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Lost?: You’re Never Alone

By | October 24, 2011

It wasn’t too long before I had a nagging suspicion that something was wrong. I’d been driving down this road for far too long, but I hadn’t seen my turn, so I kept going. The road was one of those two lane roads, winding through the woods. Occasionally I would see another set of headlights or a house set back in the trees. It was foggy and dark. Panic started to set in and improbable, yet fearful, endings began forming in my mind. Would I go around a bend in the road and end up in the river? Would I end up on someone’s land—the kind of people who hate trespassers? Would I ever see civilization again?

Life Night

Attitude Check

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal of this night is to introduce the semester on Social Justice and the social dimension of God’s love for his children by exploring the social dimension of the Beatitudes. Life Night at a Glance: This Life Night is the first night of the Social Justice semester. Before talking about specific issues of social justice, the teens must first know what God desires for his children. This night will explore the ideas of happiness, community and the role of the Beatitudes

Life Night

Apples to Apples

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this night is to answer the teens’ questions on freedom, conscience and sin. The teens will understand the need for a well-informed conscience to make right decisions and live in true freedom. Life Night at a Glance: This Life Night is of dramatic importance for your teens. We are given the task of helping young people not only encounter the love and truth of Christ, but also respond to that love as a mature Catholic adult. This night looks at the reality of

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Thy Kingdom Come

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this night is to introduce the new semester on morality. This night will help the teens understand that morality is more than a list of rules and regulations. True morality is rooted in the Father and leads us to the fullness of joy here on earth and our ultimate fulfillment in heaven. Life Night at a Glance: This Life Night kicks off a new semester on morality. Too many of our teens (and adults) feel that moral law is about restrictions and limits, rather than

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All You Can Eat

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Goal of the Life Night: Introduce the semester and get the teenagers excited about the need to know their faith. The BIG Picture – God’s plan and how we fit into it. Life Night at a Glance: This night is an introductory night that sets up the entire semester. The night is meant to be fun and community build-ing. The teenagers will realize how Christ wastes Himself on us, pouring out His love over and over upon us. This night will end with a huge meal prepared by the parents of the teenagers.