YOUTH MINISTRY
We are disciples of Jesus Christ making faith matter and sharing God’s love to make more disciples.
Meet the team!
Evan Brankin
Mickey Prosise
Hollie Matthys
Kathy Peterson
It’s your ministry…make a difference!
Mar
11
High School Youth Night
7:00 – 9:00pm
OLV Youth Room
Mar
25
High School Youth Night
7:00 – 9:00pm
OLV Youth Room
Apr
1
High School Youth Night
7:00 – 9:00pm
OLV Youth Room
Evangelization
Where do you see yourself?
Do you trust Jesus, the Church, or a Christian person or group?
Are you curious about Jesus, the one called Christ?
What do you think about God?
Are you open to whatever God may have in store for you?
Who do you want to be?
Are you actively seeking a relationship with God in His Son, Jesus?
Are you a disciple of Jesus Christ, ready to lower your nets?
Discipleship
Stages of Discipleship
Beginning Disciples – Desire to grow spiritually
Growing Disciples – Make sacrifices to grow spiritually
Commissioned Disciples – Building others in their faith
Disciple Makers – Leading others to Christ
Spiritual Multipliers – Active in lifelong Catholic mission
Practices of Disciples
Prayer – Talking with God
Sacraments – Participating in the Sacramental life
Ministry – Seeing Jesus in serving others
Formation – Belong, behave, believe
Community – Walking together as disciples
Stewardship – Thanking God for all we have
Apologetics
Mission
A family-based, parish-led, inter-generational way of doing ministry that helps teen build a sense that their church is their home, and gives them a sense of affiliative faith crucial to ongoing discipleship.
Catholic Worker 2017
In July of 2017, our parish partnered with the Davenport Catholic Worker “Green House” to benefit the homeless and poor who are served through the Catholic Worker ministry and use those facilities.
Porch Before
Porch During
Porch After
Mailbox Before
Mailbox After
Stairs Before
Stairs During
Stairs During
Stairs After
Frontyard Before
Frontyard During
Frontyard After
Backyard Before
Backyard During
Backyard During
Backyard After
Shed Before
Shed During
Shed After
Blinds Before
Blinds During
Blinds After
Bathroom Before
Bathroom During
Bathroom After
Oven Before
Oven After
Porch Ceiling & Light Before
Porch Ceiling & Light During
Porch Ceiling & Light After
Inside Before
Inside During
Inside During
Inside After
Care Packages During
Care Packages After
Rebuilding Together 2018
In 2018, we partnered with Rebuilding Together QC to make handicap accessibility updates to a house in Davenport. The owner shared her faith story with us and joined us for mass.
Deck Repair
Stair Build
Bannister Work
Working Hard? Hardly Working?
Staining
Break time
Habitat for Humanity 2019
In 2019 we joined with Habitat for Humanity to help a local household with replacing an old deck. And we planted hostas for a disabled parishioner who needed help keeping his yard from washing away.
Deck Before
Deck Demolition
Deck Reinforcement
Deck Build
Deck Bannisters
Deck Bannisters
Deck Wrap Up
Yard Before
Yard Planting
Yard Planting
Yard Mulching
Yard Complete
The Catholic Worker House
Every month OLV youth ministry goes down to the Catholic Worker “Green” House to cook a meal with and for the guys who live there. Teens who participate learn practical cooking skills, and have the opportunity to work with the poor where they live. This gives them an opportunity to really meet and develop relationships with those on the margins of society.
In 2017, that relationship served as the foundation for our summer parish mission, which you can see above. But it continues every month with ongoing acts of service including meals, fellowship, and this past Spring break a “mini-mission” to do some Spring cleaning!
Every Month
2nd Tues
Food and Fellowship
Catholic Worker Green House
What can I do?
Solidarity
“The ‘evil mechanisms’ and ‘structures of sin’ of which we have spoken can be overcome only through the exercise of the human and Christian solidarity to which the Church calls us and which she tirelessly promotes.”
St. John Paul the Great
Opportunity for Families
We are now inviting families to participate with their children in solidarity work at the Catholic Worker House. If you want to give your children an experience of solidarity with the poor, if you want to teach them to serve those in need together as a family, or if you just want an excuse to make everyone sit down together for dinner, sign up here! or contact us below!