In this Issue:

• First Friday Reminder

• Nexus Information

• Spring Training for Coaches

• Intermediate Training for Youth Ministers

• Theology On Tap

• Sports Update

• Be the First!

All are invited to join the CYM staff this Friday, February 1st for our monthly First Friday Liturgy and Lunch. Mass will begin at 11:30 a.m. and a light lunch will follow. Please call Linda at 302-658-3800 if you plan to join us.

Nexus 2002 information was mailed out to all parish and school contacts this afternoon. But don't wait for the mail! Get all the information, included permission slips, flyers, and even the cover letter online with just a click of the button. Visit http://cdowcym.org/nexus/index.htm now!

If you are a coach, assistant coach, or AA president and need to attend Basic Certification, please visit http://www.cdow.org/cymltraining.html to get a copy of the registration form and to see the spring training dates.

If you are involved in your parish youth ministry program as a volunteer or paid staff member and wish to take your training to the next level, please visit http://www.cdow.org/cymltraining.html and get all the latest information about Intermediate Training available in the next few weeks.

Theology on Tap, which proved to be such a success during Advent, will be back for Lent! Flyers are available at http://www.cdowcym.org/pdf/springtot.pdf for you to print and send to all the young adults you know. We've got great topics and fantastic presenters lined up so join us in our new home - at the Waterworks Cafe - during February and March.

Basketball season is well underway and so far the players seem to be having fun. What a shame it would be to ruin that experience by having a coach or spectator ejected from the game for poor sportsmanship. All coaches, spectators, and even players and encouraged to think before you act. As Paul VI said, "If everything we do isn't all about Christ, then perhaps we ought not be doing it." Email Joe McNesby at jmcnesby@cdow.org to request a copy of Dare to Be Different, our new sportsmanship video to watch with your team or family to learn what CYM sports is all about.

Be the first person to email the answer to both of our Youth Ministry trivia questions and receive an official CYM pullover jacket. The email address is catholicyouth@cdow.org and the questions are below:

? It's a national organization dedicated to helping adult leaders in youth ministry and it's celebrating it's 20th anniversary this month. Can you name it?

? Renewing the Vision (the Bishop's document that serves as a framework for comprehensive youth ministry) lists three goals of youth ministry. Can you name them?