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Youth Ministry News - Certificate of Appreciation by Victoria Giulianelli:

Christian Leadership Institute

The Diocese of Albany presented a certificate of appreciation to Assumption/St. Paul and St. Peter Parishes for sending representatives from each parish to be trained and commissioned as peer leaders at the recent Christian Leadership Institute.

Congratulations to each parish and to their representatives: Thomas Welch and Rebecca Wichlens of St Peter the Apostle Parish and to Mikayla Gowett, Nadine and Zachery Perras of Assumption/St Paul parish.

Thank you parishioners for your prayers and thank you also David Stagliano coordinator of the Diocesan Youth and Young Adult Ministry programs. David is also a member of Assumption/St. Paul Parish and a native of Mechanicville.

Certificates of Appreciation - click here and here

Youth Ministry would like to thank the following people for a successful blood drive that help to save many lives! To all our parishioners for taking the time to donate your blood, to our volunteer core who help to manage the registration: Patty DiNallo, Shirley Cyr, Beth Izzo, Patty Finnegan, Margo Perras, Cathy Zullo and to our young people who took time out from school and other activities to serve donors snacks to energize them after giving blood our heartfelt gratitude!

Vincent Trexler was one of 8 blood donors giving double red cell donations: Although Vince had to wait 90 minutes for the entire visit, the 2 units of blood that was collected would serve twice as many patients with a single donation. Now we know why the two attendants were happy to see Vincent.

Emma Trexler, Angie Corbett, Mykayla Gowett, Sophie DeCastro and Hollis Zecca had fun serving snacks to our donors.

Angie Tylock, Katelyn Pingelski, Nadine Perras, and Noah Perras also assisted our donors with yummy snacks!

Lydia Tironi ( in turquoise tshirt) brought in two friends and Bill Herlt seated on the end, were happy to make a difference in our blood drive by giving their time and blood to save lives.

Dear Team,

Here are some photo's of the semi formal. Thank you for helping to make our dance a HUGE success. From top to bottom everything went well. The food was outstanding that included shrimp, chicken - fruit and other hors d'ourves made by team members and some parents. Decorations were elegant and fancy and everyone expressed how cool the gym looked. Heartfelt gratitude to all our chaperones that made this fun evening happen in a safe environment. To our 7th and 8th grade servers thank you for helping to make the high school youth feel like adults.

All together everyone going the extra mile made this semi an unforgettable event in the life of our teenagers!
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" All you Need Is Love" Semi Formal Fundraiser Sponsored by Assumption/St. Paul & St Peter the Apostle Youth Council was enjoyed by all !

Angie Tylock, Mikayla Gowett Brian Trexler, Nadine Perras and Katelyn Pingelski

were proud that "All You Need is Love" dance helped to stock the shelves at the Mechanicville Food Pantry.

Three chefs in the kitchen: Nicholas Pishkula, Anthony Kilmer and Stan Fronczek

kept the tummies of the teens happy during the Semi Formal.

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Minutes from the Youth Core Team Meeting Sunday, January 17^th

Upcoming Events:

Valentine Dance – High School Semi Formal

The dance is scheduled for Saturday, February 13^th.The theme is “All You Need is Love” and to ensure that the tone set for this dance is about loving others admission fee will include a can of food for the food pantry – the cost is $10.00 – each can is worth $ 1.00 off - max of 5 cans.

The time for the dance 7:00pm – 10:30pm followed by the Awake – a – thon.

The dance will include a Bust- a –move dance contest and there will be breathalyzers on site.

The number of Chaperones needed are 12 but not including Brother Ron and Ms G. Members of the team will contact the following people to chaperone the dance: Andrea DiDomenico ,Cathy Zullo, Margo Perras, Brian Trexler, Gary and Denise Gaetano –

Joelle and Meghan said they will get more chaperones by Sunday, January 31^st.

Decorating for the dance will take place Friday, February 12^th at 2:00pm

Decorations include: ( White trees and pink lights) Nancy DeStefano will contact Barb about the decorations.

Meghan McKeever and Barb are working on the flyers and posters.

AWAKE- A- Thon

The Awake – a – thon is scheduled to take place right after the dance – the hour begins from 7:00pm – 7:00am. Members who don’t come to the dance, bring a can of food to this event for the food pantry.

Clean up after the dance first and then the evening will begin with a prayer service, icebreakers and the “story of the Mat”

The hours will include – board games, karaoke – midnight buffet and a movie.

The team would like to end the Awake – a- thon by having Mass at the close of it?

Forms for the awake – a thon will be available online and will also be given to our teens at our next meeting with them – on Sunday, January 31^st @ 12:30pm (after the retreat team meeting)

The forms include – ground rules for the awake a thon – medical permission and on site activity forms.

Members of the adult core team will contact parents to give them the necessary information and details of our upcoming events.

Basketball Benefit:

Committee: Ann, Jackie, Meghan, Meagan, and Joelle. Snack bar: Nancy, Margo, Cathy and Chelsea.

Meghan McKeever is making a flyer with the symbol of a tree – that signifies youth council charities are for youth – community and global benefits such as helping with the relief effort of Haiti.

Chrissy Cavotta of Fly 92 has agreed to be our mc for the basketball benefit! We will have a half-court shootout and other fundraising ideas.

Next meeting for Core team: Sunday, February 7^th at 10:30 am

Topics for discussion: Red Cross Blood Drive + Basketball benefit