Tag: Prayer

Introducing: Oasis

Hello Network! Members of the Network community are invited to come together for “Oasis: A Place Between” on November 10. Oasis is a digital webinar and a time of learning and connection that is designed for both volunteers and professionals who work in children, youth and family ministry. And for members of the Network at ...

Extravaganza 2022 Update: Vaccines or Recent COVID Test to be Required

Hello friends, The ELCA Youth Ministry Network has made the decision to require onsite Extravaganza 2022 participants to have COVID vaccinations, or a negative COVID test no more than 72 hours prior to the start of the event, in order to participate.  We ask our onsite registrants to be prepared to show proof of vaccination ...

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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 ...

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The App is Back! (Again)

Earlier this week, the Network’s app went back online and fully functional!  Whew… Some of you have tracked the saga for the last six months.   But in a nutshell: The company that we worked with to develop the app, iGivings, which focuses on mobile apps for congregations, went through an organizational crisis.  In short, ...

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Praying

It is a simple word.   Praying. But it means a lot. There was a another tragedy today, this time in Chardon, Ohio.  A school shooting left (last I heard) 5 people wounded, one of whom died from the gunshot wounds. To be honest, I was in meetings today from 8:30am almost straight through until ...

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Board in the Air

Even as I type this, members of the ELCA Youth Ministry Network’s Board of Directors are in the air or are traveling by car to for its annual fall meeting.  We normally rotate sites for the fall meeting, and this year we’ll be meeting at the ELCA Youth Ministry Network World Headquarters (my basement) and ...