Youth Ministry

Along with the Youth Ministry Department of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and district ministry leaders, the staff of the Northwest District works in partnership with ministry leaders in impacting youth and adults with a vision of hope, celebration and service in the name of Jesus Christ.

• District Middle School Gathering
• 2010 National Youth Gathering
• Youth Ministry Newsletter
• Regional Events

MIDDLE SCHOOL GATHERING

Registration information is now available for the upcoming District Middle School Gathering at www.nowyouth.org. The Middle School Gathering is geared for youth in grades 6-9 and will be held October 3-5 at Wildhorse Canyon Young Life Camp in Antelope, Oregon (for more information on the location, please click here to access the Wildhorse Canyon website).

The gathering theme is "Lost in God'space". As youth experience middle school, many different feelings overwhelm them. One feeling that many young people experience is the sense of being lost. Not sure who their friends are this week, and what clothes or personality to put on. These changes have caused some young people to experiment with social networking (such as facebook or myspace), or having a bit of a change in persona between home and school. Often these young people feel like they need to change to be accepted. Our goal at this gathering is to help middle school young people understand the Lord Jesus Christ's love for them, as stated in our theme verse: "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38,39.

Registrations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Cost of registration is $125.00 per person. This includes all programming, two nights lodging, breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday, and brunch on Sunday. Congregations are encouraged to pay the cost of their adult counselors. After September 15th, cost of registration is $135.00. Registrations will be accepted on a space available basis until September 24th, 2008.

NATIONAL YOUTH GATHERING

The 2010 National Youth gathering will be held July 17 - 21, 2010, in New Orleans, LA. More information can be found by visiting http://2010.lcmsgathering.com/.

YOUTH MINISTRY NEWSLETTER

Browse through issues of  Youth Supports - a newsletter written for you!  Want to know what youth events are happening in your part of the Northwest? Want to have some encouragement with your youth ministry?  This is the place to come!

REGIONAL EVENTS

Check out the  Calendar of events for the whole District!

To find out the latest on special youth events that are available in your area of the Northwest, please contact the following people closest to you:

Link to the Synodical Department of Youth Ministry for additional resources.