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REGISTRATIONS WILL CLOSE 10/01/2010, NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE.
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EDGE 
The EDGE is a branch of the Life Teen Youth Ministry. The EDGE is a Catholic middle school youth ministry experience created for early adolescents in grades, six, seven, and eight. The program is designed to meet the educational, spiritual, emotional, and social needs of young adolescents. More than 600 Parishes worldwide participate in the EDGE Program. Kids are always welcomed and encouraged to bring their friends.
Why EDGE?
Middle School and Junior High youth have unique challenges that the Catholic Church must meet, or we run the risk of spiritually losing them. Early adolescence is a difficult and critical time in a person’s life. The middle school years begin the process of transforming a child into an adult. The needs of middle school youth in a youth ministry program are quite different from children in Christian Formation and high school teenagers in Life Teen. They are literally caught on… The Edge. During middle school, many youth have a difficult time living out their faith. Many may know what is right but struggle to live it out in their day to day lives.
Middle School may be one of the last opportunities we have to positively impact and assist a child in his or her educational, spiritual, emotional, and social development. The EDGE provides early adolescents the opportunity to experience Jesus on their level. Middle school youngsters need the Catholic Church’s assistance now to help guide them spiritually, through this challenging time in their life. Just as with our high school teens in Life Teen, as Church it is our responsibility to see to it that our middle school kids experience Christ in an exciting and dynamic program that challenges them and invites them to walk with Jesus, as well as being in tune with their unique needs.
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 youngsters 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 identity in middle school youth and in the Edge ministry as being a vital and visual presence within the parish community.
Components of the EDGE
Similiar to the Life Teen Model there are four main components to the EDGE Middle School Ministry.
2. EDGE Nights
3. Service & Community Activites
4. Parent Component
The EDGE Nights are run in the same format as the mass; Gather, Proclaim, Break, and Send.
Community Service and Social Activities
Check out our EDGE Calendar for upcoming events! We will be continuously updating the calendar so check back often!
For Registration, Requirements, and Schedules please see below.
For more information on St. Mary’s Middle School Youth Ministry Program please contact us at theEDGE@stmarysdartmouth.org.
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Links:
Forms:
EDGE Schedule & Requirements EDGE Registration Form EDGE Community Service Form