Monday, July 20, 2015

National Youth Gathering - The Future is in God's Hands

This week's entry will be brief, with a few links for you to check out. This past week, 30,000 youth and adults of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America made their way to Detroit, Michigan for the National Youth Gathering. Every three years, this event happens. Back in 1961, a predecessor Lutheran youth gathering happened in Detroit, and Martin Luther King was one of the speakers at that event.

The past few gatherings have focused not just on worship and fun events and study, but service as well. Each day, a third of the group - 10,000 of them - made their way into the city for service projects. The presence and impact was powerful. Not just for the city, but the participants as well.

Social media provided opportunities for us to follow along with all that was going on. I wanted to post some of these items to share with you. My hope and prayer is that you that the church of tomorrow is active and alive today, and that the future is in good hands - God's hands.

Highlights from the Gathering

THURSDAY



FRIDAY



CLOSING SONG FRIDAY NIGHT

SATURDAY



SUNDAY

A WORD FROM THE BISHOP



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Thank you to the youth (Click here)


The youth and adults from Epiphany who attended the Gathering will be sharing with us in the coming weeks - don't miss it!


Peace,

Pastor Charlie




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