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We know youth and many adults use texting as a main source of communication.
Would you like to be able to send texts via email instead of typing them (if you're like me, slowly) on your cell phone?
Pastor Matt Williamsfrom Calvary Lutheran in Willmar sent me these email addresses for texting via email. You'll have to find out which carrier each person uses, but if you're texting you'll want to get permission anyway and you can ask about the carrier then.
I think this could be a very helpful and time effective resource!
Verizon:
10digitphonenumber
@vtext.com
AT&T:
10digitphonenumber
@txt.att.net
Sprint:
10digitphonenumber
@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile:
10digitphonenumber
@tmomail.net
Nextel:
10digitphonenumber
@messaging.nextel.com
Cingular:
10digitphonenumber
@cingularme.com
Virgin Mobile:
10digitphonenumber
@vmobl.com
Alltel:
10digitphonenumber
@message.alltel.com
CellularOne:
10digitphonenumber
@mobile.celloneusa.com
Omnipoint:
10digitphonenumber
@omnipointpcs.com
Qwest:
10digitphonenumber
@qwestmp.com
Unicel:
10digitphonenumber
@utext.com
Do you have favorite resources you'd like to share?
Please send me an email and I'll include them soon.
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Greetings!
Ok, it's been nearly 2 months since I've sent out a newsletter, and for that I apologize! My attention was on other ministries, including the Sr. High Youth Gathering held in March. It was an excellent event that brought together over 250 youth and adults to experience Christ's love and serve others. The new 1-night format was well received and I look forward to possibly seeing you at next year's event.
There have been a lot of wonderful events for youth and youth leaders coming across my desk. I've compiled and posted them on the synod website under "Synod and Area Events." Please check them out.
I will leave you with a prayer I read on www.sacredspace.ie,my favorite place for prayer and scripture online.
"Lord, I envy the enthusiasm of the early disciples. They could not keep from speaking about what they had seen and heard. But I have not seen or heard it, and when I speak about your love, it sometimes sounds as though I have learned it out of a book. Yet I have felt you: sometimes in moments of anguish and incompleteness when I know that I am made for something beyond this; sometimes in moments of transcending joy, when I feel the glory of being loved. Give me words to do justice to my own experience."
In Christ,
Sarah Hausken, SW MN Synod Youth Ministry Coordinator
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Passing on Vibrant Faith
Passing on
Vibrant Faith Conference
May 8, 2010, 9 am
- 4 pm
Location: St.
John's Lutheran Church, Springfield
Conference
Highlights:
- Hear how to live a vibrant faith that
is...Authentic, Available, Affirming.
- Learn how to equip families to partner
home and congregation so that home is church too.
- Practice using the Four Keys to pass on
faith and values to loved ones.
- Lift up milestones as ways to celebrate
life and nurture spiritual growth
- Integrate your faith talk and faith
walk into all facets of life
Cost: $75/congregation worshiping less than 100 (unlimited participants)
$125/congregation worshiping 100 or more (unlimited participants)
$10/person for
meals
Contact: Pastor Linda Pedersen, 507-637-3904
Flyer
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Social Media Boot Camp
May 13, 2010, 9:00 AM through
4:00 PM
Location: Solomon's Porch,
Minneapolis, MN
A one-day workshopthat will cover pastoral uses of blogging, Facebook, Twitter, and broadcast media.
Sometimes
technological advances come along that have the ability to transform business
and ministry as we know it. The current advent of social media is one
such revolution -- one that leaders cannot afford to miss. While some in
the bemoan the changes in communication that result from social media, to
ignore them would be like ignoring the telephone or email..
In just one day,
social media veterans, and pastors, Doug Pagitt and Tony Jones will teach you
the basics of blogging, Facebook, and Twitter, and introduce you to a powerful
free social media Broadcasting. You'll leave this day feeling confident
of your ability to communicate with your church (and the world!) via social
media.
Boot Camp Registration(lunch included) $ 95.00
Contact: Phone:
866.950.5672 Email: info@jopaproductions.com |
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Augsburg College Youth Theology Institute
"... my faith without the Augsburg College Youth Theology Institute was dead faith, but now it's alive."
- Alaina Heiskary, Lino Lakes, MN
June 13-18, 2010
Location: Augsburg College,
Minneapolis, MN
"Christian Faith
and Creation: Heavenly Minded and No Earthly Good?" Please consider nominating
high school students who have completed 9th-12th grades
to participate in an unforgettable week of exploring creation through a
biblical, theological, and literary lens. Throughout the week, young people
will engage deep questions of the relationship between Christianity and
creation. We will learn together, pray together, play together, explore the
city together, and discern God's work in our world together. This year's
faculty include: professors Karl Jacobson, Mary Lowe, and Colin Irvine.
Staff contacts: Jeremy Myers, Assistant Professor of Religion,
Lonna Field, Campus Ministry Associate
Cost: $200
(includes all activities, food, and lodging!) Applications will be received until May 15.
More information, including nomination/application details
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"Love mixed with faith be yours from God the Father and from the Master, Jesus Christ. Pure grace and nothing but grace be with all who love our Master, Jesus."
The Message Ephesians 6:23-24
Sarah Hausken
SW MN Synod Youth Ministry Coordinator
507-430-2273
sarah.hausken@swmnelca.org
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