Author: Christina Spindler

Journey

Faith * Service * Community
A Ministry of the Catholic Parishes of
Washington County that
Educates and Empowers those with
Special Needs in their Faith

July 6, 2022
Dear Friends of Journey,
Blessings to all of you! I hope and pray you are all enjoying a beautiful summer!
I have enclosed registration forms for the 2022-23 Journey classes. I have updated and simplified the forms. Please complete them and return them to me—if you have any questions please let me know.
A few specific notes pertaining to upcoming Journey events and information
This summer we are working on the items for the fundraiser. Each family has been asked to volunteer for 2 hours of time toward the fundraiser. In the past we have made roughly $3000 on this fundraiser. We need everyone to chip in. If you are not an artistic person that is ok—we have labels to put on bags, brushing polyurethane on bases, pricing help will be needed in August and more! Please check out the dates & times on the back of this page. The Journey room is the location.
Carrie Labinski (Joey’s mom) is looking for a few Journey families to take an hour slot in July or August for Adoration. Journey has reserved Fridays from noon-1pm as a slot. If you can take a slot please reach out to Carrie at 262-297-2490 or labinski@charter.net.
This upcoming year we will be working on the virtues of perseverance, honesty, humility, meekness, moderation, modesty, orderliness and self-control. We also will continue to study the upcoming Sunday gospels. Class dates are on the back page.
The Bible study this year will be the Great Adventure Bible study adapted to fit our class. Friends must be 15 years old by Sept. 1 and have a reading level of 4th grade and above. I would like to expand it to the other groups after I see how it works here.
In September, we are starting a women’s group that will meet 2 Thursdays a month, 11:30am-12:30pm from September –April. I am hoping we can do it in person and virtual for those who cannot leave work but would like to be a part of it. The book is called Saintly Moms, 25 Stories of Holiness by Kelly Ann Guest. We will read ahead of time one saint and have 2 questions to discuss at each meeting. Mom’s, grandmothers and all women are welcome. Please let me know if you are interested.
Journey Friday Fun Nights are back this year. They are reserved for the 3rd Friday of each month from 6-8 pm. The first one will be in September. I would like to do a Welcome Back Picnic at Queen of Angels Park (across from St. Mary’s). Pot luck and games. I could use a volunteer or 2 to help organize. Dates are on the back of this page.
IRIS program participants—This year we will be offering again the IRIS program as an option to cover the cost of tuition. If you are interested, please check the appropriate box on the back of the registration form.
This year we have had to raise the tuition for Journey to $110 to help cover cost. If this is an issue, please let me know.
If you have any questions—let me know. I look forward to our 19th year of Journey starting this fall. I can be reached at cspindler@wbparishes.org and 262-338-2366 ext. 124.
Blessings to all,
Christina Spindler
Director of Journey

Journey 2022-23
Class Dates *

6-10 year olds / Saturdays 9:30-11:15 am / Sept. 17 (FK visit) / Oct. 1, 15, 29 / Nov. 12 / Dec. 10 / Jan. 7, 21 Field trip TBD / Feb. 4, 18 / March 4, 18 / April 1,15, 29	11-15 year olds / Wednesdays 5:30-7:15 pm / Sept. 21 / Oct. 5 (FK visit), 19 / Nov. 2, 16, 30 / Dec. 14 / Jan. 11, 25 / Feb. 8, (22 – Ash Wednesday) / March 8, 22 / April 19	Great Adventure Bible Study / Thursdays 5:30-7:15 pm / Ages 15+, min. 5th gr. reading level / Sept. 22 / Oct 6, 20 (FK visit) / Nov. 3, 17 / Dec. 1, 15 / Jan. 12, 26 / Feb. 9, 23 / March 9, 23 / April 6, 20
Adult 1 / Wednesdays 6-7:45 pm / Sept. 14, 28 / Oct. 12, 26 / Nov. 9 (FC visit) / Dec. 7, / Jan. 4, 1 / Feb. 1, 15 / March 1, 15, 29 / April 12, 26	Adult 2 / Mondays 5:30-7:15 pm / Sept. 19 / Oct. 3 (FK visit), 17, 31 / Nov. 14, 28 / Dec. 12 / Jan. 9, 23 / Feb. 6, 20 / March 6, 20 / April 3, 17	Adult 3 / Thursdays 5:30-7:15 pm / Sept. 15, 29 / Oct. 13, 27 / Nov. 10 (FK visit) / Dec. 8 / Jan. 5, 19 / Feb. 2, 16 / March 2, 16, 30 / April 13, 27

Journey Fun Nights / Fridays 6-8 pm / Sept. 16—Welcome Back Picnic / Oct. 21 – Fall Dance / Nov. 18 – Christmas Serv. Proj. / Dec. 16 - ? / Jan. 20 – Sports Night (FK visit) / Feb. 17 – Winter Dance / March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day / April 21 – Spring Dance	Saintly Moms/Ladies Study / for Journey families/volunteers / Thursdays 11:30am-12:30pm / Sept. 22 / Oct. 13, 27 / Nov. 10 / Dec. 8 (FK visit) / Jan. 12, 26 / Feb. 9, 23 / March 9, 23 / April 13, 27	Fundraiser Sale Dates / *November 5th at Women of Christ. 7am-2pm. Set up on Friday afternoon 11/4 / * November 12 & 13th after the Masses at SFC. Set up Saturday morning 11/12. / * November 20th after the Masses at SMIC. Set up Saturday morning 11/19.

Fundraiser volunteer times

*Thursday, July 7—5-7 pm / *Friday, July 15—6-8 pm / *Wednesday, July 20-2-5 pm / *Friday, July 27—6-8 pm / *Wednesday, August 3—9-12pm	*Thursday, August 4 – 6-8 pm / *Mon., August 8—12:30 -3 pm / *Tuesday, August 9 – 9:30-12pm / *Wednesday., August 10 – 9-3pm / *Thursday, August 11 – 9:30-12pm / *Wed, August 17-9-12pm

Dates for Journey Masses are set for October 2 and Feb. 19. We are also working on
a Mass at Holy Angels. Stay tuned!
*Class dates for sacrament prep are not on this schedule.

e. To achieve these things, we will need to meet with you (in private) to talk to you about your son/daughter/ward so we do need your permission to do that. In the past the forms you filled out in the past included some privacy information like date of birth, medicaid ID, etc. All of these are kept in a locked file and is not shared