More than one hundred young people from Newcastle, Sunderland and Hartlepool gathered for a Commissioning Service at the Youth Village on 24th June, all of them members of one of the recently formed Mini-Mission Teams which are active in our diocese.
The young people had responded to the invitation of the Youth Ministry Team to work with them in sharing the Gospel message with other young people and they were now invited to come back and share their story with each other, with YMT and with Bishop Seamus. Students from Sacred Heart High School, St. Cuthbert’s High School, St. Mary’s Comprehensive School, St. Anthony’s Girls’ School, St. Aidan’s School and The English Martyrs School described their experiences of going ‘on mission’ into their feeder primary schools sharing both the highlights and the challenges. Young people from St. Bede’s Lanchester and St. Robert’s Washington also participated in the event as both schools are preparing for missions in the autumn.
Bishop Seamus thanked and affirmed the young leaders and, as he commissioned them to go out again, he called them to be his ‘co-workers’ in the diocese. A barbecue and social time ended the celebration.
hey hope you all enjoyed this week and last week, was good working with my old school, my group ‘The Team’ even won on Wednsday for the first time lol, hope to see you all next year and if your coming to ‘God Camp’ lol cya then
it was class to see all you again, and i hope you all had fun, did you all enjoy the pringle challenge lol, hope you get the chance to come back would be good to see you all again
phill
hey again everyone hope your visit to the youth village was a good one, just wish the weather was better. hope you all come back again
phill
hey everyone, hope you had a canny time here, and hope it was a good first time experience at the village, we loved working with you all and hope you will come back next year and you can stay for longer, so you will be able to finish watching Kung Fu Panda lol
hey everyone loved workin with you guys tday, hope it was a good first time experience with us, hope you all come back and hey might even be sunny next time, thanks again from us all
Phill
well it was the last day today, and what a class last day it was, its been amazing working with you all over the last few days, and hope to see you all next year and you can stay longer.
Phill
Hey lads! What a fantastic 2 days its been so far having you all visit the Youth Village. Hope you all enjoyed it, you should tell us what you thought of it. Would be class to hear from you… Phill
On 1st – 3rd July hundreds of young people from all over our diocese are once again gathering for 3 days to celebrate faith and life at this year’s Diocesan Secondary Schools’ Summer Festival.
This year’s Summer Festival will once again take place in Minsteracres in Co. Durham. Led by the Youth Ministry Team, the Summer Festival is an excellent opportunity for young people from different diocesan schools to meet up with other students and together experience what it’s like to be living life to the full.
Whether you’ve been at the Summer Festival in previous years or coming this year for the first time, we would like to hear from you. What are your fondest memories? What are you looking forward to in the Festival? Please post your messages below.
Relive the Summer Festival of years gone by looking at the photo gallery below.
