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,

Due to a change in priority for the fall, middle school youth group will not start up until the New Year. I love middle school youth group and will be excited to resume it later on in the year! If anyone has any questions then please email me and let me know!

Sincerely,

Corey Luna
Director of Youth Ministry

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

The Mission: Wixom - 3 / 1 / 1 8 - 3 / 3 / 1 8
At the Mission this year, we have so much to look forward to experiencing! Fr. Mathias Thelen, Patrick Reis, and Sister Josepha Marie will be speaking about bringing heaven down into our lives now! We have 35 spots for this retreat so secure your spot now by sending this form and $85 into the parish office!

Alt Spring Break - 3 / 2 4 / 1 8 - 3 / 3 0 / 1 8
During Spring Break this year we will be going down to North Carolina and serving with Habitat for Humanity. During our stay there we will be working on constructing houses with a number of volunteers as well as having time to contemplate on the Lord's goodness and pray for more of an outpouring of His spirit!! If you are interested then please contact Corey Luna ASAP at mhtyouthcorey@gmail.com.

8th Grade Retreat - T B D
Our annual 8th grade weekend retreat will be a huge time for this year's 8th grade class to receive a new outpouring of God's love for them and a real encounter with God. We will be staying at Rock Lake Camp Assembly in Vestaburg, MI and the cost of the weekend will be $65.

Steubenville - 6 / 2 1 / 1 8 - 6 / 2 3 / 1 8
We will be traveling down to Franciscan University of Steubenville to take part in the Steubenville Youth Conference during June of this year. Every year we encounter the power of God's love that manifests in so many different ways throughout the weekend!! This year the cost of Steubenville will be dependent on how much we fundraise, but our estimated cost this year will be $300. The link to sign up for Steubenville will be available online by January 28th.

If you would like to support any of the events that we offer in the Youth Ministry program, please email Corey Luna for further information.

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!