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LifeNight Wrap-up: February 21st

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Greetings everyone! 

This week at LifeNight we opened up by praying Psalm 88, and creating our own "ending" to the Psalm. 

We then tried to meditate. BUT the lady in the video had a crazy weird voice so we were unable to NOT laugh. It was awesome. 

Afterwards we watched a video by a Life Coach: David Hussey called  "Why some advice doesn't work for you....yet!" While the video stemmed from a different video he made about some dating advice this one delved into if we don't care for ourselves we can't BE our best selves. It reminded us that this season of Lent is an opportunity for deeper relationship with God AND self-care. 

Lent is when we recognize the ways that we let different things get in the way with our relationship with God, and we remove those things for 40 days. We talked  about the 40 Day challenge for lent where you give up, do, and work on one sin for the 40 days. This is also the time to make sure that we are also taking time for ourselves. "Self- care is not selfish. You cannot serve from and empty vessel." Lent is when you take time for God, AND yourself!

We also discussed about our character, virtues, and personality and how Lent is also the perfect time to really work out our character.  Below are the prayer sheet from Psalm 88, and our discussion sheet. Here is the Lent 2018 Challenge.

God bless! Veronica 

Youth Blog: Mission Home

"What is Mission Home? I've found that over the years whenever I am asked to describe it, it isn't easy. Once a week a group of us, meet up at OLG and then head out into the community to do various kinds of service, but there is more to it than that."

"Yes, we do the "normal" stuff of packaging food, cleaning and organizing various places, and helping watch children .... but we also go to the Cathedral of Saint Paul to learn about our faith. We spend a day learning what it means to be homeless. We spend an afternoon just sitting and talking with the Minneapolis community. We learn about what it means to be an immigrant in this country and more."

"Like any mission trip you walk away with a deeper understanding of the community, and for that community to be your HOME is huge. Even better we also build a community at Mission Home. We spend hours with people who like you are focused on making the world a better place, and you become a different kind of friend. Mission Home is a something you can come to and always feel welcome because we are all there for the same reason the same goal." - Hailey

For the past few summers OLG Youth have traveled around the Twin Cities serving those in need in our community. We could be found doing anything from gardening all the way to helping to organize donations down at the HCMC food shelf. Our motto was that "You don't need to travel thousands of miles to be the hands and feet of Jesus"

This year we want to do something a little different- we want YOU to plan Mission Home with us! This is a great opportunity to not just come and serve, BUT to help us discern where and who we are going to serve! 

Please join us for some Mission Home planning meetings in the Youth Room.
March 6th from 6-7PM
March 13th from 6-7PM
March 20th  from 6-7PM

Everyone is welcome to these meetings! Even if you just have questions or want to learn more about Mission Home this is for you! 

First Highschool Lock-in = SUCCESS!

Greetings everyone!

Right before the Super Bowl OLG Youth Ministry had it's first ever High school lock-in! 

From 10PM- 7AM we were locked into OLG for an evening of prayer, good food, fun games, and great friends. 

Throughout the night we played Gaga ball, Sardines, made friendship bracelets, played board games, watched movies, went to adoration, Mafia, Psychiatrist, and tons more! 

Not everyone made it to 7AM before they fell asleep on a couch wathcing a movei! 

High School LOCK- IN

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What: An overnight lock-in
Where: Our Lady of Grace
Cost: $20
When: February 3rd starting at 10PM and ending on February 4th at 7AM

Join the OLG HS Youth Group for an evening of Fun and Fellowship with a High school Lock-in! 

Activities include
Nerf Tag, board games, parachutes, movies, Mass, Freeze Tag, Adoration, Karaoke, Scavenger Hunt, AND MUCH MUCH MORE! 

You MUST turn in a Registration form and fee with High School Youth Ministry by 1/26/2017
Forms can be found online or outside the Youth Room and can be submitted through email, or the Parish Office. Registration Form is HERE