Author: Parish Staff

I'm the director of youth and evangelization at the Parish.

Backgrounder: January 31, 2023

Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus said to his disciples:“You are the salt of the earth.But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned?It is no longer good for anythingbut to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.You are the light of the world.A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.Nor do they light a […]

Backgrounder: January 24, 2023

Matthew 5:1-12a When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain,and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him.He began to teach them, saying:“Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Blessed are they who mourn,for they will be comforted.Blessed are the meek,for they will inherit the land.Blessed are […]

Update: January 19, 2022

Hi everyone! Here’s what’s coming up in youth ministry… I hope you’re all doing well, let me know how I can be of service to you. -Sam

Backgrounder: January 17, 2023

MATTHEW 4:12-23 When Jesus heard that John had been arrested,he withdrew to Galilee.He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea,in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,that what had been said through Isaiah the prophetmight be fulfilled:Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali,the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan,Galilee of the […]

Backgrounder: January 10, 2023

John 1:29-34 John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said,“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.He is the one of whom I said,‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of mebecause he existed before me.’I did not know him,but the reason why I came baptizing […]

Backgrounder: January 3, 2023

Matthew 2:1-12 When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea,in the days of King Herod,behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,“Where is the newborn king of the Jews?We saw his star at its risingand have come to do him homage.”When King Herod heard this,he was greatly troubled,and all Jerusalem with him.Assembling all the […]

Update: January 4, 2023

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Youth Meeting on January 7th – NOT sledding We’ll be having a regular youth meeting on January 7th, starting at 7pm with hot dogs and 7:30pm with the meeting, which ends at 9:45pm. Choir Update My new youth choir is going well, with 7 members total so far. They […]