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EDGE NIGHT GOAL youth will have the opportunity to reflect on how
The goal of this Edge Night is to help the youth they can bring the Good News of Christ to the
OUTLINE
understand what it means when we profess the world. Also in small groups, they will have the
Church as Apostolic. time to design thank you cards for the bishop of
your local diocese. The Edge Night will close with
a prayer for the all the leaders of the Church.
EDGE NIGHT AT A GLANCE
The Edge Night begins with the youth creating
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Just like the apostles, we have also been given • What are some things that we, as a family, are
the missionary mandate to “make disciples of all doing to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ?
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew • What are some ways that we, as a family, can
28:19-20). Pope Francis shows us that in order to start to help spread the love of Christ in the
properly preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we world?
must be people of prayer. We can only properly
and effectively preach the Good News if we
have a relationship with our heavenly Father; it
is through prayer that this communion with God
develops and deepens (CCC 2565).
Gather in all of the youth, introduce any youth This teaching can be found on page 64 to 66. Here
that are there for the first time, and recognize any are the main points from the teaching.
birthdays. Give a brief introduction to the night
and then open the night with prayer. • The Church is Apostolic which means that she
is sent by Jesus to preach the Good News of
TRAVEL DESTINATION DEALS Christ.
(20 min)
• Apostolic succession gives the pope, bishops,
Supplies and priests authority that stems from Christ
• Poster board Himself to teach and guide the Church.
• Markers
• Prizes • We are all called to be a part of the apostolic
mission of the church.
Before the Edge Night, have each Core Member
choose what their group’s travel destination will
be. Encourage them to pick a place that the youth
may not be familiar with. Have the Core Members
find a few basic facts about this destination and a
BREAK
few pictures that they can either print off for the MISSIONARY TESTIMONY
youth or have on their phones to show them. (10 min)
Break the youth into small groups. Have the Core At this time have a Core Member give a
Members explain to the group what their travel testimony about a time they purposely traveled
destination will be and share the brief facts and somewhere to preach the Good News of Jesus
pictures of this place. Then give each group a on a mission trip. Have him or her first tell
poster board and markers and instruct them to the youth where he or she went, and then
make an advertisement, tweet or Instagram post what he or she did while he or she was there.
for their destination to be utilized in the travel During his or her explanation have him or her
agency. Once the youth have completed their emphasize how this was living out the call to be
posters have them present to the whole group a part of the apostolic mission of the Church.
and explain what things they highlighted about
the destination and why.
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION
OUTLINE
After all the groups have presented, have the (10 min)
youth vote for which place they want to travel to
and give that group a prize. Break the youth back into their small groups,
begin in prayer, and use the following questions
for discussion:
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• What are some ways that you tear down the CLOSING PRAYER
Church? (10 min)
• How can you be a better disciple of Christ? Gather all of the youth back to the large group. If
possible, invite your parish priest to be present
• How can you, in your every day life, help to at the end of the Edge Night. Give a brief re-cap
spread the Good News of Jesus Christ? of the teaching and that the call to be apostolic is
not just for bishops and priests but also for all of
us.
TAKING IT DEEPER: SMALL GROUP
ADAPTATIONS FOR 8TH GRADE: Invite your parish priest(s) to come to the middle
For your 8th graders that are looking to go deeper, of the space and instruct the youth to gather
during small groups have them read 1 Peter 3:15- around him to pray over him. Have all of the
16 in their Bibles instead of doing the small group youth extend their hands over the priest(s) and
questions. lead them in a prayer asking God to bless your
priest(s) and to help him carry on his call to the
Give them some time to journal about these two apostolic mission of the Church. After, ask your
questions: priest(s) to pray over all the youth asking Christ
to help them to carry out their own missions to
1. How would you respond to a person who asks bring Christ to all people.
you about your faith?
End the Edge Night in a prayer all together for the
2. Why do you love your faith? pope and all bishops and the universal Catholic
Church to fulfill the great commission we have all
THANK YOU CARDS FOR OUR been given.
BISHOP
(10 min) FURTHER ADAPTATION IDEAS
• Have some small groups write thank you cards
Supplies to the bishops and have some of them write
• Blank thank you cards thank you letters to your parish priests.
• Pens
• Bring in your priest to do a Q & A and allow the
Keep the youth in their small groups and have youth to ask questions about what he does in
them direct their attention to the front of the his everyday life.
room. Put up a picture of your local bishop or
bishops and give the youth some fun facts about
them. Explain to them some of the tasks of their
local bishops and give them some context of what
to thank them for. OUTLINE
KEY WORD Apostle - One who is sent Vicar of Christ - Title of the
with a mission; refers to office of pope implying his
DEFINITIONS the twelve men Jesus chose full, supreme and universal
to continue His mission to power over the whole Church
Disciple - Those who accept
preach the Gospel to the on Earth
Jesus’ message to follow Him
whole world of faith through
the Church” (CCC 75-82).
“In order that the full and living Gospel might always be preserved
in the Church the apostles left bishops as their successors. They
gave them ‘their own position of teaching authority.’” This teaching
authority is passed on through the laying on of hands and “is
transmitted down to our day through episcopal consecration.”
This consecration happens when men become priests through
the Sacrament of Holy Orders. The authority that every priest and
bishop receives is the authority of Christ. No bishop, not even the
pope, has any power to act on his own authority; rather, it is Christ
who shares His own power with these men and enables them
preserve the faith of the Church.
We have talked a lot about apostolic succession and the roles that
the pope and bishops have in the Catholic Church, but what about
us? When we profess that the Church is Apostolic in the Creed,
we are also recognizing that we have a role as well. Just as Christ
commissioned St. Peter and the other apostles to make disciples
CCC 863 of all nations, we also share in this same mission. Apostle, in Greek
means, “sent,” so just as the apostles were sent out, we too are
called to be apostles of Christ, to be sent out into the world. We TEACHING
are called to help spread the Good News to everyone that we meet
- that Christ died for our sins and rose from the dead, so that we
might have eternal life.
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What is going well at our Edge Nights? What can Would you be interested in leading prayer,
we improve? explaining games, or giving a Proclaim teaching?
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Was there one particular part of this Edge Night Are our Core meetings effective? How can I
you did not think was necessary? What and better serve you as a youth minister? What can
Why? we do to better serve our youth?
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