CYFM Commission

We believe that children, youth and their parents are full mission partners of the Church, disciples of Jesus Christ, and are called to ministry in distinctive (and distinctively different!) ways.

We honor, encourage, and support these calls by creating space through formation opportunities that allow for life-changing encounters with the Holy One of Love.

What do we mean by formation? We use the word to describe our efforts to cultivate a community that forms Christians aka Disciples—those who are called and equipped to follow Jesus.

Formation is about more than one or two hours on Sunday morning. Formation is a commitment to allow our whole lives to be formed by the desire to follow God in Christ. We lend our energy to building a place where each generation can do that. In this way, all adults are Formation Leaders—using their individual gifts to nurture discipleship by example.

Formation for Children, Youth and Families at Saint Philip’s begins with an acknowledgment of the intensely full and active religious life already present in each person from infancy. We seek to nurture and deepen that life through engagement with the living Jesus alive in Scripture, Sacrament and Community, encountering there God’s gentle but powerful desire to bring all people into loving relationship with God through Christ.  Our mission is to know and love God with you and yours, and we look forward to getting to know you!

CYFM Co-Chairs
Kate Appel (kate.appel@stphilipstucson.org)
Becky Friesen (rfriesen1@gmail.com)

CYFM Vestry Liaison
Courtney Friesen (courtneyfriesen@yahoo.ca)

CYFM Staff Liaison
Mtr Beth Clarke (beth.clarke@stphilipstucson.org)
Fr Alex Swain (cyfm@stphilipstucson.org)