Greetings, beloveds!
I hope all of you are well. Here is the 4th Tuesday email. Please keep an eye out for these e-news releases and feel free to share resources or articles or feedback with me whenever you like!
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Pr. Michael Jannett - mjannett@elca-ses.org
Assistant to the Bishop for Formation and Communication
You still have time to sign up for the
April 2023 Confirmation Camp at Lutheranch!!!
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Join Bishop Kevin Strickland and Assistant to the Bishop Pr. Michael Jannett for a weekend full of fun activities and experiential learning around the teachings of "The Lord's Prayer and The Creed."
For 6th-8th grade youth (or any youth in your Confirmation program)
(Scholarships are available!!!)
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June 25 - June 30, 2023
For children who have completed 3rd - 5th grades
Cost: $505 per person
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Theme: “The Love of God in Creation, in One Another…”
Are you looking for a place where your children can learn of the love of God as seen in Creation and in one another? Then consider having your 3rd-5th grade children sign up to join other Southeastern Synod participants from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, at Lutheranch, June 25-30, 2023!
We look forward to having synod leaders teach throughout the week, focusing solely on gathering youth from the Southeastern Synod. This will be a great time for these youth to continue their journey in faith together, which will build a sense of community that will carry them through their middle and high school years.
Sign up today to help build this wonderful legacy of faith formation at Lutheranch…as we see the love of God in creation and in one another.
Those attending from the Southeastern Synod will be able to receive scholarships from the synod Formation Team.
(NOTE: We need at least 10 to register by April 15. If we don't meet this goal, we may need to consider cancelling the event.)
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June 11-16, 2023
Affirm is a Summer Youth Event of the ELCA Southeastern Synod held at the University of West Alabama in Livingston, Alabama. Affirm nurtures faith, equips youth leaders for today and tomorrow, and trains youth in discipleship skills. Affirm is for youth who have completed grades 6-12 and the Young Adult and Youth Ministry Institute (YAYMI) is held simultaneously with AFFIRM For college freshman and sophomores interested in exploring a call to youth ministry.
PARTICIPANTS: SIGN UP TODAY!!!
We are still accepting STAFF APPLICATIONS for AFFIRM
(Staff Training is June 9-11)
In 2022, we gave out over $10,000 in scholarships to AFFIRM participants. Please consider helping us to replenish these funds to help make this event available to ALL youth who wish to attend.
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July 16-20, 2024 - New Orleans, LA
MYLE and The tABLE (July 13-16)
Check out the promo video for the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering:
Start planning NOW to raise funds and select adult advisors to head the
ELCA Youth Gathering in 2024!!!
See ELCA.org/Gathering for more details
Also, sign up via the button below to join monthly chats with Ms. Laurie Tinc (Synod Champion) and Assistant to the Bishop Pr. Michael Jannett and other Gathering participants from across the Southeastern Synod.
We have now resumed these conversations...sign up below and join us on Monday, April 24, 2023, at 7pm ET / 6pm CT...
What are you doing for VBS in summer 2023???
Check out "Operation Restoration: Mending God's World" as an option for VBS this summer, produced by Augsburg Fortress.
This VBS invites kids to be menders in God’s world. As they make connections between Bible stories and mending actions, they’ll discover simple ways to live out faith in daily life. Everyone at Operation Restoration explores language and practices to mend God’s world.
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Wondering how to involved children in worship?
Looking for new ideas for how to help keep little hands and hearts in your worship space and active in faithful ways?
Check out the ELCA Faith Formation page with resources for all ages, but especially for the little ones in the faith.
Click here:
https://www.ministrylinks.online/childrens-worship-resources.html
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The Evangelical Lutheran Education Association is seeking devotion writers for their 2023-2024 ELEA devotion guide.
The lessons follow the lectionary. Sign up below.
July 16-20, 2024
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The ELCA Young Adult Ministry team at Churchwide is asking for 15 young adults to serve year-long terms* to help steer young adult ministries within the church in line with our vision statement, as well as uplift ideas, ongoing ministries, and more.
* The first cohort will have 7 members serve for 18 months, while the other 8 will serve for a year
Applications open June 1, 2023
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For more information about Children & Youth or Young Adult Ministries, please contact Pr. Michael Jannett (mjannett@elca-ses.org).
