Lifeline Road Trip November 2010

Lifeline Road Trip

Saturday, November 6, 2010

All Rochester Catholic youth in Gr. 8-12 are invited to go on the Lifeline Road trip! Bring your friends and join Catholic youth from the greater Rochester area for LIFELINE featuring music and worship with SONAR, a vibrant Mass, and great speakers. Whether you are new to Lifeline or a "regular," plan to have your faith awakened, strengthened and renewed as a young apostle of

Jesus Christ!

Jesus said: “If they persecuted Me they will persecute you.” Persecute me?...Wow, I don’t know if I can handle that?

What does it mean to be a true disciple in today’s world? What does God want me to do and be to those around me? Does it really have to cost me everything to be a follower of Christ?

Rarely in the history of the Church has it been as important to know and weigh the call and cost of being a true follower of Jesus! No longer will lukewarm Christianity be tolerated as our Catholic beliefs are attacked on a daily basis. So what are you to do as young person who’s been called to be the hands and feet of the one true God? What is your cost of discipleship?

Michael Hoffman is back to bring focus to the role of your discipleship and the meaning you have as one CALLED by God Himself. In this fun and interactive session with professional speaker Michael Hoffman you’ll walk away with a new sense of calling for your life and ready to step up to the cost of discipleship.

Topic: God is Calling You to be the Hands and Feet of the One True God. The Cost of Discipleship.

Who: All students in grades 8-12.

Date: Saturday, November 6th, 2010

Time: 3:30 PM- Midnight. We will travel by coach bus to the NET Center in West St. Paul. Bus loads at Holy Spirit at 3:30 PM, departs at 3:45 PM. and approx. return time is 11:45 PM-12AM.

Cost: $10 per person for the bus payable in advance. All are encouraged to bring $5 for the offertory during Mass. Please bring approx. $8 for pizza and pop following the event.

To register: Turn in completed form with $10 fee payable to Holy Spirit Church by Wednesday Nov 3, 2010.

Permission forms can be found in the Gathering Space kiosk, Parish Office or request an emailed copy by emailing: youthminister@stfrancis-church.org.

Donations Needed

DCYC Service Projects:

Donations Needed!

A service project for DCYC: Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and the Good News of God’s love. Since 1993, more than 61 million shoe boxes have been packed, shipped, and delivered across the globe.

**Donate the following items to the bin in the Gathering Space:

TOYS small cars, balls, dolls, stuffed animals, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yos, jump ropes, small Etch A Sketch®, toys that light up or make noise (with extra batteries), Slinky®, etc.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES pens, pencils and sharpener, crayons or markers, stamps and ink pad sets, writing pads or paper, solar calculators, coloring and picture books, etc.

HYGIENE ITEMS toothbrush, toothpaste, mild bar soap (in a plastic bag), comb, washcloth, etc.

OTHER Hard candy and lollipops (please double bag all candy), mints, gum, T-shirts, socks, ball caps; sunglasses, hair clips, toy jewelry, watches, flashlights (with extra batteries)


A PERSONAL NOTE In a separate envelope, you may enclose a note to the child and a photo of yourself or your family. (If you include your name and address, the child may write back.)


DO NOT INCLUDE: Used or damaged items; war-related items such as toy guns, knives or military figures; chocolate or food; out-of-date candy; liquids or lotions; medications or vitamins; breakable items such as snow globes or glass containers; aerosol cans



Monetary Donations

Monetary donations are needed to send boxes overseas:

• Shipping for Operation Christmas Child Boxes

• Shipping for Operation Thank You Soldier Boxes

• PET--Personal Energy Transportation. PET is a faith-based, volunteer-powered, humanitarian, and world-wide organization which seeks to reflect the love of Jesus Christ by bringing mobility and dignity to those in developing countries who are unable to walk. A PET vehicle will be available to youth at DCYC to test out and see firsthand how these vehicles can be life changers to those who need mobility. Each PET costs about $250 to make.

 To donate, use the envelopes near the collection bin and include in the offertory or drop off donations at the Parish Center Office.
We will collect through Wednesday, November 10th.

Checks can be made to St. Francis of Assisi Church.

Thank you for your generosity!

Cardboard Box City 2010: Update!

St. Francis took 12 youth and 3 adults to Soldier’s Field this year to spend a night in the box! 

We had fun constructing and decorating our shelters. The weather turned out to be pretty pleasant and the rain held off for the most part!

There was food, entertainment, and games throughout the evening.  Three of our young men won the treasure hunt this year and took home the $50 prize!  One of our girls’ teams was hot on their trail!  Congratulations to Riley Orr, Gavin Popp and Braden Delaney.

Some of our kids got to do some drumming and play a couple games!

Gavin Popp was interviewed by KAAL Channel 6 News.  Gavin fundraised over $600 by himself and received the award for raising the most funds by an individual! 

In the morning we worked on blankets for the Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN).  Each person receives their own pillow and blanket during their stay at IHN—this can be a great comfort in a time of transition for these families. 

By the end we were all pretty tired...

 

Thank you very much to our two chaperones who ‘braved the elements’ with us: Justin Peters and Steve Dickes.  Thank you also to all our adult helpers including Steve and Mike Delaney, Rhonda Orr, Michelle Larson, and Gen Smith.  These adults helped with transportation, constructing our shelters, cutting and tying blankets, and providing us a wonderful breakfast!  Another thank you goes to Warner’s Stellian for providing many of the boxes!

Cardboard Box City 2010: Update

Click the link to see the video coverage of Cardboard Box City 2010!  Our group is shown and Gavin Popp is interviewed!



St. Francis Youth on the News:
http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S1804828.shtml?cat=10151

Steubenville North Video 2011!

The Steubenville North Youth Conference video is here!  Check out the video and get ready for an awesome experience at Steuebnville North 2011!  All current 8th gradeers-high school seniors  are invited to join us--right here in Rochester July 15-17 at the Mayo Civic Center.



Partnership for Youth has a new website as well--check it out!  Registration for the conference opens November 15th!

http://www.partnershipforyouth.org/

TrutH Teen Mass

Open to EVERYONE! 

This Mass will be geared toward teens but all are welcome to participate!

Mass this Sunday at Pax Christi.

Raking Day

Help needed for the RAKING DAY!

Saturday, November 6th

10 am- 12 pm

During the Fall Festival, parishoners were able to bid on a day of raking from St. Francis youth!  As you may know, the money raised from the fall festival benefits the parish and so this is a great service project for our youth.  Now we need your help!  If you are able to help rake on Saturday, November 6th we would like your help!

Items to bring:
-Warm clothing
-Gloves
-Rake


I will be there to help you rake. We will work until the yard is finished and all leaves are picked up (about noon). I will provide lawn bags along with juice and donuts when we stop to take a break.

Please let me know if you have a vehicle in which you could help carry lawn bags to the recycling center. If you have a truck or trailer---that would be a great help! We’d like to get rid of all the leaves for this family!

If any parents, siblings or friends would like to come along to help in our efforts please invite them to join us! The more people we have, the quicker we can work!

Again, this is a good service to the church and this family!  If you're able, consider joining us in a morning of service!
If you are able to participate, please contact Carol Crawford by email at youthminister@stfrancis-church.org or phone at 288-7313.

Fall Kickoff Update!

Our Fall Kickoff was a great success! A total of 28 middle and high school students joined us for a night of food, fun, and games!  What a GREAT turnout!

 

We started off with our pumpkin carving contest. Individuals or teams were asked to carve pumpkins and a winner was chosen among the entries. There were so many great carvings, but our overall winner was Riley Orr who took home a prize pack! 

 

 Next Linda Baltes joined us to share a little about the Resource Room. Each student was asked to bring at least one donation to the Resource Room. Linda gave tours and answered any questions the kids had about this important ministry.  Then it was time to bob for apples! This was a hit—we even had people who wanted to go 2, 3, 4 times! Especially with our recent warm weather this game was a lot of fun!

Next were our minute to win it games. We played ‘Junk in the Trunk’, ‘Noodling,’ and ‘Joker’s on You!’ We all had a great time and we’ll definitely have more minute to win it games in the future!

Finally, we ended the night by announcing our costume winners.  Gavin Popp took home the 'best overall'  and Molly Kiley won for 'most creative'.

 

Thank you to all who participated. Special thanks to our adult volunteers as well as Linda Baltes for taking us through the Resource Room! Thanks for making the kickoff such a great time!