Teens – and adults – are being swallowed up and spit out by a secular humanist, morally relativist culture. People have forgotten a fundamental truth about sin: namely, that God did not give Adam and Eve the right to decide what was good and evil (subjective); in His mercy, He gave them the right to choose between good and evil (objective).
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Goal The goal of this night is to grow in our understanding of the “last things” (death, purgatory, heaven and hell), so we understand what everlasting life means. People have a lot of misconceptions about death, heaven, hell, and purgatory; by the end of this night the misconceptions will be discussed and clarified. Ultimately, the goal is to empower each middle school youth to desire heaven more at the end of this night. Edge Night at a Glance The four last things are death, purgatory, hell
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Objective: To help the middle school youth understand the Catholic Church’s teachings regarding heaven, hell and Purgatory Overview: What words would you use to describe heaven? Each person asked would probably give a different answer. However, heaven is not simply a place based upon our own individual idea of happiness. In fact, John Paul II said that heaven “is neither an abstraction nor a physical place in the clouds, but a living, personal relationship with the Holy Trinity.” Heaven
Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this night is to help teens understand the Catholic view on heaven, hell, and purgatory, as well as how to live a life worthy of heaven. Life Night at a Glance: Many of the questions teens have about their faith involves the afterlife. This Life Night will seek to answer some of those questions as well as encourage and inspire them to live today in a manner worthy of heaven. The night is built around the idea of a guided tour of the afterlife. The tour starts
Goal of the Life Night: To address popular misconceptions of the end times by providing the teenagers with a foundation of the last things:Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory. Life Night at a Glance: By the end of this night, teens will be able to refute misconceptions about the end times with solid Catholic teaching on the Afterlife and Final Judgment. The teenagers will be taken on a tour of the Final Judgment Factory to learn about Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory. After an opportunity to ask questions,