Year 8 Retreats

Over the next two weeks Year 8 will be taking part in their retreat. Each House will visit the Youth Village and enjoy two days working with YMT. The retreats are taking place as follows:

St John Boste
Monday 30th November - Tuesday 1st December

St Margaret Clitherow
Monday 7th December - Tuesday 8th December

Blessed John Ingram
Tuesday 8th December - Wednesday 9th December

St Anne Line
Wednesday 9th December - Thursday 10th December

St Thomas More
Thursday 10th December - Friday 11th December

Hands of Prayer

During the Youth Sunday celebration at St Mary's Church the congregation were invited to come forward and write on the banner. This had been made using the hand prints of each student at St Begas Primary School and each adult was asked to write a 'hope' for the young people beside a hand print. Here is just a small selection of those thoughts:

Youth Sunday Photos

What a wonderful occassion celebrating the Feast of Christ the King for Youth Sunday 2009 at St Mary's Church. Here are a small selection of photographs from the day.

Creed of Hope

The theme for Youth Sunday 2009 is taken from 1 Timothy 4:10 which is "We have set our hope on the living God". The Diocesan Youth Council have created a special Creed to be read in all parishes across the dioscese today on this theme:

Creed of Hope
I have hope in the love of God, which makes all things new,
I have hope that what I give to the world will make a difference.
I have hope in the Gospel, which challenges us to grow in faith.
I have hope that I can inspire those around me.

We have hope that our Church will always embrace diversity and unity.
We have hope that God binds us into community within our parishes.
We have hope in our own ideals, dreams and plans.
We have hope in God, who calls us into action.
We place our hope in the living God.

Glory be to Him whose power working in us can do
infinitely more that we can ask or imagine.

This is our hope. Amen.

Youth Sunday at St Marys

This Sunday St Mary's Church on the Headland hold a Youth ministered mass to celebrate Youth Sunday 2009. Students from St Begas Primary School and English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College have come together to arrange the celebration so come along and play your part in encouraging the young people of our parish in their Faith.

Mini-Mission Team at St. Cuthbert’s

Following the success of our last visit, the St. Cuthbert’s MMT went back to their old primary school with some more Good News for Y6. This time, we told and talked about the story of Jesus curing the paralysed man lowered through the roof on a stretcher and asked the children to complete the sentence ‘Jesus is...’ based on what they’d heard in the story. We then painted our chosen words onto banners to be presented to the school assembly the next day. Thanks again to Chris and Sheila for coming along and helping us.

Ampleforth Rock

What a group! We asked people to tell us what they have liked best about the whole Mission experience and to do something which represented their best memories. This group took that idea to the extreme and as their favorite memory was of the retreat to Ampleforth they produced this little song for us to enjoy.

Remembrance Service

On Sunday 8th November a group of young people from English Martyrs School helped to set up and deliver a remembrance service at St Cuthberts Church. A selection of poems and letters were read out to the congregation in the packed church by some students whilst others performed in the school orchestra who provided the music during the service.

This was the first event of it's type led by the young people in St Cuthbert's and was seen as a great success by all who attended. Tomorrow, English Martyrs School will stop and observe a 2 minutes silence at 11am as well as each individual class taking part in their own Remembrance Service during registration.

"They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."

St Cuthberts Remembrance Sunday

On Sunday 9th November a group of young people and adults from St Cuthberts Church will be hosting a Remembrance Sunday service. The group have arraged a selection of music, readings and poetry and afterwards you will be able to take a look at some war time photographs in the parish hall next to the church.

The invite to take part is open to everyone so please come along. The service begins at 3pm with tea and coffee served afterwards.