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About Me

Have you heard of Bob Rice or Chris Padgett? Or perhaps you know some of those age old camp songs that have hand motions... Well, check out this video below of the song "Hand Motions in Heaven"!
Howdy! This is Rakhi, Director of Genesis Ministries, a connection point for Catholic young adults in Oakland County. Our goal is to connect young adults to Christ and the Catholic faith, as well as empower you to live your faith in the world.
There are several young adult groups that gather to worship, celebrate, serve, explore and live their faith (and they have fun - honest!). Looking for a parish to join? We can help you there too! Still in school? Check out our campus ministries! Are you exploring the joys of marriage? Find out what is out there for you. Not quite sure where God is calling you? Let us help you in that search as well.
If you are looking to explore, deepen, and live your faith, you have come to the right place! If you are looking for other young adults who share your values, you have come to the right place! If you have no idea what you are looking for, but you are looking, you too, have come to the right place.
Welcome, and enter in on this journey with us. We hope to see you at our upcoming events. Check us out online at www.genesis-ministries.org and feel free to IM us on AIM @ AODGenesisMin!
Just a sidenote: We at Genesis Ministries enter this site with the hope that all who connect to us will reflect the Catholic faith in their lives and on their pages. However, we cannot control what others will post on their individual sites. We do encourage you to think about what you put there and how it reflects on the faith you profess. Sidenote over now. :) Christian Myspace Layouts - Death MySpace Layouts Christian Myspace Layouts

My Interests

FELLOWSHIP: Join our MySpace to see who else shares your interest in faith! Plus, check out our website for opportunities to gather with other young adult Catholics.
WORSHIP: Fusion Area Young Adult Mass, St. Michael's Holy Hour, St. Gerald's Prayer Group, and other opportunities listed on our event calendar. Plus, check out these websites:
Sacred Space, Daily Scripture Readings
SERVICE/JUSTICE: Check the event calendar for service opportunities. For information on Catholic Social Teaching or other service and justice projects, take a look at these websites:
Catholic Social Teaching , Catholic Relief Services , Hands And Feet Foundation , Food for the Poor , Jesuit Volunteer Corps , Pax Christi Michigan , Project Life
Also, check out the Invisible Children Project

I'd like to meet:

Anyone open to joining us as we explore our connection to God, Christ, and our mission in this world as the body of Christ.

Music:

...is awesome! Some folks who are out there sharing God's word through the gifts they've been given: Third Day, Jeremy Camp, Caedmon's Call, Newsboys, Nichole Nordeman, DC Talk, Audio Adrenaline, Terry Gonda, Who Do You Say I Am, Stephen Curtis Chapman, Michael W. Smith, Mercy Me, Phil Wickham, Evan Wickham, Out of Ruin, and hundreds of others who I can't possibly fit into this space. Go out there and make a joyful noise!

Movies:

...can shape our world and spur us into action. Just a few powerful flicks: Hotel Rwanda, Gandhi, Born Into Brothels, Paperclip, Dead Man Walking, The Passion of the Christ, Romero, The Power of One.

Books:

The Good Book (aka The Bible). Check out some powerful theologians, too... C.S. Lewis, Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, Henri Nouwen, Blessed Mother Teresa, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Augustine, Pope John Paul II, Bishop Fulton Sheen... I know I've left out some biggies...let me know what they are!

Heroes:

Well, Jesus, of course...Mary and Joseph...the apostles...and the saints. I'm not naming names - there are too many! Besides, we are all called to sainthood, and in some way, many of us are, or can be, heroes to someone else out there. Go and do likewise, folks, go and do likewise...

My Blog

From MDOT to VDOT??

Well, it looks like the Vatican is now taking on the role of Transportation Authority...or that is at least how the media would like it to look. Following the reports posted today on many online newsj...
Posted by Genesis Ministries on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:18:00 PST

LFT Podcast test

Leadership for Tomorrow ...Coming soon to a computer near you! Also check out the anticipated speakers at leadershipfortomorrow.blogspot.com!!...
Posted by Genesis Ministries on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:43:00 PST

MIA in Tijuana, Mexico...

Sorry I've been MIA! For a week, I was with a group of students in Tijuana on an alternative spring break. It was quite an experience... Instead of re-hashing the details here, I hope you will forgive...
Posted by Genesis Ministries on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:31:00 PST

Amazing Grace: Scripture Reflection for February 18, 2007

Just as we have borne the image of the earthly one,we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one. 1 Corinthians 15:49But rather, love your enemies and do good to them,and lend expecting nothing bac...
Posted by Genesis Ministries on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:31:00 PST

To Be Catchers of Men: Scripture Reflection for the Week of February 4, 2007

While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were ...
Posted by Genesis Ministries on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:26:00 PST

Scripture Reflection for the week of January 28: Prophets in Our Midst?

The word of the LORD came to me, saying: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you. Jeremiah 1:4-5 Love never fails....
Posted by Genesis Ministries on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:02:00 PST

Life and the Spirit: Scripture Reflection for the Week of January 21, 2007

The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said of Jesus, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "By the prince of demons he drives out demons."Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, "How ca...
Posted by Genesis Ministries on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:20:00 PST

The Wedding at Cana: Scripture Reflection for the week of January 14, 2007

There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee,and the mother of Jesus was there.Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. When the wine ran short,the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have ...
Posted by Genesis Ministries on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:37:00 PST

The Embrace of a Stranger...Free Hugs?

A friend forwarded me the video I just posted of the Free Hugs campaign. At first, I must admit, my reaction was to say "What the heck? Weird!" Then I sat and thought about why it was that my first re...
Posted by Genesis Ministries on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:39:00 PST

El Dia de los Muertos and Feast of All Souls

A great beauty of our faith tradition is that the body of Christ transcends death. Because of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we are forever connected through Him to one another. Th...
Posted by Genesis Ministries on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:36:00 PST