YOUTH MINISTRY

Wednesday Night Youth Group: Wednesday 7:00 PM- 8:030 pm
Don't forget to register for Youth Group HERE.
If you have any questions please contact Stephen Kurt at skurt@elcatholics.org
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Bi-weekly Youth Group on Monday nights from 7:00 PM-8:30PM
Don't forget to register for Youth Group HERE.
If you have any questions please contact Stephen Kurt at skurt@elcatholics.org
Sign up for our Remind101 system https://www.remind.com/join/9dgcfh

Our new Coordinator of Youth Ministry (CYM) is Stephen Kurt, an MSU student who has been associated with our youth ministry program since August of 2019. 

Stephen is a senior at Michigan State University studying Social Science Education and Arts and Humanities. He has been involved with retreat teams, small group bible studies, one on one discipleship, and programs such as the Alliance for Catholic Education at the University of Notre Dame 

Let’s welcome Stephen to our Parish Family and pray for the success of all of our Ministry Programs! 
 

The High School Youth Ministry program is for all high school teens of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish and St. John Student Center in grade 9-12.  Our youth ministry program seeks to empower young people to live as disciples of Jesus Christ in our world today, to draw our teens to responsible participation in the life of the Catholic faith community and to foster the total personal and spiritual growth of each young person.   

The sole purpose and goal of STA-SJSC Youth Ministry is to lead teens to a personal encounter with Christ, especially in the Eucharist. The Eucharist is the “source and summit of our Catholic faith.” As Youth leaders, it is our job, with God’s help, to lead teens to this Eucharistic encounter by not only building Christ-centered relationships with teenagers but also providing teens with opportunities for service, events that foster fellowship, youth nights that teach discipleship, times of prayer and worship, and the encouragement they need to be bold for Christ, in our culture and among their peers.