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THE WORD IS OUT!!! We are heading back to New Orleans for the 2012 national youth gathering! Read more about this decision at www.elca.org A 2010 SYNOD GATHERING RECAP The 2010 synod youth gathering was another great event with lots of terrific stories. The workshops and main speakers and musicians and talent show and closing worship were terrific along with so many other things. Watch this space for information on the next synod youth gathering! Here are some comments about previous events............. I felt like everything went so well. This was my first one and I can't wait to come back next year. Amy Hartmann It was so exciting to be one of the adult leaders. I loved meeting old friends and making many new friends during the weekend. Kim Lange What a thrill to lead the synod youth this past year and help organize this great event. Beth Allen My wife thought I was staying out of trouble and going to an Ohio State football game and a Cincinnati Bengals game. Little did she know I was some place having much more fun. Mike Hout Have you heard about the youth and family ministry staff person in our Southern Ohio Synod! His name is Gary Pecuch and he would love to talk to you. You can read about him at www.southernohiosynod.org Simply go to "ministries" and when you click on "youth and family ministries" you can stay up to date with what's happening. Some more previous SYNOD YOUTH GATHERING comments........ Here are some reasons why the event was so great: 1 - It didn't snow (terrific weather) 2 - Camp Kern (terrific facilities) 3 - Theme (terrific study of Mark 1:16-18 Gone Fishing) 4 - Peder Eide (terrific musician at www.pedereide.com/) 5 - Workshops (terrific sharing of information) 6 - Speakers (terrific work Victor, Logan and Gary) 7 - Small Groups (terrific up close and personal time) 8 - Talent Show (terrific sharing of God's gifts) 9 - Dance (terrific DJ and movement) 10 - The people (terrific youth & adults of our synod!!!) Here are some more comments: -Peder was stupendous -I loved the talent show -The speakers really brought the theme home -I can still feel the zing -Those bagpipes were crazy -We didn't have any butter -We are going to work hard to make next year's event special, too! - Beth Allen, new SOS LYO president -Ooh Ahh Mmm Yea Boo Mom...youth leader David Gore *MANY, MANY THANKS TO THRIVENT FOR THEIR GREAT SUPPORT OF OUR YOUTH EVENTS. THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THE HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH OF OUR SYNOD TOGETHER!* One youth group came up with a list of the 10 unique things about our recent synod youth gathering................ 1-bagpipes 2-goldfish boxes everywhere (even in the rafters) 3-"Jesus Loves Me" marshmallows 4-pogo sticking out the door (and back in) 5-group hand chimes 6-giant jenga 7-head hitting music 8-rubik's cube racing 9-pastor throwing liquid on people and yelling "it's water" 10-dancing (superman-electric slide-hoe down-chicken dance & more) Here is a recap of the 2006 ELCA National Youth Gathering in San Antonio and a video from St. Paul Lutheran in Westerville. Do you recognize anyone?........... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7033196018035641812&q=elca+national+youth+gathering&hl=en
We have been thrilled to have great musicians like Peder Eide, Lost and Found and many others! Please check out their websites. We always have great speakers like Jay Gamlin (campus pastor at Ohio State University), Victor Thomas (a well known clown and mascot person in the southeastern Ohio area), Logan Dysart (great campus ministry at Miami University in Oxford) Gary Eichhorn (pastor and very active fisherman from Oakwood, Ohio) and more. Check out more about Camp Kern and their 520 beautiful acres at the following site: www.campkern.org Read here about the national youth gathering for 2012: www.elca.org/youth/gathering.html		Workshops at previous events have been great. Here are some of the recent informative events: "I want to worship God but hymns make me hurl" by musician Peder Eide; Square Dancing or Do-See-Do; Guitar picking; Giant Jenga; Color Twister (tie-die with a twist-bring your own shirt/clothes etc.); Fishbowl with Rev. Ed Williams; Love and Sex; Photography & Hiking; Juggling; a Meditation Well and more. Our synod is fortunate to have two colleges. We had representatives from Capital and Wittenberg at the gathering. Check them out at www.capital.edu and www.wittenberg.edu. Have you heard of the Lutheran Student Movement (LSM)? Read about it at www.lsm-usa.org/ Ohio State has an active Lutheran Campus ministry and their pastor, Jay Gamlin, is very active with our synod youth. Check them out at http://lutheran.org.ohio-state.edu/
Here are some *congregations* who attended this year's synod youth gathering (and their websites if they have one). See if you recognize any of your friends on the website pictures..... St. John, Miamisburg-http://www.stjohnsmiamisburg.org/ Christ, Heath-http://www.christ-in-heath.org/ First, Springfield-http://www.firstlutheranspringfield.org/ Zion, Hamilton-http://www.zionhamilton.org/ Zion, Middletown-http://www.zionluthchurch.org/ Peace, Beavercreek-http://www.peacebeavercreek.org/ Gethsemane, Columbus-http://www.gethsemane.org Prince of Peace, Loveland-http://www.princeofpeaceelca.org Grace, Westerville-http://www.grace43081.org Good Shepherd, Kettering-http://www.goodshepherdkettering.com St. Jacob, Miamisburg-http://www.forministry.com/USOHELCIASJLCS North Community, Columubs-http://www.nclc-elca.org/ Faith, Whitehall-http://www.elcafaithoh.org All Saints, Worthington-http://www.saintsonhigh.org/ Christ Lutheran, Bexley-http://www.christbexley.org Faith, Wilmington-http://www.lutheransonline.com/servlet/lo_ProcServ/dbpage=page&gid=00029000001078958466610890 All Saints, Cincinnati-http://www.lutheransonline.com/servlet/lo_ProcServ/dbpage=page&gid=20043624687486075801111555 St. Paul, Dayton Good Shepherd, West Milton First English, Ashville First English, Lancaster Salem, West Alexandria Emanuel, Germantown Lutheran, Columbus Good Shepherd, West Milton Redeemer, Columbus