It's Time to Start!!
Sunday Night YM begins this weekend, October 4th at 7:00pm. We will have a live zoom for all high school students and catechists. Catechists will have time in breakout rooms to follow up with the topic and discussion. Your Catechists and I are so excited to see you! You can expect the meetings to last between 45mins and an hour. The schedule through December is attached below.
What do I do with my new journal?!
All high school students received a journal in your family packet. These journals are for you to use over the next 3 months. Each week you will receive a thought provoking question that has to do with the themes for the month. This month, the themes are Clothe the Naked and, the Catholic Social Teaching, Dignity of the Human Person.
Use your journal to privately respond to the question. You may also find it beneficial to have your journal handy for the Sunday Night Zoom meetings.
The question for this week is:
- Why do people do what they do and what are the assumptions you make about people?
Crop Walk October 4th!
Next weekend we will be participating in the virtual CROP Walk. Instead of gathering at the Center for the Arts with other community groups this year, after Mass next Sunday, everyone is invited to join us as we walk the big block around church to show support for ending hunger in our community. (If you don’t feel comfortable walking with us, consider taking a walk today around your block with a friend or with your family.) After the walk, the Knights of Columbus will be hosting a hot dog lunch. Also, our Corporal Work of Mercy for the month of October is “Clothe the Naked” so we will be collecting new socks throughout the week to donate to local agencies who serve the homeless. You can drop them off at the parish center or bring them to Mass next Sunday. Please see the bulletin for details about registering to walk or on how you can make a donation to the CROP Walk in support of ending hunger.
Sock Collection
We will also be collecting socks as part of the Crop Walk this year as part of our Clothe the Naked theme for the month of October. Bins will be set out near the parish center. You can drop off donations any time next week.
Forms for Y2Y and Outreach!
The Y2Y and Outreach Team signups are underway. If you missed the information meetings, no problem! The information will be available on the parish website and in future Flocknotes.
To sign up to participate in Y2Y or Outreach teams, fill out the attachments below and send me the form to justinr@blessed-midland.org
The first Y2Y meeting is October 5th from 7-8pm. Zoom link below
Upcoming parish events!
On October 18th the parish is hosting a Tag Tying event! In the past the Middle School group has tied all the Sharing Tree tags for the Salvation Army. Due to COVID restrictions this year, we are unable to complete the entire process on our own, BUT we are still going to help with this amazing program. After Mass on October 18th we would love to have your help tying some of the 2,000 tags we have requested. If we all pitch in, we can knock these out in a matter of minutes. Thank you in advance!
We are also going to host a Trunk-or-Treat on October 31st! More information to come your way soon, so be on the lookout!
God bless. Stay safe.
Justin Rose
High School Youth Minister
Blessed Sacrament