​We had a great Lock-In over Memorial Day weekend! A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated and our adult volunteers. We have a few pictures to share with you.

Next weekend is busy for Youth Ministry. Not only is it Sharing Sunday to benefit the St. Lucy Project, but it is also time for Donuts after Mass. Please visit the SignUp Genius link so you can volunteer to help with donuts or sharing Sunday.

In addition, this weekend is our final Youth Ministry fundraising push. We had such a successful Dinner and Auction back in April, but we still need those final dollars to help offset the cost of transportation to WorkCamp and other miscellaneous fees. Your support is never missed, please be generous.

​Memorial Day usually marks the beginning of summer, while some students still have a month of school, the end is in sight and the summer barbecues have begun.

We will once again host Drop-In twice a week. What is Drop-In? It's a fun evening in addition to the weekly Youth Group meetings. It is open to Middle and High School students and could involve something a simple as a game of pool in the youth center to a full water gun battle outside. This year we are teaming up with St. Louis Youth Ministry for double the fun! 

We have a great team of adult leaders that have volunteered to help out this summer. They are meeting and adding some fun activities to our summer calendar.  Maybe we will have a July "snowball" fight again. In the mean time, make sure to note the following for July and August:

• Tuesdays 6:00 - 8:00 pm: Drop-in at St. Louis Gym
• Wednesdays 6:00 - 8:00 pm: Pickup Soccer (place TBD)
• Thursdays 6:00 - 8:00 pm: Drop-In at Good Shepherd
• Sunday, July 17: SUP (Stand Up Paddleboarding). Stay tuned for more details in the week ahead.
• Friday, August 5: Kings Dominion. Permission will be online in July.
•  . . . and there will be more!

​The Middle School Youth Group team is in need of NEW leadership for Thursday meetings. The MSYG follows the Faith Formation calendar and meets Thursdays at 6:30pm. If you have a rising 7th grader or even an 8th grader, and you want to get more involved, please contact Miguel (miguel@gs-cc.org) to see how you can contribute. Every little bit helps!

Middle School Work Camp is August 7 - 10. MSWC is a great opportunity for 7th and 8th graders to perform service in our local community. This is not an overnight WorkCamp, but rather daily opportunities within our local area. More details are on the website. High School students are encouraged to volunteer to help. Contact Miguel miguel@gs-cc.org

June 2, 6:30 pm: George Mason Catholic Campus Ministry is hosting a BBQ. St. Robert Bellarmine Chapel, 4515 Roberts Rd, Fairfax.  For college students and graduating high school seniors, this is a great way to meet students from different colleges. The student center will host events Thursday nights in June and July. Visit www.gmuccm.org for more information.

June 3, 9:30 am: Boy Scout Service Project Opportunity.  JimHickey is conducting his Eagle Scout project in our Sharing Garden. A Peace Hole, two benches and some flowers will be installed. Contact Jim to volunteer jphacademic@gmail.com 

July 30: Krakow in the Capital for Young Adults. As World Youth Day occurs in Poland, the Arlington, Baltimore and Washington Diocese have teamed up to bring WYD to Washington, DC. This day long event takes place at Catholic University and is open to all 18 years and older. More details and registration is online.

May 9: Recap of High School Youth Group Game Night
​We had a very successful and fun HS Youth Group meeting this past Sunday. We were pleased to welcome almost 20 students to participate in an evening of games and good food. The cupcakes were especially delicious!

We played “Elephant Stampede” among other games and were happy to welcome a few new students to the festivities. Above is a sampling of some pictures taken that evening. 

​May 22: Normal YG Meeting & Senior Recognition Night 
​During our regular HS Youth Group meeting next Sunday, May 22, we will take time to recognize our graduating Seniors with our tradition of placing their handprint on the wall in the Youth Center. This tradition is open to any student that has participated in YG in the past and is now graduating.  This does not mean that Youth Group ends. We continue throughout the summer and we encourage return visits and continued involvement (perhaps with the Young Adult group) .