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Confirmation
The Sacrament of Confirmation is available to those in high school. Completion of the preparation program is required to receive this sacrament.
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Contact Us
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DSchepersStJohnPaulParish.orgYouth Minister
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High School Youth Ministry Activities
Youth are an important part of the church. If you have suggestions for programs or activities you would like to do, please speak up and let us know! We are open to suggestions and feedback!
All activities require an annual permission slip/medical release form to be on file.
Did you know that sometimes activities sneak up and we may not get them on the website? If you would like to be on the youth ministry email list please send an email to Dawn at dschepers@StJohnPaulParish.org, so we can add your email address to our database! Also, if your email address has changed, please let us know your new email!
The New Albany Deanery is organizing a March for Life trip for high school youth. The trip includes charter bus to and from Washington DC, hotel accomidations, the Life is Good Pre-Rally and the Students for Life Conference on Saturday. We will depart on Thursday, January 17 and return on Sunday, January 20th, 2019. Click here for registration info.
Other Events & Activity InfoCalling All Babysitters! On occasion, parents will ask Kristina or Dawn if they know a good babysitter. We don’t mind handing out names and phone numbers, but you have to tell us that you want to babysit!
Service Hours listed are available for Confirmation or for NHS or other school related groups! We are more than happy to sign slips stating you helped.
Weekly Service Opportunities:- Helping on Sunday mornings in the nursery during 9:30 or 11:15 mass! Can you dedicate one hour a month playing with little ones? Contact Kristina.
- CLOW – Children’s Liturgy of the Word. Help share the weekend mass readings with children during the 9:30 and 11:15 Sunday Masses. Contact Kristina.
Deanery Hosted Retreats – Go to www.nadyouth.org to find out more! Parish financial aid is available – please speak to Dawn. These will start back up in the fall of 2017.
New Driver Blessing—The Catholic Community of Sellersburg will be blessing new drivers (those who just got their driver’s license) twice a year at all masses. The next blessing will be in the Fall 2018. We will send out an email about one week prior to the weekend of the blessing.
All deadlines are final, no late registrations are accepted.
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Life Teen Blog
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