The design-build team pictured with their winning gingerbread house “A Snowy Cottage”. From left: Ella LaMonte, Devon Gervasi, Finnley Ritter, Caroline Barker
Our third annual Gingerbread House Competition was a festive and exciting event after the December Teen Mass. Thirty high schoolers created their masterpieces with the base of a packaged house, lots of icing, and tins overflowing with various supplies. Each house, when completed, had its unique charm: a cozy log cabin with a pretzel gate, gummy bears on candy cane skis outside of a beach house with gummy bears on candy can skis in the yard, the gingerbread version of Christ the King Church enhanced with pretzel crosses, marshmallow snowmen hanging out in a yard, graham crackers engineered perfectly to create a fort above a house, a cozy cottage with Santa sitting on a beautifully designed rooftop, and our winning house, a snowy cottage! Through Facebook and Instagram, we invited our parishioners to vote for their favorite house and received 75 votes!
While the Gingerbread House Competition is a fun and exciting event, our youth and young adult leaders dedicate themselves to a more significant goal: fostering a community of believers who trust one another. Just as Jesus spent time with people and learned their stories, we aim to create a space where teens, facing a world that is often chaotic, confusing, and filled with immense pressure, can feel seen, heard, and understood.
I am eagerly looking forward to the opportunities in 2025. I am excited to continue connecting with local high school students, engaging with our young adult leaders, and developing this ministry and its members to our full potential.
Veronica Spilker is the Coordinator of Evangelization.
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