What's Been Happening!

Our Youth Ministry year is off to a great start! I can't believe that we are almost done with the first month!  We have had some fun things happening in our classes over the past week:

Last week the 9th/10th graders learned about the process of Canonization by playing the different roles that are a part of the process.  Of course the process doesn't start until after death, so our 'Saint Jessica' had to play dead.

Thankfully we had some Bishops and Cardinals around to help with the petition for Jessica's sainthood in Rome.

 
The 8th graders experienced how difficult it is to hear God's voice with the distractions of life.  They tried to hear as many things as possible while there was one person reading a book, another quoting 'mom quotes', an iPod playing, and commericals from the radio playing.















Then they took some time to reflect quietly, trying to hear God's voice while meditating with a Prayer Labyrinth.

 The 7th graders took on the task of King Solomon from 1 Kings to build the temple of the Lord. "The temple which King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide, and twenty-five high." ~1 Kings 6: 2  Using all the instructions that are stated in 1 Kings, they constructed temples for the Lord...that were also pretty tasty!  It is amazing what marshmallows, pretzels, popsicle sticks, and tape can create. 

 

Things to look forward to:

• More awesome Wednesday nights!
• Convention! Its right around the corner! Its going to be an awesome weekend!
•  Youth Ministry T Shirts! Our new neon green youth ministry T Shirts should hopefully be here November 3rd, they will be $8-$10 so some money Nov. 3rd! Here is what they will look like!

Don't miss out on all the fun!

Awesome Kick Off!

What an incredible turn out for our Youth Group Kick Off!!! 85 KIDS!!!

Thanks to everyone who helped make it a fun evening and thanks to all the youth for your awesome energy!  We need each of you to keep coming in order to make our Wednesday nights as much fun as possible!

See you Wednesday, October 13th at 6:30 for Mass and 7:00 for the beginning of classes!

Upcoming Important Dates

Make sure you put these on your calendars:

• September 22nd at 7pm: Confirmation Information Night in the CFC
• October 6th at 7pm: Wednesday Night Youth Ministry Kick-Off
• We will start with Mass at 6:30 in the chapel
• Ice cream sundaes, fun, games, awesome people...Great Night!
• October 13th at 7pm: Wednesday Night Classes Start!
• We will start with Mass at 6:30 in the chapel
• Each grade is learning different things about our faith and living out our faith!
• Each night will finish with a whole Youth Group game or activity such as Twister, Human Foosball, or Scavenger Hunts
• November 6-7th: High School Youth Convention.
• A fun filled weekend at Bellevue College with over 1,000 other youth!
• Contact Kelsey for a registration form
• Check out this sweet video from last year's Convention
• http://vimeo.com/8713083
• November 14th, all day: Confirmation Team Building Day!

This is going to be an awesome, fun and faith-filled year! Don't miss out on all the FUN! Contact Kelsey with any questions.

Sky High Event and Pictures!

The 20 kids and 5 adults that came to our summer event had a ton of fun! First we went to Sky High in Bellevue, a trampoline fun center, and bounced for about 2 hours.  Everyone was pretty tired (and sweaty) after.  Then we went back to Sacred Heart where we had pizza and snacks and played games for a few hours.  From intense games of basketball, ping-pong, and foosball, to music creation on Guitar Hero, to laugter during Apples to Apples, and screams of delight during hide-and-go-seek in the dark, we all seemed to have a good evening.

Thanks to all the youth who came and made the evening fun! And thank you to all the adults who made the fun possible!  Here are some pictures:



An intense game of dodgeball!



Working on backflips!

Flipping into the foam pit.

Showing off some skills!

More dodgeball!

Basketball back at Sacred Heart!




The whole group!