{"id":15626,"date":"2026-05-08T11:49:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T01:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&#038;p=15626"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:20:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:20:47","slug":"youth-ministry","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/youth-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><i>On the 30th of April, Myself and twelve other Year 9 students had the incredible opportunity to attend Olympics Unleashed: an event where we were able to meet with an Olympian and discuss leadership along with goal setting.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>We met Nicholas Timmings, a 2x winter olympian for the sport Skeleton, who taught us the importance of keeping a strong support system, pursuing our goals even in times of hardship, and never listening to others if they say our dreams are unattainable.<\/p>\n<p>There were many activities throughout the day, such as a Q&amp;A, a seminar, and opportunities to meet Nicholas one on one and ask any further questions.<\/p>\n<p>All of us learnt a lot about resilience, and we were all very inspired by what he had to say.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, it was a great day, and we are so thankful to Mr Iskander for organising this amazing opportunity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><i>&#8211; Phoebe O&#8217;Connor (Year 9 Student)<\/i><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15626 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2026\/05\/20260430_1023411-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2026\/05\/20260430_1023411-1-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2026\/05\/20260430_093950-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2026\/05\/20260430_093950-1-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"highlight\" style=\"text-align: left\"><i style=\"font-size: 1.4rem\"><em>Mr Matthew Iskander, Youth Ministry Coordinator<\/em><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"row enewsletter-text-block\" data-block-enewsletter=\"text\">This article on College life meets The Archbishop&#8217;s Charter for Catholic Schools &#8211; Charter #1, #2, #8\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 30th of April, Myself and twelve other Year 9 students had the incredible opportunity to attend Olympics Unleashed: an event where we were able to meet with an Olympian and discuss leadership along with goal setting. We met Nicholas Timmings, a 2x winter olympian for the sport Skeleton, who taught us the importance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[7],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-15626","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_category-around-the-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/15626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=15626"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=15626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}