Summer EDGE is heavy on the fun and relational ministry and very light on sitting in chairs and listening to someone talk at you. The goal for Summer EDGE is to give incoming 7th and 8th graders a positive, inviting, and fun interaction with Church.

SUMMER EDGE DATES:
Invitation to ALL incoming 7th & 8th-grade teens

• June 8 - Summer EDGE Kick-Off
• June 15 - Spikeball & Gaga Ball
• June 22 - Field Day Stations
• July 6 - Sponge Wars
• July 13 = Shaving Cream Wiffleball
• July 20 - Movie Night Madness
• July 27 - Top Night Rewind

Parents:
We need YOUR smiling face at Summer EDGE too. Your role on Summer Core is to facilitate crowds and ensure a safe place for all teens. You don't need a theology degree or even be a trained catechist. Even if you can only make it to one of the Summer EDGE Nights, you can make an impact. We will provide the details of the night, you get to be the smile and provide the hospitality that the teen remembers. 

EDGE helps junior high teens unleash who they were created to be, in Christ.

EDGE Nights include faith formation, small group discussion, Praise and Worship, large group games, guest speakers, eucharistic adoration & benediction, as well as various sessions presented by our priests. EDGE fulfills the requirements for Confirmation Preparation set forth from the Archdiocese.

EDGE is inviting ALL junior high students into the vision of Youth Ministry at St. Michael the Archangel. Revealing to teens they are called to live a life of authenticity, that the sacraments are what give them their truest identity, and they are called to share this with others. This initiative continues to strive to invite, engage, develop, and empower teens to lead others into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church, whether they are Catholic or not. EDGE is a continual invitation and not graduation from formation for all junior high teens within our parish boundaries.

EDGE Nights meet on Wednesdays from 7-8:30 pm,  register here so we can place your teen in a small group. This will also allow you to sign up for our weekly emails where we will share the topics of the night, resources for you as a parent, as well as a few conversation starters to engage your teen(s) throughout the week.

We host two retreats for our teens to have an opportunity to have a personal encounter with our Lord, grow in community with other teens, both their own age and high school teens, to walk with as they transition into high school and take a step away and rest from their hectic schedule. 

Our mission is to lead teens closer to Christ through an authentic community that is rooted in the Eucharist.

Our core values are to be authentic, sacramental, and missionary.