FLOCK Faith Formation Vision: We are Catholic disciples who follow Jesus and share Him with others!
FLOCK Faith Formation Mission: St. Paul Parish is devoted to cultivating families of well-formed disciples who know, love, serve, and share Jesus Christ and His holy Church.
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR 2025-2026
ONLINE TUITION PAYMENT FOR 2025-2026
(if you prefer to pay by check, please make payable to St. Paul Parish and submit by mail with "Faith Formation" in the memo line)
Details for Calendar-at-a-Glance
Grades 1-5 (Yellow on the Calendar)
- Flock Elementary Ministry
- 6:00-7:15 PM, most Wednesdays
- Also includes the blue Family Faith Nights
- Families invited/encouraged to take part in orange Parish Events
- Families invited/encouraged to take part in green Family Service Saturdays
- See the purple category for additional 2nd grade information
Grades 6-8 (Yellow on the Calendar)
- Summit Middle School Ministry
- 6:00-7:15 PM, most Wednesdays
- Also includes the blue Family Faith Nights
- Families invited/encouraged to take part in orange Parish Events
- Families invited/encouraged to take part in green Family Service Saturdays
Grades 9-11 (Red on the Calendar)
- Cor High School Minisry
- 6:30-8:00 PM, most Sundays (3 per month on average)
- Families invited/encouraged to take part in orange Parish Events
- Families invited/encouraged to take part in green Family Service Saturdays
- See the * category for additional 11th grade information
Grade 2-Specific (Purple on the Calendar)
- Preparation for First Reconciliation & First Eucharist (First Communion)
- Includes a family home visit (late summer – early fall) from Maggie and a family home study book for each sacrament that complements and reinforces what we are doing in our Wednesday classroom sessions
- First Reconciliation Retreat: Saturday, January 17, 2026 9:00 am – 12:00 pm for each child AND one parent together (or grandparent/godparent/etc if parent is unable to attend)
- First Reconciliation: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 6:00 pm (entire family is encouraged to come, but at least one parent (or grandparent/etc) should attend with their child
- First Communion Retreat: Saturday, April 18, 2026 9:00 am -12:00 pm for each child AND one parent together (or grandparent/etc)
- First Communion Mass: Sunday, April 26, 2026, 10:30 AM Mass
Grade 11-Specific (Has * by date on the Calendar)
- Preparation for Confirmation (prep in Junior year, Confirmed in fall of Senior year)
- Candidates (juniors) + Sponsors attend monthly sessions on Sunday mornings, 2nd Sunday of the month, 9:30-11:30 AM including attending 10:30 AM Mass as a group
- Candidates (juniors) + Sponsors meet monthly on their own time for prayer, discussion, outlined in the Confirmation Sponsor/Candidate Packets distributed at our first Sunday session on October 12
- Juniors also attend “regular” 11th grade faith formation (Cor High School Ministry) on Sunday evenings (the red dates on the Calendar)
Families Grades 1-8 (Blue on the Calendar)
- 5 Family Faith Nights per year: Fall Kickoff (September 24), Advent Family Faith Night (December 3), Ash Wednesday (February 18), Lent Family Faith Night (February 25), Easter Family Faith night (April 8)
- Parents attend with their grades 1-8 children.
- Begins with a meal served from 5:30-6:00 (except for Ash Wednesday, which is a fasting day) and then activities run from 6:00-7:15 PM (same timeframe as normal class to keep routine the same)
- The goals for Family Faith Nights are to 1) help parents out by providing a meal they don’t have to cook or buy from a restaurant on a busy night of kids’ activities 2) encourage fellowship and friendship among parish families 3) provide an opportunity for families to pray and have fun together and grow in experiences of following Jesus Christ in the midst of His Catholic Church
- Families are divided into groups for different activities/faith experiences throughout the evening
- Interested in being on the Family Faith Night visioning/helping team for these? Awesome! Please email mmelchior@stpaulcl.com and we’ll chat!
Families Grades 1-8 (Has P3 by date on the Calendar)
- Pizza & Prayer with Parents (P3) Nights
- On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, we’ll provide a family fellowship meal from 5:30-6:00, prior to our normal programming for the evening (in all but one instance, P3 nights are on “normal” class nights). All are welcome!
- Deacon Greg leads a time of prayer (Eucharistic Adoration) on the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 6:00-7:00 PM. Parents are invited and encouraged to stick around to pray and have some personal spiritual enrichment time while their kids are in their classes. You can attend Adoration for the whole hour or just a few minutes depending on whatever works best for you!
- The goals for Pizza & Prayer with Parents (P3) Nights are to 1) help parents out by providing a meal they don’t have to cook or buy from a restaurant on a busy night of kids’ activities 2) encourage fellowship and friendship among parish families 3) provide an opportunity for parents to pray and have a little spiritual rest/reset to uplift and strengthen their relationship with Jesus, especially in the Holy Eucharist.
- Interested in being on the P3 visioning/helping team for these? Awesome! Please email mmelchior@stpaulcl.com and we’ll chat!
Families Grades 3-6 (Green on the Calendar)
- Family Service Saturdays!
- 9:00 am – 12:00 pm 3 times per year: November 8, January 10, and April 11
- Seasonally themed and will include local hands-on service families do together as well as fellowship and activities and snacks!
- For this first year, we’re focusing on families with children in grades 3-6, but all are welcome!
- Interested in being on the Family Service Saturdays visioning/helping team for these? Awesome! Please email mmelchior@stpaulcl.com and we’ll chat!
Parish Events for Everyone (Orange on the Calendar)
- Parish Events for Everyone – a huge variety of different things families can plug into if they’re able and interested! Watch the bulletin/website/faith formation email update for details
- Saturday September 6: Brat Fest! (afternoon/evening)
- Saturday, September 21: “Music Beyond Measure” Diocesan music workshop – details forthcoming! (evening)
- Saturday October 25: Trunk or Treat! (4 PM Mass/early evening)
- Tuesday, November 11: Veterans’ Day Mass & Celebration (evening)
- Saturday November 22: Mom’s Revival Day (day of faith and fellowship for ladies with prayer, speakers, ideally with babysitting provided – details forthcoming!)
- Friday December 5 and Saturday December 6: Live Nativity!
- Friday, March 27: Grilled Cheese Please! (Lenten parish fellowship/meal)
What is the Cost?
FLOCK has a simple tuition structure.
- 1 child in faith formation, any grade = $150 total for the family
- 2 children in faith formation, any grades = $300 total for the family
- 3+ children in faith formation, any grades = $400 total for the family
Special years like Second Grade (First Reconciliation/First Holy Communion) or Junior Year (Confirmation preparation) incur no additional costs.
Families who are not registered & contributing members of Saint Paul Parish pay an annual $50 out-of-parish tuition supplement per child. If you have any questions regarding out-of-parish tution, or how to become a member if you're not one at this time, please talk to Cheri Ver Voort (Parish Business Administrator) by calling (920)788-4553.
Other common questions such as...
What does the FLOCK name mean?
What are our ministry priorities for faith formation?
What do all the names mean? Flock? Summit? Cor? What's all that?
... are answered in greater detail on this page, which provides the broad overview of our vision, mission, and goals.
Our Lady of Champion, pray for us!
Saint Paul, pray for us!
In the love of Jesus, our Good Shepherd,
Maggie
