SEPA Youth

01/02/2025

Check out this Zoom opportunity!

On behalf of the SYMBOL Steering Team, you and those in your synod are invited to our next monthly forum, taking place on Tuesday, January 7 at 12:00 Noon EASTERN, 11:00 AM CENTRAL, and 9:00 AM PACIFIC. We are excited to welcome Deacon Julie Stecker (former SYMBOL Steering Team member), currently serving as the Director of Children and Youth Ministry at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ellicott City, Maryland. Julie will be sharing on the topic of Youth Ministry Communications.

Attached is a graphic you can use to promote this event in your synod and region as you are able. We encourage you to broadly share this information with all those serving in the area of Youth Ministries in your synod/region. This is NOT just limited to SYMBOL members.

Please note that advance registration is required to attend these forums so that the Zoom link is sent to those registered. The link to do so for the December forum is https://bit.ly/SYMBOL010725. Also attached is a QR code to take you to the registration page. Please be sure to include one or both of these in your promotions.

12/11/2024

Ready for Winter Connect Camp? It's a fun way for youth in grades 4th - 12th to have a great winter experience at Bear Creek Camp!
More info: https://bearcreekcamp.org/camps/winter-camp/

12/09/2024

Registration is OPEN for Tuscarora Lutheran Youth Retreat!
To register or for more information, please visit https://tuscaroralutheranretreat.weebly.com/

10/31/2024

Happy Reformation Day!

Today is Reformation Day, when we commemorate Martin Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses. At the heart of the reform movement was the gospel, the good news that it is by grace through faith that we are justified and set free. (Adapted from Bread for the Day, p. 415)

"For there is no distinction, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith" (Romans 3:22-25).

10/25/2024

It's not too late! Registration for our 6th-9th grade Overnight Retreat at Bear Creek Camp is extended through Monday, October 28. Sign up today!
For more info and registration: https://ministrylink.org/events/what-really-matters-a-sepa-youth-event/

10/22/2024

Join Deacon Jess Lyles, the Director of the ELCA Youth Gathering to hear about hopes for Youth Ministry and future ELCA Youth Gatherings. (2027 is in Minneapolis!)

Advance Registration is required! Register at this link
https://bit.ly/SYMBOL110524

10/09/2024

Join us for an overnight adventure at Bear Creek Camp! Open to youth in grades 6-9 and their leaders, we’ll hike, play games, get closer to God and more! Make connections with peers! Grow closer to Jesus! Love GOD and love others!

Registration opens: NOW! Last day to register: October 24
$65 per person (students & adults)
Register at https://community.ministrylink.org/youthretreat
More Information here: https://conta.cc/3Y2Ptae

10/05/2024

Calling all 6th-9th graders:
Join us for an overnight adventure at Bear Creek Camp for the What Really Matters Retreat!
Saturday 11/9 - Sunday 11/10.
Questions? Contact [email protected]

10/01/2024

Here's a great opportunity for youth groups, students needing volunteer hours, or anyone who wants to help fight hunger!
Volunteer Meal Packing Event
Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 10:00 am-12:00 noon
Reformation Lutheran Church
1215 E. Vernon Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19150
Please click the link below to sign up - and please sign up by 10/6!
https://rah.secure.force.com/events/homepage?id=701Pj00000BL5WO

An event of Reformation Lutheran Church, in partnership with Rise Against Hunger and Thrivent.

08/28/2024

We downloaded the sample. Anyone interested in doing a collaboration with other youth/churches?

08/28/2024

The ELCA’s Youth Ministry Network invites leaders of color to participate in its Multicultural Initiative at the annual continuing education conference called Extravaganza. In our continuing efforts to make our community more representative, we humbly offer free registration to participants of color. If you work with children/youth (or know someone who does), this is an awesome opportunity.

The Multicultural Initiative is an effort to strengthen our grassroots network by increasing our diversity. We have space for 12 returning participants and 12 brand new participants. We ask interested participants to go through an application process. Application deadline is Sept. 25, apply at this link

The Network is intentionally growing as a community committed to diversity. When you attend the Extravaganza or engage in one of the ministries offered by our Network, we hope you will experience a broad spectrum of leaders from a variety of backgrounds and cultures. Our Multicultural Initiative has...