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SEPA Youth Ministry
News…
The
LYO board has begun to recognize an outstanding youth of our synod
each month. We ask you to consider nominating youth that are making a
positive impact on their community through church, school or other
organizations. Nomination forms can be downloaded below or by contacting
Jessica at
jmcalister@sepa.org or 484.805.1011. Please send nominations to
the synod office, 506 Haws Ave. Norristown, PA 19401 or
jmcalister@sepa.org
or fax - 610.278.9994.
Youth of the Month.pdf
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SEPA Synod
Youth
Ministry Network
Spending time with
other youth ministers is an invaluable support in our work with young
people.
You are invited to
join other youth workers from our synod for a
time of fellowship, food, networking,
prayer, conversation, a devotion and renewal.
Join us!
Thursday, January 8th
at
Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church 132 E. Valley Forge Road, King of Prussia, PA
Tuesday, March 3rd
at
Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church 132 E. Valley Forge Road, King of Prussia, PA
12:30 –
2:00 p.m.
Lunch is provided, however we are asking
for a donation of $6 a person to cover the costs. Please email Jessica at
jmcalister@sepa.org if you will be with us so we can get an accurate head
count for food.
Make the time to network
and connect with others!!
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 National
Youth Gathering 2009
It is time
to start planning for the 2009 Youth Gathering which is a little more than a
year away! The Gathering will be held in New Orleans, LA next summer.
MYLE (Multicultural Youth Leadership Event)
will be July 19-22, 2009
DAYLE (Definitely-Abled Youth Leadership
Event)
will be
July 19-22, 2009
Youth
Gathering
is July 22-26, 2009
LYO
Convention
will be July 26-29 at University Of Southern
Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Information meetings were held in May.
If you missed the meetings, download the materials here and contact our
synod coordinators with any questions - Kim Hinkelman,
Kimhinkelman@aol.com or Robin Alderfer,
ALDERFER@aol.com
Letter from synod coordinators.pdf
INFO MEETING
PRESENTATION.pdf
FUNDRAISERS.pdf
The ELCA Youth
Ministry Network is partnering with the ELCA Gathering office to provide
FREE online
training for adults who are taking youth to the Gathering in New Orleans
next summer. Check out this GREAT resource at
http://elcaymnet.org/onlinetraining . The Network is also doing bus
tours of New Orleans and other things at its annual Extravaganza this year
to prepare you for the Gathering.
Get on the bus!
The synod is offering a coach bus transportation package to the
Gathering. Download the information and reservation form now!
Registration Forms\Bus transportation
letter and form.pdf
To download the PDF to your desktop, you
have to right-click, select "Save Target As...", pick a place to save it,
and click "Save". If you simply click on a link, it will just download and
appear in the browser like a webpage. If you are still having problems it
may be that you don't have a PDF reader or new enough one to view the file.
To up-to-date your reader click on the link below:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Click "Download Now!" from the menu on the left-hand side of the screen.
Unlike Adobe Reader (20MB), this is only a 1.21MB download, which should
take only about 5 minutes to download over slow dial-up.
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SAVE THE
DATE!!
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Our MATRYX
adult training event will be Saturday, March 28th. This
year’s theme is centered around creating faithful families. Linda Staats
from the Youth & Family Institute will be our speaker. Plan to join us!
Registration information coming in January.
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Sunday, April
19th will be our next Synod Pre-Event for the New Orleans
Youth Gathering. Everyone who is going to the Gathering next summer is
invited. More details coming soon!
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Helping
Hands Day,
a day of service for 6th – 12th graders and their
adult leaders, is Saturday, April 25th. What a great day for
youth groups, confirmation classes and families to be together in our
communities serving! Registration information coming this winter.
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Foundations for Effective Youth Ministry Trainings!
You asked for it, so we’re providing it – spring time sessions of Level 1 &
Level 2 training. Level 1 will be held on Saturday, May 2 and Level 2 on
Saturday, May 16. Each training is 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Locations are
TBD.
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SYNOD ASSEMBLY PASSES YOUTH RESOLUTION!
Addressing a concern
for generational diversity at future synod assemblies, the 2008 Assembly
passed a resolution encouraging congregations to elect one additional voting
member under the age of 25 to their annual delegations. The resolution was
presented for consideration to the assembly by the Synod Council and
originated with our Lutheran Youth Organization Board.
On November 11th
a team of youth, youth workers, synod council members and synod staff will
gather to discuss ways to promote this opportunity to congregations, ideas
to create community at the assembly with these youth and young adults and
how to intentionally prepare these voting members for the assembly. If
you’d like to join our conversation, contact Molly at
mbeck@sepa.org. Look for more information coming soon!
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YOUTH
MINISTRY COMMITTEE
The
Youth Ministry Committee serves adults who work with youth and children by
helping to provide them with their needs of training, faith development,
fellowship with other youth workers, and support including resources and
networking.
Members of the SEPA Synod Youth Ministry Committee are:
Chair:
Cindy Hane, St. James, Limerick
Joe Kovatch, Adult liaison from the LYO Board
Marie Kinzler, St. John, NE Philadelphia
Joauna Riley, Reformation, Philadelphia
Elise Seyfried, Christ's, Oreland
Lynette Chapman, Spirit & Truth, Yeadon
Brandon McCall, LYO Board President
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All adults
register ed
to attend a synodical overnight youth ministry events must complete criminal and child abuse background checks and
submit the results to the synod BEFORE the event is to take place. For more
information on this and other safety policies of the synod, contact
Molly Beck Dean at
mbeck@sepa.org or 610.278.7345.
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Scholarship Fund
A scholarship fund is established to help youth and adults attend educationally and spiritually
enriching youth ministry events. The need for financial assistance in our
synod is great, for youth and adults alike. We would like every youth who
wants to attend a retreat or adult who desires further training to have that
opportunity.
Any donation is deeply appreciated and is tax deductible! If you, your congregation, youth
ministry program, Foundation committee or another source are able to
contribute to this fund, please send a check made payable to SEPA Synod to:
SEPA Synod Office
Attn:
Molly Beck Dean
506 Haws Ave
Norristown, PA 19401
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