Helpful Hoppers

Thank you!

 Thank to all those who helped out at the fish fry! 

 Also, thank you to the freshmen & sophomores for doing such a great job with the Easter Egg Hunt!  The kids had a fantastic time.  I'll let your sponsors post some more that don't involve our kids.  ;)

Easter Egg Hunt

Invite your friends & family to be a part of the

Holy Saturday Easter Egg Hunt!

Join us Saturday, March 30th

9:30 for games,

9:45 hunt for little kids & 5-8 year olds at 10 am

St. John's gym

Freshmen & Sophomores: 

  Give your 2 bags of Easter candy (wrapped!) to your GodParents prior to the hunt.

Get to the gym by 8:00 a.m. to help set up.

Bring your fun attitude to help the little ones have a great morning.  Even if you can't stay the whole time, we can use any help possible. 

 

Happy Easter!

Thank you so much to all who helped with the Easter Egg Hunt at St. John's last weekend. We had a great turnout & a lot of fun!

Happy Easter, everyone!

Alleluia! He is risen!

Easter Egg Hunt

FRESHMEN & SOPHOMORES:

See you at the Easter Egg Hunt in the morning!

Wear your GodTeen shirt & meet us in the gym by 9:00 to help set up. The kids come at 9:30 & we should start cleaning up by 10:30. Should be a fun time!

All GodTeens are welcome to help, if you'd like. :)

Sophomore Update

Hello, Sophomores =]

It was so great to have you here last night. Thanks for your sincere prayers & insights. Also, thank you for your help with the Easter Egg Hunt preparations (especially trying out the Bunny Hop sacks). If you have not yet brought your two bags of individually wrapped candy to use for the Hunt, please get them to us by THIS SATURDAY, March 31st. That way we will be able to make sure that we have enough & don't need to buy more. Thank you!!!

Our schedule for the rest of the school year is in the sidebar. Please, remember which date you volunteered to help with prayer & snack. A quick recap of the rest of our year:

April 4 - NO MEETING during Holy Week

April 7 (Saturday) - Meet in the St. John's gym by 9:00 a.m. to help prepare for Easter Egg Hunt

April 11 - Meeting with guest Fr. Holdren

April 18 - Meeting ending with games with neighboring youth group
April 25 - Meeting with the Marian Sisters

April 29 - (Sunday) Help with babysitting in gym during Senior Brunch 10-11 a.m.

May 2 - End of the year party at Furaseks

May 6 (Sunday) - Pizza party at Bethany Park at 5:30

Take the opportunity this weekend to go see an amazing pro-life movie OctoberBABY while it is still at the Grand Theater through next Thursday. It's an incredible show (& it won't stay as long as Hunger Games so see this one first! ) that will give you a whole new perspective on the value of every single life... yours included.

http://youtu.be/I_9l7lEe-AA

Reminder

Just a quick reminder to all Freshmen & Sophomores... please bring along your two bags of candy for the Easter Egg Hunt to the meeting THIS WEEK. Remind your friends, too. Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you to all who helped with the Easter Egg Hunt! The kids had a lot of fun & it was a great success. May God bless you for all of your efforts!

Easter is near!

Just a reminder that the
St. John's Easter Egg Hunt
is tomorrow Saturday, April 23rd
from 9:30-10:30 a.m.
starting in the school gym

We need helpers by 9:00 a.m. to hide eggs, set up coloring tables, organize treat bags, encourage photos with the Easter Bunny, clean up when it is done, & just help out in general while having fun with lots of little kids. Bring your younger siblings, cousins, neighbors... all are welcome! Thank you for all who volunteered to help. Anyone else is welcome, too! There might just be an Easter surprise for you, too. ;)

Freshman Update

Thank you for another fantastic discussion this week, freshmen! Your insights into the 5th Commandment last week & the value of suffering this week were very interesting. We hope you continue to recognize the enormity of Christ's sacrifice for us & try to offer up your crosses for the good of others as He did. We hope you learned a little more about Our Lady of Sorrows & how much she suffered through her motherhood of Jesus. The witness of her human suffering is a wonderful example for us as we offer up our sacrifices with trust in God's Will.

Here are the ones that we discussed for your further reflection:

1. The prophecy of Simeon (Luke 2:34-35)
2. The flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13-14)
3. The loss of the Child Jesus in the temple (Luke 2:43-45)
4. The meeting of Jesus & Mary on the Way of the Cross
5. The Crucifixion
6. The taking down of the Body of Jesus from the Cross
7. The burial of Jesus

Remember that there is NO MEETING here next week on April 13th & then only TWO MORE together at our house before the end of the year. It's gone so fast! Next time we will talk about what you liked about GodTeens this year, suggestions to make it even better, & what you'd like to do for any fun summer parties together.

We will also take some time to prepare for the EASTER EGG HUNT which we are in charge of running with the Sophomore class. We need as many of you to come as possible to help! It is the morning of Saturday, April 23rd starting in the St. John's gym. Volunteers need to be there by 9:00 to help set up & hide eggs all over the school & Church grounds for the little kids. It should be fun! More details to follow.

We are praying for you & hope that you have a joyfully penitential week of Lent. :)

In His Abundant Love,

=] Robyn & Darren