We need your help to fuel this mission so we can reach every teen. We humbly invite you to partner with us as we raise up a generation of young people to live for Jesus and His Church. We can’t do it without you. Join us.
We all work hard for our resources. We work so that we can provide for our family, for our parents, and for our grandchildren. The money we earn represents our opportunity and our obligations (the two coins). Our resources are a gift from God, and are a great good. Yet, in the pursuit of all good things, like money, we can lose sight of what is important.
Our annual appeal theme, “Treasure in Heaven”, is a reminder for us to slow things down and re-engage with an ongoing dialogue with the Lord. “Lord, everything that you have given me belongs to you, what do you want me to do with all that you have given me? What would you want of my time, my talent, and my treasure?”
When you and I meet the Lord at our end, Christ gives the image of the talents and asks, “what did you do with the talents I gave you?” (Mt 25:14–30). As we are always in a state of preparing to answer this question throughout our life, we want to invite you to consider Choosing Youth Ministry, as an outlet to “Build Up Your Treasure in Heaven”.
We would be remiss if we did not speak into the state of our Church. Bishop Robert Barron stated at the USCCB’s Bishop’s Fall Assembly that “For every one person joining our church today, 6.45 are leaving.” In fact, most leave before the age of 23 with a median age of 13.
Why are young people leaving the faith? We believe that a large reason is that there is a greater need for dynamic youth ministry. We estimate that roughly 75% of parishes do not have a youth minister.
Keeping people engaged with the faith requires relational ministry. Teens especially need youth ministry where a person will walk with them, answer their questions about their faith, life, and purpose. It takes a village to raise a family. Life Teen is a vital part of that village; helping families to create an environment to Lead Teens Closer to Christ.
When a teens encounters Christ, it changes everything. Life Teen provides solutions for a dynamic, vibrant, and lifelong relationship with Christ, held within the beauty of the Catholic Church. With the support of many, throughout the almost 40 years of Life Teen’s ministry, we have become the largest youth ministry movement on the globe.
We serve approximately 13% of Catholic parishes within the United States alone. In fact, 35% of seminarians come from parishes who implemented Life Teen (2017-2018 NCDVD Seminarian Survey Statistics).
We need your help. Each of us has a call to give of ourselves to God, and store up “Treasure in Heaven”. We pray that the Lord is calling you to consider “how may my giving impact my living?” We are asking you make a equal sacrifice, not an equal dollar gift. For some, $5,000 is a drop in the bucket, for others $50 is a sacrifice to their monthly spend.
We ask you to pray about the scripture of the widow with two small coins.
“But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.” Mark 12:42-43
We need your help to fuel this mission so we can reach every teen. We humbly invite you to partner with us as we raise up a generation of young people to live for Jesus and His Church. We can’t do it without you. Join us.
Donations by mail can be sent to:
Life Teen, Inc.
P.O. Box 117299
Atlanta, GA 30368-7299
If you have any questions about your donations, feel free to email [email protected] or call Sarah Parker at 800-809-3902 ext. 230.
Life Teen Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization. All contributions made are tax-deductible.