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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.

Office for Young Adult Ministry     3888 Paducah Drive   San Diego, CA 92117     (858) 490-8260