Best Practices

Become a Young Adult Friendly Parish

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Mike Hayes offers these principles for congregations that want to become more young adult friendly:

  • Young Adult Friendly Parishes DON’T Let Young Adults Be Anonymous
  • Young Adult Friendly Parishes DON’T Ignore the Gifts Young Adults Have To Share
  • Young Adult Friendly Parishes DON’T Bore People
  • Young Adult Friendly Parishes DON’T Make Preparing for Marriage a Chore.
  • Young Adult Friendly Parishes DON’T Just Wish That They Had More Members Who Were Young Adults.

Find more details about the principles and practical tips for outreach to the young adults in your parish in the Essentials section of Young Adult Ministry in a Box.

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