholic Kids)

At each meeting, we are going to try to answer two questions.

1.  What makes us Catholic?

2.   How can that help students get through middle school?

Keeping it real by keeping it SICK!

  Check out our calendar here.

 3/ 8 & 3/10…[IN CONTROL] IN CONTROL] by the Pregnancy Center East

Monday          Snacks: Sally         Prayer:  Beth           Clean-Up: Jenny

Wednesday Snacks:  Patrick      Prayer:  Peggy        Clean-Up:  Doug

3/ 15 & 3/17…[IN CONTROL] IN CONTROL] by the Pregnancy Center East

Monday          Snacks: Betty         Prayer:  Allison       Clean-Up:  Sally

Wednesday Snacks:  Don           Prayer:  Herren       Clean-Up:  Allison

3/22 & 3/24  …[SICK bunny] Easter

Monday           Snacks: Beth           Prayer:  Jenny          Clean-Up:  Betty

Wednesday Snacks:  Jean          Prayer:  Marv           Clean-Up:  Martha

What is Faith Alive?
Who:  
FAITH ALIVE is THE youth group (faith formation program) opened to ALL of St. Susanna’s 7th and 8th graders no matter what school you attend.   Please know that you and your friends are welcome.  To register, fill out the registration forms mailed to your or available at the parish office or you can download the forms here.
Mail or drop off the form and the $40 registration fee before September 25, 2009.  The fee includes a free t-shirt if received before the deadline.
 
What:
FAITH ALIVE CORE Group is the group of youth leaders. 
It is also opened to ALL of St. Susanna’s 7th and 8th graders no matter what school you attend.   To be a member of CORE, you need to be open to sharing your ideas and feelings, doing service, and be comfortable in your faith.
 
When:
Monday nights beginning September 20, 2009 from 4:00-6:00 or Wednesday night beginning September 22, 2009 from 6:30 to 8:30 and special events throughout the year.
 
Where:
In the Youth Room in the Undercroft
 
Why:
To build a Catholic Christian community of faith as and effective means of faith formation for the junior high students of St. Susanna’s Parish and their friends.
 
Structure: 
We will gather as a large group and break open the Word.  Then there will be a speaker who gives a short, 15-20 minute talk about the topic of the week.   From there, the students will break apart into small faith communities of about  10-15 students lead by an adult facilitator.  They will discuss their thoughts  and feelings about the topic.  The groups will then again reassemble into the  large group and close with a prayer. Sprinkled throughout this meeting will be  fun activities to encourage teaching moments.    Snacks will  served at each meeting.
       

Special Events:
 Periodically, we will be sponsoring a service project or a social night,
which is open to all students who are members of St. Susanna’s Parish. 
There are also seasonal special events including a fall Cemetery Crawl
and a spring end-of-the year bash.
Traditionally, the junior high group has helped with parish Lenten projects and other St. Susanna service projects.
Throughout the year, there will be opportunities for the students to participate in outreach programs.  As a group, we visit the residents at St. Joseph’s Home in Sharonville at Christmas and Easter bringing our crafts-with-a-purpose.   In the summer, poverty and social justice is explored in several one-week sessions of Kicked-Up Bible School.