May 4, 2008
YOUTH MINISTRY AND CONFIRMATION NEWS
It is said that every ministry belongs to each of us and I have to say that in youth ministry we have been very blessed with many adults making the youth their particular ministry.

As another school year is winding down I feel it is so important to thank some very special people who constantly give of their time and their faith to the teens of our parish.

Last weekend Steve Barcewicz, Craig Hubbard and Pam Jax spent a gorgeous Sunday with 13 youths at Crossroads for youth detention center playing softball and basketball with the teen boys who are rehabilitating there.

Also last weekend Sandy Rigsby, Marianne Gdowski and Dave Taras spent the entire day on retreat with 55 of our Confirmation youth @ Subiaco Retreat House.

Throughout this school year Kara Waltz, Shannon Higgins, Anne Dzuiba, Skip Lucid, Janet Boyk, Helen Ravid, Kathleen Gorski, Marianne Gdowski, Sandy Rigsby, Dave Taras (and Larissa Taras), Louella Veasey, and Denise Arseth have been catechists for the Confirmation program.

In the high school youth program Julie Bednark, Paul Schmidt, Mary Ingweiller, John May, Lisa Blanek, Tom Maier, Tina & Curt Meador, Craig & Sally Hubbard, Kimberly Redner, Sue Thomas, Kevin Atkinson, Steve & Shauna Barcewicz have interacted in a positive and spiritually fulfilling way with our youth.

Many parents and parishioners have donated food, furniture, money, (bottles) prayer and so much more. Father McEnhill has been a wonderful supportive pastor of our youth. He truly enjoys hearing our fun stories and being a part of what is going on with the youth. He prays for us, blesses us when we go on trips and takes a genuine interest in each one of their spiritual growth. We are blessed to have such a wonderful leader of the flock.

The youth ministry program is thriving at Our Lady of Refuge because of beautiful adults who care very much about the future of our church and the realization that we are all God's children and that each of us can make a beautiful difference in the life of a child.

Thank you all for sharing your time talent and treasure!

God Bless–Suzanne
olrsuz@gmail.net
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April 27, 2008
Youth Ministry News
There is NO meeting tonight. We will have a regular meeting next week May 4th @ 6:30pm in the youth room above Father Bartol Hall. All are welcome.

Our first softball practice is the week of Sunday May 4th details to follow in an e-mail. We invite any youth completing grade 8 through grade 12 to participate. This is a fun league where you do not have to have any athletic ability at all to play! When have you ever heard that before? We play against other parishes in our vicariate and it is a lot of fun. Please consider coming out for a stress free good time!

We will be starting up our youth ministry choir again, with a couple of changes. Mr. Mike Brody has agreed to be our leader for this group it will focus on middle and high school talent. The group will start up again in the Fall.

Packets for our Mission Trip to Pennsylvania (June 22-28) are in the youth room. The deadline for registration is May 4th. Please turn in your packet and payment by May 4th.

Confirmation
The deadline for Subiaco permission slips to be turned in was April 18th. This is a mandatory retreat for anyone who wishes to be con-firmed in the Fall. The day long retreat is for the 2nd year (8th grade) students only and is on Sunday April 27th from 1-8pm. Please contact me with any questions that you have.

Our youth ministry choir will be starting up again in the Fall and this choir is geared toward middle and high school aged students. Questions? Come to our informational meeting on April 22nd @ 7 pm in the Mitchell Family Life Center for all the details.

Our registration forms will be out soon for the Fall and we have a wonderful change to tell you about. We will be adding the 6th grade to our Wednesday night line up. Here's how it will work. If you are in 6th grade you now have 3 options for classes. Monday with the 1-5 grades, Saturday family catechesis, or Wednesday night from 6:30-9pm with the Confirmation students. We are very excited about this and we hope that you will be too. You may contact Suzanne or Marianne directly if you have any questions. Religious Ed office # 248-682-6381.

Peace
Suzanne
olrsuz@gmail.com
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April 20, 2008
Youth News
There is a regular meeting tonight in the youth room above Father Bartol Hall. All are welcome

We will be starting up our youth ministry choir again, with a couple of changes. Mr. Mike Brody has agreed to be our leader for this group and he will be having an informational meeting on April 22nd @ 7pm in the Mitchell Family Life Center. More details to follow.

Packets for our Mission Trip to Pennsylvania (June 22-28) are in the youth room. Contact Suzanne to get a copy.

Peace, Suzanne
Olrsuz@gmail.com

Confirmation News
The deadline for Subiaco permission slips to be turned in was April 18th. This is a mandatory retreat for anyone who wishes to be confirmed in the fall. The day long retreat is for the 2nd year (8th grade) students only and is on Sunday April 27th from 1-8pm. Please contact me with any questions that you have.

Our youth ministry choir will be starting up again in the fall and this choir is geared toward middle and high school aged students. Questions? Come to our informational meeting on April 22nd @ 7 pm in the Mitchell Family Life Center for all the details.

Our registration forms will be out soon for the fall and we have a wonderful change to tell you about. We will be adding the 6th grade to our Wednesday night line up. Here's how it will work. If you are in 6th grade you now have 3 options for classes. Monday with the 1-5 grades, Saturday family catechesis, or Wednesday night from 6:30-9pm with the Confirmation students. We are very excited about this and we hope that you will be too.

You may contact Suzanne or Marianne directly if you have any questions. Religious Ed office # 248-682-6381.

Suzanne Barcewicz
Olrsuz@comcast.net
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April 13, 2008
CONFIRMATION NEWS
Subiaco permission slips went out in the mail. Please return them ASAP. The day long retreat is for the 2nd year (8th grade) students only and is on Sunday April 27th from 1-8pm.

Our youth ministry choir will be starting up again in the fall and this choir is geared toward middle and high school aged students. Questions? Come to our informational meeting on April 22nd for all the de-tails.
Our registration forms will be out soon for the fall and we have a wonderful change to tell you about. We will be adding the 6th grade to our Wednesday night line up. Here's how it will work. If you are in 6th grade you now have 3 options for classes. Monday with the 1-5 grades, Saturday family catechesis, or Wednesday night from 6:45-9pm with the Confirmation students. We are very excited about this and we hope that you will be too. You may contact Suzanne or Marianne directly if you have any questions. Religious Ed office 248-682-6381.

Peace! Suzanne
Peace~ Suzanne
olrsuz@gmail.net
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Rev: 5/5/08