Category Archives: Issue Life Night

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Dis-Spelled: An Issue Life Night on the Occult

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Goal for the Life Night:
 The goal for this night is to bring to light the dangers of the occult in all its various forms. This night will also help the teens understand the power of their guardian angel and the intercession of St. Michael. Life Night at a Glance: Like many of the issue nights, this night will need extra attention and prayer. Be sure to address the topic in the fullness of truth with a heart of compassion, as there will be teens in the group who are involved in occult practices.

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Give It Away Now!: A Global Life Night Event – September 28, 2008

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What can happen when an entire family comes together for one night? Ever wonder how your program can make a positive impact in your community? Can we collect and donate 50,000 lbs. of clothes as a Life Teen family? These questions will be answered on September 28, 2008. This is the date of our first-ever international Life Night. Our goal is to have every Life Teen parish around the world to do this Life Night on the same Sunday night and join together in serving the community. As you plan your

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The Truth Comes Out: An Issue Life Night on Homosexuality

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this night is to give the teens a clear understanding of the Church’s teaching on homosexuality as well as the need for love and compassion for those with a homosexual orientation. Life Night at a Glance: DISCLAIMER: This is a difficult topic that needs to be approached in prayer, honesty and compassion. Although it can be easier to simply not do this night because it makes you uncomfortable, our teens deserve the truth of the Church. We need to give them a

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Deserted: A Life Night on Lent

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for the night is to help the teens understand how the season of Lent calls us out of the garden and into the desert with Christ for a time of preparation and purification. This night will also help the teens experience through the five senses the changes that happen during Lent within the Church. Life Night at a Glance: This night is a good way to help the teens understand why our Church has this season called Lent. The night begins by breaking the teens up into

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Consumed By Grace: A Life Night on Grace

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Goal for the Life Night:
 The goal for this night is to give teens a working understanding of grace as God’s free gift of Himself. This night will show the teens how grace is always at work in their lives. They will also see that we can DO nothing without God’s grace but we are called to actively receive God’s free gift. Life Night at a Glance: 
This night will help introduce the new theme for 2008, Consumed by Grace. It looks at what grace is and how we are to actively receive and in

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Wait For It: A Life Night on Advent

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Goal for the Life Night: Help teens understand the purpose of Advent and what Christ is calling them to as they prepare for Christmas. This night will give them practical, concrete ways to pray the four weeks of Advent. Life Night at a Glance: This night is a great way to introduce the season of Advent and help teens prepare for the coming of Christ. The first half of the night is spent celebrating the new liturgical year by having a New Year’s party. The party should get the teens excited and

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Hope: A Life Night in response to a tragedy

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Goal for the Life Night: This night is designed to be used if there is a tragedy in your parish or local community such as illness, car accident, suicide or death. In moments of crisis, teens need a safe place to process, grieve and pray. It is important that the Life Night following a community tragedy gives teens this opportunity. The main goal of the night is to allow the teens to express their questions and emotions while also placing the tragedy in the context of the cross of Christ. We

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Spent! Life Night on Tithing

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Goal for the Life Night The goal of this Life Night is to help teens understand that everything we have first belongs to God and that the practice of tithing can bring freedom from materialism and greed. Many teens feel as though the call to tithe is only for adults, but this night should help teens understand how tithing is connected to a healthy spirituality at any age.

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Discover the Sacred: Discover the sacred in everyday life

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Goal for the Life Night Too often we think that the sacred and holy is something far off and separate from our everyday experience – that sacred is confined just to a Church or just to Sundays. The goal of this night is to help teens recognize the sacredness of the people and world around them. This night will also allow them to respond to God’s sacred presence by choosing holiness in their everyday lives.

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Spare Change

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal of this LIFE night is to help the teens deal with change that happens in their life and to help prepare them to adjust with change in their life. Life Night at a Glance: Everything in this night is changed. In fact, the LIFE night is going to go in reverse. Instead of Gather, Proclaim, Break, and Send – we are going to start with the Send and go in reverse. This night is geared for programs that have been implementing LIFE TEEN for at least two years and some