Youth Ministry

High School Ministry

Our youth ministry program aims to connect all of our youth into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ through the many encounter opportunities that we offer during the year. All of our events are scheduled with these four goals in mind:

1. We want to form a community where kids can build relationships
     together and be vulnerable when needed
2. To have an encounter with Jesus Christ and enter into a personal
     relationship with Him.
3. To provide opportunities for youth to learn more about the
     person of Jesus Christ and His Church.
4. Provide training so that when our kids encounter Jesus and get to
     know Him, they understand that He has a mission for them to "go
     out to all of the nations and proclaim the Good News".

It is our hope that upon high school graduation, all of our youth would be equipped with the necessary tools to continue growing in their faith at college and in the workplace.

Junior High and Middle School

Dear Students and Parents,

We are excited to start the school year back on with some meetings for the Junior High and Middle School Youth Groups! Based on attendance from previous years, we will start meetings in the new year at the beginning of February. The groups will meet on alternating Thursdays after school until 4:15pm in the Youth Center. Here is the schedule for the spring:

Middle School
February 1st
February 15th
March 1st
March 15th

Jr. High
February 8th
February 22nd
March 8th
March 22nd

God Bless,
Corey Luna
Director of Youth Ministry
mhtyouthcorey@gmail.com

Students will need a note from their parents saying they have permission to attend youth group each week. Please fill out the Emergency Contact Form on file and turn into the Parish Office or Corey Luna.

Remind

To improve communication about different events offered with Youth Group, I’m implementing a new way of communicating between myself and parents and high school students.

With Remind, you can choose to receive announcements via text message or email depending on your preference. I have two different groups set up: one for general youth group announcements related to retreats, fundraisers, Steubenville, and more; and another for our High School Women’s group. For parents of 8th graders, feel free to sign up for the general youth group announcements to stay in the loop with fundraisers and other information about Steubenville.

To sign up to receive text messages for general youth group announcements, text @mhtyouths to 81010. For general youth group email announcements, send a blank email to mhtyouths@mail.remind.com. For Women’s group, text @wgmht to 81010 or send a blank email to wgmht@mail.remind.com.

Even with this tool, I will still have announcements in the bulletin. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at mhtyouthcorey@gmail.com.

"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle." - St. Francis

"You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all." - St. Therese of Lisieux

"For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God." -St. Teresa of Avila

The Director of Youth Ministry

Corey Luna
mhtyouthcorey@gmail.com
989-593-3174 Ext. 2

Upcoming Events

Little Ceasar’s Pizza Kit Fundraiser-  This is another great opportunity to get that Steubenville trip cost down by next summer. Forms will be available during the first day back to Religious Ed. If you miss getting a form there then please contact me by email!
   Start Date: March 26th
                           End Date: May 7th
Delivery Date: May 17th

Bible Study- There will be a high school bible study starting up Sunday's at 7:30 pm in the youth center! Any high school student who is interested in learning more about the faith and about God in scripture is welcome to come!!

Spring Break Trip- This year for spring break we will be traveling to New Bern, North Carolina to work with Habitat for Humanity! This will be a great opportunity to serve the poor in another community as well as a time to experience God in service. The trip will be April 2nd-April 7th, and we are estimating that the cost will be around $280.00.

Steubenville Conference- It's that time of year again! Steubenville registration is now available!!! This is such a powerful retreat experience that we get to have every year! So please sign up as soon as possible to get your spot! This year we have a google form that will sign you up with our parish. So just follow the link and register with us today!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefJFM8PtF0oLjEdLZzKg4qrJmGiKHWmMMyxYrd3gORf_ww-A/viewform?usp=sf_link

R.C.I.A

Are you interested in becoming Catholic? Have you been away from church for a while but would like to come back? Or would you like to learn more about the faith?

Please contact Paul Fahey at (989) 593-3174 or via email at mhtdre@gmail.com or Adam Halfman at (989) 593-2162 or via email at mhtyouth@gmail.com. We would love to help you grow in your faith!