OverviewMini Vinnies
- A Heartwarming Success for our Mini Vinnies
Our Mini Vinnies would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who supported their recent Coffee Morning! The… Read more: A Heartwarming Success for our Mini Vinnies - Mini Vinnies serving our parish community
This Sunday, some of our Mini Vinnies kindly gave up their weekends to serve teas and coffees at the end… Read more: Mini Vinnies serving our parish community - Mini Vinnies Coffee Morning at Church
Our Mini Vinnies worked in partnership with our Church’s SVP group to host a Coffee Morning to raise money for… Read more: Mini Vinnies Coffee Morning at Church - Harvest Mass
We came together as a parish community to celebrate Harvest. After an appeal by the Mini Vinnies, we collected an… Read more: Harvest Mass - Tea with the SVP – our first Mini Vinnies event of the year!
On Wednesday, our new Mini Vinnies took part in the SVP’s campaign ‘Tea with the SVP.’ Between 9th – 27th… Read more: Tea with the SVP – our first Mini Vinnies event of the year!
The Corpus Christi Mini Vinnies are a very special group of people who made a purposeful decision to turn their concerns in to action. They meet regularly to pray together, reflect together and work on different projects to serve the community together.
Prayer
Each time we meet, we take part in a Celebration of the Word together based on the Scripture from the Sunday. We engage in discussions to express our personal views before carrying out an activity to explore meanings further and to identify a mission for the following week. The Mini Vinnies have led ‘Family Prayer’ during Advent, Lent and during the months dedicated to Mary.
Reflection
Throughout the year, the Mini Vinnies work towards achieving the Faith In Action PIN award. It is designed to allow young people to discover how faith shapes lives, thus acting as a stepping stone to the higher award levels. Having taken early steps in establishing a personal relationship with God, participants begin to see that this relationship has an outward and visible effect upon them and those around them. As they seek to know God better, they become aware that others, of all ages, are trying to do the same. This draws us together in community. Seeking to serve the community helps us discover even more about ourselves, each other and God. There are different reflection points along the journey where the group can reflect on themes such as love and service.
Serving the community
The Mini Vinnies identified several issues that were important to them at the start of the year and have endeavoured to act to support them. We have embarked on a range of projects such as food collections for the Bensham Food Co-op and Joe’s Place, informative presentations about caring for the environment and creating prayer cards for the parish community.
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