MOORE TELLS ELCA YOUTH: YOU ARE CHILDREN OF GOD
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) -- "You are children of God," the Rev. Gladys G. Moore, Jersey City, N.J., told thousands of young people at the Louisiana Superdome. "We were born to manifest the story of God that is within us. This manifestation exists in everyone," she said. Moore preached on the...
LUTHERAN YOUTH DEMONSTRATE GENEROSITY
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) -- It will be hard to call Generation X selfish after learning that 25 tons of non-perishable food items and more than $325,000 were collected from 30,000 high school students during the worship offerings at the triennial Youth Gathering held by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America...
LAWRENCE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF LUTHERAN YOUTH ORGANIZATION
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) -- "The one strength I have that casts a shadow over all else is that God is on my side," said Rebecca D. Lawrence, 17, Chicago. "That's strength. There is nowhere that God will ever put me that he won't be there with me. His grace is...
TEEN-AGE VISITORS' LABOR SHOWS WHERE HEARTS ARE
TEEN-AGE VISITORS' LABOR SHOWS WHERE HEARTS ARE by Leslie Williams The Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS -- July 25 -- Applying the biblical directive to love thy neighbor, thousands of teens in town for a Lutheran youth gathering fanned out across New Orleans for cleanup projects from the Desire and Florida neighborhoods...
ANDERSON TELLS YOUTH: JESUS IS WAITING FOR YOU
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) -- Thousands of young people left New Orleans, heading home at the close of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Youth Gathering here July 23-27. "Jesus will be waiting for you when you get home," the Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop of the ELCA, told them....
LUTHERAN YOUTH TAKE FAITH "TREKS"
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) -- Journey. Walk on. Experience something new while pondering paths already taken. That is the intent of the "treks" offered at the 1997 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Youth Gathering. 30,000 teens convened July 23-27 to learn more about God, community and themselves. For two days...
ELCA YOUTH HAVE `HEARTS ON FIRE'
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA)-- Youth of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America remembered their Baptism on the Mississippi River and explored Christ's gifts of hope through activities and conversations at "Hearts on Fire," a "trek" at the ELCA's Youth Gathering here July 23-27. The gathering theme was "River of Hope." About...
YOUTH LEARN THE MEANING OF "SACRIFICE"
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) -- He died on the cross. 30,000 teens here for the Youth Gathering of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, July 23-27, gathered in the Louisiana Superdome Friday evening to celebrate the meaning of Jesus' death. The Rev. Walter Wangerin, Jr., speaker of weekly radio show "Lutheran...
YOUNG LUTHERANS' CREATIVITY IS UNLEASHED
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) -- Young Lutherans got a chance to try writing a song, drawing a cartoon, cooking a Cajun-style dish or just imagining ways of seeing things differently. They took part in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Youth Gathering here July 23-26. In a "trek" called "Creativity Unleashed,"...
LUTHERAN TEENS WITH DISABILITIES OVERCOME LIFE'S OBSTACLES
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) -- "Jesus Christ is a role model for suffering," the Rev. T. David Diamond, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., told a dozen high-school-aged Lutherans with disabilities. "His suffering accomplished something." Diamond led the Definitely Abled Youth Leadership Event (DAYLE) through a series of Bible studies....
FUN, FRIENDSHIP, AND CHALLENGE AT "TUESDAYS"
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) -- Imagine a world of fun, friendship, challenge, teamwork and lots of games, and you have "Tuesdays," a multi-faceted event in which all 30,000 young people attending the triennial Youth Gathering of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, July 23-27, found time to take part. The three...
MYLE YOUTH: "I BELIEVE I CAN FLY"
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) -- "I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky!" resounded throughout the McAlister Auditorium at Tulane University by high school youth attending the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Multicultural Youth Leadership Event (MYLE), July 20-23. "Stones in the River" was the theme that...
LUTHERAN YOUNG PEOPLE CELEBRATE ETHNIC DIVERSITY
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) -- When it comes to sharing music and dance from various cultures, young people do it with passion, vigor and pride. About 1,500 high school age Lutherans celebrated diversity at "Festival of Cultures" -- a "trek" about ethnic communities -- offered at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in...
ROHR TELLS ELCA YOUTH: "TAKE RISKS AND RESPOND"
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) -- Steve Rohr told thousands of young people at the Louisiana Superdome, "Responsibility means our ability to respond." Rohr spoke to the Youth Gathering of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, meeting here July 23-27. The event has brought 30,000 teens to the city for celebration and...
LUTHERAN YOUTH SEEK TO IMPROVE THE WORLD
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) -- "Almost one-fourth of our children in the United States live in poverty. That is not an act of God; there is no divine intervention saying that children must live in poverty," Paul Simon told 1,600 young people attending "Pale Blue Dot" -- a "trek" on political...
LUTHERAN YOUTH TAKE A TECHNOLOGICAL JOURNEY
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) -- A journey of a thousand miles, and almost as many definitions of technology was the order of the day for 5,000 teens who attended "Trek 2001: A Technological Odyssey." They gathered in the Louisiana Superdome, where the Western States Servant Band lifted spirits and gave the...
LUTHERAN YOUTH TOLD: `THE LORD HAS NEED OF YOU'
NEW ORLEANS (ELCA) -- It was "Palm Sunday" in the Superdome and the Rev. Andrea DeGroot-Nesdahl told 37,000 young people, "You young baptized ones, the Lord has need of you to bear his word to the world." DeGroot-Nesdahl preached at the opening celebration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's...
Lutherans See the World at Global Mission Events
SEGUIN, TEXAS (ELCA) -- About 2,600 members of the Evangelical = Lutheran Church in America gathered from around the world for two Global = Mission Events, titled, =22Look to Jesus -- Run the Race.=22 They took = place July 10-13 at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill., and again July 17-20 =...
Lutherans Continue Assistance with Upper Midwest Flood Work
UPPER MIDWEST FLOOD WORK CONTINUES "I'm so tired" is a phrase the Rev. Gilbert B. Furst hears these days from pastors, Lutheran Social Service workers and members of clean-up crews working in the flood-stricken areas of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. Furst is associate director for the Evangelical Lutheran...
Braasch Named Director for Women of the ELCA
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Catherine I. H. Braasch, 48, Capron, Ill., has been named executive director for Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the women's organization of the ELCA. Women of the ELCA's executive board elected Braasch July 12. She will assume her new responsibilities Sept. 1. Braasch is...
