Well, it is time for my first post on the new blog. This blog is dedicated to Catholic Youth and Children's programs, including Faith Formation, Youth Ministry and Liturgy of the Word for Children. I am hoping that it will be a spot that you will return to time and time again.
Let's talk first about Youth Ministry. Youth Ministry is the program that takes our children and makes them disciples! Faith Formation teaches them the Catholic faith and prepares them for the Sacraments.
The program that I chose for our Youth Ministry program at our parish this year is a free program that we work with. The program is from Dynamic Catholic and it is called Decision Point. It is considered a 2 year Confirmation program, but since our parish had a new Confirmation curriculum in place, I decided to use it for our Youth Ministry program. It is good for grades 6 through senior citizens! It should be viewed by everyone in my opinion. Matthew Kelly brings the faith to life in his rendition of "being the best version of yourself".
(Decision Point preview)
Since Wednesday is "religion" night for most people, it was only obvious that we capture as many youth as we can with that night. I was granted the first Wednesday of each month for my large/small group session. Being such, it became know as "First Wednesday".
