Youth & Family UPDATES for September 2008

[Sally Ahrens]

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September 22, 2008

 

CONTENTS OF THIS UPDATE:

v Resources for adults as they address the needs of children and youth
following Hurricane Ike

v PILLAR in concert at Grace Lutheran Church/Conroe on Thursday, September
25

v Daytime Youth Ministry Network meeting, Thursday October 2nd

v Synod Youth Gatherings:   Jr. High Gathering & Sr. High Community of
Service

 
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KEEPING IT TOGETHER AT HOME FOLLOWING A HURRICANE or other disaster...

Parents & caring adults can make a huge difference in a young person's life.
Our children and youth have specific needs from us when life is disrupted by
hurricanes or other kinds of grief and loss.  There four keys that can help
you stabilize your family, comfort your children and build resiliency in
youth:

1.       Caring Conversation:  Take time to listen!  Your children and youth
have a different point of view that they need to share with you.  They are
trying to make sense out of the chaos in life and need to voice their fears,
thoughts, ideas and hopes.  This is a great time to wonder about faith
questions.  They may be asking "why God sent the hurricane" or "why one
house is messed up and the next house is not."   It is more important to
have time to listen than it is to have all the answers.   

2.       Rituals & Traditions: Are their bedtime rituals or family
traditions that you can do, even now, that will provide comfort and security
for little ones?  Are there new traditions that need to begin right now?
Meaningful things like meal time prayers or silly things like family jokes
mean more than you think.

3.       Service: Chances are your family is helping others and being helped
by others right now.  This is a good time to notice how interdependent we
are on each other. 

4.       Devotions:  If your family has never read the Bible or prayed
together, this is a great time to start.  See below for a resource to help
you practice your faith in new ways.

Visit our website for 3 pages of helpful info including Conversation
Starters, How to ask Good Questions and Ways to Show Young People that you
Care.  Go to soggyshoes.org and click on the logo to enter the site.  Then
look on the navigation bar on the left and click on "Resources."   

 

For information on how Hurricanes Gustav and Ike have impacted the Gulf
Coast Synod and disaster response, please visit
<http://www.gulfcoastsynod.org> www.gulfcoastsynod.org and
<http://www.futurewithhope.org> www.futurewithhope.org.

 

 

PILLAR IN CONCERT (September 25)

Grace Lutheran Church in Conroe (13123 Highway 105 West, Conroe TX  77304)
invites all music lovers to the "For the Love of the Fans Tour" - your
chance to see 4 bands in concert on Thursday, September 25  featuring:
PILLAR, ADDISON ROAD, OUR HEART'S HERO! & PHILMONT

 

Admission with donation!!!  The doors will open at 6 pm  This is an
unbelievable opportunity to see one of the most popular Christian rock
artists in the country, Pillar- along with some incredible up-and-coming
artists!  Best of all, ANY donation at the door gets you into the show! The
goal of this tour is to reach as many people as possible. So load up the
youth group vans, invite your friends and family, and come experience an
amazing night of music and fun!

 

 

YOUTH MINISTRY NETWORK MEETING (October 2)

The daytime Youth Ministry Network Meeting will meeting on Thursday, October
2 at Advent Lutheran Church in Houston.  Our new meeting time begins at 10am
so we can end around 1:30pm.  Please make sure to bring your Bible for
devotions and prayer time with Pastor Brad Fuerst of Houston Campus
Ministry, your own lunch or money to order lunch, and your calendar.  This
month we will talk about fundraising -- a hot topic as the 2009 Youth
Gathering gets ever closer! 

     * Our convener this year is Pastor Brad Otto from Covenant Lutheran
Church.  You can contact Pastor Brad Otto at pastorbrad12 at mac.com

 

 

THRU JESUS' EYES: LYO JR. HIGH GATHERING (November 21-23)

Too many things separate us from each other as human beings - skin color,
clothes we wear, money, gender - but Jesus brings us together as one body.
In the book of Acts, we see Jesus' disciples are pushed into some
uncomfortable situations that surprisingly bring about the imagination of a
new church - a church of people no longer separated but where all are loved
by God!  At the LYO  Jr. High Gathering this year, we will participate in
some large service projects on Saturday, jam to the awesome music of Glenn
Green, and grow in our faith through Bible study and speaker time led by
Sunitha Mortha from ELCA Global Missions.

HOW TO REGISTER:  Go to www.soggyshoes.org and click on "Event Registration"
and follow the directions.

DEADLINES:  Online Registration closes Monday, October 23, 2008

-          Early Bird Postmark Deadline: Thursday, October 2nd 

-          Final Postmark Deadline: Thursday, October 23rd 

-          After October 23rd, paper Registrations will be accepted on a
space available basis for $155 per person.

In order to receive the Early-Bird discount, info must be completed online,
and the signed forms with one check must be postmarked by above date.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS: Hotel rooms have been negotiated at a rate of $72 per
room per night (plus applicable taxes).  The adult sponsor from each
congregation is responsible for booking rooms for their entire group.
Please contact the Sheraton North Reservations Department at 281-442-5100
and ask for Frances Flores or call her directly at 281-969-1267 or e-mail
her at f.flores at sheratoniah.com.  

Inform Frances that you are a part of the LYO Jr. High Gathering to receive
the negotiated rate, and book rooms under one sponsor's name or your
congregational name.  In order to secure the $72 room rate they MUST RESERVE
by 5pm on Friday, November 7, 2008.

  

LYO SR. HIGH COMMUNITY OF SERVICE (February 27-March 1, 2009)

Theme:  Compassion + Justice = LOVE

Key Verse:  Let us love not in word or speech but in truth or action.  - 1
John 3:18

Speaker:  Pastor Jim Lobdell, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Inglewood, CA

Musicians:  auGust, www.myspace.com/augusttunes

Focus:  Serve the wider community of Washington County

Registration is open now through January 22, 2009  (but if you register by
December 18, you can take the Early-Bird discount)

 

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