Student Ministries
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"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, and in purity."
We will disciple students to be faithful servants of Jesus Christ, enabling them to be transformational agents who share God's love and mercy, so that
Students are indeed a big deal at St. Francis. Student Ministries (otherwise known as Youth Group) is meeting the needs of teenagers in the seventh through twelfth grades using a relational model of youth ministry. We think we can say that given that many of the students in our youth group are part of it because they've been invited to Bible Study, and, like their friends here in the parish, they keep coming back! We take great pride in what God is doing in the lives of our young people at Saint Francis, and it isn't altogether surprising: we meet students where they are spiritually, and we pour our hearts and souls, and a lot of energy, into ministry with them. We watch the way they love the Lord our God, and love their neighbors, here in greater Washington, DC and in other parts of the country, and it inspires us to want to do the same. All of the programs we offer help shape youth to be faithful followers of Jesus Christ. During the school year, there are weekly Bible studies held at Glenolden House, our Youth House. Junior High Bible Study attracts 20 or more students to it every Wednesday. The Senior High Bible Study attracts about 20 students every Thursday. In both cases, we meet at 5:30 pm for supper and fun (which includes everything from billiards to Dance Revolution to Guitar Hero, from wii bowling to good conversations to Capture the Flag, hey, it is a youth group!), and we begin the Bible study and worship at 6:45, wrapping things up by 7:30. There are also monthly activities and periodic retreats. The students also participate in week-long Jr/Sr High conferences, a ski trip, and various outreach projects. A linchpin and highlight of the year is the summer Mission Trip. In recent years, St. Francis Student Ministries students have made mission trips to Standing Rock Indian Reservation/St. Gabriel's Camp, Selfridge, North Dakota; Logan, West Virginia; New Madrid, Missouri; Houma, Louisiana; and, D'Iberville, Mississippi.
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