Youth Ministry
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2025-2026 Online Confirmation is open.
Families must be registered parishioners of St. John to enroll in our program.
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What is Youth Ministry?
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Youth Ministry is designed to:
1) Introduce teens to Jesus Christ and bring them closer to Him through the Sacraments.
2) Establish meaningful relationships between the teens, growing in fellowship and calling one another on to greater holiness.
3) Help teens develop leadership skills in order to evangelize to others and be the face of Christ in their community and the world.
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Contact Us
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Michael Pinedoyouthministersjavb.orgYouth Director
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We'd love to meet you!
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Hello!If you are in 8th - 12th grade, please join us on Sunday nights for our youth group events! There will be fun games and activities, lessons followed by small group discussions, and time to learn about your peers. Come and increase your faith and devotion to the Church by getting to know the catechism, the Holy scriptures, and learning how to model the live of Jesus, Mary and Joseph!.
Doors open at Sundays at 6:30PM until 9:00PM.
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Core Leadership Team
School Year Core Leadership Team:
Each year, Catholics in the Youth Group have the opportunity to apply for, and be selected as one of the core leadership team members. Being on the Leadership Team gives the opportunity for personal and group growth. Leadership skills are enhanced and more skills are learned to help them live their faith well. All Core Team Leaders meet once a month for one on one mentorship, and twice a month to strategize how to best lead the Sunday night youth groups. Each has a specific role, while we all work together to promote our events, lead our service projects and attend the Sunday Youth Group Nights and our fundraising events. Pray about applying next year!
Summer Leadership Team:
Each Spring, Catholic Youth Group attendees have the opportunity to apply for, and be selected as one of the core leadership team members that will help maintain and build the youth ministry during the summer months. The summer core leadership team helps serve the Youth Group from the end of June thru August!
Summer Events (end of June through August):- Sunday Fundays where we play sports and games like corn hole, spike ball, volleyball, mega jenga, capture the flag, catch up with friends and enjoy the summer evenings. The summer core leadership team helps design and implement these sunday fundays.
- Steubenville Atlanta Teen Conference in July
- Beach Games, Bible Study and Worship on Wednesday nights from 6:00pm-8:00pm at Sandbridge. Carpooling from SJA is encouraged.
- Discover Youth Group Field Trips occur bi-monthly and include activities such as mini golf, go-karts, ziplining, dave & busters, etc. New activities can be added.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to our youth minister at [email protected] with any questions.
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To sign up for any C.I.A. Youth Group events, please complete a SJA Annual Liability Waiver (if you have not done so this year).
Due to the fluid schedule of youth events we highly encourage our parents and teens to sign up for the MyParish app (Text "app" to 55321), check out our Facebook (@C.I.A. Youth Group) and Instagram (@c.i.a.youthgroup) Pages, and email [email protected] to subscribe to our weekly event emails.
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Youth Confirmation
In the Diocese of Richmond, the Sacrament of Confirmation is received by youth who are in at least the 10th grade of high school and are 15 years of age as well as attending Mass and Reconciliation regularly. Families must be registered at SJA parish.
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