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St. Raphael’s Youth Ministry - God Squad

Who Can Attend? Students from grades 4, 5, and 6. Students from grades 7 and 8 are invited to attend as youth leaders to create a stronger spirit of charity and trust with God. When? Wednesday Nights from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (October - May) See parish bulletin or God Squad bulletin board for specific dates. Where? Meetings take place in the Parish Centre. Game nights take place in St. Raphael's school gym on the following days: - Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - Wednesday, January 12, 2010 - Wednesday, March 30, 2010

Why come to God Squad?

• God Squad is a safe place for you to grow and learn about God. It’s a place for
  you to be yourself, meet new people and develop your faith in a Fun and Spiritual
  environment.
• You can ask those questions about your faith that you’ve always wanted to ask?
  

What will happen during God Squad Meeting?

• Play games
• Play sports
• Watch movies
• Skits
• You can make new friends and build stronger relationships with the friends you
  already have.
  

What The God Squad lives by:

St. Raphael’s Parish is committed to empowering the youth of this community, to live as
Disciples of Jesus Christ by helping them to reach their potential by:

• Drawing the youth of the community to responsible participation in the life, mission
  and work of the Catholic Church.
• Guiding the youth of the community with the love and understanding of St. Francis.
• Fostering high levels of trust and mutual respect through reason, faith and kindness.
• Encouraging cultural and social awareness by instilling an understanding of all people.
• Supporting the youth in their understanding of what it means to be a Christian in
  today’s world
• Making the church a safe and welcoming place.

What the youth are saying about God Squad

Yes, you should go to Youth Ministry, even if you can’t go every week. It’s a great place to go and meet other people and be yourself. St. Paul’s Grade 8

Youth Ministry is a great way to grow in your faith. You should try it especially if you are in grade 7 and 8 preparing to be confirmed or if you’ve already been confirmed. St. Paul’s Grade 8

Youth Ministry is a wonderful and fun way to learn about your faith. We learned so much and I am
really thankful that I went. St. Raphael’s Grade 8

It’s really fun and up beat. The snacks are really good and the games are really cool. St. Raphael’s
Grade 8 It’s going to better then you ever imagined. St. Paul’s Grade 8

It was great! I loved it! Everyone was amazing! The activities and games did involve God but they were unbelievably fun. St. Paul’ Grade 8

It was fun and you learned about a lot of different things, cooperation, leadership etc. St. Raphael’s
Grade 7

Just that it was really fun and worth the time. St. Raphael’s Grade 7

Youth Ministry was great, all the fun games and food and the friendly environment. A great place to just be yourself. St. Paul’s Grade 7

For registration please download this form.