Rev. Mark Kiessling, interim director, LCMS Youth Ministry, talks about the 2015 National Lutheran Youth Workers Conference (July 12-15, 2015) and the 2016 National Youth Gathering (July 16-20, 2016).
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KFUO Audio: Faith’n’Family – LCMS Servant Events
Jim Lohman, DCE; Rev. Craig Bertram and Shelly Carlson, Lord of the Lakes Lutheran Church, Forest Lake, Minn.; and Sue Hart, DCE, Bethesda Lutheran Communities discuss their involvement in planning, leading and serving with LCMS Servant Events.
Registration open, speakers set for ‘National15’
The 2015 National Lutheran Youth Workers Conference, sponsored by LCMS Youth Ministry, is set for July 12-15 in New Orleans.
LCMS Youth Ministry announces staff changes
The Rev. Mark Kiessling is now interim director of LCMS Youth Ministry and the Rev. Dr. Terry Dittmer is Youth Ministry’s senior director — youth ministry specialist.
First Youth Corps event includes service, learning, community
The Aug. 11-17 pilot event is a prelude to more extended Lutheran Youth Corps service experiences planned for the future.
Photo gallery: Lutheran Youth Corps in Philadelphia
Thirteen LCMS young people, including two proctors, spent August 10-17, 2014, together in service, learning, and community during the pilot program for Lutheran Youth Corps, a project of LCMS Youth Ministry. Photographs by Erik M. Lunsford, staff photojournalist in LCMS Communications.
First resources, logo for 2016 Youth Gathering available
Preliminary adult-leader planning resources are the first to appear on the website for the 2016 Gathering, to be followed by its first theological resource.
Youth Ministry revamps ‘youthESource.com’
The website offers Christ-centered resources for those who work with youth in the church — in congregations and beyond.
First Lutheran Youth Corps servant event is Aug. 11-17
Participants will provide mercy-and-service work with Philadelphia Lutheran Ministries and its member congregations in that city.
Synod to provide resources for monthly emphases
The resources will be available free to districts, congregations and schools to use at any time during the month.
Black convocation to offer ministry helps for all
The Black Ministry Family Convocation — set for July 9-13 in Kansas City, Mo. — isn’t just for African-Americans.
Higher Things adds fourth summer conference
With registration filled for the conference at Mequon, Wis., a fourth one is planned for July 15-18 at Camp LiWiSoMo in northern Wisconsin.
Theme for 2016 Youth Gathering: ‘In Christ Alone’
Participants will meet under that theme when they converge on New Orleans in July 2016 for the next LCMS National Youth Gathering.
Audio: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood
LCMS Young Adult Ministry interviews “Lost in Transition: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood” authors, Dr. Patricia Herzog and Hilary Davidson. They share their findings from the National Study of Youth and Religion.