What An Awesome Week of Ministry!

Hi Everyone!

Well, we have had a jam packed week! We had our first overnight retreat for grades 6-9 as a kick off to our youth group we also started this week, named Pulse!

Playing Ninja, which was a favorite game during the weekend retreat!

The overnight retreat was a really great experience! It was our first major work as a team, and it was cool to see how well we work with each other and help each other out when problems came up! A group of grade 7 girls asked us at the end of the retreat if we could put on a week long retreat for them, because they liked it so much!

Me giving the "Who Are You" Talk!

We also had an encounter day, which is a day retreat. This was put on for about 60 students in grade 7 at their Jr. High School here in Lethbridge. This ended up being a really fun day! The students heard a talk on “Who Are You”, talking about who we are in relation to God, and we learnt many fun games! We ended the day with prayer ministry, allowing them a chance to pray to God.  It amazed me how many of the youth enjoyed this part of the day so much, a few of them expressed how much they enjoyed the prayer which was awesome!

We also started our youth group we named Pulse! It was an exciting night of crazy Olympics! One game involved gummy worms tied to string, and the object was to get the candy into your mouth with out using your hands! Everyone that came out had lots of fun!

We can't wait to share more of our work with you!

God Bless,

Amy ten-Bohmer

Infuse 1, Lethbridge, Alberta.

Let the Groups Begin!

Alberta is just gorgeous this time of year. One week it's a glowing sunset, and now it's all frosty and white. Changes up, but keeps it exciting, right?

We have completed our first week of ministry events. Let me tell you all about it! Last Friday, we kicked off our first REACH jr. high youth group with a good crowd and good food. REVIVE came next, the high school youth group, once again with a great turn out for our first night.

On our high school visit, we introduced ourselves with a popcorn survey. We found out the answers to questions we've always wanted to ask teens like "What is your favourite sport" and "if you could be any canned vegetable what would you be?"... The consensus was corn.

The parishioners enjoyed the talk series on parish mission with visiting priest Fr. James Mallon from Halifax this week. Our team was able to aid his talk to high school students by providing a game, drama, sharing our personal faith stories and a song. He knows NET well, as he had an iNFUSE team at his home last year! It was great retreat practice for us parish netters.

Our team is having a great time here, making the most of every moment. Even our day off, we spent learning about the production of sacramental wine, and the men on our team tested their carpentry skills making box drums. Aren't they talented! We also celebrated Joseph's Birthday this week. 

Happy Birthday Joseph!

We have our first family fun day this weekend, so check out next week's blog for all photos of fun.

Blessings

Stephanie & iNFUSE 3

Let Ministry Being!!

So much has happened in the last two weeks out here and it's just none stop here down in Southern Alberta in Medicine Hat. We've put on our first Unchained high school youth group, our first Equip middle school youth group which is happening tonight, and Family Fun Days are starting soon to! I've always loved Kick Off events, getting to know the youth of the area and get them pumped to come back to more nights in the future. It's going to be an exciting year watching everyone we encounter grow in friendship and our ultimate goal of bringing them closer to Christ. I've heard stories of people's lives being changed from having NET teams in the parish and that just makes us want to be able to work even harder for God cause He is truly the best boss to work for. 

We've been up to Calgary a few times in this past week to meet with other youth ministers from the area for more training regarding the Diocese of Calgary so that was very informative. Many challenges we're laid out for us and making us the best youth ministers we can possibly strive for. Nothing but good stuff for sure. Thank you to everyone who was there, it was great to build up our relationships with one another and share in our years of experience of youth ministry. 

One of my favourite things from going out to Calgary though was being able to see the beautiful Rocky Mountains. Most of the team (except 3 of us, Matt, Jim, and Kyley) had never seen them before so there was much excitement in the van as we saw them come into view. Being in southern Alberta is extremely flat if you didn't know. As in if you wake up in the morning early enough you can see the sun rise in the east and it's still pitch black in the west. Another example you can see a train from start to finish without moving your head. That is how flat is down here but man it is still unbelievably beautiful cause God knew what he was doing when he created the place we call home. 

So with this all said, stayed tuned for more to come. God Bless! 

From the World's Largest Teepee 

Matthew ten-Bohmer

InFuse 2 Medicine Hat

Encounter Team 2's First Video Blog

Bridges, Wind, Retreats, Oh My!

Hi Y’all!

Life in Lethbridge is pretty grand so far! We are starting to get to know the city a bit better, and we are taking less wrong turns now! (Having a GPS is super helpful as well!) One of the cool parts of being a part on an iNFUSE team is the chance to become familiar with a city and the people that live there!

 Fun fact about Lethbridge is that it is the home of the largest and highest steel trestle bridge in North America! It goes across the river that splits Lethbridge into different parts. There is a beautiful park by the river and bridge that we spent some time in as a team! We will defiantly be going back throughout this year!

Another fun fact is that it is windy here. I’m not talking about little winds that blow the leaves around in the front yard or blow your hat off your head. I’m talking about winds that blow your car to one side of the road while driving, or make you to feel the house swaying in the wind!

I wonder if flying around with an umbrella could work….If it did, I would definitely commute to work that way every day!

As for ministry work, we have started visiting the schools in the area during lunch time to hang out and eat with them! The students have been really welcoming and it is a pleasure to spend time with them every week! It can be a challenge to approach people you don’t know, but it is so rewarding when they invest in a conversation with you!

We are starting our Jr. High youth group this week with an overnight retreat on the weekend! We are super excited for it!   Updates on it will be on the next blog!! Stay tuned!

God Bless ,
Amy ten-Bohmer
Infuse 1, Lethbridge.