EDGE - Grades 6, 7, and 8
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Cheri Andersen,
Youth Minister -
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WELCOME
St. John Neumann Parish uses the EDGE Program for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade religious education. EDGE is a Catholic middle school youth ministry experience created for early adolescents. EDGE is designed to meet the educational, spiritual, emotional, and social needs of young adolescents. These students are always welcomed and encouraged to bring their friends to The EDGE Program. Each Edge session contains four parts in order to meet the needs of our youth: Gather, Proclaim, Break it down and Send off
Our next meeting is on November 3, 2019! Each night will have a different theme about our faith, and will challenge our youth to grow in a deeper relationship with our Lord. This semester's theme is the Corporal Works of Mercy.
So far this year we learned:
- Color My World! - Jesus wants us to live a full and exciting life for Him
- Love One Another - We are to love everyone (not just those nice to us/easy to love) as Jesus loves us. This requires a choice, sometimes it is a simple act of kindness and other times it means putting someone else's needs ahead of our wants.
- Hunger Games - We are called to feed the hungry & give drink to the thirsty. We talked about both physical hunger and spiritual hunger. Together we put together 50 bag lunches that were donated to the Nashua Soup Kitchen. Most of us are blessed to not worry about where our next meal is coming from and have a loving home. What can you do to answer our call to help those that are hungry? Can you share our snacks at school? Can you talk to someone we see sitting alone at school/invite them to join our group? Remember in Matthew 25:40 it says "Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."
- Operation Body & Soul - We are called to bury the dead. We talked about how the body is to be treated with dignity upon death -- it is NOT to be thrown away like trash. Because the body is sacred, and equally as important as the soul, the remains are to be honored with a Christian Burial. Although the soul is temporarily separated from body, it will be reunited on the last day when Jesus comes again, and will rise to heaven as Jesus did. -
Edge at St. John Neumann
Our Edge program will meet twice a month on Mondays from 7 to 8:30 pm. We had a great kick-off and had some fun as we "Colored Our World" while learning how Jeus Jesus wants us to live a full, exciting life for Him.
All Middle School students are invited to attend even our Catholic School students!
Besides the bi-weekly gatherings, we ask that each student participate in- NET Confirmation Retreat for those being confirmed Fall 2020 (Grades 5-6) on Saturday, October 19 - More information to come forth!
- Assist at a Teen Liturgy at Least once
- Attend the Passion Play
- Particpate in one Specific Works of Mercy Project offered throughout the year
- Attend at least 2 Community Events
- Particpate in at least one Parish Work of Mercy project (Serving at a dinner, Church clean ups, etc)
All About Edge
Within the context of faith, middle school youth are moving from a child-like spirituality to one that will hopefully reach its pinnacle, through the work of EDGE, into an adult faith commitment to Jesus Christ and the Catholic Community.
The name “Edge” recognizes that middle school youth are on the Edge in their life, and if we as a church don’t do something about it, they’re going to fall off the Edge and we are never ever going to see them again. But, at the same time, we as a church are going to give them the Edge they need in life: Jesus Christ, the Sacraments, Sacred Scripture, the Teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, and a Catholic Community to love, nurture and challenge them.
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What is Edge?
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Liturgy Assistance
In Middle and High School, we ask all of our students to assist at least once a year in at our 6 PM Mass as Lectors or Hospitality. Those who are active altar servers, lectors, or hospitality ministers who serve throughout the year, do not have to sign up.
When signing up, either choose to be a Lector or Hospitality.
When serving, please arrive by 5:30 pm on that Sunday evening, dressed in your Sunday best.
What is
Hospitality - Greet people as they come into the Church and hand out any worship aids
- Help with the collection and bring up the gifts
- Pass out bulletins
- Help organize the Church after Mass
Lector - Proclaim one of the readings - Must prepare ahead of time! -
More INFORMATION?
Contact Cheri' Andersen
Youth Minister
(603) 880-0825 x 111
youth@sjnnh.org -
Parents / Adult Help Needed
The success of our Faith Formation programs relies heavily on the volunteerism of our confirmed SJN Parishioners. Please consider sharing one of your most valuable assets with our children…your TIME! There are many ways to get involved within the Edge Program, whether it is working directly with the students or helping in the background!
We are looking for people to help in a number of different ways, but especially as a Core Team Member. If you are interested or have questions, please contact Cheri'!
EDGE Core Team members are volunteers for our EDGE program. Core team members will attend sessions meeting on Monday evenings from 7-8:30 pm, twice a month. They will help facilitate the various components of the sessions, including small group discussions. Core team members will also meet for regular planning sessions with other core team members.
Youth Works of Mercy Facilitator: Do you enjoy serving those in need? Are you looking for more opportunities to do so? Are you interested in sharing this desire with the youth of our parish? Then please consider becoming a Youth Works of Mercy Facilitator, who will help organize and lead youth on various works of mercy projects throughout the academic year.