Tag: Resources
Walking With, Not For: Introducing the Network’s Accompaniment Project
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 helping, rescuing or fixing. We went somewhere, did something for someone else, took a photo, ...
What Does the Sale of Group Publishing Mean for You?
Hello friends, In the past few weeks, news broke that Group Publishing has been acquired by David C. Cook Publishing. Once upon a time, Group was a powerhouse in the world of children, youth, and family ministry. They produced books and resources, magazines for both youth and adults, ran training events, hosted a national convention, and ...
Charting a New Path: Strategic Planning Updates from the Network
As ministry continues to evolve, the ELCA Youth Ministry Network is walking forward with intention. In response to feedback from our community and in the spirit of deep listening, we’ve launched a comprehensive strategic planning process to guide our future. The Network’s board of directors has identified four focus areas for our plan: Membership the ...
Why Tenx10 Matters For Us
One of the joys of being part of the ELCA Youth Ministry Network is that we get to share tools that help leaders do their work with young people. We do that through the Extravaganza, Oasis webinars, the 3rdTuesday Conversation podcast, MartinsList, the Connect Journal, and more. But sometimes the best thing we can do ...
Charting Our Course: Introducing the Network’s Strategic Planning Process
Dear friends in ministry, One of the great joys of serving in my role is the opportunity to witness the passion, creativity, and deep faithfulness that each of you brings to your work with young people across the church. Whether you serve in a congregation, a synod, a camp, a school, a resource provider or ...
Introducing the New 3rd Tuesday Conversation Team
A new 3rd Tuesday Conversation Team has started meeting and is getting ready to produce the Network’s monthly podcast as it relaunches in September. In May, we told you the team that had worked on the podcast for years was stepping aside. Adam Butler, Dannica Olsen and Elizabeth Pedersen, along with producer Paul Amlin, had ...
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 ...
Network Membership Pricing Changes
Hello friends! I hope your summer is off to a great start and that mixed in with VBS, mission trips, camp, campfires, worship and “all the things,” you also get a chance for some rest and re-creation. The last two+ years have been…something…and taking an opportunity to breathe and rest is a critical part of ...
Changes to the Network’s Facebook Presence
The Network is changing the way we use Facebook, hopefully to make it a more helpful experience for our whole community. Our Facebook group has been our primary presence. This group is now over 6,100 members. We’ve used this group both to communicate Network news and updates to the community, and to encourage conversation, support ...
Creating a Custom Extravaganza Schedule
We figured out a way of creating a “custom Extravaganza schedule” pulling Network information out of our mobile app and importing only the events that you want, directly into your smartphone calendar. It’s really quite easy. Here’s what you do: (Please note that the screen shots on this are from an iPhone. I suspect the ...
Network is a Verb 