Tag: Serving
The Value of the Network (in a crisis)
Guest Blog: Rev. Paul Amlin, who serves as the Program Director for Youth Ministries in the churchwide offices of the ELCA, wanted to share this story of service and gratitude with the Network. I had a recent experience that demonstrated the value of the Network, and I feel the need to share it in a ...
A Different Way to Live
God is up to something new within our community, within our church. The church talks a good game when it comes to community. We focus on “being” together in congregations. But the world is shifting. Our very understanding of what community is changing as a relationships in a digital age are stretching our understanding of ...
Leadership Matters
Nominations open today for the Board of Directors of the ELCA Youth Ministry Network. Two seats on the board will become available when the next term begins. Those terms don’t begin until February 3, 2014, a long time from now. So why are we already opening up the nomination process for terms that don’t begin ...
An Update from New Jersey…
Jason Reed is the synod staff person for youth ministry in the New Jersey Synod of the ELCA. He lives in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Jason is a member of the ELCAYMNet and the SYMBOL (Synod Youth Ministry Band of Leaders) Network, and a strong advocate for young people within the congregations of his synod. ...
Regional Facilitators – Looking for Nominations!
A Network is only as good as its communication links. We put a lot of our time and energy into our web-based stuff. So we’ve got an active web site, a very active Facebook page, an e-mail newsletter, etc…etc…etc… While these ways of linking people together are important, they can’t (and shouldn’t) replace the human ...
Lookin’ for a Little Help
Occasionally someone will ask me the question “How do I help out with ____________ in the Network?” The blank space might be “the Extravaganza”, or “with 3rdTuesday Conversations” or with “the Board of Directors.” Whatever it is, it is a great question that I always really appreciate being able to answer. What I usually say ...
Offering
I had a “proud parent” moment this morning. Please indulge me while I share: Today, my wife Lori and our two boys, Nathan and Samuel, ages 8 and 10 were on a worship team, which meant that they were ushering and Lori was also reading the scriptures. Our boys had ushered before. They enjoy handing ...
Network is a Verb 