SMYG this Sunday – 3:30-6, led by Mat, Maria, Chara and Christin – talking about the Eucharist and Adoration! In the OSL

NEXT Friday the 23^rd-Saturday the 24^th – Rockin’ Lock-In – rock climbing lock in w/ live music by Automatic Badger, food, games, and of course rock climbing all night long!

It’s only $25 for the whole night. Space is limited (it’s us, St. Greg’s, and Ascension) so REGISTER ASAP if you want to go! It’s all first come first serve. E-mail me or better yet, bring your $ and forms w/ ya to SMYG on Sunday and give them to Mat!

Forms (yes release forms are absolutely mandatory) are on www.smygva.org.

And then looking ahead….

Wednesday the 21^st 7-9 is a small group on developing prayer life

Sunday the 25^th is the Sunday w/ jSMYG too (so remind your siblings!) and Adoration and Confession before Mass!

Hey all!

Here it is...what's coming up w/ SMYG - there's some cool stuff!!!

Sunday 2-4 Airsoft behind St. Greg's

Sunday night SMYG 7-9 - Jeremy and I are talking about language - what does God say about the words we use? How to NOT hurt people w/ words...

COOL stuff next week!!!!

Wednesday, May 20th - Confirmation of St. Matt's and St. Mark's! Over at St. Mark's on Kempsville (across from Tallwood). 7 p.m. - congrats to everyone getting confirmed this year! Go be part of the celebration of the Mass and Confirmation!

Sunday, May 24th -11 am to 9 pm SAND, SACRAMENTS, and SOUND! This is gonna be soooooo cool! Beach, Adoration and Confession, Mass, Live Music (Automatic Badger), and a Cookout! 
     1. Meet at the white house at 11 a.m. Bring with you - military ID if you have one, modest beach clothes and gear, a packed lunch for the beach, clothes to change into for Mass and for a cookout.... 
     2. We'll carpool over to Ft. Story beach to avoid the crowds (hence people w/ Military IDs - we'll need one per car!)
     3. Play at the beach!
     4. Come back to St. Matt's for Adoration and Confession with Fr. Tran (Adoration chapel from 4-5:30) 
     5. MASS!!! At 6 p.m .w/ our souls all clean :-)
     6. Live Music a la Automatic Badger and a cookout after Mass at the Pavilion - some volleyball too? Water balloon capture the flag? Wiffleball? Ultimate Frisbee? Manhunt? Let's play!!!! 

Come for some...come for all!!! 

MISSIONS TEAM - Look for an e-mail from me soon for training dates. I'm still trying to juggle schedules to make training work for everyone!

MOVIE NIGHT this FRIDAY the 8th from 7-9! – it’s been too long! So we’re having a pizza and movie night. Plan is to watch "Thou Shalt Laugh!" Although you guys are welcome to bring options. Bring $2-3 to pitch in for pizza and bring any snacks ya want to share. We will be in the WHITE HOUSE.

This weekend is Mother’s Day. So 1 – do something cool for your mom. 2- This is our first Stubes fundraiser. We'll give out flowers after the Masses on the 9^th and 10^th to moms in the parish! There was a sign-up this past weekend, but even if ya didn't sign up (if you signed up, I expect to see ya when you signed up!) come! Either leave Mass at the start of the closing song or, if you're not going to that Mass, get to Mass about 50 minutes after the start time. There will be directions in the sacristy on what to do if I'm not there :-)

Sunday - 2-4, Airsoft behind St. Greg's.

SMYG – 7-9…in the OSL. Maria and Ty are going to be rocking a talk about Why Be Catholic? Why not be something else? Should be cool!
 

SMYG Parents…from 7-9 in the Assembly Hall. Invite your parents! It’s a time for parents to chill instead of dropping you off, going home, coming back… and discuss the same basic topics we’re talking about in SMYG.

 
UPCOMING:

NEXT Band practice – Tuesday, May 12^th.

SMYG week!

Hey all!

1^st things – we have THREE slots left for Stubes! Do you want to go? E-mail me or call me ASAP….the fax with the final numbers gets sent first thing in the am on May 1^st.

TOMORROW night – Wednesday night. 7-9 – Adoration and leadership. Start in the chapel, end in the OSL.

St. Matthew’s School Carnival – THIS WEEKEND. Go forth. Have fun! Friday night and all day Saturday.

Sunday night SMYG – 7-9…in the OSL. Finally back to normal! Well, kind of. Louie and Angela Castiglioni are giving guest talks on the vocation of marriage. If you think you’re called to it…what should you be doing in high school? How do you prepare for that?

ALSO – Starting this Sunday is SMYG Parents…from 7-9 in the Assembly Hall. Invite your parents! It’s a time for parents to chill instead of dropping you off, going home, coming back… and discuss the same basic topics we’re talking about in SMYG.

To the future!

MOVIE NIGHT – it’s been too long! So we’re having a pizza and movie night on Friday the 8^th at 7 p.m. Movie TBA.

NEXT weekend is Mother’s Day. So 1 – do something cool for your mom. 2- This is our first Stubes fundraiser. There will be sign-ups this weekend at SMYG for giving out flowers after the Masses on the 9^th and 10^th to moms in the parish!

NEXT Band practice – Tuesday, May 12^th.

Wednesday – 7 p.m. Commemoration of Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus and Vespers

Holy Thursday – 7 p.m. Mass and 

 SMYG Adoration Hour from 10-11 in the side chapel (of the church)

Good Friday – After the 7 p.m Good Friday service we’ll watch the Passion of the Christ in the OSL. 2 options:

1.      Stay all night until 7 a.m. in the Church! (I recommend this one – get a release form signed from www.smygva.org)

2.      Go home after the movie at 11:30 p.m. If you are not 18, your parents or older sibling (not a friend) needs to give you a ride home

 
Holy Saturday - please ya'll...it's Holy Saturday... restrain from playing Frisbee.. it's a day of reflection and prayer....
 

Easter Vigil – Mass at 8 p.m.

NO SMYG on EASTER (April 12) Spend time w/ God and your family!!!

Sunday the 19^th – SMYG 18 & UP Reunion night – for all in SMYG 18 and recent

SMYG Grads! 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

            Man night – at the White House. Bring your airsoft guns and be ready to grill over

the fire and do…manly…things…

Ladies’ Indian Night – in the OSL and the Parish office kitchen. We’re going to make (and eat) Indian food and rock some henna art!

Tuesday the 21^st – 7-9 P&W Jamming

Sunday the 26^th – SMYG Field trip to APeX! – Christian vaudeville (juggling, storytelling, being amused)

MEET at the WHITE HOUSE at 6:15 to carpool over to the show at Holy Spirit. Be back at 9:30

STEUBENVILLE REGISTRATIONS AND $50 DEPOSITS DUE - the form is on the website!!!!

Sunday the 29^th – 7-9 Adoration and leadership night (chapel to OSL)

DADDY/ DAUGHTER ST. VALENTINE’S DAY DANCE: (The thing Catherine has been talking about!!!)6:30P.M. – 10:00 P.M. at THE UPPER DECK - 206 16. Hosted by St. Benedict’s Chapel - TO BENEFIT THE BUILDING FUND/DOOR PRIZES AND RAFFLES Contact Angie for tickets & information: 647-5062 $45 a couple ($7.00 each additional daughter). *ALSO FOR GRANDFATHERS/GRANDAUGHTERS!!!! http://stbenedict-chesapeake.com/bulletin/ 

Sunday -

SMYG from 7-9 p.m., Old School Library! Be there! 

And that's what's up this week! Next week will be a P&W jamming week on Tuesday night. March 3rd.

Friends, nobles, countrymen…

Here’s what’s going on in the next few weeks with SMYG!

The big move to the old school library is delayed another week – we’re going to make the move on Sunday the 15^th.

 
The Rez Reteat - Feb. 20-22! Get your FORMS IN ASAP!!! Bring them this Wednesday to small groups if you haven't gotten them in already. Call Ashley if you have any questions. If you are going - can your parents help with transportation?
 

Small groups! This Wednesday from 7-9…don’t miss it! Start in the Adoration Chapel at 7 then the girls meet in the front office and the boys meet in the back of the office. If you’re late and we’re not in the chapel anymore, walk through the door to the offices and girls turn right, boys turn left.

Saturday from 1-3 – Ultimate Frisbee at Woodstock Park

Sunday SMYG – 7-9 Topic is TBA – depending on if some guest speakers can make it! We are STAYING in the White House this Sunday and moving the following week to the Old Library.

Tuesday the 10^th – band practice INSTEAD of this Tuesday – had to move the date b/c of a conflict I forgot about… We’ll meet in the white house.

Valentine’s day:

This weekend are ticket sales at Mass! Here are the people signed up:

Saturday 5:30 Mass (get there at 6:20 or leave at the closing song) – Marissa

Sunday 9 a.m. (get there at 10 or leave at the closing song) – Esther and Lydia

Sunday 11:45 a.m. (get there at 12:45 or leave at the closing song) – Maria and Ty

Sunday 6 p.m. (get there at 6:50 or leave at the closing song) – Marc

PLEASE Help these lovely people! And invite people to go to the dinner/dance – it’s going to be fun!

The Actual event – Valentine’s Day Caribbean style – Feb. 14^th from 5:30-8 p.m.

If you’d like to help – set-up will start at 2 p.m. and clean up should be over by 9 p.m.

And that’s the quick and dirty of what’s up!

The March for life is this week! If you can make it or not, please be praying. Jan. 22 marks the 36^th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion legal in the United States.

March for Life trips: Those of us going on the 2 day trip – see you at 7 a.m. on Wednesday. Those going on the bus – we’ll meet up with you for the march!

No small groups: Since so many people will be out of town this week, there will be no small groups on Wednesday night. If you have the time planned on – PLEASE still go to the chapel and PRAY FOR LIFE!

This weekend:

Saturday – 1-3 Frisbee at Woodstock

Sunday – 2-5 Life 101: Pro-life training! If you’ve ever been unsure about how to talk to someone considering abortion – GO TO THIS TRAINING! It’s in the Assembly hall, it’s free….and it’s important stuff.

SMYG – Sunday from 7-9. Topic: Fight Like a Catholic – “handling disagreement like a Christian” yah. I know I get worked up sometimes and it’s cool to have some ideas of how to keep your cool and get through to someone!  

The ministries fair is extended - if you can come by after any of the Masses and chill by the SMYG table, that’d be awesome!

UP AHEAD –

Valentine’s Day – it’s Feb 14 and NOT that far away! We’re going to talk this Sunday at SMYG about what we want to do for the banquet this year.

The Rez retreat is coming! Feb. 20-22 – get your registration forms IN!

Help feed the hungry an Italian-style Christmas Dinner

When/Where: The evening of Tuesday, December 16 in Portsmouth.

Needed: Fresh baked cookies (aka, you bake in advance J) and 5 teens to

help on the night.

Contact: Deacon Darrell immediately at 287.8991 if you’re interested!

Give the church and white house a Christmas cleaning face-lift

When/Where: 9-11 a.m. on Saturday, December 20 in the church and

white house (meet in the church at 9 a.m.)

            Needed: People to help clean! Just bring yourself.

            Contact: Ashley at 619.0061 or just show up!  

Host a Christmas Novena Mass

When/Where: 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 23 in the church – set-up in the Assembly Hall at 6:30, Mass then back to the AH

            Needed: 3-4 people to set up and clean up, 2 Altar servers, 2 Communion

Ministers.

            Contact: Ashley at 610.0061 immediately if you’d like to help!

Hey everyone! I hope you had an awesome Thanksgiving and all is well at home. Here’s what’s going down w/ SMYG:

Stuff for Mat – We’re sending Mat a Christmas Package, getting shipped out on December 9^th – so if you have anything you want to send him (card, small presents, pictures…anything) get it to me at SMYG on December 7^th!

O Christmas Tree – Does anyone have a fake Christmas tree we could use for the White House this year? Let me know!

THE SMYG CHRISTMAS PARTY HAS MOVED! To Friday, December 12 from 6-10:30 p.m. We’re going to leave to go Christmas Caroling by about 6:30, so don’t be too late! The Christmas party is for all in SMYG now and those who have recently graduated. It’s still at the West’s house at 909 Marque Ct. Bring food or drinks to share, a warm coat and flashlight for Christmas caroling, and +/- $5 wrapped gift if you’d like to participate in the gift exchange. PLEASE RSVP to the EVITE you were sent last week so that we know who is coming and who is bringing what!  

Saturday, December 6 – 1-3 p.m. Ultimate Frisbee at Woodstock Park. Go forth and play! Just an informaliish gathering of SMYG and co!

This Sunday December 7^th – 7-9 p.m. - SMYG… Be there!

And…upcoming:

Wednesday, December 10: 7 p.m. Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day Mass and Dinner. Meet in the church for Mass at 7 followed by a potluck dinner in the Assembly Hall (bring your family and a dish to share if you can!),

Sunday, December 14: 7-9 We will have SMYG since the Christmas Party is now on Friday the 12^th.

Sunday, December 14: 4-6 p.m. jSMYG Christmas Meeting: For all youth in grades 6-8 in the White House. Don’t miss the last jSMYG of the year! Tell your younger siblings!

Service opportunity - Saturday, December 20^th – SMYG day to clean the church and white house! 9-11 a.m.

Service opportunity – Tuesday, December 23^rd – SMYG night to help lead the Novena Mass (altar servers, bring snacks, etc…) 7-8:30 p.m.