Volunteering

Thank you for your interest in serving at the 2012 ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans, Louisiana.

If you've completed a volunteer application, please note that we are currently processing it and will be in touch as soon as possible. Please click here to update an existing application.



For more than 100 years, Lutheran youth have gathered for bible study, worship, service, learning, fellowship and play. These young people have been accompanied by thousands of caring adults who support their growth in faith by creating a safe environment in which they can encounter Christ and each other. It is these dedicated, faithful volunteers, practicing their vocation through the ministry of the Gathering who make it possible. Serving the youth of the church is a vocational calling that requires careful discernment. Each volunteer who serves at the Gathering must agree to
  1. follow the terms of a covenant  (code of conduct) and
  2. submit to a background check and screening  by the ELCA.