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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!

+ In Christ,

  Pr. Michael Jannett - mjannett@elca-ses.org

  Assistant to the Bishop for Formation and Communication

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Synod Week at Lutheranch

June 25 - June 30, 2023

For children who have completed 3rd - 5th grades

Cost: $505 per person

Scholarships are available!!!

(NOTE:  to make this event happen, we need folks to sign up.  If you are considering this option, please sign up by May 1, 2023!!!)

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.

Register for Synod Week →

 

(NOTE:  We need at least 10 to register by May 1.  If we don't meet this goal, we may need to consider cancelling the event.)

Youth

 

Discipleship is a lifelong journey that requires everything. This webinar was created in order to help leaders understand what adolescents need today, in light of all the pandemic has brought upon them. It will summarize key strategies for doing youth ministry moving forward and identify how leaders can address what adolescents need most in this season to promote lifelong discipleship.

Oasis Sign Up →

 

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2023 AFFIRM Participant and Staff Applications are BOTH OPEN!!!

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!!!

Participant deadline is April 30!!!

Register Now →

 

We are still accepting STAFF APPLICATIONS for AFFIRM

(Staff Training is June 9-11)

AFFIRM Staff Application →

 

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. 

AFFIRM Scholarship Fund →

 

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2024 ELCA Youth Gathering

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, May 22, 2023, at 7pm ET / 6pm CT...

Southeastern Synod Monthly Conversations →

 

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 Do you know about the podcast produced by the

ELCA Youth Ministry Network?  

3rd Tuesday Conversations are monthly podcasts, produced by the ELCA Youth Ministry Network.  

3TC provides opportunities to:

  • take a break from the daily routine of ministry and grow in our vocation
  • learn from colleagues and experts in the field
  • participate in conversation with peers who can reflect on ministry, based on the content discussed

3rd Tuesday Conversations are open to all.

 

Children

 

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

 

Young Adult

Young Adult Gathering to Take Place at the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering!!! 

July 16-20, 2024

 

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ELCA Young Adult Steering Committee OPENING! 

 

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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 A conversation with Beth Lewis, the former CEO of Augsburg Fortress (now 1517 Media).  She was asked for some words of wisdom for children, youth, and family ministry leaders in 2023.

(From March 16, 2023 - CONNECT Journal of the ELCA Youth Ministry Network)

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For more information about Children & Youth or Young Adult Ministries, please contact Pr. Michael Jannett (mjannett@elca-ses.org).

 
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