What is Peer Ministry and
Youth Leadership Team?
IS:
-A Church Leadership program that allows
high school students to use their gifts and
talents to help their peers grow in faith,
specifically through Confirmation, EC Life
Teen, and Social Outreach programs
-An opportunity to develop skills like
sharing your faith, public speaking, leading
discussions, using the Bible, and welcoming
others.
-Training that will help you grow in your
faith and live it out at church, in school, at
home, and everywhere you go!
-For any High School student who has
already been Confirmed in their faith. (If not
confirmed yet, you must be at least a junior
in high school to apply for YLT.)
-Fun, exciting, entertaining, and a great way
to make new friends!
-Hard work that demands time,
commitment, and sacrifice
-Good for service hours at school as long as
there is regular attendance to all meetings.
IS NOT:
-Required for any High School student
-Necessary for participation in High School
Youth Ministry events (most Youth Ministry
events are open to friends, neighbors, etc.)
-For extroverts only
-A clique or club
-A chance to prove you are better than other
Expectations
Being a Peer Minister and Youth Leadership Team Member is an important job that requires
FAITH and LEADERSHIP. We take it very seriously, so the following expectations are there to
help you do the best job possible! This is what is expected of EVERY Peer Minister:
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Every participant should attend Mass regularly (every Sunday).
All participants must complete Worthy of the Call training.
Participants are required to attend ALL meetings and trainings on time and complete all
their work by the deadlines.
o Completing your work means that your work has been reviewed and approved by
the Youth Minister, Fernando Cartagena or Katie Lutz.
All participants are expected to check their email frequently and always respond back.
Participants are expected to follow the Code of Conduct and Covenant.
All participants will be required to undergo Leadership Formation before being allowed
to serve in the 2015-2016 school year.
Covenant:
To be a Christian Leader is to…
“… Live a life worthy of the call you have been given”
Ephesians 4:1
I believe that I have been called by God.
I have been called to know Him, to love Him, to serve Him.
I have been called to live a life of ongoing, deepening relationship with
Him.
I believe that He loves me in an extraordinary and personal way,
and that He is calling me to share His love with others.
I believe that God is calling me to be an active member of His Church.
I believe that God is inviting me to live out this call in Christian
Leadership.
And I will answer this call.
I commit to striving toward being worthy of the call that the Lord has
given me.
I commit to praying daily so that I may continue to grow in my love for
Christ and His Church,
and so that I may more fully and powerfully receive and accept His love
for me.
I commit to remembering that my Catholic Faith is not just something
that I do but who I am.
It is who I am called to be.
It is my identity. It is my self.
It is my call to grow in holiness,
It is the way that God asks me to help others grow in holiness.
I will seek to serve Christ by ministering to my peers.
I will seek to let Christ serve me by letting my peers and others in the
Church minister to me.
I will seek to find Christ in everyone I meet,
and to really encounter Him personally through the Sacraments and
private prayer.
Because I am a Christian Leader. Because I have been called.
Church of the Resurrection and St. Paul’s
Confirmation Peer Ministry and Youth Leadership Team Application
DUE DATE: May 8, 2015
By filling out the following application, you are indicating that you have thoroughly read this
packet and are willing to follow through with all commitments this program requires. You may
choose to participate in one or both ministries.
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Last Name
First Name
Middle Name
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Nickname
Date of Birth
Current Age
Grade & School attending Fall of 2015
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Street Address
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Zip Code
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Home Phone
Cell Phone
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Email Address
Parish
Peer Ministry Commitment:
Please check the sessions that you are available to attend. Please put an ‘X’ for the dates you are
not available.
_____Session 1 (07/13-07/16)
_____Session 2 (09/16, 9/23, 9/30, 10/07)
_____Session 3 (11/18, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16) _____Session 4 (02/24, 03/2, 03/9, 03/16)
I am willing to do more than one session. ____
Please check the retreat that you are available to attend. Please put an ‘X’ for the dates you are
not available. If you are available for either, please check both and mark your preference. Peer
Ministers have a discounted price for attending the retreat, cost is $100.
_____ September 25-27
_____ April 1-3
All other MANDATORY dates:
- May 26, 6:30-8:30 PM at Resurrection
- June 20, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM at Resurrection
- July 30, 6:30-8:30 PM at St. Paul
- Starting in September, we will meet every 1st Tuesday of the month. Peers are required to
attend these mandatory meetings until their work is complete. Any Peers who are only
signed up for session 4 and/or the April Retreat will only be required to start coming the
first Tuesday of the month beginning in January.
- All Meetings at Resurrection will take place in Youth Room. Meetings at St. Paul will
take place in Center of the New Evangelization
Youth Leadership Team Commitment:
____ I would like to serve on the Youth Leadership Team to plan Sunday Life Nights, High
School Retreat, Service Projects, Fundraisers, and other Life Teen events. I understand that I will
only be responsible for a few events, but I must still attend ALL meetings:
Mandatory Dates:
- May 26, 6:30-8:30 PM at Resurrection
- June 20, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM at Resurrection
- July 30, 6:30-8:30 PM at St. Paul
- September 13, 6:30-9:00 PM at Resurrection
- YLT meets every Third Tuesday of the month beginning in October
Peer Minister/Youth Leader Code of Conduct
1. You are called to be Ambassadors for Christ to your friends and
family. For this reason, you must avoid illegal and un-Christian
activities throughout your daily life—at church, at school, at home, on
social media, and with friends. This includes stealing, violence, reckless
driving, drinking, smoking, bullying and drug use.
2. You should always respect adults in authority, whether it is the Youth
Minister or someone appointed by them (Ally’s, Catechists, Core,
Members, Volunteers, etc…)
3. You must refrain from inappropriate physical contact with ANYONE
attending a church function. You must also refrain from sexual
harassment (verbal or physical), inappropriate jokes, inappropriate
displays of affection, cursing, foul language, and using God’s name in
vain and any other comments not befitting for a representative of the
Church.
4. You must be welcoming and inclusive of any new student.
5. You must stay focused and devoted to the task at hand.
6. You must not use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine or any public
website to share negative opinions of Church of the Resurrection, St.
Paul’s, the Church, or any individuals connected to Confirmation and
Youth Ministry.
I have read the above contract and agree to all terms and conditions. I
am interested in being a Peer Minister for the 2014-2015 school year. I
know what is expected of me, and I am eager to serve the Church in this
way.
Youth Signature: __________________________________
Date: _____________
We must be ministered to and be spiritually fed if we are going to be ministering to others. All
Peers and Youth Leadership Team members must continue their Religious Formation throughout
their High School career. In what ways are you continuing your
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Essay (if your essay exceeds this space, please attach to application): Please provide us with a brief
witness/testimony and why you want to be a peer minister/youth leadership team member?
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By signing this form, I understand that my failure to comply with all expectations can result in
being excused from the program.
YOUTH SIGNATURE: ______________________________________ DATE:_____________
PARENT SIGNATURE: _____________________________________ DATE:_____________