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The Youth TNT will not meet during the summer.
There will be a weekly Youth Gathering Meeting in July on Thursdays at 6 p.m. (no dinner served) in preparation for the trip to New Orleans.
Good Friday afternoon, everyone! We are just a few weeks away from seeing one another in New Orleans!
Some congregations have had to cancel their plans to join us at the Gathering. That means there is room for others to come. Registration is open again, to give people one last chance to register online.
People who register late will not be able to choose an interest area, but will be assigned to a project.
Here is the latest information from the Servant Life team:
Servant Life project assignments are underway – though a bit more complicated than we anticipated! First every congregation is assigned to a Project. Then every Project is assigned to a Bus number at a specific Launch Site and Departure Time. Then each Bus is assigned to a local organization that is partnering with us to serve in New Orleans. Whew! This is a very time consuming process where accuracy is critical. In addition to this, we hope to be attentive to students in wheel chairs.
Plan to wear your orange Servant Life t-shirt that you will be given at registration. Please wear this, even if it isn’t your best fit or favorite color as it will designate that you are part of our group for safety purposes. Everyone needs to wear closed-foot shoes (no sports sandals or flip flops,) shorts (no skirts) and bring their own water bottle and personal first aid kit. (Make this a small baggie or container of a few band-aids, etc.)
All of this is to say that you can expect notification of your project by the end of June. To help you plan ahead, we want you to know that most projects do not require any special supplies. There are some that will need work gloves, some that will need paint brushes and others will be asked to bring specific children’s books.
What we really need is for you to encourage everyone you know to support the in-kind donation at http://archive.elca.org/scriptlib/DS/giving/youthgiving_gift.asp. We are counting on this way of giving to provide all the supplies you need. Right now we have $35,000 and our goal is $250,000. That’s a long way to go in 6 weeks! Please – please, help us serve in New Orleans by encouraging giving. We are especially hoping to provide school supplies for children this fall! Any amount of money (even $10) will help.
The city of New Orleans is really looking forward to us joining them in July. They have had many groups come since Katrina, almost 4 years ago, but our group is certainly the largest. But most important to them is that we are coming to serve them, not ourselves! Our spirit of flexibility and model of compassionate justice is a relief to many tired leaders. Thanks for giving of yourself in this way! It will make a real difference.
Peace,
ELCA Youth Gathering
The 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering will be in New Orleans, July 22nd – 26th. The theme is Jesus Justice Jazz. This is a great time to grow in Christ and be with other youth ALL with one goal – living life in the ways of Christ. Anamarie Ostrov, Ryan Henderson, Anthony Seng, Erika Kemp and Emily Lasko are all packed and ready to leave on July 21st at 1:10PM. They will return on July 27th at 7:25PM. Jeff Brahs will be the youth leader for this trip. All of our prayers and good wishes go with each of you. Go with God and work to His glory.
4th God bless the USA
9th TNT 6:00PM – 8:00PM Youth Room (Jr and Sr youth
12th Sunday School Youth Room
26th Sunday School Youth Room
Keep looking for youth events for the summer in the bulletin. Put on your calendar the next Youth Sunday will be August 30th and Roundup Sunday, September 13th, 2009. I
f you are interested in helping with Sunday School beginning in September please call Rosemary Schweigert (602)331-3056.
Welcome to the first of many E-Newsletters for the 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans!
The Gathering E-News will be sent to you each month and deliver Gathering information, updates, and news to you as you prepare for New Orleans and beyond.
What it's all about...
In 2009, youth of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have the opportunity to enter into the stories of God's activity in New Orleans, and recognize themselves as participants in God's story. Youth will have the opportunity to be public witnesses of their faith by learning about and practicing compassionate justice. Compassionate justice includes studying scripture, praying, knowing the world around us, actively helping, and truly caring about others.
As with each Gathering, the most important part of the experience is the blessing and sending that happens at the end. While the goal of our presence and service in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast is to be part of the ongoing recovery of the community and people's lives, what happens in New Orleans will not stay in New Orleans—we are sent home and into the world jazzed for justice, for kindness, and for humble walking with God.
By exploring God's Word together and serving in New Orleans, young people will mature in faith, grow more confident in their witness of the gospel, and find themselves part of God's unfolding story. They will make it their own story wherever they are and throughout their lives.
It's all about serving like Jesus...
All participants will be invited to enter New Orleans and grow into "…the measure of the stature of Christ…" (Ephesians 4:13) by experiencing this journey in one of six interest areas. The interest areas represent major themes or aspects of a community's life! The six interest areas are:
The Arts & Culture
Health & Wellness
Wealth & Poverty
Literacy
Housing
Environment
Walk through a special discernment process to help you decide about participating in the 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering.
SUNDAYS– 11:30 a.m.
re-charge at the AMP service
“Amp”
Awesome Music and Praise
Abbreviated, high energy, relevant and positive worship
“A M P”
Awesome Music & Praise
Abbreviated, high energy, relevant and positive worship
What’s your excuse………
● I don’t have time?....
This worship is approximately ½ hr long; God knows you need rest as well as money to live, food to eat and clothes to wear
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well(Matthew 6:33)
● Service is too early……………
This service is at 11:30, plenty of time to sleep in & worship
● I’ve always found church boring…
I dare you to fall asleep during this service. High energy is the key to this service.
● Church members are judgmental…..
Who are we to judge you, we’re friendly…Honest!
● Stopped believing………..
Let us help you believe again!
● I don’t have nice clothes………..
1Samuel16:7 ”God said, Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” With that said…blue jeans and a t-shirt work just fine!
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