ST. JOHN’S YOUTH GROUP
Every Sunday night, the High School Youth Group meets. Everyone is welcome. Friends are invited. We start with 5pm Mass each week. After Mass, we always have dinner at 6pm. Our meetings last from 6:30-8:00pm. Come check it out!
Bryan Mercier 203-662-1217 sjchurchyg@yahoo.com
CLUB 678 - Middle School Youth Ministry
CLUB 678 is a hangout for middle school youth. It is a positive, safe, and fun environment for kids to come hang out and have an enjoyable time. CLUB 678 meets once to twice a month and has been growing rapidly. We play many board games, video games, and group games like Capture the Flag, Sardines, Manhunt and more. We also do have outings like Paintball, Six-Flags, blowing and more, Please keep your eye on the bulletin for upcoming activities. If you would like our periodic e-mails, keeping you informed as to upcoming events, please e-mail Bryan at sjchurchyg@yahoo.com. If you are interested in helping out in any way, please contact as well.
St. John’s Youth Group Mission Statement
Five Pillars:
God (Love, Prayer & Worship)
Group (Relationships, Community & Fun)
Discipleship (Learn our faith & Spiritual Growth)
Service (Charity work & Ministry)
Reaching Out (Reaching out to others, Proclaiming)
What It Means:
Our youth group exists to develop a lively relationship with Jesus Christ, to grow in love for Him, and to honor and serve Him with our whole lives!
Our group exists to deepen friendships and bonds between us, to have fun together, to grow in respect for ourselves and for each other.
Our group exists to learn more about God and our religion, to have it become exciting and real to us, and to live it out in our daily lives.
Our group exists to discover our talents and to use them to serve each other and those in the world who are in need.
Our group exists to reach out to others, religious and non-religious, to bring them into our unity, to make them feel welcome, and to help them obtain peace, fulfillment and joy.
Mission Statement In a Nutshell
(Mt. 22:37-40; Mt. 28:18-20):
St. John’s Youth Ministry exists to help teens DEVELOP a greater love for God and His Church, to GROW in knowledge and in holiness, to DEEPEN lasting relationships with each other, to DRAW new people to our circle, and to SERVE others who are in need!
Lending a Hand?
It's a privilege to share in the vision of seeing young people carry on the faith of the Church and be firmly grounded in a vital calling from God. We are blessed when God uses us to make it happen. The commitment can be tailored to your needs; whatever works for you. There are certain times when another adult helper/leader is really needed. You can do what feels comfortable to you, from chaperoning to helping lead a meeting. Bigger commitments of time and energy, such as going on a mission trip, require more prayer and consideration before taking on, but the resulting payoff is bigger, too! It's fulfilling the vision! You would be very welcome and training is available. It requires Virtus training. Please contact Bryan Mercier or Monsignor McGrath to discuss.
Want to see the POPE?
St. John’s is taking a group of teens to World Youth Day in Madrid, Spain, in August of 2011 A.D. Please mark your calendars, for this will be the trip of a life time. We will be taking a pilgrimage through Portugal to Spain. There will be Catholic teens from over 150 different countries to celebrate their faith, and to see the Pope up, close and personal. If this sounds like something you may be interested in, or if you would like more information, please contact Bryan Mercier at 662-1217 or at sjchurchyg2yahoo.com. World Youth Day happens every few years, and it’s always a life-changing experience. Whether you have traveled a lot or not, this is the trip of a lifetime.
Please contact BRYAN MERCIER (203-662-1217) if you are interested in finding out more about youth groups at St. John’s!
LOOKING FOR MUSICIANS AND SINGERS
We are looking for teens to play instruments or sing at the 5 PM mass in our teen choir. We play contemporary praise and worship music. If you are in grades 7 through 12 and play or sing, please contact us. We practice once a week for an hour, Thursday nights from 6-7pm. Contact: Bryan Mercier 662-1217 sjchurchyg@yahoo.com
BRYAN MERCIER, Youth Minister
The youth leadership (officers)
Samantha Wood
Sydney Schildnecht
Stephanie Winch
Lauren Loli
Kyle Pasquarella