Our Mission Statements

To encourage young people to build an intimate Relationship with God with Him as our Guiding Companion.

To Acknowledge the gifts that God has given to us and to Empower us to use them through this Journey of faith.

Monday, July 6, 2009

BLYM Weekly Updates

Hey guys,

A happy and blessed Youth Day to those youths who are shaking legs at home today! For this week, I'm happy to have Michael coming on into the team to help with Young Adults! Michael has always been good with both youths and young adults and his presence will definately be a help to the Youth Ministry. So if you have any ideas for youths and especially young adults, you now have two contacts: Joachim and Michael!

1) t3 Bible Studies - Coming to the sixth session "The Exile/ The Return/ Maccabean Revolt"!

2) Tuition class are going on as usual on Sunday afternoons for primary and secondary school curriculums. If you are interested to teach or to learn, please call Joachim @ 92394826.

3) Sports Ministry - If you are a young person aged 16 - 35 and is interested in starting a sports related interest group (basketball, netball, bowling, badminton...), why not form a group of 5 or more interested 'kakis' and approach the Youth Ministry to start it? Reach us at sfa.youthteam@gmail.com or 92394826!

4) Intercessory - Every forthnight, a group of youths and young adults come together to pray for the petitions of the ministry, the parish and the young people. If you do have any intercessions, please send them to this email and we will pray for you.

5) COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS WITH YOUR TEENS? - Wireless @ SFA

Don't know how to engage your youths in a conversation without screaming at each other? MARION NEUBRONNER, Masters (Human Development & Psychology) Harvard, NIE (Distinction), Dip in Counselling, who has worked with thousands of youths, will help you to forge deeper connections and communication with your youths.

For parents with youths between 13 - 21, youth leaders, catechists and people working with young people.

When: 10 August, 2009, 9.30am - 2pm
Where: St Francis of Assisi, 200 Boon Lay Ave
Cost per pax: $20 (inclusive of lunch)
How to get there: 174, 99, 198, 240
Interested? Reply back with your name, contacts (email and hp), no of places, ministries (if any), parish and age ranges of the youths you are working with (if any). For further information, please call Joachim @ 92394826.
Please pass this msg along to someone whom you think will benefit from this workshop.
An initiative of the Youth Ministry for the parents and people working with youths.

6) Hearts on Fire Rally 09 is here again - Jointly organised by NTU, NUS and SMU, tertiary students are welcomed to this rally. Date falls on 11 July, 7.30pm @ Catholic JC Performing Arts Centre. If you are interested, you could reply back with your name, hp no and age.

7) A CHANCE NOT TO BE MISSED! - St. Mary of the Angels will be hosting a nationwide Great Adventure Bible Seminar this July 24-25th. For the first time, Thomas Smith, part of the team of the Great Bible Adventure Studies program and an internationally acclaimed scripture scholar, has been invited to Singapore to illuminate the Word over two amazing days in July. Thomas will be focusing on this year's Bible Sunday theme, 'A God Who Speaks', revealing the voice of God as spoken through the prophets of the Old Testament up to the Book of Revelation. Per pax: $20.

Also, exclusive sessions on the New Evangelisation and Christian Discipleship will be held for youth and young adults (13-35) on July 26th. Targeted at those in Youth Ministries, doing youth work or doing catercists for young people.

If you are interested to join in for either of these two programs and would like to go as a group, you can either contact us to go together - indicate your interest with topic: GABS (Great Adventure Bible Seminar) or NECHD (New Evangelisation and Christian Discipleship), name, email, DOB, hp contact, and ministry (if any) - or you can register yourself at http://www.stmary.sg/greatadventure.

Peace,
Joachim

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