We Miss You Guys!
Connecting VIRTUALLY:
These certainly are strange times! With our lives flipped upside down, we are all having to find new creative ways to learn, work, connect, and pass the time... and with youth ministry it is no different!
We would like to offer you, the high school teens of our youth group, an opportunity to connect with one another and explore your faith in a series of virtual gatherings. Here's the plan:
These certainly are strange times! With our lives flipped upside down, we are all having to find new creative ways to learn, work, connect, and pass the time... and with youth ministry it is no different!
We would like to offer you, the high school teens of our youth group, an opportunity to connect with one another and explore your faith in a series of virtual gatherings. Here's the plan:
Virtual Hang Outs
What? About an hour video call, catching up and playing games together.
How? Through the Zoom platform. Free app can be used on a desktop of mobile device.
When? We have been gathering weekly, usually on Saturdays at 3pm. Each gathering has been emailed to our parent contacts. The link to join the call is sent by email to parents. [Stay tuned for adjusted schedule for summer months.]
How often? Once a week, depending on interest.
How? Through the Zoom platform. Free app can be used on a desktop of mobile device.
When? We have been gathering weekly, usually on Saturdays at 3pm. Each gathering has been emailed to our parent contacts. The link to join the call is sent by email to parents. [Stay tuned for adjusted schedule for summer months.]
How often? Once a week, depending on interest.
Virtual Small Groups
What? Teens are invited to sign up to participate in smaller group video calls to share in life and to study the upcoming Sunday's Gospel together. Each group will have 2 adults and 5-8 teens.
Who? Open to all Mother Seton Parish teens. Once a teen is assigned into a small group, that would be the group he/she would continue to meet with each time.
When? Our first small group has formed and begun meeting, we are still gathering sign ups and will add groups as teens join. On the sign-up, teens will be able to indicate the best meeting time for them. This will help us decide when our small groups will be scheduled and which teens to assign to each meeting time.
How Often? Small groups will meet weekly. When the social distancing regulations are lifted we will evaluate the potential to continue these groups in some form.
Who? Open to all Mother Seton Parish teens. Once a teen is assigned into a small group, that would be the group he/she would continue to meet with each time.
When? Our first small group has formed and begun meeting, we are still gathering sign ups and will add groups as teens join. On the sign-up, teens will be able to indicate the best meeting time for them. This will help us decide when our small groups will be scheduled and which teens to assign to each meeting time.
How Often? Small groups will meet weekly. When the social distancing regulations are lifted we will evaluate the potential to continue these groups in some form.
A note about safety:
All zoom video calls will have a minimum of two [trained and fingerprinted] Child Protection Compliant adults signed in at all times. The Zoom platform has a number of features meant to protect uninvited or malicious users from ruining a call experience. We will be using the following protocol on all video chats:
- a Waiting Room feature that allows us to manually approve each member who joins the call
- disabling the ability for users other than the host to share their screen
- disabling the ability for users to privately chat with one another during the call
- enabling our ability to mute, put on hold, or boot a user if necessary (without allowing their ability to undo the action)
- we will not be sharing the link to our zoom call on social media or our website, and we ask that our teens do not post it or share it with friends outside our youth group community