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The middle school years are crucial for spiritual development, identity, and connection to the Church. That is why Saint Matthew is creating Forge, a new middle school youth ministry program to help our youth. Through Forge, we aspire to cultivate a space where pre-teens and young teens are formed, known, and loved<\/strong>\u00a0in the person of Jesus Christ and strengthened in their\u00a0Catholic<\/span> identity. Join Forge for interactive activities, special speakers, group discussion, sacraments, prayer, and more!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Forge Mission Statement<\/strong>
\nForge welcomes all 6th\u20138th graders into a personal relationship with Christ through fellowship and fortification in the Catholic Church\u2019s tradition and Biblical truth.<\/em><\/p>\n

Forge seeks to:<\/span><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd28\u00a0Provide\u00a0Catholic apologetics<\/strong>\u00a0in an age-appropriate, engaging way
\ud83d\udd28\u00a0Foster\u00a0virtuous relationships<\/strong>\u00a0among middle school youth
\ud83d\udd28\u00a0Help teens apply\u00a0Biblical truths<\/strong>\u00a0in everyday situations
\ud83d\udd28\u00a0Build a lasting connection<\/strong>\u00a0with their home parish
\ud83d\udd28\u00a0Fulfill the deep need for\u00a0community and belonging<\/strong>\u00a0in middle school years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7568"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7571,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7568\/revisions\/7571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}