There are a number of components to a vital, holistic youth ministry program. They include: advocacy, catechesis, community life, evangelization, justice and service, leadership development, pastoral care, prayer and worship. Our programming touches each of these components at one point or another.
Programs
YOU HAVE A VALUABLE PIECE TO ADD!
TAG meetings
We have meetings during the school year, excluding major holidays. We meet in the parish center upstairs. Our topics include such things as faith enrichment to life skills to coping with personal issues and everything in between. We always tie an issue to the foundations of our Catholic Christian identity.
Service opportunities
We have a number of choices for every teen to live out their call to be Christ to those in need. We have a variety of service events held on various Saturdays during the school year. Please continue to watch the TAG webpage, the bulletin and the bulletin boards in church for specific event information.
Prayer & worship
We are looking for teens who enjoy singing and playing instruments. We would like to start a Teen Choir. Would you be interested?
Social & community events
There are a number of things TAG offers throughout the year from Lock-Ins with other Catholic youth groups, multi-youth group dances, hunger fasts, Cedar Point trips and much more. Keep checking the Service and Events page for current happenings. Some are with other parishes, some are just our group – you pick what you like!
Leadership involvement
We (as a church) need leaders. Everyone has leadership potential! Can you be on a commission, on parish council, a lector, Eucharistic minister, a leader of the TAG group...the possibilities are endless! Let’s talk….
Where do YOU fit in?
Welcome Mrs. Kathleen Fabian ...
Mrs. Fabian will be the youth minister who coordinates the service projects, retreat and youth conference experiences, helps with all the fun activities and coordinates the fundraisers. She has a lot of ‘life experience’ that she brings to the table, having raised 12 children, many of whom were members of our TAG group. She has already been an asset to our program, having helped out in many different capacities for close to three years. Her spirit is inspiring and when she shares her Catholic faith with the teens, they listen. I am so pleased to be sharing this ministry with her, AND with all the other adults who help! (I hope to have a picture of all our young adults and young at heart adults posted soon)
You can email Mrs. Fabian at: kfabian@StAndrewChurch.org