Monthly Youth Ministry Adoration

Hi all YCs

Please take note of the following:

YM Adoration. Spend an hour with Jesus in the adoration room.

Attendance is highly, strongly and firmly encouraged.

Please come pray together as a ministry.

8pm to 9pm, Thursday, 31st Jan 2008, IHM Adoration Room.

The Youth Cats will be meeting up for evening mass at 6.15pm first, before going to dinner together and then back to church.

Thanks.

Note:
For YC session this Saturday, please remember to finish reading Book 1 of Autobiograpy of a Saint. If you have not started it would be best to start now.

Congratulations Bunnies!

For all the Bunnie who have received their O level results today: Congratulations!

Don't worry if you didn't do too well, just keep at it!

Please pray hard so that you'll make the right choice for your further studies. :)

We'll be praying for you.

Again, congrats!!

A big big welcome to all Y1s!

Games Day started at about 2pm and everyone present had a lot of fun! Many kudos to the organisers! Volleyball and captain's ball is fun :)

Everyone gathered in Prayer Hall A/B at 430 and mingled. Some arrived late as they were caught in the pouring rain. After a short game of Indian, Pirate, Ninja and Ah Beng, we all settled down for an introduction to YC for the new Y1s.

Roy talked for a bit, introducing the Y1s and Y2s to the topics that were to be covered through the course of the year. This included topics like Professionalism and Servant Leadership, Spirituality, PnW Workshop and Scripture Study. He also raised up several important events that YC will be taking part in for the first half of the year - Blood Drive Registration on 20th and 27th Jan, and A Cross with Jesus Pilgrimage for Holy Week 2008. All who wish to help out in the Blood Drive Registration please email the YC email by Tuesday.

After the admin matters were settled, we had a mini session led by Roy, on Embracing the Lord's call. The scripture reading from John 15: 14 - 16 was followed by several questions which required us to reflect on during the quiet time allocated. Quiet time was followed by a group discussion on the reading, and how God is our friend. Many people tossed out opinions and views and it was a fruitful discussion which ended at 6pm.

All Y1s, thank you for attending our first session! Sessions will start proper on 19th Jan, please bring along your Bible and stationery for next week. For all Y2s, please bring your Bible, stationery and prayer journal! Thank you and continue checking back here!

Hello, this is random and a little late, but I thought I'd just put it up! (:

IHMYC GAMES DAY!

Hey all!

The Youth Catechists will be having a Games Day this Saturday, 12th January from 1.30 to 4pm, right before our session at 4.30pm, to end by 6pm.
It will be held in the church hall, followed by Prayer Hall A/B.
There will be a break in between the games and our informative session to give you guys a break.

All newly confirmed or those who are interested, please come dressed in shorts and t-shirt(or in anything that's comfortable to wear while running around =D).

Please bring along a waterbottle and an extra set of clothes to change into!

P.S. YCs who are free, please try to come at 1pm to help with the prep.Thanks.

YM Leader's Retreat

To start off the YM retreat, we had a BBQ which began after evening mass, on the 28th Dec. People were eating and chatting away. It was a good opportunity to mingle with the other youth groups in church. Each group presented a short slide-show and after which, Clement lead us in an ending prayer.

We started clearing the place up and for those who were not staying on for the retreat, left for home. The rest of us headed down to the retreat house where we started cleaning up the place, and after a quick shower, we were briefed on the rules of the camp.

We were up by 8am the next morning and went down to the meals room to have our breakfast. By 9am, our retreat facilitators, Edwina, Petrine and Claire had arrived. We went in, in twos and started the walk of the Canticle of Creation in the conference room. There, we witnessed the the beginning of creation to life in the present- all written down in words, with soft music playing in the background. In pairs, we then reflected for a short while about our thoughts and feelings while walking through the Cosmic Path. Following which, one person from the pair will share what was discussed with the rest.

For the next activity, each of us were given a string, with both ends of the string coloured. The objective of the activity was to find the person who has the other same-coloured end of the string and connect it. We ended up in a circle and tasked to share something about ourselves to the people sitting directly beside us. I guess it goes to show that each of us are vital to the YM and that things would not come full circle if there was just one missing. After the short exchange, we were asked by Edwina to share about how we experienced the person whom we had a short exchange with. There were many positive replies about the different people.

After lunch, we each decorated a piece of paper of different sizes, and pieced all of them together. It was somewhat like a jigsaw and we later stood on the part of the paper which we had decorated our names, and each of us affirmed each other by saying thanks. Dinner came, and after which, we washed each other's feet as an act of reconciliation or as a re-affirmation of friendship.

At 8.30am on 30th Dec, we had morning prayer in the form of yoga. After the morning prayer then came our breakfast. For our morning session, we reflected on our feelings from the past, the older members reflected on the problems faced in starting a new youth group, to the newer members reflecting on their feelings when they joined YC. Then we thought about what the youth group would be like in 5 years time. Some of us wanted the future YC to go into teaching the primary level, others wanted more intake of YC members to lessen the workload, some wanted YC to be more technology-advanced and Roy and Jac wanted to start a franchise of 'bunny, rugrats, etc' goods. All of us had a goal to aim for and achieve.

At 2pm, Fr Luke came over to the conference room to give us a private mass. He reminded us to be more Christ-centered (and disclosed that he was not soccer-savvy). And of course, we had the clearing up to do. The clearing up was done rather quickly and after taking a few last minute photos, we broke camp at around 5pm.

All these activities goes to show the importance of each individual's importance to the YM and that all of us matter as we make up a segment that is eventually a part of another bigger segment, and we thank the Lord for this beautiful lesson.

Boofday! roster and level meetings

Hey, ycs please check your emails for the latest Boofday! roster as there have been some changes because of the level meetings. If you have any problems with the timings please call/sms (not email) Rebecca by friday (4th Jan).

If you haven't gotten any email from Rebecca on the Boofday!, please also contact her asap to check which slot you're in. She is sleepy, may have missed out some people XD


Last Minute Instructions:

1) Don't forget to wear your YC T Shirt
2) Please bring scissors :)

Hey guys! (: Here’s the schedule for the upcoming weekend..

On Saturday, we have the YC Tea Party and Boofday! All YCs are to be in church at 1pm, to prepare for the party. Please remember to wear the YC shirt! Tea Party will end at 6. Some YCs will then stay to man the Boof. More information on the shifts will be provided later on.

On Sunday, we have Catechists’ Commissioning! All YCs are to be seated in the front few pews in church for the 8.30am mass. The rows are probably going to be reserved. We'll meet at 8am at the bell tower (if it's raining, meet outside the church office) so we can enter the church together.

While people stay at the Boof (Boofday!) in shifts, there will be breakfast and fellowship in the Upper Room, kindly provided for by Aunty Angela. Level meetings in the level 2 classrooms will start at 10.30am, and end by 12pm. At 12 pm, there’s a session by Fr Luke on “Centering your life on Christ” in the Upper Room. Please try to attend.

Cheers to a fantastic year together. It's 2008! :D