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Category Archives: CYF News
Fruits of the Spirit: A visual reminder
By Stephanie Hulscher Grace Lutheran Church, Waseca When the Education Team of Grace Lutheran Church, Waseca, Minn., decided to change the format of their traditional Sunday school hour, an opportunity for volunteers to create mission events was presented. The Mission … Continue reading
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Tagged congregational life, May 2013 River Crossings, mission, serve
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Snippets – May 2013
News, events, tips, and tricks from your synod ministry partners Book of Faith: Living Into & Out of Our BOF The “Living Into and Out of Our Book of Faith” series this Snippet was announcing has been cancelled. Campus Ministry: … Continue reading
Ideas for Encouraging Summer Worship
By Karen Gieseke Synod Children, Youth, & Family Ministry Coordinator As summer approaches, schedules often shift as we are drawn to experience God’s creation out of our homes and into the sunshine. In our congregations, schedules often shift, too, as … Continue reading
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Resolved to Reimagine Confirmation
“Monkey business.” That’s what Martin Luther called confirmation in his day, as well as “fanciful deception” and “mumbo-jumbo.” Despite his critique that it had no scriptural basis and it was being used to change the meaning of baptism, it is … Continue reading
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Youth Sent to Serve
Saving the world one meal at a time By Kristina Johnson Hosanna Lutheran Church, Rochester In March 2012, I was looking at ideas for my Girl Scout Gold Award Project. It occurred to me that most youth events in my … Continue reading
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Tagged April 2013 River Crossings, church in society, CYF, CYF News, Hunger News, serve, service
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An Experiential Approach to Worship
By Anna Wencl Zion Lutheran Church, Stewartville One hour and fifteen minutes a week. Our time with confirmation students is short and oh-so sacred. Though these confirmation lessons are great, we all know that the greatest faith and life lessons we’ve … Continue reading
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Snippets – April 2013
News, events, tips, and tricks from your synod ministry partners Campus Ministry: Students Travel & Learn Lutheran Campus Center students in Winona look forward to upcoming travel and learning opportunities. Six students will go to New City Parish in Los Angeles … Continue reading
Bullying in Our Midst Flyer
Join us for an afternoon of conversations designed to inform, equip, and empower you as families, individuals, congregations, and communities around the topic of bullying. Bullying in Our Midst, a synod-sponsored workshop, will be held April 15 at St. John’s Lutheran … Continue reading
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Snippets – March 2013
News, events, tips, and tricks from your synod ministry partners Campus Ministry: Planning for the Future For both of the campus ministries in our synod, this is a time of significant transition. The Lutheran Campus Center in Winona will soon … Continue reading
Creating a Safe Church Culture
By Karen Gieseke Synod Children, Youth, & Family Ministry Coordinator So in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. Romans 12:5 The synod office offers support to explore, educate, and create safe … Continue reading
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Youth Lead Worship at Goldfinch Senior Living Community
By Anastassiya Novgorodova Director of Youth and Family Ministry, Grace Lutheran Church Worship is central to Christian life and the young people of Grace Lutheran Church in Fairmont, Minn., are blessed to have an opportunity to lead worship for sisters … Continue reading
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Snippets – January 2013
News, events, tips, and tricks from your synod ministry partners Campus Ministry: We Can Come for Worship At the 2012 Synod Assembly congregations were asked to lift up the Lutheran Campus Ministries in our Synod. Resources were sent to all … Continue reading
Congregational Retreat at Good Earth Village
By Rev. Karen Behling Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Austin We ranged in age from 2 to beyond 72, as 28 of us from Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Austin gathered at Good Earth Village for what we were calling our … Continue reading
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