Our Vision
      To be a Christian community who, following the example of our Lord Jesus Christ, welcomes all sorts and conditions of men, women and children in a spirit of love, forgiveness, acceptance, truthfulness and reconciliation so that we may grow in our capacity to love God with our whole heart, mind, soul and spirit, and to love our neighbors as ourselves.

Our Mission
     As followers of Jesus Christ, to grow in understanding, in gratitude, in service, in ministry and in peace.

Sunday Services
8:00 am - Rite I

10:15 am - Rite II,
with music

Christian Education
9:00 am - Adults
and Youth Groups
and
10:00 am - Ages 2-9

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Youth News

Youth Newsletter - February 2009

updated 02/05/09

 

Barbara Adamcik, Youth Director

Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.  Put these things into practice, devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress.

(1 Timothy 4:12, 15)

Guiding Principles

The people of St. Elizabeth's recognize that our young people play a vital role in our parish and the Church as a whole.  We are committed to providing a safe environment in which our youth will be encouraged to explore and deepen their experience of God, relating that experience to the challenges teenagers face in our society today.  We seek to equip our young people for adult membership in the Church and the community-at-large.

Schedule

Our program this year will have a slightly different look, and with the help of the youth, a new name!  Our goal is to provide opportunities to grow together as Christians, but to do so in larger groups than before.  We will have a Senior High group (9th to 12th grades) and a Middle School groups (6th to 8th grades).  Here's what our schedule will look like:

Sundays:  9-10 am  Sunday Morning Power Hour         

Middle School:  Faith in Motion Series  (learning about and strengthening faith in today's world)

High School:  Way to Live, co-written by 8 teens and 8 adults.  (Growing in Christian practices.  Topics include:  friends, choices, creativity, justice and music.)

4-6 pm:  Sunday "Evening" Fellowship and Fun:  Middle and High School will sometimes meet together and sometimes meet in their separate groups.

6-6:30 pm:  DINNER . . . FEAST . . . FREE FOOD!

Wednesdays:

4:30 - 6:00 pm:  Barbara's "Office Hours"

Stop by the youth room to plan events, do homework or chat a while.

6:15 - 6:45 pm:  "Youth-arist" Worship Service

In consultation with the clergy, we are creating a contemporary Wednesday evening service featuring our youth.  We hope to have the service designed by the end of September.

In addition to these regularly scheduled activities, we are planning a mission trip over spring break, and are looking at scheduling more pilgrimages and adventures that are both local and far-reaching.