Category: Youth Ministry

Join us Sunday, October 8 @ 4:00 PM for this special Youth Group Event. We will participate in the annual Blessing of the Animals, followed by dinner, fellowship, and our discussion topic “How do we treat animals, people, and God?” Be sure to bring a friend!

Have you noticed the green tape on our parish hall floors? If you haven’t, take a look during coffee hour!

Eleven Saint Matthew’s youth gathered a few weeks ago to support Nathaniel Mathew in creating this prototype of his Eagle Scout project, a prayer labyrinth. Nathaniel is planning on creating a larger, eco-conscious version of the labyrinth on our church campus later this summer. The final version will be grass-hewn, with a stone path leading to its threshold, and with a small trailhead to direct visitors.

We invite you to test drive the labyrinth in our parish hall throughout July and August anytime you like. Call the church office if you would like to walk it as an individual or a family during non-worship hours.

Nathaniel would appreciate any feedback on the pattern he is proposing. While you’re there, take a look at the art pieces we created as a youth group this year.

If you’d like to donate funds to Nathaniel’s project, please contribute here.

Thank you to all who worked so hard to make St. Matthew’s 2021 Vacation Bible School a success!

Forty children rode the Rocky Railways exploring Jesus’ power and love. The children were joined by 9 teen volunteers and 12 Middle School Summer Service campers who helped the adult volunteers with the program.

Many thanks to our Middle School Summer Service Camp and teen volunteers! This week, they were invaluable in assisting the VBS leaders in the morning. Their afternoons were filled with fellowship and skills development as they completed service projects around the church, each day rooted in scripture that aligned with their work.

Join us on Monday, June 21st at 5:00 PM for our final Youth Group gathering of the program year!

We’ll close the year learning about labyrinths, a contemplative prayer tool that Christians and other groups have been utilizing for centuries. Together we’ll build a labyrinth in our parish hall, have an opportunity to walk through its circuits, and consider how we might invite our parish family to use the tool themselves.

Snacks and refreshments will be available. The gathering will be held indoors, and masks will be required for participants who have not yet been vaccinated

Youth who are rising 6th graders through grade 12 are welcome.

May God bless you, 

Anthony M. Carrella
Saint Matthew’s Church, Maple Glen
Life Long Learning Committee Co-Chair 
Youth Ministry Coordinator