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Who We Are:

The Core Team is committed to serving our parish through our own relationship with Christ and by leading others to Christ by planning and running youth events and trips and helping to lead our Confirmation small groups--the Daughters of Mary and Sons of Joseph.  Core Team is open to teens in grades 9-12.

COMMITTED TO A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

As members of Core Team, we seek to deepen our personal relationship with God through daily prayer, personally seeking out the sacraments regularly, and striving for virtue in our daily lives.

COMMITTED TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

We are Catholic and proud of it! Core Team members go beyond the bare minumum by attending Mass multiple times a week, studying the teachings of the Church, monthly confession and more!

COMMITTED TO MINISTRY

Core Team members love and reach out to our middle school youth.  We lead the small groups of the Daughters of Mary and the Sons of Joseph, plan and lead events, build friendships with younger teens and our peers, strive to be role models of what it means to be a teenager following Christ in our complicated world.

COMMITTED TO EVANGELIZING OUR WORLD

On Core Team, we are dedicated to answering the universal call to evangelize the world. In school, on social media, in our friendships, sports teams, and families, we strive to let our lives be a witness of God's love to those around us.

COMMITTED TO LOVING ONE ANOTHER

We are a family on Core Team.  Nobody is perfect, and we all need forgiveness. At Core Team meetings and in our daily lives, we strive to be there for each other. Love is a choice and a sacrifice, not just a feeling... and we are committed to loving one another as Christ loves us.

INTERESTED IN JOINING CORE? 

Core Team is a 1 year commitment, beginning each August.

SPIRITUAL AND PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS:

• Already fulfilling your Mass obligation on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation
• Confession once per month and as needed
• Daily Mass once per week in addition to Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation
• Reading Scripture each morning (15-30 minutes)
• Praying a rosary each evening 
• Spending 15+ minutes in daily, personal prayer
• Each month, All Core are asked to do one of the three:
  • Complete one hour of Eucharistic Adoration per month
  • Attend one of the Lifeline Youth Masses for that month
• Consistently making choices that lead you closer to God in your daily life.
• Remembering that you are representing the Catholic Church by your words and actions... and making choices as such.
• Actively participating in parish events

MINISTRY AND CORE COMMITMENTS:

• Be ready and present to build relationships with the middle school participants... always be ready to bring teens closer to Christ! Show them God's love without counting the cost.

• Participate in selling raffle tickets in our annual Summer fundraiser.

• Attend all Core Team Events (Typically on Sundays and Wednesdays)

• Attend the Core Team Retreat - September 8, 1:30-5:30 PM

• Plan, attend and facilitate a minimum of five ministry events:

  • 9th grade: Focusing on 4th/5th grade fun nights (at least three) and FNL (at least one)

  • 10th, 11th & 12th grade: be on the planning team for at least one FNL AND a minimum of your choice of four FNLs OR all of the Breakaway Large Group Nights Breakaways

• Upperclassmen have additional upperclassmen meetings (all on Sunday afternoons prior to Core Meetings) and will be expected to take on more leadership roles within Core Team.

• **Upperclassmen will also be asked to sign up for a Virtus training session if they have not yet attended one.**

BEFORE YOU APPLY...

• Make sure you are in a D-group! Talk to Ruth if you need help getting into a group.

• Talk to your parents about the commitments. The time and personal commitment of Core Team is difficult and time consuming. Make sure that this commitment is something that you can build your life around, not halfheartedly fit into your life.

• PRAY! Make sure that you feel that Core Team is where you are called to be. (If not, there are plenty of other ways to get involved and grow in your faith!)

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