Team Youth News
A resource for Youth Ministers and Leaders
October 2018
The Beat on the Street
Fall is here! YEAH!. Pumpkins and Pies....oh, how we love APPLE PIES! I love the Fall season and all that it promises to bring. We enter into a season of Thanksgiving. A time when we should honor our blessings and those around us that bless us each day. Take some time this season to share or express a bit of love with our brothers and sisters in need of physical and emotional support. A smile "here" some baked goods there...you can make a difference by just doing a little bit. You know, if a whole lot of people do just a little bit, great, big things,
"Will Happen"!
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Diocesan Wide Events
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Superintendent's Day - 2018
This year's annual Superintendent's day will be held at the Crowne Plaza in Lake Placid New York on Friday the 19th. The Youth Department will have a booth set up to share the good news on Youth Ministry. We will also be there in proud support of our Catholic School educators!!
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Formation For Ministry Workshop
Saturday, October 20th is Workshop#2 for those of you in the FFM program (Lay Ministry). During the afternoon breakout session, I will be offering Track Course #6, "The Youth Minister as a Model of Prayer and Worship". Along with this course offering, we will have an open discussion on our Diocesan Vision for Youth Ministry. Don't miss it! It's a great opportunity to learn, grow, share and drink a lot of coffee!!
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Leadership Weekend a Smash Hit!
The Teens and Adults both had a great weekend! There were good times, great lessons and lots of faith! I would like to extend a special THANK YOU to the weekend team members. You are Loved, don't ever forget it!
Scott and his crew hard at work!
Row, row, row your boat!
"Michele, what's for dinner?
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Middle School Vocations HUGE turn out!
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YOUTH ACTIVITIY IDEA CORNER
Here are a few ideas I've come across that I'd like to share with you for the Fall season. If you have any ideas and activities you would like to share please, feel free to email them to me and I will post them.
"The more we share, the more we care"
Take a Walk on the "Nature" side.
Need I say more! Now is the perfect time to get outside, hike, walk and talk. Explore and discover the presence of our Loving God in Nature!!! Hurry because....winter is coming!
LOVE "ROCKS"!
Here is a fun way to spread some joy and love.
Supplies:
1. Any kind of paint, acrylic is the easiest to clean up
2 .ROCKS!
3. Your Imagination
Start by hunting for nice rocks or, heading to a craft store and
picking up some rocks. Then grab you paints, and some inexpensive brushes or paint markers and begin drawing and writing nice messages of "Faith, Hope and Love" on the stones. Let them dry. Then, as you walk around town, in stores, malls, the playground, or anywhere, you secretly leave a painted stone in a visible area so that someone may find it! You might just make someone's day!
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Tom Semeraro
Email: tsemeraro@rcdony.org
Website: www.rcdony.org
Phone: 1-393-2920 1415
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