Grades 7 & 8 - Downstairs Parish Hall Library

The Rite 13 curriculum is the first segment of the 6-year Journey to Adulthood program. We will use scripture, discussion, guest speakers and spiritual practices to explore the four content areas of Self, Society, Sexuality, and Spirituality.

For those who turn 13, there will be several Rite 13 Celebrations throughout the coming year during our regular Sunday morning services. This celebration is preceded by a special evening for the honorees and their parents, where we mark the occasion of turning 13 with prayer, fellowship, and worship. A central tenet of the Rite 13 curriculum is the belief that while manhood and womanhood are gifts from God, adulthood must be earned. This is in contrast to the myriad ways the world tells young persons that they must prove their manhood or womanhood, instead expressing that God has already gifted them and they are called to grow into adulthood in the ripe soil of Christian community.

Grades 9 & 10 - Downstairs Youth Room

 

These two years will be packed with pilgrimage planning and the continued exploration of Self, Society, Sexuality, and Spirituality in preparation for that journey. A pilgrimage is an intentional journey in search of Christ, and past J2A pilgrims at St. Margaret’s have sought Christ in Canterbury, England,  the First Nations cultures of Canada the mountains of Colorado and in 2012, the Grand Tetons. 

The two years includes a broad array of social and outreach activities as well as the all-important pilgrimage fundraising efforts. It is of utmost importance that all J2A members who hope to pursue a pilgrimage with the group in Summer 2012 faithfully attend J2A gatherings, especially Sunday morning meetings. Much of the pilgrimage planning will be done at these times and require all discerning hearts and minds to be present.

For those who have completed the J2A experience, we invite you into an intimate community of conversation as you prepare for what adulthood holds in store for you as a child of God. The YAC (Young Adults in the Church) program is designed to be the capstone of the six year J2A journey, and in these years we will be prayerfully considering the gifts that God has given each member of the group. We hope to discern what gifts will meet particular needs in the local community and out in the world, and to offer support for our new adults as they venture into independent adulthood as persons of Christian faith.

The Journey to Adulthood is a complete youth ministry program of spiritual formation for 6th-12th grades. It encourages relational ministry and uses Bible study, prayer, rites of passage, outreach ministries and both serious and playful activities to underscore the two guiding principles of the program:  1) Manhood and womanhood are free gifts from God; and 2) Adulthood must be earned. There are three two-year sections of the program detailed below

Click the Donate button at the left to help our young people make their Pilgrimage to Wyoming this July 2012.