Grade 7 & 8 YM Opportunities

Our programs are successful because of our volunteers. There are many opportunities, big and small, for adults to lend a hand. Safety is our top priority. If you can share your time with our 7^th & 8^th graders and help provide a safe environment for YM activities and events, please contact Ruthie Patterson at youthministry@iccparish.org or call 410 392 3551.

You can also download and print a brochure with details and job descriptions for volunteer opportunities with 7th & 8th grade students.

Perfecting the hula hoop at CHAOS

Athletics

Please visit our Athletic Association page.

Calendar

Please visit the online Parish Calendar for Youth Ministry events.

CHAOS (diocesan conference)

This Jr. High rally for seventh and eighth graders is held annually each fall. It includes games, catechetical sessions, music and entertainment. Please click here and scroll down for more information.

Dances

Our parish Athletic Association offers dances for grade 6-7-8 several times during the school year. Dances are held in the school gym from 7-10:00 PM, usually on Fridays. Each student needs an Annual Consent, Form A, and a Code of Conduct form to attend. Please see this page for more information.

Donations

Whenever our young people gather we have snacks and drinks. If you’d like to send some cans of coke or sprite, juice boxes, or small bottles of water, please do. We welcome snack donations as well. And $$ donations towards pizza are always welcome. Thank you!

FAQs

Please download and print FAQs about Youth Ministry opportunities for 7th & 8th grade students. FAQs are also listed under “Youth Ministry Downloads” on the right side of this page.

First Friday Monthly Gatherings

First Friday events are held the first Friday of each month, October through May. Activities vary from month to month and can include fun and games in the gym, movie nights in the youth room, seasonal activities, and more. Each student needs an Annual Consent, Form A, to participate. Please see this flyer for First Friday dates and more information.

Forms

Please download and print forms as needed. Forms are listed under “Youth Ministry Downloads” on the right side of this page.

Just5Days (work camp)

Just5Days is a five-day experience of service, hands-on learning activities, prayer and liturgy, and community building designed for groups of middle school youth and their adult leaders from Catholic parishes and schools. This program is offered by the Center for Ministry Development and is designed for youth who are entering 7th, 8th, or 9th grade. To find out if our parish has a group participating this year, please email youthministry@iccparish.org. Visit the Just5Days website for more information.

Liturgical Ministry

Students in grades four and older are encouraged to be alter servers. Please call the parish office at 410 398 1100 or email office@1ccparish.org for more information or to schedule training.

Music Ministry

Our parish Children’s Choir includes students in grades 3 – 8. Please visit our Music Ministry page for more information.

Pilgrimage (diocesan)

This is an annual event started in 2010 and held on the Saturday of Palm Sunday weekend. Young people, young adults, youth ministry leaders, and families are invited to join the Bishop as we carry a replica of the World Youth Day cross through the streets of Wilmington as a representation of Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem and his journey on Good Friday to Calvary.

The day begins with an opening prayer and includes Reconciliation, Eucharistic Adoration, a concert with a Catholic musician, and liturgy with the Bishop. A service component was added to the day’s events beginning in 2011. View the YouTube Video about this event.

Religious Education

Please visit our Faith Formation page.

Scouting

Please visit the Boy and Girl Scouts page found under Youth Ministry.

Service Opportunities

Students in grades 7 & 8 are welcome to volunteer at our annual Christmas Bazaar in November, as assistants in our Religious Education Program and Vacation Bible School, and for summer service projects for senior citizens in our parish. These and other service opportunities are posted on our schoolnotes page and under News on the Youth Ministry page as they become available.

News

A blessing for Mom

This [blessing] provides an opportunity to give thanks, affirmation, and blessing to your mother. Since time passes so quickly, accept this invitation to bless your mother this year.

Faith at Home

Be sure to check out this FREE website!

This interactive resource is designed to give you unlimited access to easy-to-use tools, tips, family activities, blogs, forums, and advice–everything you need to build a stronger, more faith-focused family.

All of the faith-forming activities are written with a specific audience in mind such as Young Family or Teen Family or Adult/Couple, but many activities are perfectly appropriate for individuals and families of all ages and stages. See [this link] to learn more.

Outreach needs food, desperately.

So many people come to our Outreach food pantry. In March 2012 we gave food to 171 families, including 304 children and 383 adults.

One of our customers is a senior citizen living alone on a fixed income. She has no family members to help her, so she comes to us.

One family had to move in with another whole family just to keep from being homeless. They have 13 people sharing one apartment, and they come to us for help.

Can you help us help them?

Our pantry is in desperate need of the following items:

mac & cheese
baked beans
soup
instant potatoes
rice a roni
fruit
cereal
pasta

Please check the parish bulletin each week to see what our greatest need is. Our shelves are almost empty. Thank you for helping us feed the hungry in our community. God bless.