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Good Friday Idea
This year Bethel and Paz y Esperanza in Willmar partnered to create an experiential, intergenerational time of worship and reflection on Good Friday. They used the space at Bethel, where several rooms were turned into "theme rooms." Each of these rooms was assigned a verse from the Passion story and an activity for participants. The rooms could be visited in any order. For example, in the room focused on Peter's denial of Jesus, people were offered the opportunity to make their own crosses as they confessed the ways that they, too, have denied their Lord. One room was set aside for activities specially intended for preschool-aged children. Closing worship was held in the sanctuary during the final 30 minutes of this event. You might like to learn more about this Good Friday experience, and encourage a team to start thinking about how a similar experience could be shaped for your own worshipping community. Just contact the SW MN Synod Resource Service Center for a brief outline of how it was done for Bethel and Paz.
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Greetings!
"The identity of the church is as much at risk as the identity of young people; without passion, neither can truly be who God intends them to be. At the same time, young people's openness to passion makes them important witnesses to the church in this regard, transforming youth into bearers of suffering love, passionate because Christ's self-giving overcomes them, undoes them, and remakes them - and us. This divine reconstruction changes the world."
Kenda Creasy Dean, Practicing Passion: Youth and The Quest for a Passionate Church, p. 69
In Christ,
Sarah Hausken, SW MN Synod Youth Ministry Coordinator
PS - Don't forget to check the updated Event Listing
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3rd Tuesday Conversations
Looking for community and continuing education without a long drive?
3rd Tuesday Conversations are monthly conference calls open to all members of the ELCA Youth Ministry Network.
The goals of 3TC's are to:
1. Create a regular opportunity for members of the Network to connect.
2. Create a regular opportunity for members of the Network to engage theologically around issues in children, youth and family ministry.
3. Create an opportunity to talk about practical applications for our ministry.
4. Expose Network members to new and valuable resources.
5. Expose Network members to the work and the thoughts of those who are writing, researching and are moving the church along the cutting edge of these ministries.
6. Have some fun!
 Held the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 1:00 pm Central Standard Time, calls last 30 minutes. 3TC's are free but you do need to be a member of the ELCA Youth Ministry Network to call in, so here's your excuse to join. The next one is Tuesday, May 18. Dr. Terri Elton from Luther Seminary will be the host.
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Living Room
Summit
June 22-24, 2010
Living Room
Summit
Family Ministry:
Learn it where people live it!
Minneapolis, MN
Join Lyle Griner,
Andrea Fieldhouse Griner, and Marilyn Sharpe in their own living rooms and
congregations in the very places that people live their faith., experience
three solid family ministries in three days.
Tuesday - With Andrea,
experience her powerful Building Bridges, and Milestones Ministries that engage
families in learning faith practices. "Don't expect families to do anything in
the home that they have not first practiced in the congregation."
Wednesday - With Marilyn,
explore two complementary approaches, teaching and supporting families to
faithfully parent their children. Learn how your congregation can create, sustain, and nurture a parent
support group and teach skill and faith-based parenting classes.
Thursday - With Lyle, learn
to lead Full Circle Relationships, an experience in which parents,
grandparents, godparents, neighbors, friends - all those who touch the lives of
your kids - come together to learn specific skills and ways to mentor a young
person's growing faith.
Registration -
including all meals, free resources, guided spiritual practices, 20 spiritual
practices for families, and fun surprises - is limited to the first 15 to send
a registration form and check for $295 ($350 after June 1)
For more information,
questions, or registration form, call 612-418-5572 or email peermin@peerministry.org
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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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"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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