The Edge is a Catholic middle school youth ministry experience created for early adolescents in grades six, seven, and eight. The Edge is designed to meet the educational, spiritual, emotional, and social needs of young people. Kids are always welcomed and encouraged to bring their friends with them to The Edge.

Middle school kids are "on the edge" because so much is going on in their lives physically, mentally, spiritually, and socially. Adolescence can be a very stressful time for them and their parents. As a Catholic Community, St Ignatius strives to give our middle school youth The Edge they need in life: Jesus, the Word, the Eucharist, and the Church!

There are three main components of The Edge:

1. The Sunday night youth liturgy. This mass, geared to our youth with contemporary liturgical music and homilies geared toward young people brings the gospel message of Jesus home to youth from middle school through the young adult years.

2. Edge Night is held every Wed evening during the school year, except when school is not in session. Social and recreational activities are designed to create a greater sense of community among middle school youth, and they are given opportunities to have fun together in a church setting.

3. Service projects provide the chance for kids to put their faith into action

For more information about EDGE, please call Dee Aitken at (561) 622-2565 or email.

As a Catholic Community, St Ignatius strives to give our middle school youth “The Edge” they need in life: Jesus, the Word, the Eucharist, and the Church!
to announce that our EDGE Youth Ministry and Religious Education (Middle School) programs will be uniting together to build a comprehensive youth ministry that will benefit our teens in their faith journey. These youth nights will be on Wednesday evenings from 6PM to 7:30PM. in the Parish Hall. Registration forms for grades 6, 7 and 8 are available in the parish office  or click: Religious Education  Registration If you would like to serve as a Catechist, small group leader or need more information, please contact Deacon John or Dee Aitken in the Parish Office 622-2565.

Goals of EDGE
1.    To foster a transforming spiritual experience of Jesus through the liturgy which will allow early adolescents to experience the Word of God and the Eucharist in a deeper and more profound way.
2.    To create a positive experience of the Catholic Church for early adolescents.
3.    To assist middle school youth in gaining an understanding and appreciation of what the Catholic Church teaches and believes.
4.    To incorporate the Catholic Church’s vision of social justice and peace into the spiritual life of pre-adolescents.
5.    To develop an understanding in middle school youth that they are a vital and visual presence within the parish community.

COMING-UP IN EDGE!

EDGE Schedule

Feb 1              EDGE  Social Night
Feb 8              EDGE  Class Session
Feb 15            EDGE  Class Session
Feb  22           EDGE  Class Session
Feb 29            EDGE  Social Night

STEUBENVILLE FLORIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL DAY RALLY

On Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 There will be the Steubenville Florida Middle School Day Rally. All Middle School youth are welcome to attend and must register through the Youth Office. All 8th grade Confirmation teens will be expected to attend this Day Rally, and have paid for this within their fees.  Contact the Youth Office for more information.

T.O.B. (Theology of the Body) for Middle School
One the following Wednesdays, T.O.B. will be held for the Middle School Teens: February 15th, March 14th, April 18th.

SPONSOR a Teen

In the upcoming months Youth Ministry has in place specific experiences for our youth to participate in. Here they are as follows:    

• February 18th  High School Youth Rally / Cost $ 35 includes lunch dinner and a tee shirt
• March 3rd:    Steubenville Florida Middle School Day Rally – Cost $69 (Includes T-shirt and meals)
• June 11th – 16th:  Covecrest/Hiawasee , Georgia . Cost of trip is $600 which (Includes: Transportation, Lodging & Meals)
• June 22nd – 24th:  Steubenville Florida High School Conference Cost for the weekend includes: Meals, T-shirt, Lodging  ($300)

Get Involved! 

YOUTH MINISTRY NEEDS:
YOUTH LEADERS
We have been very blessed with over 80 youth signed up in EDGE! But in order to serve our youth and for the vision of EDGE to grow so it can best serve our youth’s needs, we need more Catechists/Youth Leaders. If you are interested or are not sure if EDGE is for you, please contact Dee Aitken in the Parish Office, 622-2565.

• EDGE is looking for  adult or young adult volunteers to participate as youth leaders on Friday nights from 7 – 8:30 pm. Consider prayerfully if Youth Ministry is a ministry that you may be called to
• Share the Word, Share the Fun - Bring a Friend! Let’s expand our  youth program! We welcome our youth to bring a friend to a  We welcome our youth to bring a friend to a LifeTeen Life Night or EDGE . Maybe you have a friend whose curious about our youth ministry program, maybe there’s someone new at your school, or maybe you know someone whose been away from the church for awhile -- this is a great opportunity introduce that friend to our youth ministry program.
  

YOUTH MINISTRY NEEDS YOU!
We are looking for parents/volunteers for our youth that would like to be chaperones for driving to various youth activities through out the year. Youth ministry would like to have a list of chaperones to call upon when and if needed. There are others aspects of Youth Ministry that can use additional help, if you think Youth Ministry is something you would like to be involved with in the upcoming school year, please contact Dee Aitken in the Youth Office at 622-2565

It’s Fun Living on The EDGE

As well as…
Challenging,  Uplifting,
Humbling,   Exciting,
Frustrating, and Exhilarating!!!

Ministering to middle school youth is not an easy task these days; there are so many things in this world competing for their hearts. This is where you come in...as a baptized Roman Catholic it is vital to your spiritual life to live out y our baptismal call and bring others to Christ. What about living on The EDGE and ministering to our middle school kids? Contact Dee Aitken, 561-622-2565 or email at daitken@stignatiuspb.com  for more information.

ARE YOU LOOKING TO SERVE? Youth Ministry is looking for parents to become chaperones  for our Middle School youth. We plan to go on trips, such as Night of Joy/Rock the Universe, theme parks, water parks, etc. and we need volunteers for such events. Please contact Dee in the Youth office, 622-2565.