“ROCK 101”
The Heart of our Catholic Faith

Why “ROCK”?

It is an acronym for "R"euniting "O"urselves to "C"hrist the "K"ing

"Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came and winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on ROCK. And anyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on the sand.” Matthew 7:24-27

What is ROCK 101?

ROCK 101 is a course for youth on basic Christianity.

Why did we come up with this?

We thought that while the content of the many basic Christianity course are great, they needed to be re-thought for St. Maurice ROCK Youth Ministry, especially for our youth who have “heard it before.” The goal was to take the basic content of many courses and enhance it, making ROCK101 more interactive and engaging the youth. We will provide here some ideas, skit, songs, video clip ideas, basic talk outlines and discussion starters which our ROCK Team will put all together.

With this in mind we come up with this program: “ROCK Nights”

Description of “ROCK Nights”: ROCK Nights is a program for Senior Youth (Grades 7 -12). The purpose of “ROCK Nights” is to provide for our youth with a deeper understanding and appreciation of the full Christian life. By “full Christian life” we mean commitment to Jesus Christ, life in the Holy Spirit, and participation in Christian community. Providing a venue where they can respond to God’s call to holiness and to reunite themselves to Christ the King.

ROCK 101 will be presented as a course, a youth course that is planned by the ROCK team, but the youth themselves put into action, they bring life to it, they get behind it, they give it to one another. That’s why it is important to present it as their course. We plan it but the participant bear responsibility for it. The more that they put into this course the more they will get out of it.

“Rock Nights” Objectives:

For the Participant:

• To introduce Jesus into their lives and encourage them to invite Him in their lives.
• To help youth experience a “conversion to Christ” experience by going through this course.
• To teach them the basic of Christianity in a way they will easily understand it.
• To give them opportunity to make new friends in a Christian community.
• To expose them with other young people who find joy and fulfillment in serving the Lord, and in serving them.
• To make “ROCK Nights” fun, exciting and life-giving experience for the youth.

Long-term:

• To make this the start of a life-long process of conversion and transformation in the life of the youth.
• To create a great desire, as well as real opportunity to develop the gifts and talents of these youth in serving the Lord and other youth in future “ROCK Nights”.
• Hopefully, the positive experience will remain as a special memory that the youth may look back to and draw strength from throughout his/her life.

For the ROCK Team:

• Personal and spiritual growth in service. Leadership training for the best training is actual service (as team leader and discussion group leaders)