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Lutheran Songs Today collects the very best alternative & contemporary worship songs by Lutheran singer-songwriters and bands (Peder Eide, Jonathan Rundman, Dakota Road, Lost And Found, Cathy Pino, Echelon, Richard Bruxvoort Colligan, + David Piper.) Each song is presented in piano/guitar/vocal format. Also each song is presented in lyric/guitar format, with graphical fretboards.
Lutheran Songs Today also provides lectionary based worship leader planning for each song, appropriate to scripture and theme references for the church year.
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!
"And Mary said,
I'm bursting with God-news;
I'm dancing the song of my Savior God.
God took one good look at me, and look what happened-
I'm the most fortunate woman on earth!
What God has done for me will never be forgotten,
the God whose very name is holy, set apart from all others.
His mercy flows in wave after wave
on those who are in awe before him.
He bared his arm and showed his strength,
scattered the bluffing braggarts.
He knocked tyrants off their high horses,
pulled victims out of the mud.
The starving poor sat down to a banquet;
the callous rich were left out in the cold.
He embraced his chosen child, Israel;
he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high.
It's exactly what he promised,
beginning with Abraham and right up to now."
Luke 1:45-55, The Message
Blessings to you in this time of advent, this time of anticipation and waiting.
What is God stirring in you this season?
In Christ,
Sarah Hausken, SW MN Synod Youth Ministry Coordinator
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Jr. High Youth Gathering Recap
Jr. High youth and adults proved hungry for the word of God and hungry to serve. Noember 19-20 and 20-21 over 1,300 youth and adults gathered in Willmar to, as Christian rapper Agape's song goes, "Get Praise-y." The theme was "Are You Hungry?" focusing on Matthew 25:10. Gathering Chaplain Pastor Christian Muellerleile taught the group a blues/rock song he wrote based on Matthew 25:10 and Agape le d everyone in rap music and hip hop dancing. Agape's message cuts through our differences and reminds us that God's love is greater than anything. God's love feeds us so we can tend to the hunger of others. This year the synod Lutheran Youth Organization partnered with ELCA World Hunger to lift up and fight physical hunger around the corner and around the world. Gathering participants raised over $2,846 for relief, education, advocacy and development through ELCA World Hunger. God was definitely active at the gathering and sent participants out fed and inspired to serve. Thanks to everyone who participated in the gathering!
Check out the Jr. High Youth Gathering Facebook page.
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Coming Up: Sr. High Youth Gathering
So you liked the Jr. High Gathering? Check out the Sr. High Gathering!
March 11-12, 2011
Theme: Gracebook
Speaker: Tim Kennedy
Band: One Accord
Location: Holiday Inn, St. Cloud
Cost: $77 per person, housing included
Contact: Sr. High Gathering Co-Managers Dana Lamb dlamb@gustavus.edu 507-327-4758 or Amy Pehrson apehrson@gustavus.edu 507-340-4073 or Gathering Registrar Patrice Luker 507-276-5908 gatheringregistrar@yahoo.com
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ELCA Youth Ministry Network Extravaganza
 January 21-24, 2011
Kansas City, MO
Theme: "Oasis"
The Extravaganza is the annual gathering of Lutheran youth ministry leaders from across the ELCA. Keynote speakers, workshops, resources and networking all provide quality continuing education and inspiration for youth workers from all backgrounds and experience.
Check out the "Network Fellowships" available for those that have never attended an Extravaganza.
Registration is now open.
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Jump on the Bus
Going to the ELCA Youth Ministry Network Extravaganza, want to save money (the average flight to Kansas City from Minneapolis is around $300) AND have a great time connecting with other youth workers on the way to the E?
Then jump on the bus!
Region 3 Road Trip to the 2011 ELCA Youth Ministry Network Extravaganza!
Cost is $110 per person
More information. Oh and by the way, and it won't be a school bus. :) |
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Faith Fest at Augustana College
February 18-19, 2011 Augustana invites confirmation-aged youth and their adult leaders to Faith Fest 2011. You'll enjoy music and worship, games and Bible study, service and fellowship. "Shine" is inspired by Matthew 5:14-16, "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men light a l amp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." Agape (David Scherer) returns to Faith Fest with his hip hop presentation of the Gospel for a Friday evening concert. On Saturday morning, participants will pack food at Kids Against Hunger Sioux Falls (KAH). KAH delivers meals locally through food distribution sites, The Back Pack Program, and Lutheran Social Services Refugee Resettlement Program. Food packages are delivered to Native American reservations in South Dakota and to developing countries like Haiti.
Cost: $65 per person includes three meals, a Faith Fest gift, lodging at the Elmen Center on campus, and all program costs for the event.
Contact: Kate Campbell, Director of Congregational Outreach & Liturgical Arts |
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Email Address Change
Many of you have already made this change, but if you haven't please change my email address to sarah.hausken@swmnelca.org. My old address (sarah.hausken@ecunet.org) has been discontinued. Thanks! Sarah
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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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