MAKANA’S HELPFUL HINTS Today’s tip: No matter what kind of program, event or resource you implement, make sure you’re being OPEN, INVITING, FLEXIBLE AND CHALLENGING (giving opportunities for responsibility). Everything I share comes from “Sons and Daughters of the Light,” the U.S. bishops’ pastoral plan for ministry with young adults. This week, I’m going […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Maka‘ala (alert, vigilant, watchful)
MAKANA’S HELPFUL HINTS Today’s tip: Invite and lead young adults to participate in activities with their campus or parish social justice committees or local social action organizations! This year, for our annual Island Leadership Retreat, we decided to follow the theme of the Jubilee of Mercy (happening now!), “Merciful like the Father,” which really points […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Vocation? Growing in faith
Today’s tip: Help young adults understand vocation as primarily a call to holiness and Christian maturity lived through single or married life, the priesthood, the diaconate or religious life.
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: They’re coming
MAKANA’S HELPFUL HINTS Today’s tip: Use Ash Wednesday as an opportunity to reach out to “new” people. Pass out ministry and/or event brochures and invite them to the next parish gathering. This statistic always comes up … the most well attended Mass of the year is Ash Wednesday. Regardless of why this is, the big […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Bridges
MAKANA’S HELPFUL HINTS Today’s tip: Create mentoring opportunities: Connect older and younger adults in mentoring relationships like those found in professions and ask young adults to be mentors for high school youth. Reinforce the leadership role that each Christian is asked to undertake. Happy New Year and welcome to Ordinary Time! Although this isn’t the […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Don’t forget the pauses
MAKANA’S HELPFUL HINTS Today’s tip: Advent is all about doing the pauses correctly! The correct pauses can totally transform your perspective and make the message unmistakably clear! With many things in the world today, speed is increasing, causing people to want things quicker and therefore react quicker. But I want you to consider this. Athletes […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Social media role model
MAKANA’S HELPFUL HINTS Today’s Tip: Be a social media role model. Help young adults learn to face temptation and delete it. Each generation is defined by a unique set of characteristics. However, no matter the characteristics, every young adult goes through the same set of “developmental tasks,” cultivating (1) personal identity, (2) relationships, (3) meaning […]
Makana’s helpful hints: Opportunities
Exciting ways to enhance young adult ministry Today’s tip: Provide opportunities for people to experience different forms of personal and group prayer Straight from the U.S. bishops’ “Pastoral Plan for Ministry with Young Adults, Sons and Daughters of the Light,” this week’s tip is about the foundation of growth, opportunity. One can only grow by […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Practical preaching
Today’s tip: Use Mass announcements to preach discipleship, practical steps and life change I am a (University of Washington) Husky. The UW has a Newman Center just off campus in the heart of Greek Row. At this Newman Center, there was always a “production” type Mass announcement that got people either laughing or clapping, but […]
Manaolana | Makana Aiona: Family gatherings
Today’s tip: Collaboration creates opportunities and engagement that molds adult parishioners The typical local family party. You got the drink coolers, food tables and designated eating places … the kid’s table and the adult’s table. If you agree, then I’m going to wager that you remember trying to go from the kid’s table to the […]
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