Develop your family’s faith all together.  Supported and led by parish catechists and the materials provided, you and your family will be a part of a small group of families to grow your faith together in an easy in-home and on campus format.

Your family's commitment:

• Participate at Sunday & Holy Day Masses, attend regular Confession throughout the year, practice daily prayer/devotions at home, and practice stewardship (time, talent, and treasure).  These are the essential first components to faith-formation.
• Parents attend an online or in-person monthly teaching meeting. In the parent meeting, we will explore the content that is to be taught to your child(ren) that month.  We will also teach you how to present the lessons to your child(ren) that month. 
• Families will be a part of a family pod, a group of 4-6 families with a lead family that will support you and facilitate the group meetings.
• Families meet on campus with their family pod to share one lesson per month. This may have to move to an online format, or just be done in the home, according to any changing restrictions. All health restrictions will be followed.
• Parents teach one other lesson to the whole family at once, with easy-to-implement activities during the month. Some of these activities can be incorporated into family moments you already have – at the dinner table, driving in the car, etc.
• Families attend a small pod social, service or liturgical gathering each month to build community with other families.  This may have to be held online, or adjusted according to any changing restrictions.

Digital application that requires the class to meet weekly with the catechist via online platform, then complete the work digitally. 

Students will be expected to

• attend a live, online meeting with their catechist less than one hour per week
• complete and turn in their assignments digitally

• help and support their child to connect to their live, online meeting each week
• use the parent resources to interact with your child about the lesson

• participate at Sunday & Holy Day Masses, attend regular Confession throughout the year, practice daily prayer/devotions at home, and practice stewardship (time, talent, and treasure).  These are the essential first components to faith-formation.

• When: Sunday @ 5:15pm-6:30pm or Wednesday @ 5:30pm-6:30pm
• Where: Triple Room (107-111) in the Religious Education Building
• Students will be expected to:
  • engage in small group conversation 
  • commit to coming each a week
    • since we can only be at 50% capacity this option is first come first serve
  • practice social distancing and comply with safety measures 
• Parents are expected to: 
  • help and support their child to grow in their faith
  • use the parent resources to interact with your child about the lesson
  • inform St. Mark staff if child has experienced an illness in week prior to meeting
  • Accompany child to the door to be checked in and released from Edge
• Families will be expected to:
  • participate at Sunday & Holy Day Masses, attend regular Confession throughout the year, practice daily prayer/devotions at home, and practice stewardship (time, talent, and treasure).  These are the essential first components to faith-formation.

Are you interested in serving as a Edge Core Team Member?
Edge Core Members are the heart and soul of the middle school youth ministry experience.
 

St. Mark MSYM Lesson Leader EXPECTATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Basic Ministry Requirements:
• A love for Christ and middle school youth.
• A desire to minister to middle school youth on a weekly basis.
• A willingness to serve as a Christian role model.
• A weekly commitment to Sunday liturgy.

Member Commitments:
• Commit to Edge ministry and middle school youth for one year.
• Attend annual Core Team retreat day and necessary Core Team meetings during the year.
• Participate in the Core Team Training/Team Building session on (insert information).
• Attend Edge Nights consistently. Relationships are built by spending time together. Your consistent attendance models a commitment to your faith. One of the primary roles of each Core Member is to serve as a small group leader during each EDGE night.