Tag: connect
Reflections on Extravaganza 2022 Evaluations
Hello Network friends, We have completed compiling and analyzing the evaluations from Extravaganza 2022, held in early February in Minneapolis and online. First, I want to thank all of you who took the time to fill out an evaluation form. We had an good rate of return on these evaluations. In 2022, there were a ...
Announcement: Extravaganza 2021 and 2022
Watch the video announcement, or read below: Hello friends, Thank you for your patience as we’ve been working to figure out how to fulfill the mission of the Network and the Extravaganza in a pandemic world. For the last several months we have been focusing on two questions: “How can we be helpful to people ...
An All New, All Digital Connect Journal
Dear friends, I hope that you and your family, friends and congregations are doing well. The Network is making some important changes regarding the Connect Journal. Effective today, we have moved the journal to a “digital only” format. You can find our new digital version of the journal by going toConnectJournal.org.We are making this change to ...
Maximizing Your Extravaganza and Network Value
We know that there is a commitment to being a part of the ELCA Youth Ministry Network, and an even bigger commitment when one comes to the Extravaganza. They both take time, and financial resources. And we know that when you talk to your supervisor, or your church council, or whoever approves spending, and you ...
Network Revises Standards and Guidelines
The ELCA Youth Ministry Network’s Board of Directors has completed a one-year process to revise and update its “Standards and Guidelines for Professionals” document. The original version of our Standards and Guidelines was created and released in 2011, It helped to give shape to the professional development of those who are called to serve with ...
“Why I’m Going to Extravaganza 2018”
Special Guest Blogger: Ian McConnell; Student at Luther Seminary in St. Paul. It was in a hotel ballroom in Anaheim maybe a decade ago that I heard for the first time, “Use this time however you need it. For renewal. For networking. For napping. For being away from a hectic work environment. For fun, for ...
Updated Network App Released!
A major update to the Network’s mobile app has been released for both the Apple iOS and for Android. The iPad version of the app will be released next week. Click here to download the app. In addition to making the app a little quicker and squashing some “bugs,” the new app adds several different ...
Network is a Verb 