EDGE ST. ISIDORE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM
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Contact
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Jean MorrisonJMorrisonsichurch.comYouth Minister -
Jessica Jandresjjandressichurch.comYouth Minister
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ST. ISIDORE EDGE 2025-2026
Edge is for Middle Schoolers, 6th, 7th and 8th Grade. The EDGE program is organized by small grade-level groups that stay together for the whole year. We aim to have no more than 10 middle schoolers in a small group, led by 2-3 Core Team members. Core Team members consist of adults and high school sophomore, junior and senior students.
A typical EDGE Night
We meet Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00pm in the St. Isidore Room. We gather all small groups together for large group activities: opening music and prayer, announcements, an overview of the night and ice breakers.
- Proclaim the lesson through scripture, skits, games, video clips, and/or witness/catechetical talks.
- Break into small groups and get into the meat of the topic. In small groups, we may have discussion questions, small group activities, video projects, skits, and/or crafts.
- Send forth the youth after rejoining the large group to be reminded how to live the lesson in their everyday lives!
A typical EDGE Month
- 2 catechetical theme nights. We typically choose one or two topics to cover in a given year.
- 1 issue night. An issue night covers current issues that are relevant to this age group: peer pressure, gossip, stress, self-image, depression, bullying, friendships, cheating, taking care of our earth, advent, lent, etc....
- 1 social night. Social nights are designed to build our EDGE community. We have game nights, team building nights, movie nights, bingo nights, and an end of the year celebration.
Service
Service projects are also a component of EDGE. It is important to learn about our faith, but we must also live it! Throughout the year we will do service projects together at an EDGE Night. EDGE youth/families can expect the following projects to benefit Monument Crisis Center.
- October – Cereal and peanut butter collection.
- January – Sock Drive
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Jean Morrison │ Youth Minister │ (925)362-1905 │jmorrison@sichurch.com
Jessica Jandres │Youth Minister │ (925) 362-1924 │jjandres@sichurch.com