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Ideas that emerged from statements
such as:
- In what ways might we encourage youth to be in Church?
- In what ways might we involve the youth in our faith?
- In what ways might we ensure our Church continues beyond ten years?
- Incorporate the youth in activities of Church
- Have youth work with the elderly
- Involve the youth - have them help with beautifying the church, yard, etc.
- Invite youth to participate in liturgy
- Try to involve the whole family that youth is part of
- Have a youth group with activities that are appropriate for youth
- Capitalize on World Youth Day
- Homilies should be relevant to youth
- Music should be youth oriented at least once a month
- Accept youth
- Listen to our youth
- Understand the language of youth
- Feed the youth - celebrate - have a pizza
- Pay for a youth counselor
- Maintain sense of humor
- Find out what the youth need/want - send out surveys
- Take our children to church. Go ourselves
- Need larger choir areas
- Youth choir
- The church is the youth; the youth are the church
- Priests become more visible in our schools
- Church develop a relationship with the youth
- Involve the groups for University students - welcome to Church, welcome back
- Establish Family Life coordinators
- Youth ministers needed on parish council, at deanery level
- Our youth assured freedom from pedophiles in our church
- Invite Sister Bernice to speak on vocation awareness
- Use promotional aids (videos)
- Recognition of youth participation in church parishes e youth early in life and continue this involvement
- Have more youth masses
- Challenge them
- Have them act out the Gospel
- Youth welcoming committees established
- Have teen masses followed by teen burgers
- Have special meetings with the 18-35 year old group
- Teach our youth the 'why's' of our faith
- Be ready to answer questions of youth - respectfully
- Offer ongoing religious instruction opportunities
- Involve parents in school and parish
- Have a Catholic Kids Club in every parish - teachings of Christ done by songs, games
- Church elder teachings, stories
- Encourage spirituality
- Take our children to church - go ourselves
- Invite Sister Bernice to speak on vocation awareness
- Assure our youth freedom from pedophiles in our Church
What our youth say:
- Assure meaningfulness for youth
- Have Mass on Sunday evenings
- Put our ideas into action
- Address Social Justice issues
- Address environmental issues
- Share the meaning of Eucharist with us
- Have lively music in church
- Have relevant homilies
- Make us feel welcome
- Have a youth leader (coordinator)
- Share food - it builds friendships
- Have shorter Masses
- Youth conferences are great
- Services by Father Stephen Bill are good
- Have the priest visit us
- Have the priest really talk to us
- Priests to spend time in schools
- Educate us
- Let us help
- Don't be judgmental
- Build community in church
- Let women be priests
- Let priests marry
- Have more deacons (like Deacon Joe)
- Let us celebrate Jesus with drama, dance, actions to music, etc.
- Encourage youth choirs
- Use humour
- Variety is needed
- Hold church services outside
- We belong to only one big church (all denominations)
- Provide education classes
- Make us feel wanted
- Let us make suggestions
- Be kind
- Listen to youth
- Let divorced people have Communion
- Integrate youth
- Work together with aging people
- Support our youth
- Reach out to us
- Celebrate
- Use multi media in church
- Promote World Peace
- Make church a place where I am not intimidated
- Care for me
- Be hopeful
- Answer my questions
- Youth praying together
- Love one another
- Show us by example
- Stop hypocrisy
- Be respectful
- Have the priests in the middle of us
- Have Mass themes
- Have later morning services
- Accept change
- Make church friendly
- Have ecumenical programs
- Don't have so many rules
- Invite guest speakers
- Have an outdoor prayer garden
- Be uplifting
- Include meditation
- Have stories from elders
- Have fun
- Don't cover up sins
- Have more sacramental programs
- Have personal stories, like Father Koep's
- Involve lay people
- Don't have dictatorship
- Pulpit "swap"
- Explain the Mass - teach us
- Reconciliation guidance
- Form liturgical clubs
- Tell Jesus stories
- Have debit machines for collections
- Uphold abortion stand
- Don't force us
- Advertise Jesus and our Church
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