Mission Statement:
To Become Saints. 

Vision Statement: 
To help youth strive to become saints
through fellowship, service, prayer, knowledge and engagement of the faith. 

Come join us every Sunday at 5pm at the Live Youth Night with Project YM! 

Here's the link- https://projectym.com/live/

Parents of MS youth please consider watching this with your MS youth, as it is geared toward HS youth, but MS can watch. 

Hi everyone! 

I hope you all are healthy, having some fun and doing some homework too! 

Most of you all are about two weeks into being out of school. And now it's either gotten boring to not be at school, or you are wishing it could go on forever. Either wish that you have is totally okay. 

To be unsure of how you are feeling, or feeling emotions that you have never felt before is okay. And let them pass, don't hold on to them, and focus on the hope of Christ. God didn't create us here on this just to feel unsure of life, or what not know what is going to happen next. He put us here to share love and hope, and work towards the ultimate goal of joining Him in heaven. Remember to work towards that goal, we pray, do good works, and follow God's commandments. 

As believers in Christ, we are a people of hope. And in the First Letter of Peter, he states that-

" Do not be afraid or terrified with fear...but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope".  1 Peter 3:15

We are called to spread hope and share Christ's love no matter whether it's the wonderful times in life, or the dreary times, if it's raining or sunny, if it's the day you won your soccer game, or the day where you didn't get the part in your school play. No matter what is happening to us, we have something so special within us, and that is Christ. 

We have Christ who died on the cross for us, and longs and really wants to get to know us! And He wants us to know him! 

I encourage you, if you have some spare time (I know you do right now) to open up your Bibles to the Gospel of Luke, or google NAB Gospel of Luke, and just read. Read through the whole Gospel. I promise you it's probably shorter than the book you are assigned to read for your English class. Read the Gospel of Luke and get to know Christ. Read to see what He did in his life, learn why Christ is the one to turn to for friendship, and why we can hold on to Him and never loose our hope and our love. 

You all are in my prayers! 

Our Lady of Seattle, Undoer of Knots, pray for us! 

Many many Blessings, 

Catherine 

As we are not able to meet in person for Youth Group, please read the articles or watch the videos below to keep growing in your faith at home. Consider this as mandatory, as learning about our faith never stops, not even when someone is 99 years old.


Please read Sunday's Mass Readings 03/29/2020 here-
http://cms.usccb.org/bible/readings/032920.cfm 

1. How do you show love to your family and friends?
2. How have you shared hope recently during this time of the virus? 

I highly recommend starting a journal or a word doc that you keep and write answers to the questions in each week. And the answers don't have to be long, but enough for you to see that you thought about them and can see what you learned later, after the Coronavirus ends. 

With everyone having more time in the world right now, it's the perfect time to experiment with different prayers, and see which one you like and remember best. 
First though, check out this video- Why is Prayer so hard? 

And reflect on some of the questions below- 
1. Have you found prayer hard? Write down an experience when it felt difficult and when you didn't know what to do. 
2. What are some ways you can fight in the battle of prayer? Specifically what can you do to better focus in prayer, and make sure you don't skip prayer? 
3. Write down in a couple of words, the relationship you want with God. It can be in a few words (ex: deep, comforting, etc). 

And check out this link, for some different phrases of prayer- 
https://magiscenter.com/help-and-fr-spitzers-other-favorite-short-prayers/

Choose one or create your own that you will focus on praying this week. 

We are going on Agape again this year!
And save the date for June 28-July 3, 2020! 
Please contact Catherine for permission slips and more info. 

Please contact our Youth Minister, Catherine Tangen, if you have any questions. 
Email: youthministry@standrewsumner.org
Phone: 253-863-2177