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Dear Friend in Christ,
Thank you for your interest in the Edge Middle School Ministry! Edge, the official middle school ministry of Life Teen International, is where early adolescents in grades, six, seven, and eight experience Christ. It is designed to meet the educational, spiritual, emotional, and social needs of young adolescents.
Early adolescence is a critical and difficult time in a teen’s life. The operative word in early adolescence is "change!" Educators, psychologists, and youth ministers state that middle school years might be the last great opportunity to positively impact and assist a child in his or her educational, spiritual, emotional, and social development. It is during this "doubting Thomas” phase that many youth become leery of their faith, and begin to question what they believed.
In many respects, middle school adolescents are on “the Edge” because so much is going on in his or her life. It can be a very stressful and difficult time for young people and their parents. Within the context of faith, middle school youth are moving from a child-like spirituality to an independent ownership of their Catholic faith and identity. Through the Edge we hope they will reach this pinnacle.
Those who minister to middle school youth are “seed-planters.” We work with kids who have significant and important decisions ahead of them. Ministering adults have an opportunity to plant seeds of Jesus’ love, hope, and peace in middle school youth.
Middle School youth have many options and choices before them. The Edge provides an unparalleled moment in their life for guidance and reassurance in Jesus’ love for them. Through this ministry, we give our middle school youth “the Edge” they need in life: Jesus, The Word, The Sacraments, the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and a Catholic Community where they can experience true peace, hope, joy, and the love of God!
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