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What DOES #URyouth do?
We invite you to check it out below.
Btw, take a look at our 2019-2020 Season Yearbook here! (if you have not yet) -
SundayFundays and Game Nights
Upper Room Youth has FUN, and LOTS of it!During our regular season, we invite teens to join us once a month from 2pm to 4pm at the gym for sports, games, and laughs. Everything from basketball, volleyball, soccer, badminton, board games, and any game we can think of...is on!We also have nights throughout the year where we gather to celebrate and enjoy such as our season opening and finale, game nights, and Christmas celebration. -
Retreats
Retreats are by far the best way to grow in community as peers and as Church. They are also one of the most powerful ways to experience Christ, His Church, and the transforming power of His love. Teens that go on retreat (willingly or not) always return with the experience of being seen, known, and loved.
#URyouth teens participate in two weekend retreats a year. One is for teens of Upper Room Youth and the other is an Archdiocesan wide retreat where they are joined by peers from across our Archdiocese. Dates vary so make sure to stay connected to #URyouth via our social media, our meetings, email, and our pages here for information. -
Volunteering and Fundraising
We are called to live our faith in words and deeds.
Throughout the year we work a variety of fundraisers in order to provide our teens and families with quality experiences without "killing their banks". It also helps our teens to value work and claim ownership and responsibility for their ministry.
We also volunteer with setups at the various events at our parish and continue to look for opportunities to bring our communal joy to those who need a helping hand and a loving heart. -
Pilgrimages and Trips
Experiencing the Catholic Church goes beyond our parish walls! Our Church is a universal community and we want our teens to know it and live it! This is why we are committed to creating intentional opportunities for our teens to be the community that they have been called to be.
Every year we attend the Catholic Youth Rally at Six Flags, visit Catholic Underground in NYC, and plan other trips to places like Dave & Busters.Although most of our pilgrimages and trips are local to our area (Tri-State), in 2019, thanks to the support and generosity of the OLMV staff and community, our teens were given the opportunity to experience the life changing National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) in Indianapolis. A transformative experience we pray and hope we will be able to continue to attend.
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...and so much more!
Above is just the tip of the iceberg!
Our teens also participate in the yearly Awards Ceremony at the Cathedral Basilica in Newark, record our own video productions, participate in leadership in Archdiocesan events, "run" a monthly Mass and Adoration, and so on. And what happens when a teen becomes a young adult? We invite them into leadership :)
We truly are a dynamic community! -
URyouth in Action
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