Unleash Your Resourcefulness: The MartinsList Upload Challenge!
We have exciting news for all you resourceful people out there. As we march towards the end of the year, it’s the perfect time to reflect on how we can contribute to our community’s growth. That’s why we are excited to announce the MartinsList Upload Challenge! What’s the Challenge? The concept is simple yet impactful. ...
Embracing Learning: The Key to Effectiveness in our Ministry
Dear Friends, In the ever-shifting landscape of faith formation, the pursuit of knowledge and growth is not just a luxury but a necessity. We are excited to share a new feature on the ELCA Youth Ministry Network’s website: a personalized tool for tracking your continuing education. This development marks a significant step in our collective ...
Welcome New Members of the Network’s Board of Directors
Hello, friends! It’s the time of year when we introduce the newest members of the Network’s Board of Directors. Each of them brings a unique blend of passion, insight, and dedication that is critical to steering the mission and vision of the Network. The Network Board is responsible for there mission, vision and goals of ...
5 Ways to Make Extravaganza 2024 More Affordable!
This is the time of year that people are making decision about whether they will be joining their community at Extravaganza. I hear from people all the time about what an important time it is for them. The personal spiritual renewal, the quality continuing education and the networking and connections that are made are invaluable. Unfortunately, ...
Discovering Your Gifts
A Network like ours is only as strong as our membership. And the Network depends on its members to make it “go.” We have a ton of volunteers working on everything from events to podcasts to journals and on and on and on….. And a very important part of what we do as a Network ...
Let’s Think About Dreams: Extravaganza 2024
Every Extravaganza has a theme. A theme gives direction and guidance to the planing team. A theme gives context for participants. And a theme gives space for the Holy Spirit to work within us…to move us together. Because we can cover great distance when we travel together. The theme for Extravaganza 2024 is “Dream”. Every ...
Extravaganza 2023 Evaluation Results
The Extravaganza planning team leaders just completed their annual meeting to review and debrief from the 2023 Extravaganza, and to launch the planning process for Extravaganza 2024. The planning team is thankful for all of the people who chose to participate in the 2023 event, either in person or online. And we are grateful to ...
Holy Curiosity
In the movie “Jerry McGuire,” the title character, played by Tom Cruise, says at one point “We live in a cynical world.” It was a moment of deep truth in an otherwise funny but pretty forgettable movie. We live in a cynical world. We all see it. Everyday. All around us. In our community, I ...
ELCA and the Network Receive Lilly Grant for Faith Formation
CHICAGO (Jan. 18, 2023) — The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), partnered with the ELCA Youth Ministry Network, has received a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Formation Lab Project. The goal of the project is to help congregations move past prescriptive, outdated models of youth ministry that often separate ...
We Welcome Alyssa Engedal to the Network Team
The Network is excited to welcome Alyssa Engedal to the Network leadership team. This Fall, Alyssa will begin serving as the Network’s finance director. Alyssa currently serves as the Faith Formation Minister at Immanuel Lutheran Church, an ELCA congregation in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. In that role, Alyssa provides leadership for ministries with children, youth and ...
Network is a Verb 