“Teen Dating Safety”
Opening and Closing Detail: Catechist Summary * Slides
Core of the session set and presented by Sarah’s Inn personnel, our guests Sanika Dev and Chidori Lively
Tracks A and B together: Monday 1/27/2025 from 6:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Mission Hall at the Parish Center
Opening Prayer (5 min.)
“Sacred” – Joe Melendrez feat. Danielle Rose
Lyrics handout
Source: https://youtu.be/kEk6tIdJjWU?si=znfetd2XkjHaPq1_&t=3
Healthy Relationships Presentation from Sarah’s Inn Staff (~90 min.)
Mobile devices are needed to play a game in the Kahoot! app or on the Kahoot! website as part of the in-class presentation.
While the program is set by Sarah’s Inn personnel and varies from year to year, past activities and resources for teaching about preventing Teen Dating Violence and promoting Healthy Relationships have included:
- Game with True/False questions about teen dating violence statistics, via Kahoot!
- Healthy Relationhips and Types of Abuse – 2-sided handout describing characteristics of healthy relationships and types of abuse that can occur in relationships, making them unhealthy
- It’s Your Call – inventory worksheet to choose how acceptable or unacceptable certain behaviors are in a romantic partner
- Relationship Timeline – inventory worksheet for when during a relationship certain behaviors may feel appropriate
- Card game with My Perfect Partner worksheet to choose desired qualities in an ideal romantic partner (and be randomly assigned an undesirable quality in the same partner)
- Relationship Manifesto worksheet, summarizing one’s values related to dating
- Ally Info and Warning Signs – 2-sided handout of information on how to be an ally of someone experiencing dating violence, and what warning signs to watch for in yours and other people’s relationships
- Teen Resource Guide – handout of hotline contact numbers and other crisis resources for getting help when you need it
- Adult Coloring Page provided by Sarah’s Inn for dealing with stress in a healthy way
Reminders and Closing Prayer (10 min)
Reminders:
- Christian service documentation for 5+ hours due at next class!
Homework:
- bring in your service documentation!
- make sure your Letter to the Pastor has been submitted to Ms. Hohner, digitally or in print
Closing Prayer (petitions against Domestic Violence)
Handout of all petitions
Response: Lord, hear our prayer.
- For all who are victims of domestic or dating violence, may God help them free themselves from abuse and live safely in the peace of Christ.
We pray… Lord, hear our prayer.- For our community of faith, that we become as compassionate and sensitive toward victims of domestic and dating violence as Jesus would be.
We pray… Lord, hear our prayer.- For all victims of domestic and dating violence, may they feel neither guilt nor shame but have the courage to seek help in order to free themselves from abuse.
We pray… Lord, hear our prayer.- For all of us and our parish that we might not judge victims of domestic or dating violence but offer them the support they need to free themselves from abuse.
We pray… Lord, hear our prayer.- For perpetrators of domestic or dating violence that they may stop their abuse and seek professional help.
We pray… Lord, hear our prayer.- For those who suffer domestic or dating violence, that they may know they are not alone, they are loved, and help is only a phone call away.
We pray… Lord, hear our prayer.- For those who witness domestic or dating violence – especially young children – that they may understand that violence is never an expression of love, is never acceptable and must never be imitated.
We pray… Lord, hear our prayer.- For victims of domestic or dating violence that they may know that their suffering is not a cross to bear or a punishment from God.
We pray… Lord, hear our prayer.- For victims of all types of abuse, may they know God’s love and understand that they are not alone. May they be guided to help, support and safety.
We pray… Lord, hear our prayer.- For our families, may they know God’s love and may they share this love with kindness and consideration for one another, free from abuse and controlling behaviors.
We pray… Lord, hear our prayer.