ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This website is no longer maintained. St.
Paul's information has been consolidated with the other parishes of our
cluster on the new Cluster Parishes website found at
www.clusterparishes.com.
If you navigated to this page from the Cluster Parishes website, our
apologies -- please return there and scroll further down the main page
to find items such as a consolidated cluster bulletin, calendar, and
more.
Christian Formation
NEW YOUTH FORMATION TIMES EFFECTIVE 1 JAN 2011 10:45-11:45 AM. LIFE TEEN AND EDGE ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THE CHANGE.
Click
HERE for Christian Formation Ministry Overview
Marisa Beebe
Coordinator Christian Formation
Telephone: 757-966-5461
Email address:
christianformation@clusterparishes.com
Click HERE for the 2010-2011 Christian Formation schedule in Microsoft Word.
Click HERE for the 2010-2011 Christian Formation Registration Forms.
Click HERE for the 2010-2011 Christian Formation Parent Information Sheet.
Click HERE for Sacrament Preparation Guidelines, including more information on Confirmation classes.
Youth Ministry
Habitat for Humanity Lenten Project Update
On the weekend of April 9th and 10th, the children and youth
from our Cluster Parishes Formation program will join with students from
Portsmouth Catholic Regional School to collect donations for Habitat for
Humanity. All are invited to sign the actual 2 x 4’s that will be used
in the construction of a Habitat
home. For a free-will donation, participants may write wishes, blessings
and signatures on the lumber and literally become a part of the Habitat
for Humanity home. Tables will be outside of the churches at all weekend
masses. Please look into your hearts and share an act of Lenten love by
supporting the children and youth from our parishes and school and help
raise funds to build a family home. If you have any questions, please
contact Marisa Beebe, Coordinator of Christian Formation at
christianformation@clusterparishes.com or call 757.966.5461.
What is Life Teen?
Life Teen Spirituality
Implementing Renewing the Vision
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops document Renewing the
Vision: A Framework for Catholic Youth Ministry created a foundation for
youth ministry in 1997 that Life Teen programs implement in their
parishes around the globe. Every component of Renewing the Vision is
incorporated in the Life
Teen ministry, including:
Advocacy
Catechesis
Community life
Evangelization
Justice and Service
Leadership development
Pastoral Care
Prayer and Worship
Because of our deep Eucharistic devotion, Life Teen has
developed a spirituality that is:
• 100% Catholic
• Obedient to the Magisterium
• Centered on the Eucharist
• Scriptural
• Liturgical
• Catechetical
• Sacramental
• Focused on social justice
Comprehensive
Our spirituality guides us in everything we do. Life Teen models seven
Core Values, prompted by the Holy Spirit, that illustrate our
spirituality, ministry model and movement:
1. Eucharistic spirituality
2. Love
3. Joy
4. Affirmation
5. Authenticity
6. Evangelization
Primary vocation
To learn more about Life Teen, visit www.lifeteen.com or contact Shaylyn
Baker, Coordinator of Youth Ministry at 966-5461 or
youthminister@clusterparishes.com.
Life Teen Mission Statement
Life Teen is an international Catholic movement that serves the Church
by providing resources and faith experiences that help lead teens closer
to Christ. This is accomplished through a vibrant Eucharistic
spirituality and by creating opportunities for teens to grow in their
faith.
What does a Life Teen program look like?
The Life Teen program is a complete, comprehensive and interactive model
of religious formation. Through youth friendly Liturgies, Life Nights,
weekly activities, service opportunities, teen leadership and outreach
activities, teens learn more about their Catholic faith and grow to love
the Sacraments, the Word, and the Mass. At a parish with the Life Teen
program, a priest, youth minister, music ministry and a Core team of
volunteer’s build an environment where teens feel loved, accepted, and
challenged to go deeper in their faith. Teens learn about the Mass
by being “full, active and conscious” members of the community. Teens
not only engage in the liturgy, but also serve as leaders of
hospitality, altar servers, lectors, ushers, musicians, vocalists and,
when allowed, extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist. “Mother Church
earnestly desires that all the faithful should be led to that fully
conscious, and active participation in liturgical celebrations which is
demanded by the very nature of the liturgy” (Sacrosanctum Concilium,
14). In addition, clergy are renewed and affirmed in their vocation as
they reach out to the young Church through the Sacraments.
Life Teen
Band Musicians Wanted
The Life Teen Band leads the worship music for
Youth Formation Prayer Services each week. We currently have openings
for new instrumentalists and singers. Rehearsals are at the Church of
the Resurrection on Wednesdays from 6-7 PM and Sundays from 5-6PM. The
weekly prayer service follows the Sunday rehearsal at 6PM. If you are a
teenager or an adult musician and would like to share your talent,
please contact Jennifer Glymph. Email:
jglymph@reschurch.com (9-12-10)
Edge: Edge is a Catholic middle school youth ministry for early adolescents in grades 6-8. It is designed to meet the catechetical, educational, spiritual, emotional and social needs of young adolescents. Edge approaches catechesis to middle school youth using the Life Teen model. Middle school youth are removed from classroom desks and brought into a large-group environment for gathering activities, teachings and prayer. In small groups, they break open the teachings and build solid, Christ-centered relationships that allow them to comfortably explore their Catholic faith and make it relevant to their everyday lives. This helps build safe relationships during some of the most formative years of a teen’s life. With new catechetical themes delivered every semester, directors of religious education or middle school Ministers have a variety of topics to explore and teach to youth. This creative and experiential approach engages youth to understand Catholic teaching and form their Catholic identity.
Adult Formation
Adult Formation - April 13, 2011
Lenten Supper and Adult Formation -
“The Passion Narratives”
7:00 – 8:30 PM Presented by Jeff Foster
Church of the Resurrection, 3501 Cedar Lane, Portsmouth VA 23703
The Passion Narratives are the centerpieces of the most sacred time in
our liturgical year. They contain the keys to understanding the
Christian hope of redemption and salvation for all. When we hear these
Gospels proclaimed, we should reflect on, and prepare our hearts for,
the gift of Christ’s suffering,
death, and resurrection. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to
Marisa Beebe, Coordinator of Christian Formation at
christianformation@clusterparishes.com or call 757.966.5461.
Childcare will be available.
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)
The R.C.I.A. – Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults -Not Catholic and have questions about theCatholic Church?
-Catholic and just want to know more about your faith?
-Looking for a group of believers to travel with on a new faith journey?
Please join us at the Church of the Resurrection, 3501 Cedar Lane, Portsmouth, VA 23703 at 7:00pm, Wednesday evenings. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Marisa Beebe, at 966-5461 or by email at christianformation@clusterparishes.org.