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Evangelization Outreach To
identify places where young adults gather
and to connect them personally with the
Church by listening to their
concerns, hopes, and dreams
and by welcoming them into the community of
faith.
There
are many opportunities to touch the lives of
young adults, and these should be seen as
moments for evangelizing outreach.
Some of these may
require a change in the way we approach
evangelization so our outreach is more
dynamic, taking the Church into the
community where young
people gather rather than waiting for them
to come to us. Young adults may engage in
evangelization outreach by:
- Connecting with
the Church through sacramental preparation programs and Sunday
Eucharist.
- Engaging young adults into church life through personal contact,
telephone calls, bulletin notices, letters, the Internet, and
e-mail.
(Constant Contact, www.YAMSD.org, Facebook)
- Providing written
materials in several languages and being sensitive to diverse
ethnic traditions in order to reach young adults
from different cultures.
- Becoming involved in church life and inviting friends and other
peers to community events.
- Identifying places where young adults gather such as the
workplace, shopping areas, health clubs, campuses, athletic
fields, and civic associations, and make time to be present at
these places of gathering.
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