Youth ministry: in 2020, as we began our journey as Christ the Divine Shepherd Parish, we began looking at how we might minister to our youth.  A LifeTeen program had previously existed at one of our predecessor parishes, and an active youth ministry program was in existence at another.  In early 2020, we faced a number of challenges: no unified youth ministry program existed in our parish; in addition, our youth minister resigned in January; finally, the COVID pandemic prevented us from moving forward with plans for a summer mission trip or even continued meetings and activities.  As we prepare to move from “pandemic response mode” toward a more familiar and normal mode of activities, we’d like to discern how to resume ministry for the young people of our parish!  Our parish’s current financial situation creates a context in which we cannot afford to hire an additional staff member as youth minister at present.  Therefore, we would like to begin a discussion within the parish, and ask you for your recommendations of how we might proceed – what vision do we have for youth ministry at CDS? What leadership is needed? What extent of volunteer participation is required?  How might we initiate this process?  If you would like to see an active youth ministry in our parish, we invite you to attend a “Zoom” meeting to begin the discussion of how to renew youth ministry at CDS!  If you’re interested in participating in this discussion, please sign-up at our Flocknote site (www.flocknote.com/ChristTheDivineShepherd), and join the “Youth Ministry” group.  We’ll plan a Zoom meeting and announce it in that Flocknote group!