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I want to share something with you that I think is worth pausing over. After months of conversation, listening, and careful work by our strategic planning teams and board, the Network has a new mission statement. Here it is: The ...
The Network family has lost one of its own. Beth Smallbeck passed away peacefully on June 9th, surrounded by her family, following a cardiac arrest on June 3rd. She was a beloved mother, friend, and faithful servant of Christ, and ...
Each year when the ELCA Youth Ministry Network gathers for the Extravaganza, something meaningful happens. People arrive from across the country carrying the joys and challenges of ministry. Some come excited. Others come tired. Many arrive wondering if they are ...
Over the last few years, one of the conversations that has come up again and again in youth ministry circles is about how we approach mission and service. Many of us grew up with a model that was driven by ...
Paul Amline, the Program Director for Youth Ministries in the ELCA Churchwide Offices in Chicago, and a great friend of the Network, is our guest blogger today, and is writing about “Youth Ministry Links” Youth Ministry Links – Crowd Sourced and Curated – www.youthministrylinks.org by Paul Amlin For those of us who’ve been around long ...
The Network is excited to introduce new members of our leadership! There are two new people who will be joining the Network’s Board of Directors. Rev. Regina Goodrich is the pastor at Mediator Lutheran Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A graduate of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, and Waynoe State University, she has been involved in ...
Special Guest Blog: We invited Rev. Stephen Bouman, the Executive Director of Evangelical Outreach and Congregational and Synodical Mission in the ELCA offices in Chicago to address the needs of children within the church, and to talk about a new position being created at the churchwide offices. Thank you Stephen for sharing with the Network! When ...
Heidi Hagstrom has announced her intent to leave her position as the Director of the ELCA Youth Gathering following the 2015 event next summer. Heidi has been studying in the M.Div program at Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque and intends to pursue rostered ministry as an ordained pastor within the ELCA. The ELCA has posted the ...
Effective today, the Global Headquarters (the original suggestion was “Galactic Headquarters,” but we thought that might be just a bit over the top) of the ELCA Youth Ministry Network is relocating. The new Network address is: 150 Oakwood Lane Owatonna, Minnesota 55060 The phone number (612.564.2195) of the Global HQ remains the same. The ...
The Network is governed by a seven member Board of Directors. (plus two non-voting members.) The Board is responsible for setting the direction and vision of the Network, which is then carried out by a small, part-time staff and a huge, dedicated and dynamic group of almost 150 volunteer leaders. The mission of the Network? ...
YouthWorks, one of the premier organizations across the church to offer short-term mission experiences for youth groups, has signed on as a “Silver Partner” with the ELCA Youth Ministry Network. The Network and its partner organizations commit to a relationship of mutual support. Network Partners are a vital component of our community. And the Network ...
Dear Network friends, The Network’s Board of Directors has drafted the following letter, to be sent to Rev. Stephen Bouman, Executive Director of Congregational and Synodical Mission at the ELCA. It requests that staffing in the area of children’s ministry at the churchwide offices be considered. The Network Board invites you to co-sign the letter. ...
Life has been pretty much a whirlwind in the last few weeks. As has been noted on the Network’s Facebook page, Trinity Lutheran Church in Owatonna, Minnesota has extended a call for me to come and serve as a pastor. After a lot of conversations, thought and prayer, I have decided to accept this call. ...
Michael and George, our good friends who together form the band Lost and Found, have been working for a few years on the Luther500 Project. And they have an invitation for the Network. Get more information on the special invitation by clicking here. Luther500 will bring folks to Germany to celebrate the 500th anniversary of ...
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