Youth Ministry

...helping families to become disciples of Jesus,
which is to fall in love with Him and His message...

St. Thomas the Apostle Youth Ministries is your home to find out about all of the programs and events we are hosting for the youth in our community! STAP Youth is involved in the lives of our youth in several ministries that all work closely together.

Life Teen is our high school program that meets Sunday nights after the 5:00 PM Mass to share fellowship and learn about Jesus Christ and His Church. Life Teen also includes Purpose, our confirmation prep program which meets on Tuesday evening. EDGE is our once-a-month meeting for middle-school youth and a great primer for jumping into the Life Teen experience!  More Than Words is our social justice ministry which caters to all middle and high-schoolers. MTW meets once a week and covers a social justice topic over the course of a month and then, true to the name, heads out to put what was learned into action somewhere in the community.

Browse through our programs and see what would be a good fit for you and go check out our blog page for all the newest and upcoming events!  For any questions contact our Youth Ministry Director, Deacon Ed Sheffer.

Have you ever considered volunteering in youth ministry? Living our Catholic faith is very much about seeking to be in a deeper relationship with Jesus and then evangelizing what we encounter about Jesus to others. Our STAP Life Teen Youth Team plans and provides experiences to High School teens, which lead them to closer to Christ.

Moments that have the greatest impact on lives come in the moments when we are in the presence of someone who is fully present for you. Our youth ministry is done in connection to families. In our youth ministry offerings we seek to help young people locate their experience of God within the language and experience of the Catholic Church, and then nurture their relationship with God through practices of living that keep them available to God and others.

Jesus said: "I came that you may have life, and have it abundantly." - John 10:10.The deeper purpose to our youth ministry is mentoring and modeling what it means to become fully alive. Being fully alive means becoming open and available to God’s love.

Please pray over the discipleship call to be a part of a youth ministry team. If you are college age or older and are interested in being a part of a dynamic ministry team please contact Deacon Ed Sheffer at 520-577-8780, extension 111, or edwardsheffer1@gmail.com