You don’t see your students during summer vacation, but there are likely events for teens at local parishes that your students may benefit from. Just as important, you have students who would likely make excellent leaders of parish youth ministry programs.
Take some time to drop a note to local parish youth ministers and/or directors of religious education and do the following:
- Inquire about summer events.
- Ask how your former and future students might participate.
- Provide the parish leaders with names and contact information of your students who may not be already enrolled in parish programming (if possible).
- Share information about the course content your students covered this year with the parish leaders that they might enrich it in offerings over the summer.
- Encourage parish leaders to send prospective students to visit your school. List yourself as a contact.
- Recommend students who may be excellent members of a parish youth council or ministry team.
