LifeTeen, Edge and Confirmation Core Team Party

As usual we had a good time.  Sugar (on core for all three church activities) could not stay because shellfish was served  I love this church community.  So much so that when others started talking I stopped talking pictures.  J and I knew that our next month would be busy beyond words so this little break was wonderful.

Big Girls Playing

I scammed every single one of these pictures.  While the other kids were on retreat, Pooker and Goobers spent the day at the Parish Wars.  They didn't even play for our own parish.  I share these pictures from the JP2Cyam Facebook page.  I can see that the girls had a fun.  I just wanted to share.

 Go Goobers!

Click here to visit the JP2Cyam Facebook page for more information.  I love that my kids are so involved in the church.  I am very proud of how active they are.

Senior Night at STAOP LifeTeen

This was a fun night, but J was very sad that he was out of town.  The seniors were all honored at a special dinner in the youth room with their families present.  The parish also acknowledged all the help the teens had given over the past years.  I was so proud of Sugar.  She is such a loving, unique young woman of God.  It was wonderful to hear about her servant's heart from those in charge at the parish.  I was equally thrilled that no shellfish (or seafood) of any kind was served, thank you.  We were able to enjoy our dinner without any fear.  The night was as beautiful as our Sugar.  Congrats to each of these Seniors and may they continue to seek Christ in all that they do.

Fun and Meaningful Life Night!

My kiddos were as happy as ever as we prepared for LifeNight on Sunday night. I helped secure 10 grocery carts from the store that Pooker works for. We used the carts to collect can goods for the food pantry.
This LifeNight united our group to those around the country. This night was to discuss local hunger. Our teens learned that our own parish supports the pantry for our surrounding area. The teens worked hard to gather and sort the food.
The big posters made the job of sorting very easy. Our teens are reportable still bringing in food.
I am so proud of all those teens. Our parish is so blessed to have such an active large group of teens wanting to gather to learn about the richness of our Catholic faith. I think there were around 280 teens that night.

After taking a group picture we lined the kiddos up and we passed the food from person to person from the grocery carts down to the pantry.

We did this through the gym, out the door, down the hall, outside, down the driveway and into the pantry store room.

This was a huge chore but I saw so many fruits. I overheard some of the kiddos talking and introducing themselves to their neighbors. I heard one girl say, "No, I am new here, I don't know anyone!" She does now.
I heard laughing and talking and realization. "I can't believe that our little pantry feeds that many people!" One group was talking about coming back to volunteer.
I had to post this picture because this young man is one that I always catch when I am holding my camera.
Good luck counting all that stuff.
The end of the night came and we had to get the carts back to the store.
The girls with the truck returned the last four carts.

Thank you for such a wonderful night with 300 of the best teens around!