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Youth and Family
Ministry
NC Synod,
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| Dear
Rick, |
Walking
Together...Sharing Christ!
Welcome
to the Youth & Family E-news for the NC Synod!
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| Joys and Concerns |
* For
Outdoor Ministry staffs and campers
* For
summer mission trips. May they be truly transformational
travel.
* For
safety in the midst of summer fun.
* For
family time, sabbath rest and fun.
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| News |
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NEW - I will be out
of the office for surgery and recovery beginning June
15th. I'm told to expect 2-3 weeks of recovery and being
ready to go in time for the mission trip. I appreciate
your prayers and look forward to being back in action
quickly. If there is an emergency while I am gone,
please contact the synod office.
704.633.4861.
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NEW - The 2011 Youth
& Family Ministry report for synod assembly is
posted on my blog. Click here.
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In the revamp of the website we have the opportunity to
include pictures (slides really that change) on the
homepage. Iąd love to have pictures of your trips,
events, etc. Email me with a 1-2 paragraph
description and see your group on the www.lutheranyouth.org homepage.
*  Lutheran Youth Day is set. Join
us September 17th for campus tours, a meal in the dining
hall and a great LR Bears football game. See you there.
More information coming soon.
* The volunteer application for the 2012
ELCA Youth Gathering is "live."
We
know you make a difference in the lives of young people
- now share your passion with the rest of the
church! Three volunteer categories are
accepting applications: Community Life, Servant
Companion, and Gathering Volunteer Corps. You must
be at least 19 years old (one year out of high school by
the time of the Gathering) to apply. All three
opportunities require your presence in New Orleans
from Monday, July 16 through Sunday, July 22,
2012. New this year is a $75 application fee,
which covers your background check and screening,
and you must pay your own way to New Orleans. The
ELCA Youth Gathering will feed and house you, and
provide a $200 travel stipend. For more specific
information about each category, please visit the
Gathering website: www.elca.org/gathering!
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Read the Bible in one year - the Daily Bible
readings for the entire year are now
posted!!! Open
our Book of Faith.
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| Calendar |
2011
June
19-25 - Bishop's School - LTSS,
Columbia.
September 17 - Lutheran Youth Day -
Lenoir-Rhyne University
October 2 - Citizens with the Saints
Concert - LRU Auditorium - Agape & Rachel
Kurtz
October 8 -
YouthQuake
October 9 - 2012 ELCA Youth Gathering
Registration Opens
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| ELCA Ministry News |
* God
is, and remains, with us
 Members of Peace Lutheran Church in Joplin,
Mo., lead worship in the parking lot after a tornado
leveled the church building.
Read
about the determination and commitment of
the pastor and the
congregation, along with other daily content and
conversation on what it means to "live
Lutheran."
NEW
- Want to help???
Calvary,
Concord has already collected $130,000 of household
goods for victims of the Joplin, Mo tornado disaster.
Help contribute by getting the items below to Calvary by
June 26.
Items
needed:
new
towels, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, cases of water,
pull top cans of food that can be eaten without heating,
deodordant, etc.
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2012
ELCA Youth Gathering |
Registration opens this fall -
October 9th at 2pm Eastern. There will be forums during
assembly to share the new shape and format for this
event.
Theme:
citizens with the
saints
Ephesians 2:14-19
Dates: July 18-22, 2012, New
Orleans, LA
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| Outdoor Ministry Opportunities |
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Agape-Kure
Beach has
extended
the paid in full discount period to June
15th. ($25.00 savings)
If a camper you know brings a
friend that has never been to camp before they receive a
2011 camp tee-shirt as a gift for recruiting a
friend.
We
have Campership funds available to help make sure
everyone can attend camp. Please simply ask about
Campership funds. Call (919) 552-9421 ask for
Nancy.
* Family Servant
Adventure ~ Bring your family and/or other
families from your church to learn and practice the four
keys of passing on the faith (Caring Conversations,
Devotions, Rituals & Traditions,
Service) and MANY OTHER practical faith tools.
Experience servant work as a family and learn how to
process such experiences for all ages. Jim LaDoux from
Vibrant Faith Ministries will lead adult sessions and
intergenerational exercises designed to strengthen faith
formation in the family. Enjoy crafts, pool, games,
songs, worship and other camp fun AND grow in practical
skills you can take home and teach in your
congregation! July 31 - August 6,
2011
For more information or to
register visit: www.llmi.net Click on Summer Adult - Family
Camp at Lutheridge - Family Servant Adventure
* Come ˝ Price! Those who are paid for 15
hours or more a week in a church setting (regardless of
job or denomination) can come to either of these
programs for HALF PRICE (Your immediate FAMILY is
half-price for Family Camp!) thanks to a Thrivent
Wellness Grant. Come to be refreshed yourself, and to
take home tools for ministry! For more information
about this visit:
www.llmi.net ~ Click on NEWS
then "Heath & Wellness Info Sheet" (bottom right
corner)
*Faith
Alive! Summer: Participate with youth from your
congregation as they explore Christian Values and
Vocation, and as they enjoy crafts, pool, worship, and
other camp activities. Spend four sessions with other
adult leaders gaining skills from Youth & Family
Institute "Full Circle Triple A Training". You'll leave
knowing your youth better, including their gifts and
struggles, and be better able to support them in a more
active role in your congregation.
June
19-25: Led by Pastor Jay Gamelin and Jo Hood
For
more information or to register online, visit
www.llmi.net/youth/Middle.aspx. Then scroll down to
Faith Alive!
* July
3-8 and July 24-29, 2011 - Servant
Event: Faces
of Christ (Grades 9-12)
Spend time with your high school youth group working at
different direct-service agencies in the Wilmington area
and see the face of Christ in the faces of your
neighbors.
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Big
news! I'm pleased to announce a new video contest for
ELCA members and congregations. What does it mean to
live Lutheran? Your
congregation could win a $3,000 ministry grant, and
individuals could win a $1,500 cash prize. There are
also prizes for the most popular congregation and
individual video entries. Plus, they will show a
selection of videos at the 2011 ELCA Churchwide Assembly
this August for thousands to see.
Grab
your calendar and mark these dates. They are accepting entries May 17 to June 30.
You can also vote for your favorite videos
beginning May 17 until July
15.
The Catawba Valley Chapter of
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is sponsoring a summer
social on Friday, July 22th at 7:00 PM at the
Crawdads baseball stadium. Tickets for the Crawdads vs
Greensboro Grasshoppers are free to Thrivent members.
Tickets include a $2.00 voucher for food or merchandise.
Please bring donations of non-perishable food for CCM
and ECCCM. RSVP to Ann Marie Blackmon by Monday, July
18th to reserve your tickets: (828) 464-4734
or blackmona@lr.edu.
General admission tickets will be
distributed on game day at the stadium. Tickets may be
upgraded at the ticket counter. Come to the Thrivent
table beginning at 5:45 PM. FIREWORKS by Hickory Dickory
Dock and
WNNC!
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Getting
Started 
Now, there is a Book Study to go with
Marilyn's new book, For Heaven's Sake!
Parenting Preschoolers Faithfully.
CLICK to order book
CLICK to order book study
You will receive a CD with detailed lesson
plans, whether you want to do the book in six sessions
or thirteen, as a class, series of adult forums, a
retreat or a family camp.
Recruit a facilitator or two (remember,
Jesus sent them out two by
two). Get the word
out. Invite
participants. Order a copy of
the book for each person. Launch
your parenting ministry!
*Vibrant Faith
announces...Mission Trip Milestone Module
This
Mission Trip Milestones Module recognizes that helping
others in need is truly a joy to one's life and central
to the Christian life. A mission trip to another place,
whether across town or across the ocean, has a
valuable element of service. However, if serving
others is the only goal of a mission trip, much of the
value of the journey is lost.
All
people, including servants, have deep needs. One of the
great benefits of mission trips is to be placed in a
fresh setting, often very different from one's typical
experience. Such a new environment creates opportunities
to rely upon one's faith, learn about one's faith in new
contexts, and gain from the lives and faith of other
people in different cultural contexts. This is all part
of gaining wisdom and understanding, a theme often
repeated in the Bible.
Therefore,
to embrace fully the gifts of a mission trip is to open
one's life to a new kind of dependence on God, to
receive new insight about the God of the Bible, and to
renew one's life of faith-even as mission trip servants
seek to be of help to others. The very act of service
offers a rich opportunity to be served by the work of
the Holy Spirit through fellow travelers as well as
through the people who are met along the way. This
Milestone Ministry event will help mission trip
travelers receive the blessings of those with whom they
travel and those they will serve.
$7.95 Download
* Doing
Likewise: Talk Starts
By Lyle Griner
Download
and use immediately.
60
discussions inspired by Luke 10:37; The Good Samaritan
Story! Helping to create a culture of Good
Samaritan Leadership, caring and welcoming people who
live faith every day, everywhere and in every
relationship. These are select verses inviting us
into thought, discussion, prayer, and action. The verses
talk about the ways we respond to Gods saving grace
and love. They raise the questions that ask how do
we go and do likewise? Care for our neighbor?
Bear burdens? Feed sheep? Love one another? Love
our enemy!? Do justice? Welcome the stranger? Feed
the hungry? and more!
CLICK HERE to learn more, download
sample pages, order! Cost is only $10 for your
first copy.
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Tammy
Jones West, AIM
Youth & Family Ministry
Coordinator
NC Synod
ELCA
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