You can’t go anywhere these days without catching some Christmas music. Radio stations, stores and even airplanes are playing Christmas music. So keeping in the spirit of Christmas, I have compiled the ultimate top 10 list of music that Catholic youth leaders are reflecting on this year. 1.) Little Drummer Boy – For that teen [...]
Job Description The Church of the Holy Family in Syracuse, NY is looking for a full-time Life Teen Director to coordinate the high school youth program for the parish. Candidate must be grounded in the Catholic faith, work well as part of a team and possess the leadership skills necessary to direct this growing program. [...]
The Church of the Holy Family is the largest parish in the diocese of Syracuse. Located in beautiful Central New York, Holy Family is a Eucharistic-centered, growing, vibrant community consisting of over 3400 families.
Send resumes to "Search Committee" at hfamily@twcny.rr.com
So how do you handle things when you forget to return a parent’s phone call, miss a teen’s birthday or fail to send out the correct forms required for the retreat? What’s your response when you were too busy to assign responsibilities for Life Nights until 3 hours before Mass? Do you think of these snafus in terms of customer service? Do you go out of your way to make things right?
I think teens, parents and core members get that you care – I mean if you didn’t, why on earth would you be doing this job? But there’s also a level of expectation of quality and professionalism that exists in your ministry.
Advent is usually a season of waiting for Christmas and not waiting for websites to work, but many of you have been patiently waiting and hoping that our websites would be back to normal. Thankfully, I’m happy to say that the sites are back up to speed (mostly).
With that in mind, this might be a good time to look back at what happened over the past month with our sites as well as take a look at all of 2011, and give you a glimpse of what the future holds for Life Teen’s websites.
Other than illegal hits to the head and questionable calls by referees, the most controversial part of the NFL season is a phenomenon called “Tebowing”. Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow openly proclaims his faith in interviews, post game press conferences, in coffee shops or wherever he is. After touchdowns and during particularly tense moments of [...]
Within seven days of each other, Life Teen is privileged to host three Steubenville Youth Conferences. Over six thousand teens attend these events every year, and the impact is consistently incredible. I wish you could see what I get to see! The happy faces, the tired, but overjoyed youth ministers, the transformation . . . and the list could continue. It may seem far away, but we are in the active planning phase for all three of these teen events.
Can you imagine re-starting your ministry every three years or maybe even every year because your teens and families change?
It you’re a military youth minister know this reality all too well; families coming and going, volunteers rotating in and out throughout the year and priests relocating just as often. So what does a youth minister do when all elements of your “youth ministry” are changing?
1. A teen shows up at your youth meeting one night and no one talks to them. Big Deal? or No Big Deal? 2. The internet goes down and you can’t show the youtube video you planned to show at the Life Night. Big Deal? or No Big Deal? 3. After Mass a teen introduces you [...]
Virtually every superhero has some weakness that makes them weak or unable to perform. For Superman it is Kryptonite: a rock-like green substance from his homeland that causes him to lose all super powers. A couple of weeks ago, on a flight traveling home from NCYC, I sat next to what the world would say [...]
It is with great joy and excitement that I announce the newest adult training experience from Life Teen. Introducing, the Life Teen Winter Training Conference, coming to Indialantic, Florida February 19-21, 2012!
You may be wondering, what are the highlights? What makes this training event different? Or in other words, why should I attend? Of course, there are plenty of ways to answer that question, but here are a few of my favorite reasons.