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Upcoming deadlines and events to watch for:
Do you have high school youth who want to dig deep in theology?
Check out the Theology Institutes at
Augsburg College
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ELCA
Outdoor Ministries
in and around
NE MN Synod
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Encourage your young people and families to go to camp next summer!
Camp Amnicon
Camp Onomia
Luther Crest Bible Camp
Luther Park Bible Camp
Voyaguers Lutheran Ministries
Wilderness Canoe Base
Journeys(Listing and links for all ELCA Outdoor Ministries) |
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Get Networked!
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Youth ministry is hard work. We are strengthed personally and professionally when we get together regularly to share our stories, swap ideas, learn from each other and lean on each other. Make time this month to join in on one of these network opportunities, or have coffee with a youth worker near you!
Duluth Area Network Meetings:
Second Thursday of Every Month, 10:00am
Beaner's in West Duluth
Contact Deb Westerberg for more info.
Brainerd Area Network Meetings:
Second Thursday of Every Month, 10:00am
Caribou Coffee on Hwy 371
Contact Stacy Johnson for more info.
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Cert Schools
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Vibrant Faith Ministries and Wartburg Seminary
This week-long training experience is supplemented by five weeks of online training. For dates and more information please contact Jim LaDoux at 877-239-2492 or click here. Sponsored by
Youth Leadership
This two year program covers the key areas of youth ministry leadership with a personal component that will help you grow as a leader in your particular context.
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Greetings!
The Synod gathered in Assembly last weekend. I invite you to read the report I gave to the Assembly, and view the Powerpoint. The Practice Discipleship Team also led "Framing Life Biblically." You can watch a recording of the webinar that was done of this session at www.practicediscipleship.org.
Together in Christ,
Catherine Anderson
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The Synod Journey to the
2015 ELCA Youth Gathering
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Pre-Registration Info! 
Did you miss the Spring Training Meetings for the 2015 Synod Journey and ELCA Youth Gathering? The recorded webinar, PowerPoints and other handouts and resources are now available at www.nemnsynod.org/SynodJourney.
May 15 is an important Gathering date! The new Gathering website goes live with registration details, financial assistance applications, and volunteer opportunity applications. Check out www.elca.org/Gathering for more information!
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Theology Institutes for High School Youth
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Augsburg College Youth Theology InstituteJune 15 - 20, 2014"Christian Community in the Internet Age"Does technology enhance or hinder our experience of Christian community?
We will spend the week wrestling with these questions as we explore the intersection of faith and technology in the vibrant urban culture of Augsburg College.
Application Deadline is May 16!
Visit www.augsburg.edu/ccv/acyti for more info!
Wartburg Youth Leadership School 2014 June 15-21, 2014 Dubuque, IA "Who Has God Created You To Be?" Through the setting of an intentional Christian community, youth participants will be challenged to live out the Gospel and ask themselves, "How am I being called to lead?" Our seminary faculty and students serve as guides as they walk alongside the youth through experiential education, Biblical and theological study, dynamic worship, service and community life. Youth will experience a range of perspectives from the Wartburg campus to 30 feet up in the air as they step out in faith on our High Ropes Adventure Course. Click here for more information.
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Region 3 Practice Discipleship Retreat
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Save the Date!
Aug. 24-26, 2014
Luther Crest Bible Camp
Alexandria, MN
EVERYONE Invited!
Join volunteer and professional youth ministry leaders from Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota for a retreat filled with learning around the 2014 Practice Discipleship theme, "Frame" - along with networking, worship, food, fun...and rumors of massages!
More info to come!
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Discipleship Challenge: Love Like Jesus!
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The Discipleship Challenge is about deepening our faith practices and developing leaders, as we strive to follow and love like Jesus on a daily basis. A new series of resources will begin again in September. The videos and discussion guides from the last two years are still available at www.nemnsynod.org/Discipleship - they make for great summer Bible studies and resources!
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Continuing Education Events Beyond Our Synod
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Our synod is located just hours away from some of the top youth ministry training in the nation! Click on the organizations below for a complete listing of training opportunities!
Youth Leadership
Offers 3 hour, one day, intensive and certificate programs.
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EveryDay / Peer Ministry / Marilyn Sharpe Ministries
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