Helpful articles to walk you through planning and hosting various events. These especially cater to events tied to the Church’s liturgical calendar to enrich the lives of young adults.
Buddy Up: Daily Lenten Practice and Community Building
Create community and observe Lent through a “virtual” retreat in everyday life. Daily Lenten reflections tweeted by the leader are the starting point for online sharing between pairs of young adults.
In this program young adults get together with a different person each week throughout Lent for fellowship and faith conversations. Leaders encourage young adults to connect or reconnect with members of their young adult ministry in order to build their relationships as brothers and sisters in Christ.
Lenten Faith Sharing Communities: Walking Together in the Desert
This program empowers young adults to lead small faith-sharing communities with their peers. Throughout four weekly meetings and an opportunity for service, participants explore the Lenten theme of “desert” to reflect on their relationship with self, God, and others.
This Holy Week retreat gives young adults an opportunity to have a deeper experience of Holy Week through group and personal prayer, service in a rural setting, ecumenism, and genuine social analysis.