Message from the Director

Many have heard the saying, “The harvest is rich yet the labourers are few!” This is a saying that Jesus uttered in regards to the fact that there is so much work to do in the mission field of spreading the Gospel and walking with those hungry to grow in relationship with Christ. For this to be done effectively so few people heed the call to serve in such a way.

We too know this sentiment. Looking around the landscape that is youth ministry in the Catholic Church there is an abundance of work to do. As mentioned in last week’s Update, across Australia, the Church is doing its best to accommodate the needs of young people. Yet, more and more young people are needed to heed the call to serve in the field of youth ministry.

Please join with us as we embark on a mission for the remainder of the year to pray that the Lord will send young people to study and work in the field of youth ministry. Through our close association with Acts 2 College of Mission and Evangelisation we are able to assist those willing to study youth ministry with the opportunity of becoming paid youth ministry interns. 

2022 has seen a number of Youth Ministry Interns bless our ministry through their involvement in our youth groups and retreats. We have seen amazing fruit come from their labour. So, if interested in such a role, please contact us at 24:7 Youth Ministry to join the team that is reaching and equipping young people to live for God, full on, full time, all the time.

Thursday Afternoon

24:7 Kingston

Friday Night

24:7 Glenorchy

24:7 Nedlands
24:7 Osborne Park

24:7 Rockingham

24:7 Servite

24:7 Whitfords

Sunday Night

24:7 Applecross
24:7 Balcatta

24:7 Ballajura

24:7 Greenwood

Holy Rosary School Reconciliation Retreat

Iona Presentation College Reconciliation Retreat

St Joseph's School Confirmation Parent Workshop

Mercy College Year 7 Creation Retreat

St Peter's CPS Leadership Retreat

Last week we had an awesome night at 24:7 Armadale. We heard from Giulia and Amato as they spoke about love in families and amongst friends. There is so much value in the special relationships within our lives! Next youth group, we will be having a confirmation reunion, where we will be inviting all of the recent confirmation candidates to our awesome youth group. Get ready for a night of games, fun, food and a tonne of new friends!

Last week at Balcatta we had 19 young people join us for an exciting night. We started the night with the game PVC pipe. This was an exciting way to get into the night, with lots of spinning and tugging on each other to get the pipe knocked over. After, we played helicopter, where someone would spin around in a circle with a rope, and everyone had to jump over it, the last person left would be the winner. We then sat around the table for some food beforesitting and listening to one of our student leaders dad share his thoughts on praise and worship. He shared some marvellous analogies on how we present ourselves to God in prayerand the value of praise and worship. Next week, we are talking about what Lectio Divina is, and why it should belong in our daily prayer.

24:7 Ballajura was a very enjoyable night! The Youth were led in multiple games, with the favourite being the name game, a variation of tag. Then our guest speaker, Bella Quintana gave an insightful talk, discussing how we can get to know Jesus through St Joseph. After the talk, we spent the rest of our time together in food and fellowship. Next week, we are going to have different games and activities, along with a talk continuing the theme, getting to know Jesus.

At 24:7 Cottesloe we enjoyed another fun night at youth group. Father Liam came to share his testimony, sharing about his journey to discovering his vocation to priesthood. He also shared the story of how he helped a man in a shark attack. It was an awesome sharing and we are so grateful for Fr Liam’s support at youth group. We also enjoyed some fun games; with line chasey and soccer. In our free time we came together to play cards and do some drawing. Upcoming, we have our youth Mass this Sunday, the 6th of November!

We had an awesome night last week at 24:7 Floreat with our MasterChef night! We had so much fun decorating biscuits and making sandwiches. It was so good working together throughout the night as we cooked. We also had a great game of empires. After we finished all the games and cooking, we listened to Anthony talk about why there are different Christian denominations and how it all happened and what some of the differences are. It was such an awesome night and we can't wait to see you next time!

Last week at 24:7 Greenwood we had an amazing night of fun, music and games. We started our night off with a three legged race to look at how amazingly humans can adapt to difficult situations. We then moved onto an activity where we asked our young people to write down some of the amazing things in their lives. We then had a talk from our Youth Minister, Jesse, who explained our role in Creation. Jesse shared how amazing we are and God’s love for His creation. We rounded off our night with food and fellowship time. Join us next week as we continue to breakopen our term theme!!

An incredible number of young people attended 24:7 Kingston last week - with 23 in attendance!
After some energetic and active games 24:7 YM Director, Mario Borg shared about the opening words to the most famous of all prayers. The young people were encouraged to think about the radical nature of Jesus encouraging us to believe that God is a God for all people and that the reference to Father is controversial due to the loving and endearing nature of the title.This week's youth group promises even more fun!

Last week at 24:7 Neddies, we had a super fun Surprise Night! We played a new game, Musical Dodgeball, which was a fun cross between musical chairs and dodgeball. Then we played Jukebox to test our musical knowledge. After we had heaps of fun working in teams having a Slam Poetry competition! We'll be back next week with content as we hear from our student leaders.

After an amazing time of ultimate frisbee and mushroom tag to warm us up, we headed into the formal part of the youth group with a great talk delivered by 24:7 YM Director, Mario Borg who helped us gain an understanding of the nature of prayer and how the Rosary is a form of meditative prayer. The pizza topped off the night magnificently.

What a great night at 24:7 Ocean Reef! We started the night off with a game of toss the triceratops, a twist on the classic chuck the chicken. Next we played a super fun game of jukebox. We finished the night off with a talk on prayer from the amazing Laura Firth. We have youth group on again in two weeks, we hope to see you all there!

We had such a blast at 24:7 Osborne Park this past Friday! We had so many amazing people in one room! We played a crazy game of Back to Back followed by a super intense and fun game of the Sam Music Relay! After playing some games, our speaker Jane Borg broke open our next topic which was on vocation and discernment. She shared about how we need to have a relationship with God so that we can properly understand what God is calling us to. Even though we might not always know, but Jesus has called each and every single one of us to something important. We each have a specific purpose on this earth. This coming week we will be having our TRIVIA NIGHT! It is going to be Disney themed so make sure to come dressed in your best Disney costumes! See you then!

Such an amazing night at 24:7 Rockingham! We played Walls and Towers which was intense! There was a lot of running involved. Then we played Blindfold Race which meant the young people listened to multiple voices and then one singular voice. This emphasised theidea that listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit is better than listening to the world. After some epic games, Jude gave his first talk! He shared with us about a time in his life where he needed to listen to the voice of the Spirit and not the world. Come join us next week as we look at the gifts of the Holy Spirit!

Last week we continue to dive deep into the corporal work of mercy at 24:7 Servite. We looked specifically at our call to "clothe the naked!" We played some fun games, including "what's been swapped?" A fun game where we tested the memory of the students by asking them to see if they can tell which pairs of shoes in a pile have been swapped! We also had a blindfold challenge, where we tried to match several pairs of shoes together without any sight, in 2 teams. We also had a very fun group newspaper fashion show! There were someincredible designs! Next week we are looking at "visit the imprisoned!" We hope to see you there!

Last week at 24:7 Woodvale we kicked off the night with lots of fun games like ‘back to back’. Next, Peter ran us in ‘zombie’. A spooky high adrenaline pumping game! Lastly, Dominic ran us in “ultimate ninja,” also a favourite at Woodvale. Everyone made a big circle and had to strike their best ninja pose. After this, we reflected on our last talk, how to love like Jesus when we feel hurt and upset. We incorporated this theme into our prayer circle.Placing what we are learning into practice. We finished up the night with grace and headed off into food and mingling time. Next Woodvale, an incredible student leader will be courageously getting up to share tips on “how to love like Jesus, even when life is going well.” We hope to see you there!