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.

• Regional Events
• Upcoming Northwest District Youth and Youth Worker Events
• Youth Ministry Newsletter
• Resources for working with Youth
• Bill Karpenko's visit to Portland

REGIONAL EVENTS

Because we are so large geographically, our District is broken into 5 conferences: Puget Sound (Seattle and NW Washington); Oregon (most of the state and SW Washington); Inland Empire (Eastern Washington & Northern Idaho); Alaska (the whole state); and South Idaho (Southern Idaho and Eastern Oregon). Youth ministry in the district, apart from congregational/circuit events, usually happens on two levels -- the Conference and the 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. They are your conference representatives!

District-wide sponsored events such as the Junior High and Senior High Youth Gatherings work on a 3-year cycle -- Middle School Youth Gathering year (2011), Senior High Gathering year (2012), and so on. The next National Youth Gathering is in 2013( in San Antonio, TX), followed by the District Junior High Youth Gathering again in 2014.

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DISTRICT YOUTH AND
YOUTH WORKER EVENTS

Date	Event	Contact
2012
February 28-March 1, 2012	DCE Conference	Enzian Inn, Leavenworth, WA Registration materials available here
March 4-10, 2012	National Lutheran Schools Week	"Securing Each Child's Future- Equipped", 2 Timothy 3:16, 17
March 15-19, 2012	CLYFR-(Council of Lutheran Youth Fellowship Representatives)	Applications are available
June 17, 2012 to August 17, 2012	2012 Camp Lutherwood Summer Programs	Camp Lutherwood Oregon at 22960 Hwy 36, Cheshire OR 97419 Telephone: 541-998-6444 www.lutherwoodoregon.org
2013
July 1-5, 2013	National Youth Gathering - For the latest information go to Lutheran Witness article	Live Love(d), the theme for the 2013 National LCMS Youth Gathering based on 1 John 4: 9. Location: San Antonio, Texas

Further description of this event and a complete nationwide listing of LCMS Servant Events can be found at www.lcms.org/youth.

Otherwise, you can check out the calendar of events for the whole District!

Resources

Youth Adult Ministry (LYAM) is a movement of young adults reaching out to their peers with the love and light of Christ. To find out more about them go to their homepage.

The Esource exists to provide Jesus-Centered resources for those at work with youth in the Lutheran Congregation and beyond. To find out more go to: youthesource.com.

DCE Bill Karpenko's visit to Portland on September 23, 2010

To access the Webinar of the presentation click

For access to the power point presentation

For a copy of the "DCE Career Path Project Phase 1"

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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!

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