Youth Ministry
A Diverse Experience of Christian Community in New Orleans
Wow. What a week. We traveled hard and well. We have been bumped into by the Spirit, by ourselves, by one another. Through the official Gathering experiences we engaged hard…
Read MoreChildren, Youth, Family (CYF) Committee Family Interviews Summary
Staffing changes and a need to understand how to best plan programming and staffing for family needs prompted the CYF committee to plan and execute family surveys. The survey was…
Read MoreELCA National Youth Gathering Day 5
Written by: Ashlynn Caldwell Friday morning started with a leisurely wakeup call and some bagels and coffee. The rain pushed back for long enough to wander around the French Quarter,…
Read MoreELCA National Youth Gathering Day 4
Written by: Molly Mccue and Angela Miller SERVICE: Community service is a creation of God that never ceases to stir so much want in me. After every service project I…
Read MoreELCA National Youth Gathering Day 3
Written by: Liv Enstad Today was a day of authenticity and feeling seen. We started the day with a nice walk in the humid French Quarter with a stop at…
Read MoreELCA National Youth Gathering Day 2
Written by: Berit Enstad New Orleans, LA- “Our first great act in this world is to be changed, from a creature that lives in the depths of the womb, into…
Read MoreThank You, Good Shepherd!
Supporting the Youth Last Friday night the Verona Campus was full of young children enjoying the love and attention of our High School youth at Share The Love Camp. Monday…
Read More2024 Registration is Open for Pine Lake Camp
A great chance to grow in community and make new friends Thanks to the generosity of the Good Shepherd Foundation, campers receive a $50 discount toward full-week camp and $25…
Read More2023 High School Youth Trip – Saturday, August 12 – Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Ben Johnson Thursday, August 10, 2023. We awake to an early morning with alarms set to 5:15 to embark on one last adventure and one last moment of stillness…a surreal…
Read More2023 High School Trip Journal Friday, August 11 – Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Collective Travel – by Kayley Rineck a short blog session about togetherness (and other things) Last night, after a joy-filled campfire and impromptu talent show, I said to the girls…
Read More2023 High School Ministry Trip Journal – Wednesday, August 9 – Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Today is Wednesday, August 9, 2023. Our day started off early, with a waking time of about 7:00. We were told by our boss, Sarah, to report to breakfast at…
Read More2023 High School Trip Journal Tuesday, August 8 – Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
From Berit Enstad: Day 3 Today started off with extremely sore muscles and very happy (mostly rested) souls. After a lovely night around the fire and a long day of…
Read More2023 High School Trip Journal | Monday, August 7
August 7th, the day started off with an awakening morning at camp where some people got some great sleep while others had the opposite. But no matter how good or…
Read More2023 High School Trip Journal | Sunday, August 6
August 6th started out early with breakfast at the AmericInn and a checkout at 7:30 am. We hopped on the bus and started our trip to Badlands National Park. The…
Read MoreSeeking Reverence
Re-Discovering Stories of the Past This weekend 24 of Good Shepherd’s high school youth, along with four chaperones, are heading to Custer, SD – in the middle of the Black…
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