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Hello Sacred Heart Parish, My name is John Maxwell, and it is with great joy for me to say that I have been recently hired to be the youth minister for this wonderful parish. For some of you this will be a reintroduction and others this will be the first time of many for us to engage. A little bit about myself, I grew up in a Catholic household. My father, Tim, and mother, Julie, have both been active at different points of their lives in parish life at both Saint Charles and here. I have been given the grace to spend the past few years of my life on active mission both as a missionary in the Bronx and as a youth minister in Michigan, but as can happen, the Lord called me back to the start and this time in a fun and real way, as my first connection to youth ministry was in 7th grade here at Sacred Heart way back when Jaime was the youth minister. I have since been blessed to help and serve at a couple of other parishes here in San Diego as well as being a seminarian before I left for mission where I would be blessed to meet and engage with so many wonderful people from around the world. I know and trust that the Lord has great plans for youth ministry here and hope to be a vessel for the Lord’s work. I am excited to meet and connect with all of you as well as hearing your stories and testimonies. I would also love to hear from you about your thoughts for what youth ministry could look like. To all of our Middle School, Jr. High, High School students and your families especially, please keep an eye out in the bulletin, on social media and in your emails for what the new ministry year will contain. To all of our young adults, please see the GroupMe I sent out earlier this week for introductions and a chance to sit down and meet one on one or as a group so I can hear from you and connect. The Lord is going to do amazing things! In Christ, |