The EDGE is a Catholic middle school youth ministry experience created for early adolescents in grades, six, seven, and eight. The EDGE is designed to meet the educational, spiritual, emotional, and social needs of young adolescents.
In many respects middle school kids are on the edge because so much is going on in their lives physically, mentally, spiritually, and socially. It can be a very stressful and difficult time for them and their families.
As a Catholic Community, we are going to give our middle school youth The EDGE they need in life: Jesus, The Word, The Eucharist, Service and the Church!
Within the context of faith, middle school youngsters are moving from a child-like spirituality to one that will hopefully reach its pinnacle, through the work of the EDGE, into an young adult faith commitment to Jesus Christ and the Catholic Community.
- Come to our youth liturgy, ministered by Life Teen on Sundays at 5:30 pm. The music and the homily are geared toward young people, so the Mass has special meaning/message for them in their lives.
- Make The Edge your middle school youth Wednesday night commitment.
- Join our Edge Core Team. It’s a great way to stay connected to your child’s spiritual life and a great way to strengthen your own. You will be assigned to a different group than your child’s. Your interaction with your child’s peers will give you valuable insight into the mind of the middle school youth.
- Become a part of our Support Team. It’s a monthly meeting with parents and interested adults to help ensure the success of our youth ministry efforts. It is a great opportunity to meet with other parents and work together on special projects such as coordinating transportation.
The EDGE in Four Parts:
1. The Sunday night youth liturgy geared to our youth. Contemporary liturgical music, homilies geared toward young people, videos, drama and skits that bring the gospel message of Jesus home to middle school youth, high school teens and young adults are a part of the Sunday night youth liturgy.
2. EDGE night occurs Wednesday evening. The EDGE also has social and recreational activities designed to create a greater sense of community among our middle school youth and for the kids to have fun and enjoy themselves in a church setting. The EDGE sponsors a three day retreat and periodically meets during the summer.
3. The EDGE offers middle school youth different occasions to put their faith into action through a variety of service projects.
4. Over the course of the year, it is our hope that we will be able to offer the parent's component - designed to assist parents in raising their middle school youngster. Educational/Formational classes and sessions on middle school spirituality, psychology, personality development, and physical development will be offered.
Questions about Edge please call Colette Villegas (626) 403-6118.
