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Mission, Vision and Goals for St Mark Youth Programs
- Mission: Our Youth Programs mission here at St Mark is to invite, enable and empower our Youth and their families on their own journey to L.O.V.E. (Learn, Orar (Pray), giVe & Evangelize)
- Vision: Provide our Youth at St. Mark a safe way to exercise their faith, where they:
- Encounter Christ
- Become a companion to one and other
- Learn to form and live in a Christian Community
- Learn to live and grow as missionary disciples
- Goals for our Youth Programs
- Empowerment: To empower young people to live as disciples of JesusChrist in our World today.
- Participation: To draw young people to responsible participation in the life, mission, and work of the Catholic faith community.
- Grow: To foster the total personal and spiritual growth of each young person.
- Community: Provide our teens a safe space to form and interact in their own Christian Community
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What is Life Teen?Life teen is a Eucharist-centered movement within the Roman Catholic Church, Lifeteen leads teenagers and their families into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church. With the Blessed Virgin Mary as our intercessor and guide, Life teen seeks to unleash the fullness of the Sacramental power present within the young Church.
What is Edge?Edge is a Catholic middle school youth ministry program. It provides a safe fun place for youth to find solid Catholic community, to get answers to their questions about faith, and, most importantly, to experience Jesus in a profound and personal way. Edge resources speak to the physical, psychological, cognitive, relational, and spiritual maturation of middle school youth. Edge resources make it easier for youth ministers to plan out their semesters of Edge Night, retreats, and to train a team of adults, the Core Team, to assist them in the ministry. The resources present Catholic teaching in a way that young people can understand.
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Life Teen Blog
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a week ago___________________________________________ The “Sharing the Faith” Life Teen Blog series features testimonies of core members who find creative ways to live out the Gospel in their unique vocational...
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2 weeks agoIt was the same experience almost every Sunday afternoon. As a Life Teen missionary, we worked retreats most weekends, so we had Mondays off. On Sunday, after we finished throwing away the last of...
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a month agoI keep an ever-growing list of jokes on my phone. It is a holdover from when I was a youth minister. Whenever I hear a good one, I write it down and keep it for later. You never know when you’ll need...
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