Who We Are:

We on CORE Team are committed to serving our parish through our own relationship with Christ and planning and running Youth Events through out the year to lead others closer to Christ. Core Team is open to teens in grades 9th-12th.

Committed to a Personal Relationship with God

As members of Core Team, we are dedicated to maintaining our personal relationship with God through daily prayer, personally seeking out the sacraments regularly, and striving for virtue in our daily lives.

Committed to the Catholic Church

We are Catholic and proud of it! Core Team members are dedicated to not just doing the bare minimum, but in attending Mass multiple times a week, studying the teachings of the Church, monthly confession and more!

Committed to Ministry

Core Team members specifically are called to love and reach out to other youth in our community, especially those younger. We plan and lead events, build friendships with younger teens and our peers, doing our best to be the role models showing an example of what it means to be a teenager following Christ in our complicated world.

committed to evangelizing our world

On Core Team, we are dedicated to answering the universal call to evangelize the world. In school, on social media, in our friendships, sports teams, and families, we strive to let our lives be a witness of God's love to those around us.

committed to loving one another

We are a family on Core Team. Nobody is perfect, and we all need forgiveness. In D-Groups, at Core Team meetings and in our daily lives, we strive to be there for each other. Love is a choice and a sacrifice, not just feeling... and that is how we are committed to live.

Interested in joining core? 

Core Team is a 1 year commitment, from August-End of July.

SPIRITUAL AND PERSONAL Commitments:

  • Already fulfilling your Mass obligation on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation

  • Strive to attend one Daily Mass once per week in addition to Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation

  • Spending 15+ minutes in daily, personal prayer

  • Confession once per month and as needed

  • Strive to attend one hour of Adoration per month

  • Consistently making choices that lead you closer to God

  • Remembering that you are representing the Catholic Church by your words and actions... and making choices as such.

  • Actively participating in a Discipleship Group

MINISTRY AND CORE COMMITMENTS:

  • Be ready and present to build relationships with the middle school and elementary school participants... always be ready to bring teens closer to Christ! Show them God's love without counting the cost.

  • Participate in our annual Summer/Fall fundraiser. (We may be doing something different than the 4-Wheeler Fundraiser)

  • Attend all Core Team Meetings (Typically on a Sunday afternoons between 2:00-4:00pm)

    • Tentative meeting dates for this year are:

      September 24th, 2023

      October 29th, 2023

      November 19th, 2023

      December 10th, 2023

      January 28th, 2024

      February 18th, 2024 *(time change for this date - 3:30-5:30pm)

      March 17th, 2024

      April 14th, 2024

      May 19th, 2024

  • Attend the Returning Core Meetings (only for returning Core Team) OR Set up a 1-on-1 with John, Hollie, Gabby, Micah, and Anna (only for new Core Team members).

    The returning Core Meeting is August 14th host at St. Michael from 6:00-7:30pm

    Setting up a 1-on-1 Meeting:

  • Attend the Core Team Retreat the weekend of August 18th-20th, 2023

  • Plan, attend, facilitate and commit to one of the ministries we lead such as:

    • Friday Night Lives

    • Youth Alpha/Holy Spirit Retreat

    • Middle School Open Youth Rooms

    • 4th Grade FUN nights

    • Middle School Bible Study

    • Extreme Faith Camp (if you’re committed throughout the year of ministry you’ll be invited to serve at EFC at a Prayer Team Leader or Extreme Team Leader).

  • Will be be highly encouraged to attend planning meetings for the ministries you choose to involved in.

  • Upperclassmen will also be asked to sign up for a Virtus training session if they have not yet attended one shortly before they turn 18 years of age.

Before you apply...

  • Make sure you are in a D-group! Talk to us if you need help getting into a group. Please note D-Group registration doesn’t open till the start of August.

  • Talk to your parents about the commitments. The time and personal commitment of Core Team is difficult and time consuming. Make sure that this commitment is something that you can build your life around, not halfheartedly fit into your life.

  • PRAY! Make sure that you feel that Core Team is where you are called to be. (If not, there are plenty of other ways to get involved and grow in your faith!)

  • Applications must be submitted by August 14th in order to attend the Core Team Retreat. Thank you!

Ready to apply?