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2022-2023 EDGE Brainstorming: www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0a4dacad2aabf49-20223Have an idea about what would make a great EDGE Night? Want to suggest a topic to discuss? Come to the 2022-2023 EDGE brainstorming session! We'll meet on Friday, June 17th, in the St. Oscar Romero Room, from 10-11 AM to eat some snacks, play some games, and discuss what YOU would like to see in your Youth Ministry program next year. All incoming 6-9th grade youth are welcome to attend. RSVP at the link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYzqYDIT-76sPI2nLOqsSVxO5TUgsYQOk-tpj9bUFM9BkSPw/viewform

Middle School Summer Activities: This summer, Anchor EDGE is heading out into a wonderful Adventure with Jesus Christ. Get to know Jesus as we reflect on His words in Campfire Bible Study, and examine His life in The Chosen Small Groups. Discover Him in your neighbor by serving at Mission Day or at VBS. Encounter Him in the Sacraments at Wednesday Night Mass and at Totus Tuus, and celebrate all of His gifts at the EDGE Camping Trip and I Cubs Game. Join us as we meet the Lamb of God and discover His ever-present love for us! 

Middle School Summer Schedule:
June
8 | Campfire Bible Study | 6:30-8PM
10 | Chosen Small Groups | 1-3PM
11-12 | EDGE Camping Trip | 3PM-10:30AM
15 | Campfire Bible Study | 6:30-8PM
17 | 2022-2023 EDGE Brainstorming | 10-11:30AM
17 | Chosen Small Groups | 1-3PM
22 | Campfire Bible Study | 6:30-8PM
24 | Chosen Small Groups | 1-3PM
29 | Chosen Small Groups | 1-3PM
July 
1 | Chosen Small Groups | 1-3PM
6 | Campfire Bible Study | 6:30-8PM
7 | Mission Day | 9:30AM-4PM
8 | Chosen Small Groups | 1-3PM
10-14 | Totus Tuus Grades 7-12 | 7-9:15PM
11-15 | Totus Tuus Grades K-6 | 9AM-2:30PM
15 | Chosen Small Groups | 1-3PM
20 | Campfire Bible Study | 6:30-8PM
22 | Chosen Small Groups | 1-3PM
24-29 | Vacation Bible School | 9AM-12PM
29 | Chosen Small Groups | 1-3PM
August
3 | Iowa Cubs Game | 10:30AM-4PM
3 | Campfire Bible Study | 6:30-8PM
5 | Chosen Small Groups | 1-3PM
10 | Campfire Bible Study | 6:30-8PM
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High School Summer Activities: 
Come for one event, just a few or all of them! More information about High School Summer Opportunities can be found here: anchorames.com/summer-2022-opportunities
You can also sign up to receive text messages about HS summer opportunities here: remind.com/join/amessum22
You can add the HS Summer 2022 Activities Calendar to your calendar here: calendar.google.com/calendar

High School Summer Book Study: Our Summer Small Group is going to be a book study group reading & discussing Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle! It's a great book about being compassionate towards each other. You will laugh & cry and sometimes at the same time! Fr. Gregory Boyle is a Jesuit priest in Los Angels, CA who founded Homeboy Industries. Homeboy Industries is the largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world. For over 30 years, we have stood as a beacon of hope in Los Angeles to provide training and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated people, allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of our community. You can learn more about Homeboy Industries here: https://homeboyindustries.org/. Watch a video clip of Fr. Gregory here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP1qUdXdqeE; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipR0kWt1Fkc; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk--XN4ozr8

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Vacation Bible School: The time has come! Vacation Bible School 2022 is right around the corner!!! We will be digging into the Marvelous Mystery of the Mass July 25th - 29th from 9 am -12pm, but we can't run VBS without many volunteers.  Hopefully, you witnessed how fun and easy it is to help with VBS.  We try really hard to pair up adults so no one is "in charge" of an area all by themselves.  Each area has a detailed manual filled with ideas for each day of VBS. As a co-lead you get to help choose what happens at your station.  This will mean some work done before VBS.  We also need many helpers who can just show up during the week to help things move smoothly.  How can YOU help make this a great event?

Some slots require an Adult (graduated from High School or older), some are for youth going into 8th grade or older and others are for any age (going into 6th grade or older).  We will offer child care and preschool for 0-4 year olds for parents who volunteer. Please mark in the comments the ages of your children who are younger than entering Kindergarten this Fall. We prefer that you help for the whole week or share a spot with a spouse or friend.  

THANK YOU for helping in any way you can.  

Again - VBS is July 25th - 29th from 9 am -12pm. Stay tuned for more details!! It is going to be another fantastic week of sharing Jesus with our youngsters.

Sign up here: 
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0a4dacad2aabf49-20223

Questions contact Melissa Teggatz at (515) 232-3514
​Anchor Youth Ministry is the outreach of Saint Cecilia and St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Parishes
​for middle school and high school students in the Ames, Iowa area.
  

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