Our fabulous Youth Group finished 2020 with this week with a reading of the Nativity story, online games, and the promise of a winter retreat in 2021. Mrs. Patti’s suggestion to YG members to read different versions of the Nativity is a good one for all of us. “So much comes alive for me when […]
Our Youth Groups focus on outreach ministry in November and December. This month’s outreach was buying groceries for the Thanksgiving Food Drive sponsored by the RSM Cares Food Pantry. Their purchases contributed to helping feed 435 families for next week’s holiday. By 3 p.m. yesterday, the food pantry was well on its way to handing […]
Okay, it’s rubber meets the road time! Bag-packing day for our Thanksgiving Food Drive is this weekend. Here’s where we are: • Goal: 400 bags • Bags in-hand: 200 (from St. John’s members and from nearby churches) • We have a lot to go, but we’ve got this, St. John’s! The St. John’s Youth Group […]
Middle School and High School/College Youth Groups are meeting regularly on Tuesday and Wednesday Zoom calls, and this week the topic was the from the learn portion of The Way of Love. The Way of Love comes to us through The Episcopal Church and, as you know from St. John’s participation in its teachings, is […]
In middle school, high school, or college and looking for a place to connect? Or are you a parent or grandparent looking out for young family members? Check out St. John’s two Youth Groups: middle school meets on ZOOM on Tuesdays, and high school / college meets on ZOOM on Wednesdays. Here’s what happened in […]
St. John’s Youth Groups help support our kids by giving them a solid foundation in the Bible and in community, and by pointing kids in the right direction by being present for them and being available to them. This leadership, or mentoring, helps the kids in several solid ways. Did you know that youth with […]
Meeting across three time zones, the St. John’s High School / College Youth Group last night learned about Lectio Divina, and focused on the Luke passage about the Prodigal Son. The Middle School Group, with all members in the PDT time zone, listened to the same passage. Classic Lectio Divina is a way to dive […]
BINGO! was the game this week in both Youth Group meetings. But in the High School group it was ongoing references to prime numbers that dominated the game. Turns out some YG members blow steam by discussing Eratosthenes’s discovery. Who knew?! We also got caught up on more self-portraits — see pics, below. This week’s […]
Connecting and checking-in are why St. John’s two Youth Groups meet weekly. Without COVID life is busy enough, but throw COVID into the mix with its life-changing challenges, and the importance of connecting and checking-in with our youth is paramount. This week’s ZOOM meetings were full of Middle Schoolers, High Schoolers, and even a couple […]
What is our Youth Group up to? In addition to weekly ZOOM meetings, members and adult leaders are getting out in nature, hiking, and eating! Adult leaders, middle schoolers and high school kids met in the church parking lot last Sunday, walked to an O’Neil Park trail head, did a four-mile out and back trail […]
Our Middle School and High School Youth groups met this week on Zoom and if you are a lover of riddles, see Joe Miramontes who held the Middle School group in thrall while we threw questions at him to solve his riddle: “I have an eye and a leg and no head. What am I?” […]
Tonight’s Middle School and High School Youth Group meetings dovetailed the opening collect of Psalm 23, offered by co-leaders Mr. and Mrs. Nichols, with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Pentecost Day sermon “Pentecost in a Pandemic”. Psalm 23’s message is that God is good. ALWAYS. PB Curry’s sermon theme was about making room for one another […]
Our Youth Group meetings took a page from this week’s Memorial Day observance and asked YG members this question “Who would you honor on Memorial Day?” The answers varied: Grandmother, Grandfather, Dad, Mom, rapper — but the uniting factor was the impact each one had on individual YG members. One member learned from her Dad […]
Sometimes Youth Group is about just being present. And so it was last night, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, when middle schoolers and high school Youth Group members got together in their respective meetings to connect after a week apart. So, what happened? Lots of laughter, poking fun, encouragement, games, and more laughter and poking fun. […]
You may not know this but the St. John’s Youth Group, and its leaders, are EXTREMELY adaptable. In January — before the Coronavirus disruption — the YG launched a new approach to ministry. Did you read about it in the newsletter? We’re loading the article below. In essence, the new approach offered multiple opportunities to […]
What do dogs and Covid-19 have in common? It turns out we can learn a lot from both of them. At least that’s what our middle school and high school youth groups discovered Wednesday during their Zoom meetings with Mrs. Patti and the adult leaders. The Middle Schoolers enjoyed this hysterical video about dogs caught […]
Mrs. Patti and the church’s adult leaders bring their A game to Wednesday night Youth Group meetings! Middle School and High School Youth Groups each have a Zoom meeting on Wednesday nights for 45 minutes. Middle schoolers at tonight’s April 29 meeting each shared a favorite quote and talked about why it inspired them. Adults […]
At first glance online Youth Group meetings look just like other online meetings, but then the audio goes live to laughter, gentle hazing, prayers, and — what’s that in the background? — just one of the kids bouncing background slides from a nature shot to a goofy picture of a sibling, and an up close […]
Here’s something we’re betting you’ve never done: attend a St. John’s Youth Group meeting on Zoom! How to describe it? It’s like being an astronaut communicating across space with Houston command center — lots of chatter, lost signals, cross-talk, lots of excitement, and maybe, unlike Houston, hilarity! About 15 YG members click in to Zoom […]
It’s time for weekly reminders! Monday, March 9: • Parish Council, Learning Commons, 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 10: • Caring About Precious Seniors, Park Terrace, 6:30 p.m. • Education for Ministry, Art Studio, 7 p.m. • School Committee, Learning Commons, 6 p.m. • St. John’s Bible Fellowship, Vicar’s Office, 7 p.m. • Festival Singers Rehearsal, […]