Scrabble for J2A St Paul’s Pawtucket

First Ever (they think) Diocesan Wide
Scrabble Tournament!
Sunday, November 16
2 – 4 pm
St. Paul’s Church
50 Park Place
Pawtucket
728-4300/ www.stpaulspawtucket.org
$10 adults/ $5 children under 10 and seniors or $25 per family
Prizes and bragging rights for the winners!
A fund-raiser for Journey to Adulthood

Our First Week!

A new year has officially started folks! Lots of enthusiasm and energy…new relationships to be made. We now have TWO groups meeting simultaneously at 9AM. The former Rite-13 group, now the older j2A group has ‘graduated’ to a new room in the parish hall and our new Rite-13 group is meeting in the middle room (with a great new wall and door! Who needs a doorknob – kidding!) We had a great turnout for our first week…I am looking forward to next week when we really start to get into the meat and potatoes of the program (no, we are not serving meat and potatoes for snacks, at least not until we get into the Hunger Awareness class, which was very eye opening last year for the teens! Actually it was chicken fingers and white rice…)

Next week we will have our j2a teens providing Coffee Hour for the congregation, what better way to get to know them a little better and hear about the what outreach activities we are planning for the upcoming year.  We have a great bunch of teens, really good kids. It was amazing to see them this morning coming into the parish hall, walking into a different meeting room. They REALLY are a “group” now, it makes my heart sing to see how far they have come together over the past year. The leaders for this group will remain the same as the teens move long into the new curriculum. Alicia Lyon led the group today, checking-in with everyone and then working together on writing a prayer. Wait until you see the t-shirts they created last year…Look for them at next week’s coffee hour!

We are very fortunate to have John Davidson and Sarah Emmett joining us to lead the newly created Rite-13 group, our sixth and seventh graders who are starting on the Journey to Adulthood…hard to believe! Where does the time go? I also lead this group and I am so excited to see the growth of these young members of our congregation over the next two years. We need to capture this all in pictures…a digital camera is being requested. Any donations?? Today was a day to use “yes” or “no” questions to learn about the leaders and each other. Lots of great questions, both serious and silly, but we are just at the doorstep of this journey. Next week we will begin to get into some of the basic curriculum.

As the leaders confirm the curriculum for the upcoming weeks, we will post the topic ahead of time whenever possible, being sensitive to the concerns of parents brought forward this year as well as last year. I would ask that before you have your child miss a class due to content, you talk to the leaders of the class about your concern, maybe at coffee hour or email them if that is beter for you? Or you can catch me at coffee hour or email me if you would prefer.

I have an updated contact list coming out for both groups, but here are the email addresses of the leaders:

Carol Mowatt (Coordinator of J2A Program, RIte-13 leader)   cam61@cox.net

Alicia Lyon (j2a leader)      alyon@ccri.edu

Jim Perry (j2a leader)         jpbio@comcast.net

John Davidson (Rite-13 leader)   johndav_1@yahoo.com

Sarah Emmett (Rite-13 leader)    semmett82@yahoo.com

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or comments. More to come…much more to come!

Peace,

Carol Mowatt

Schedule

A schedule page has been added. You will find dates from the Fall 2008 J2A Calendar there.

J2A update

The Journey to Adulthood program keeps rolling on towards their first classes at 9 AM on the 21st.  A parent meeting will take place on Wednesday evening, September 10 to talk about the program and the year’s events.  If your child is going into seventh grade or higher, please contact Carol Mowatt if you haven’t already been contacted.

Rite 13 Dinner

Check out a few photos of the Rite 13 dinner

Youth Group Hosts Emmanuel’s Spirit Week and Green Raiser

Going Green Sunday 4/20/08

• Coffee with Green Eggs & J2A
• Activities for kids
• Meet/Talk with our Green Mentors
• Shopping Bags 4 U
• Collect your Green Game 2 Go
• Wear Green

Getting Greener Saturday 4/26/08

• Teens host Used Clothing Sale on Emmanuel lawn
• Need donations of gently used: clothing, shoes, ties, pocketbooks

Gone Greener Sunday 4/27/08

• We’ve done it! Become one of the greenest churches in town.
• Rejoice in the gift of fellowship with YOU!
• Teens will join Peter in delivering his sermon from the Gospel of John

Journey with us – You’ll be glad you did!!

Catching up in the past month…

Good evening all! I decided to use my fingers to type on the computer instead of biting my nails as the Patriots appear to be winning the championship game…so close. Very exciting!

It has been almost one month since I have written here to all of you…my bad. No excuse other then extremely busy, just like you all are, I am sure…That is not to say that there has not been some great happenings in our teen J2A group.

Here are the names of those teens (in no particular order) who have been coming to our 9-9:50 AM group every Sunday morning since early December in the Parish Hall:

Christopher Jackson, Jason Bentley, Brandon Schofield, Emma Brelsford, Mary Meyer, Jonathan Lanoue, Megan Inman, Dylan Tramantano, Michael Sawicki, Ricky Scgalia, and Dan Mowatt.

These are a great bunch of kids who are slowly growing together, becoming more comfortable talking and sharing their feelings in a safe, non-judgmental environment. I am truly blessed to be able to be part of their journey, as are the two other teachers in our group – Alicia Lyons and Jim Perry.

*The Patriots JUST WON – yeah!, so now we are on to the Superbowl!

We have begun to look at ourselves and our unique gifts that have been given to all of us by God, specifically how we can use these special gifts to honor God and do His Work.=hnew.,b7cv;/

Merry Christmas!

What a day…I feel so blessed to have had my family and friends together celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ today! Isn’t it funny how the usual annoyances and little arguments can just fade away (or even if they just take a “little break” for the day) when we come together as a community in celebration.

I wish everyone peace as they celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Carol Mowatt

Reminder – No J2A class on 12/30/07.

Are you ready??

If I was to anwer my own question, I would have to say “no” I do not have all my shopping done! But…when I stop and think of this week (work has been very busy, I have an awful cold, blah…blah…blah…) I am very excited about Christmas. I LOVE Christmas Eve and the anticipation of it all!

In our class tomorrow morning we are going to celebrate the birthday of Jesus with a yummy cake (and candles, of course) as we talk about how we can each do something special for someone else as a “present” for the baby Jesus. (I wouldn’t know what to get Him anyway – my guess if He wants us to serve each other in this holiday season., and all the time for that matter…) I believe we are all being challenged to reach out to one another as Jesus calls us in our everyday life. I work with folks every day who mourn not having any financial resources to buy what they would like for their families and friends. It is hard for me to sit here and say that Christmas is not about money or giving gifts, etc., especially since I DO have the financial resources to at least buy everyone at least a little something. I still worry that I will not get just the “right gift” for someone, forgetting that it is really not what is important during this season. Being present for my children, family and friends is what it is all about, isn’t it?????

We in J2A are being present for your teens as they move forward in their spiritual journey to adulthood. ALL of us at Emmanuel Church need to be present for your teens in our words and our actions…love, support and encourage them. They need you…

As Lauren communicated in the email, we have exciting things happening in the next few months:

An activity that has been finalized is the Rhode Island Community Food Bank on Thursday February 7th from 6-8 PM. We will be looking for chaperones for the activity as well as drivers. If you have not had the opportunity to see how the Food Bank works, think about helping out this night. You will not be disappointed, come see your teens work together as a team! It’s an awesome sight!

There will be more commmunication in the next few weeks about future activities – tomorrow we are going to start identifying what issues your teens are most interested in (for example – hunger, teen depression, the environment, etc.) Their interests will drive what activities are planned for the next several months. As soon as we know, YOU will know. I promise…

Have a peaceful weekend, yes, even in the Emerald Square Mall parking lot!

Peace,

Carol Mowatt

St. George’s Soup Kitchen cancelled 12/16/07

The coordinator, Judy Emmett, of the St. Goeroge’s Soup Kitchen ministry called me a few minutes ago and it has officially been cancelled. A representative from St. George’s had contacted Judy to say that due to weather, the program would not be running today. We will have another opportunity to participate in the future. No worries!

If anyone had made a meatloaf for today, Judy suggested that we freeze them and bring them into church next weekend and she will bring them to St. George’s to see if they can use them on another Sunday afternoon.

Stay warm…Carol Mowatt