• Symbolon-The Catholic Faith Explained video series and discussion, episode 3
• 7:45pm
• Connect Room in the basement of Holy Spirit

We’ll be watching and discussing the new video series, Symbolon-The Catholic Faith Explained.  It is a compelling presentation of the Catholic faith. Through beautifully crafted teaching and state-of-the-art video, author and speaker Dr. Edward Sri leads a team of dynamic teachers who provide a clear and comprehensive understanding of what the Catholic Church teaches and how to live it. After the video and discussion, we’ll head over to Applebees in Standale for a bite to eat.

• Vision Meeting and Adoration/Confession
• 7:00pm-Vision Meeting, 7:45pm Adoration/Confession
• Connect Room in the basement of Holy Spirit-Vision Meeting, Holy Spirit Chapel-Adoration/Confession

We’ll be having Adoration and Confession with Fr. Mark in the Chapel just off the Narthex of Holy Spirit Church. If you haven’t been to it before, Fr. Mark will kick off Adoration and then while he’s hearing confessions in the small room off the back of the chapel, we’ll spend time sitting quietly, reflecting and saying a rosary. Prior to Adoration and Confession, we’ll meet in the Connect Room in the basement of Holy Spirit for our Monthly Vision Meeting to discuss upcoming ideas and events for the group. Afterwards we’ll head out for a bite to eat.

• Kickball and Potluck with Caritas!
• 7:00 pm
• baseball field behind Holy Spirit

• Cleaning the Wyoming Pregnancy Resource Center
• 6:30 pm
• 2438 28^th Street SW Wyoming, MI 49519

• Annual Connect Canoe Trip!
• Baxter Bridge Campground and the Manistee River
• For all you maybes and those who are interested but haven’t signed up yet, please RSVP to the Facebook event by this Thursday night at the latest so we’re able to get a final head count to plan for food, tents and canoes

It’s that time of year again, time for the Annual Connect Canoe trip on the Manistee River!  Like in years past, we will camp at Baxter Bridge Campground (http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/Details.aspx?id=594&type=SFCG) along the Manistee River Friday night. Saturday morning, we’ll load our gear into canoes and head off down the river. Once it gets to be dinner time, we’ll look for a nice flat spot on the side to set up camp for the night. Sunday morning we’ll load the canoe’s again and finish the trip at the canoe livery around noon or 1pm.  And once back in GR, we’ll have mass as a group at St. Andrews Cathedral downtown.

This is by no means a ‘hard core’ camping trip for experts only. This trip is meant for everyone, even if you’ve never camped before. It’s very laid back and fun. We aren’t paddling all day, every day. We stop several times along the way to go swimming, climb dunes, have lunch, shoot each other with water guns, swing on random rope swings if we happen to find some, etc. and in the evenings we hang out by the fire, make smores, maybe say a group rosary and just enjoy fellowship with great friends.

The cost will be approximately $40-$50 per person, which includes the cost of the canoes and food for the weekend. If you haven’t come before, you should join us this year! So mark your calendars and RSVP today!

Check out the Facebook event and RSVP-
https://www.facebook.com/events/236627023198130/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

• Theology on Tap! – Roy Shaw on “Faith in the Workplace”
• 7:00pm
• Knights of Columbus Hall – 1140 Muskegon Ave. NW Grand Rapids, MI

For our weekly meeting, we’ll be attending one of the Theology on Taps hosted by the northside GR parishes.  They will be hosting them the 3rd Wednesday of every month during the summer.  The topics and dates are below.  Please arrive a little early to get settled before the talk starts and remember it’s open to all young adults so bring friends!

July speaker (7/16): Roy Shaw will speak on Faith in the Workplace.
August speaker (8/20): TBD on Faith and Mental Health.

Check out the Facebook event-
https://www.facebook.com/events/891756247520260/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

• Symbolon-The Catholic Faith Explained video series and discussion, episode 2-Divine Revelation
• 7:45pm
• Connect Room in the basement of Holy Spirit

We’ll be watching and discussing the new video series, Symbolon-The Catholic Faith Explained.  It is a compelling presentation of the Catholic faith. Through beautifully crafted teaching and state-of-the-art video, author and speaker Dr. Edward Sri leads a team of dynamic teachers who provide a clear and comprehensive understanding of what the Catholic Church teaches and how to live it. After the video and discussion, we’ll head over to Applebees in Standale for a bite to eat.

• Vision Meeting and Adoration/Confession
• 7:00pm-Vision Meeting, 7:45pm Adoration/Confession
• Connect Room in the basement of Holy Spirit-Vision Meeting, Holy Spirit Chapel-Adoration/Confession

We’ll be having Adoration and Confession with Fr. Mark in the Chapel just off the Narthex of Holy Spirit Church. If you haven’t been to it before, Fr. Mark will kick off Adoration and then while he’s hearing confessions in the small room off the back of the chapel, we’ll spend time sitting quietly, reflecting and saying a rosary. Prior to Adoration and Confession, we’ll meet in the Connect Room in the basement of Holy Spirit for our Monthly Vision Meeting to discuss upcoming ideas and events for the group. Afterwards we’ll head out for a bite to eat.

• Corporate Communion and Beach Day!
• 10:30am-mass
• St. Luke’s Catholic Church-6163 Lake Michigan Dr, Allendale 49401 for mass
• Emily Raap’s house-(see facebook event for address) for lunch
• Grand Haven State Park for beach day

We will be having our first Corporate Communion and Beach Day of the summer!  We’ll start out going to mass together at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in Allendale at 10:30am (try to be there 10-15 mins early in the Narthex so we can find each other and sit as a group).  At the end of mass, we’ll be handing out flyers with info about Connect at the exits so please come help hand out flyers and tell people about what a great group Connect is!  Afterwards, we’ll head over to Emily Raap’s house for lunch.  Please bring a dish to pass and post on the event wall what you’re bringing in attempt to have a variety of food.  After lunch around 1pm, we will plan to head out to the beach in Grand Haven. If you can’t make it to mass or lunch, be to Emily’s by 1:00 in order to carpool to the beach.

Check out the Facebook event and RSVP-
https://www.facebook.com/events/1498453537035458/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

• Cleaning the Wyoming Pregnancy Resource Center
• 6:30 pm
• 2438 28^th Street SW Wyoming, MI 49519

Due to a scheduling conflict at the PRC, we had to move it to the 4th Wednesday of the month this month.  We’ll be doing our monthly service project, cleaning at the PRC. Please meet there and once we’re done, we’ll head out to a local restaurant for a late dinner.