Altitude has so
much to offer for the students of years 7 to 12. There are
about 50 youth who attend our fortnightly get togethers, along
with 14 young adults from within the parish who are committed to
leading this group.
The night begins at
6.30pm with hang time, then a big game to run around and be
silly, dinner & desert, a quiet time listening to a talk,
musical worship, and time in a small group "A CELL GROUP".
In the hang out
zones, we hang out and play various games including table
soccer, real soccer, hand ball, beading, cards, xbox
(sometimes!), Twister and Jenga. After this, the big game
commences. During the big game the kids have more time to
run about and use up more energy in the undercover area.
After the big game its dinner time! Our head chef always
cooks up something delicious....anything from hot dogs to
lasagne.
When all the food
has been completely devoured, we then head back up to the parish
centre to listen to the speaker of the night who provides us
with a faith topic. After this, we break into small groups
for discussion about the reflection. This is a time when
friendships are formed, ideas are shared and relationships are
built. These groups (Cells) are gender and age based with
a young adult leader, and we try to keep them the same from
fortnight to fortnight to encourage a supportive network of
friends.
At the conclusion
of small groups we return to the parish centre, and as parents
arrive at 9.30pm, names are called out and youth are
individually signed out.
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