YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS for May 2023

We are better with you than we are without you, and so are you.
Any school … All Saints, St. Vincent Ferrer, and any other parish, and your friends!
7^th & 8^th grade for Junior High Youth Group; 9^th -12^th grade for High School Youth Group and Highschoolers of the Well (HOW).
 
Please visit us at www.allsaints.cc Parish Life\Youth Ministry

This week we celebrate The Ascension of The Lord.
The Feast Day is on Thursday May 18.
Readings for that day include the account (Acts of the Apostles 1:1-11) of Jesus Ascending into Heaven as the Apostles were looking on. “…He was lifted up, and a cloud took Him from their sight.”
Just before His Ascension, Jesus said to them “… you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
How are we doing with that? Are we doing all we can to be His witnesses? Are we steadfast in our effort to spread His word? Are we still willing to proclaim our beliefs, through our actions and our words, to those we encounter during our lifelong journey of Faith? Have we continued to grow our knowledge, our understanding, our belief, and our faith so we are actively trying to accurately spread His word? Do we, as Saint Francis of Assisi said, “Spread the Gospel at all times and when necessary, use words.”
Thank You, Lord for giving us the gift of Faith. Thank You Lord, for giving us the Holy Spirit to help us spread Your word. Thank You, Lord for helping us grow in our Faith. Thank you, Lord!


Junior High Youth Group
We’re working on the calendar to plan our next Junior High gathering. Graduations, Memorial Day, and the festival weekend are some calendar hurdles we’re navigating. We’ll keep you posted here and at www.allsaints.cc with details of our next gathering.

HOW (Highschoolers of the Well … it’s a really cool story)
HOW is the Holy Spirit working in you?!
We completed a wonderful school year of HOW last week.
Lots of kids from lots of schools for lots of reasons joined us throughout the year. The faith sharing and growing, the fun, the banter, the friendships and fellowship, the confidence gained in discussing the faith, the prayers and petitions, the best and worst, the “goodnights to Jesus”, the laughter, the honesty, the depth, the trust …  all that HOW is brought joy!
We will gather a few times this summer for traditional HOW or for “Prayer, Dinner & a Movie” starting in mid-late June. AND, to those who have recently completed your 8^th grade studies, you are very welcome to join us for HOW this summer.  Keep looking here and at www.allsaints.cc for details.
HOW is the Holy Spirit working in you!?

As we approach the end of this school year, we are looking for ALL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS / Graduates who have participated in Youth Ministry at All Saints or Saint Vincent Ferrer to place your handprint on the Youth Room wall.
Join us this summer at ANY of our scheduled gatherings.


Thank you, Katie Blum and Chris Kelley for your selfless gifts of time and talent to the Junior High and High School kids throughout the school year. You brightened the Youth Room every time you walked through the door, and you enhanced all of us with each word you spoke. You made us all better.
Thank you very much! Well done good and faithful servants.