OYYA Services and Organizational Structure

PARISH SERVICES (Regional Coordinators for Youth & Young Adult Ministry)

CONSULTING

• Help recruiting and hiring paid and volunteer parish youth and/or young adult ministry leadership
• Strategic planning for parish youth and/or young adult ministry
• Evaluation of parish youth and/or young adult ministry programs
• Surveys, Town Hall Meetings, Focus Groups in your parish on youth and/or young adult ministry
• Working with youth movements

SUPPORT

• One-on-One meetings with youth and/or young adult ministry leaders
• Regular deanery support gatherings for youth and/or young adult ministry leaders
• Pastoral Juvenil ministry support gatherings
• Meetings with Pastors, Staff Teams, and Parish Councils to dream and plan youth and/or young adult ministry
• Appreciation and recognition gatherings for youth and/or young adult ministry leaders

FORMATION

• Cultivate: On-Going Training of youth and/or young adult ministry leaders
• Equip: Specialized training in Youth and/or young adult ministry
• Individualized training for parish teams, parish councils, and parish staffs.
• One-on-One Training, Coaching and Mentoring
• Youth and/or Young Adult Ministry Leader Retreats
• Orientation and Resourcing of new youth & young adult ministry leaders

EVENTS (Regional Coordinators of Youth & Young Adult Ministry)

• NorCal Events
  • ON FIRE – (Six Flags)
  • Youth on a Mission Training
• Diocesan and Regional Events
  • FIRED UP: Confirmation Conference
  • Posada Juvenil
  • Father’s Day with Bishop Soto
  • Retreats for Youth & Young Adult Ministry Leaders
  • Collaborate on Regional Youth & Young Adult Ministry Events 

CAMP PENDOLA / TRINITY PINES CATHOLIC CENTER (Camp Pendola Director)

• Summer camp program for children and teens
• Teen programs & servant leadership development
• Catholic identity and formation
• Partnership with Catholic Schools and Religious Education programs
• Development of retreat facility.

CATHOLIC SCOUTING (Camp Pendola Director)

• Parish/unit partnerships – scouting as a ministry of the parish/scouting as youth ministry
• Leader and liaison training.
• Fully embracing all forms of scouting
  • New committee includes rep positions from BSA, GSA, Heritage Girls, Trail Guides
• Scouting Retreat
• Promotion of Religious Awards in all branches and all levels of scouting

BLACK CATHOLIC MINISTRY (Coordinator for Black Catholic Ministry)

• Vallejo & Sacramento Black Catholic Committees
• Outreach to St Patrick St Vincent High School
• Outreach to Newman Catholic Centers at Davis & Sacramento
• Parish Missions
• Leadership Training for Adults & Teens