St. Paul Jr. High Youth Activities

On Sunday, October 5 junior high students from St. Paul the Apostle will join the Quad City area with the annual CROP Walk. Please join us by walking or making a donation. Students will be at all of the masses September 27-28 to take pledges and distribute information. On October 4th 5th we will collect money with our "blue bowl" campaign. CROP is the name given to the nationwide community-supported hunger education and fundraising events sponsored by Church World Service. This program supports sustainable self-help development, meets emergency needs, aids refugees and helps address the root causes of poverty and hunger. CROP has been around for a long, starting in 1947 just after World War II when Church World Service and partner agencies collected crops such as corn, wheat, rice and soy beans for shipment to war-torn Europe.

Around the world and around the block. 75% of the total amount raised by the Quad Cities area CROP Program is spent in other parts of the world where Church World Services works in partnership with other agencies like Churches United. Our local CROP recipients are: Kids Cafe Program, Meal Service of Scott County, Geneseo Food Pantry, Boys and Girls Clubs of the Mississippi Valley, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, Humility of Mary Housing and Churches United of the Quad City Area.

A global chorus of voices is calling to make poverty history. We have the resources, we have the knowledge, but do we have the will. Please be generous with your time and money! Please help us make a difference in helping those in need.

If you are interested in walking in this year's CROP Walk with call Lynn at 563-322-2923 Ext. 247 or 563-210-2059. The walk begins at Modern Woodmen Park with a Rally at 12:30 p.m. and Walk/Run at 2:00 p.m.

WE WALK BECAUSE THEY WALK

Submitted by Lynn Leming-322-2923 ext.447 Email lemingl@st-paul.pvt.k12.ia.us

High School Activities

Looking for young adults (19 & older) to help with high school youth activities!

• If you have gifts and a little time to share
• If your faith is important to you
• If you enjoy spending time with young people, having new experiences and doing things that make a difference

Call or email Pat to learn about being part of the team we’re forming .

Need help at the Youth Group’s slush/popcorn booth at the parish festival.

• It’s Sunday, September 14th
• We need 30 kids to each work ½ hour
• Signup with Mitchell or Nick Wilson: 359-4028 or tmwil1@mchsi.com
  
  “T3: The Teen timeline gets teens talking, listening and asking questions about their faith”. Learn about T3 & get signed up for upcoming T-3 sessions after Masses the weekend of September 6/7.
  
  Sunday, October 19th
  
  Father Marty Goetz and the musical group “Leap of faith” will be here to celebrate Mass at 5 pm! Food & discussion afterwards in Denning. Save the date!
  
  Looking for a few more to help build a Habitat for Humanity house, Saturday, October 25th ….the house is being built for a woman with 3 children at 1920 West 2nd Street
  
  I’m looking for 3 more workers for the morning shift (8 till noon) and 8 more for the afternoon shift (noon till 4) And, 5 people to each make 6 sack lunches for the workers. Email or call me to get signed up to help!
  

The Annual Diocesan Youth Rally is happening Sun. Nov. 16th in Iowa City!

Think about NCYC, the 2009 National Catholic Youth Conference!

The theme is “Christ Reigns” and the conference is November 19-21 in Kansas City, Missouri. I have to provide an estimate of participants and a $50 deposit for each person going in early January; so, decide if you’re wanting to go and watch the bulletin for more information.

Submitted by Pat McCauley
(pmccauley7mchsi.com or 355-5048.