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Youth Ministry E-News |
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If there are any questions regarding youth ministry in the Southeastern Synod contact: Rachel Alley, Director for Youth Ministries at ralley@elca-ses.org
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This e-news and other
youth ministry resources and event forms are available online at
www.elca-ses.org and on the website www.sesyouth.org.
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ALL TENNESSEE YOUTH GATHERING
Nov 21-22, 2009
"Clothe in Christ"
A new kind of fashion
"As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved,
clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and
patience." Colossians 3:1
Clyde York 4-H Center
62
4-H Center Drive, Crossville, TN 3857
Registration packets available online at www.elca-ses.org and www.sesyouth.org
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Lost and
Found Concert November 21, 2009 Norcross First United
Methodist Church
Beaver Ruin Road, Norcross, Georgia
For
ticket information 770-448-4142 www.nfumc.org
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 Enjoy a weekend of
fellowship,
faith-building, and SKIING!
Let us do all the work of coordinating ski
rentals and lift tickets and enjoy our group rate discount! We will also supply
group building games, an evening campfire, and youth-friendly worship. Come on
Friday evening. Enjoy an early breakfast and all day Saturday on the slopes.
End the day with supper, fun, and worship and have a good breakfast on Sunday
before traveling home. Adults must accompany and supervise youth. Groups are
responsible for transportation to and from ski slopes. Lutheridge guests ski at
Wolf Ridge. Guests staying at Lutherock will ski at Sugar Mountain. For dates
and costs go to www.llmi.org.
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The
2009-2010 SESLYO Board invites at least 2 youth voting delegates from each ELCA
Southeastern Congregation to the 2010 SESLYO Assembly.
Others can come as
visitors.
(Southeastern Synod
Lutheran Youth Organization)
I am Glorious! Fearfully and Wonderfully Made!
February 19-21, 2010
Cherokee Retreat Center, on Lake Allatoona,
Cartersville, Georgia
I will praise You, for I am fearfully
and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works.
And that my soul knows very well. Psalm 139: 14
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All-GA Lutheran Youth Gathering
March 12-14, 2010
6th-12th grade
FFA Retreat Center
Covington, GA
Look for Registration Packets
in the mail this November!
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 Join
Southeastern Synod Staff at
Faith Alive Campfirmation Retreat at
Lutheridge
June 6-12, 2010 www.llmi.org
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 Mark Your Calendars for Affirm 2010
June 20-25, 2010
New Location!
Berry College, Rome, Georgia
Affirm is for youth who have finished 6-12 grades
Staff applications available online in November
at www.elca-ses.org and sesyouth.org
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Bishops School
June 20-26, 2010
Southern Seminary in Columbia, SC
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ELCA YOUTH TRIP TO THE
HOLY LAND (different from the Region 9 Walking Holy Trip)
Youth (ages 15 through
22) are invited to join in a leadership and peace-building trip to the Holy
Land July 8-22 of 2010. See www.elca.org/peacenotwalls
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Walking Holy
A Region 9 Youth Holy Land Pilgrimage
to Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Galilee, and the Dead Sea
This is an Educational Trip that will
bring the Bible to Life!
Thus
says the Lord: Stand at the crossroads, and look, and ask for the ancient
paths, where the good way lies: and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.
Jeremiah 6:16
December
20, 2010-January 2, 2011
Approximately $3500
Application
IS posted to the synod site at
www.sesyouth.org and www.elca-ses.org
DEADLINE
HAS BEEN EXTENDED to August 30, 2010 or until Trip is Full
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All Things
New Ministry exists to assist churches through youth and adult programs to
discover passion in serving by equipping and nurturing their members to grow
spiritually through ministry to people affected by disaster.
Disaster
Response Teen Corp designed to teach youth ages 14-18 on how to respond after a
disaster next training event is February 11-15, 2010 at Lutheranch. Cost is
$400.
Check out
their website at www.allthingsnewministry.org
or contact Hal Shope and
Marianne Zotti at atnm@allthingsnewministy.org |
Adult Training Opportunities
Don't forget the SES offers a $250 scholarship for youth ministry and multicultural training. Check out www.elca-ses.org for more information on those scholarships.
The ELCA Youth Ministry Network has confirmed the dates and location of the 2010 Extravaganza. The event will be held from February 4-8, 2010 at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Network's Intensive Care Courses will be held Feb. 4-5, and the main event will begin the evening of February 5. The them of this year's event is "Irresistible". The Extravaganza is always about Renewal, Education and Networking. If you are going to the Extravaganza please contact Rachel at ralley@elca-ses.org. Let her help you connect with others from the synod to share travel and lodging expenses!
National Youth Workers
Convention
For nearly 40 years, hundreds of thousands youth workers have come to NYWC for
training, encouragement, community, resources, and soul care.
2009 Dates
Cincinnati: October 30 - November 2
Atlanta: November 20-23
 The Premier
east coast Youthworkers event and convention dedicated to training, renewal and
networking.
www.gatheringintheeast.org
April 16-18,
2010
Holiday Inn,
Harrisburg, PA
 
Youth
in Mission Conference:
A conference for Youth Ministry Workers
Sacred Stories:
Youth Faith Formation in an Interfaith World
April 12-14, 2010 -
Event Info
Date: April 12-14, 2010
Location: The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
1100 E 55th St
Chicago, IL 60615
Topic: Youth Faith Formation in an Interfaith World
Keynote from the Interfaith Youth Core:
There are millions of young people with different religious and
philosophical perspectives interacting with increasing frequency around the
world. This interaction tends toward either conflict or cooperation. Come for
amazing dialog on strengthening faith, creating partnerships that equip young
people for action and nurturing leadership in a multifaith world. http://yim.lstc.edu/conference
Simply Youth Ministry Conference 2010
Hyatt Regency (Chicago/O'Hare)
Feb. 26 - Mar. 1, 2010
http://conference.youthministry.com/Registration $359 before Oct 31st plus travel, hotel and food. |
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Young Adult Stuff
SESYALL NEWS!
Same Acronym but New Meaning!
SESYALL - From Southeastern Synod Young Adult Lutheran Leaders to
Southeastern Synod Young Adults LIVING LUTHERAN!
Nine Young adults (ages 18 to 30)
from across our synod met Oct 9-11, 2009 at Lutheranch for a
"Looking Ahead" Retreat with Kristen Glass, ELCA Director for Young Adult
Ministries. Kristen gave models of other synod young adult ministries in the
ELCA as well as retreat ideas, characteristics and statistics of young adults
in the ELCA. Pastor Nathan Hilkert, a young adult from Epiphany Lutheran in
Conyers, Georgia led the group in the weekend's worship. Rachel Alley
provided Synod Staff support. For three years Southeastern Synod young
adults have gathered for mission trips to Daphne, AL (Katrina Relief), we
helped with landscaping at St. Luke's in Thunderbolt, GA, and a had weekend
fellowship ski retreat. Atlanta area young adults meet occasionally for
dinner, play kickball at Piedmont Park, and worship at Redeemer.
Young adults want to be engaged in the
church and the synod. Many of us grew up attending synod youth events. Many
serve today as camp counselors at our synod youth events like Affirm and All-State
Events, or other Lutheran camps as well as advisors for our Synod Lutheran
Youth Organization and are involved in ELCA Campus Ministries. We also serve
in our own local congregations as leaders on church councils, on call
committees, as church staff members, and we teach Sunday school and confirmation. But
we active young adults see many of our peers forgotten in the church, not part
of a Christian community, and not active in local congregations where they live
and work so the reason for SESYALL, Southeastern Synod Young Adults Living
Lutheran.
We met to "Look Ahead" at the Synod's
Young Adult Ministry. After Kristen left, we renamed themselves, from
Southeastern Synod Young Adult Lutheran Leaders to Southeastern Synod Young
Adults Living Lutheran! We wrote a vision and mission for ourselves as well as
elected a leadership team that will meet regularly to plan and implement their
vision and mission..... SESYALL's vision is to Engage, Encourage, and Empower
Young Adults in the ELCA Southeastern Synod. SESYALL's mission is to strive
to.... Engage in Spiritual Growth through Worship, Service, Study, and Christian
Community. Encourage and Nurture Faith in and within the church and Empower
God's People to discern and use their diverse gifts. SESYALL plans to
have two retreats a year, one being a spiritual and theological discussion and the
second, a mission-service focused trip. We also hope to gather young
adults for local events either by state or city. The Leadership team will meet
to make plans for the future. Brian Ehrich, one of the founding members of
SESYALL and member of All Saints Lutheran Church, will chair the group. Andrew
Yeager of Shades Valley Lutheran in Birmingham will serve as Treasurer. Jamie
Kramer, member of Redeemer Lutheran in Macon will serve as
Secretary/Communications person as well as represent the young adults across
Georgia. Mary Beth Smith of Trinity Lutheran, Tullahoma, TN will serve as
Chaplain. Chris Smith of Advent, Murfreesboro, TN will serve as the Tennessee
representative. Catalina Ontiveros of St. Mark's Lutheran in Huntsville,
Alabama will serve as the Retreat Planner as well as chair elect. Kate Logan, Lutheran
Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta will work with the young adults in the Atlanta
area. Emily Craig, Faith Lutheran, Clay, Alabama will serve as the
Alabama/Mississippi representative. Robyn El-Torro, Immanuel Lutheran, Atlanta
will represent our Multicultural Young Adults. The team will be asking
some of our synod pastors along with Pastor Nathan Hilkert to serve as retreat
leaders and spiritual advisors for SESYALL as well and they are looking for a college
student to represent Campus Ministry Students.
Other important news about Youth and
Young Adults! At the2009 Churchwide assembly (CA.09.06.35) changes were made to
the ELCA constitution (6.02.A09), Synod constitutions (S6.04.B09 and
S10.01), and Congregational Constitutions (C12.01) to specifically include a
Youth and Young Adults at Churchwide Assemblies, the Churchwide Council,
and Churchwide Committees, Synod Assemblies, Synod Councils, and Synod
Committees, and Congregational Councils and Committees. Also a goal was added
for both the next Churchwide Assembly and Synod Assemblies to have at least 10%
of the voting members to be youth and young adults. The term youth means a
voting member of a congregation who has not reached the age of 18 at the time
of election or appointment for service. The term young adult means a voting
member of a congregation between the ages of 18 and 30 at the time of election
or appointment for service. You can find more information about the
Churchwide Assembly decisions at http://www.elca.org/who-we-are/our-three-expressions/churchwide-organization/office-of-the-secretary/elca-governance/churchwide-assembly.aspx
 Thinking about Staffing at a Lutheran Summer
Camp! Check out this site for a list of camps http://www2.elca.org/camps/
In December, go to www.llmi.org if interested in serving at Lutheridge or Lutherock.
Check out the details of
Project Connect Events at  www.projectconnect.org
21st December, 2009 to 23rd December, 2009
Vocational Discernment Retreat at Camp Agape in North Carolina
3rd January, 2010 to 10th January, 2010
"Two-Way Street": A BIG January Service Ministry Discernment Retreat
in Baltimore
3rd January, 2010 to 10th January, 2010
Two-Way
Street
15th January, 2010 to 18th January, 2010
Vocational Discernment Retreat at Calumet Lutheran Camp & Conference
Center, New Hampshire
1st February, 2010
First Deadline for Immersion and Competitive Mini-Grant Applications
5th March, 2010 to 7th March, 2010
Vocational Discernment Retreat (primary Language Spanish) in Buayamon, Puerto
Rico
In addition to working for justice,
LVC Volunteers live together in intentional household communities of 4-7
people, deepen their spirituality, and encourage simple, sustainable living.
In Atlanta, we are busy identifying social justice and peace organizations in
need of a one-year, full-time volunteer. If your organization or agency
is interested in exploring what LVC has to offer, or if you are interested in
committing one year of spiritual service in the interest of social justice and
peace, contact Pamela at Atlanta@lutheranvolunteercorps.org
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